University of Florida Solid Waste Management Office

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University of FloridaSolid Waste Management
Office
Albert A. Krause Solid Waste Coordinator Bldg.
809 SW Radio Road P.O. Box 117745 Gainesville, FL
32611-7745 TEL [phone] FAX (352)
392-3044 mailto aakrause_at_ufl.edu http//www.ppd.u
fl.edu/grounds-refuse.html
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• University of Florida
• Solid Waste Reduction Program
• As of July 1, 2005

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• Decreasing Solid Waste
• Reduce Consumption of Materials
• Conservation pays . . . Up front and afterward.
• Repair/Reuse Products
• Consider both replacement and disposal costs.
• Buy Repairable/Recyclable Products
• We cant reuse the unusable.
• Recycle Used Products and Materials
• Recycling, where practical, can reduce our need
  for raw material, reduce energy needs by 30 to
  90 and cut down on pollution and the demand for
  disposal sites.

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• State Goal (1988)
• Reduce landfill disposals by over 30 through
  recycling. Include paper, OCC, cans.
• University Objective
• Minimize operating costs through waste reduction
  and improved efficiency.
• Solid Waste Mission
• Minimize overall waste disposal costs while
  maintaining a recycling rate of at least 30.

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Enrollment vs. Waste Production (Waste Includes
Health Center/Shands)
48765
36243
15013
19428
13396
17667
11404
11571
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• Annual Recycling Rate

• Adjusted for
• Hurricane
• Debris
• ?

Reduced Construction Activity ?
34.4
GOAL gt30
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UF Recycling Includes UF Recycling Includes UF Recycling Includes
Office Paper (all kinds) Newsprint Cardboard Phone Books Magazines Junk Mail Soft-Cover Books Cotton Goods Cans (all types) Glass Plastic Jars Bottles Auto Batteries Ni-Cd, Li Hg Batteries Used Oil Filters Used Antifreeze Toner Cartridges Chemicals Solvents White Goods Scrap Metal Precious Metals Wastewater Solids Used Pallets Yard Debris Masonry Concrete Fluorescent Tubes Used Lumber
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• Scope of Recycling
• On-site support at over 350 major buildings and
  complexes.
• Over 1800 scheduled services per week at 1300
  locations for paper products and beverage
  containers alone.
• Central drop-offs for scrap metal, white
  goods, beverage containers, and used shipping
  pallets.
• Central drop-off plus curbside collection of
  yard waste.
• Central drop-off facility supplemented by
  on-site collections for hazardous/environmentall
  y sensitive recyclables
• (operated by Environmental Health Safety
  Division).
• Central drop-off facility supplemented by
  on-site collections for
• electronics (operated by Surplus Property
  Office).
• Dispersed departmental collections of
  low-density/low frequency products (toner
  cartridges, clothing, etc.).

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Recycling (FY 2004) 6,096 tons (Adjusted
for 2500 tons Hurricane Yard Debris)
tons Yard Waste 3,224 Paper
Products 1,936 Masonry/Concrete
485 Scrap Metal 351 Sludge
272 Cans, Bottles Jars 128 (About 200
tons of other products were recycled, but were
not centrally tracked.)
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Waste Costs Waste Costs
Facilities / Space Containers and Equipment Maintenance Processing Collection Transport Disposal Several iterations may be involved, e.g., user to recycle bin, custodian to area dumpster, collector to processor, hauler to buyer, buyer to manufacturer.
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• Approx. Costs Per Ton FY2003/04(to Refuse
  Account)

Product Collection Cost Disposal Cost Total Cost
General Refuse (Loose - Dumpsters) 71.50 43.50 115.00
Compacted Refuse (Compactors) 49.00 43.50 92.50
Construction Debris (Rolloffs) 40.00 40.00 80.00
Yard Waste - 22.50 22.50
Paper Products 177.50 -22.50 155.00
Concrete/Masonry -- 7.00 7.00
Scrap Metal 14.00 -30.00 -16.00
Pallets 56.00 0 56.00
Beverage Containers (Metal, Glass, Plastic) 2,000.00 25.00 2,025.00
Excludes external (e.g., custodian, client)
costs and savings.
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General Observations

• The greater the amount of a product in your waste
  stream, the more likely it is that separation and
  recovery or diversion will be cost effective.
• Costs increase dramatically for separating and
  managing low density and mixed-component
  materials.
• Often the difference between 1 and 2 is
  dependent on the level at which waste is managed.
  Its a factor of scale.

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Reducing Solid Waste Costs

• 1. Reduce Waste
• Reduce consumption buy less, discard less.
• Reuse, repair, re-sell or donate used items.
• Recycle waste materials into useful products.
• 2. Improve Efficiency
• Consolidate collection sites.
• Reduce waste volume through compaction.
• Reduce waste weight by pre-processing.
• Separate wastes of different classification or
• handling characteristics.

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• Recycling Benefits to UF
• Smaller environmental footprint.
• Lower overall disposal costs.
• Smaller custodial workload.
• Secure document destruction.
• Enhanced public image.
• Improved morale.

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• Major Recycling Problems
• Composite end items.
• Irregular production rates.
• Container placement/space.
• Contamination of products.
• High colIection costs.
• Lack of local markets.

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• Recycling and Sustainability Issues
• Landfill space is cheap and virtually unlimited.
• We are victims of our own technologic success.
• Waste reduction is inseparable from local,
  national, and global economics.
• Eventually, resource constraints and population
  growth will make goods expensive and services
  cheap but it will require drastic changes in
  lifestyles.

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Directions for the Future

• Think long-term, think total life-cycle.
• Buy durable, repairable, recyclable products.
• Design for repairability.
• Design for economic material recovery.
• Make resource recovery (recycling) a
  front-office, not back-office activity.
• Promote volunteerism, individual responsibility.

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