1. Broward County Recycling and Solid Waste Management: 2011 UpdatePresented to American Public Works Association, South Florida ChapterBy Phil Bresee, Recycling Program Manager, Broward CountyMarch 24, 2011 1

2. Overview of Solid Waste and Recycling in Broward County 2 Broward cities provide for solid waste (MSW) and recycling collection services within their jurisdictions. Municipal Franchise agreements (exclusive and non-exclusive) Municipal fleet collections Disposal capacity includes WTE plants, WM’s Central Disposal Landfill, Reuters MSW transfer operation. Recyclables processed primarily through Reuters MRF; other independent MRFs. All cities provide some level of residential recycling service Large C&D debris collection and processing infrastructure. Office of Waste and Recycling Services – provides programs and services for Resource Recovery System (RRS) cities; provides non-RRS services including School Board recycling and state MSW reports. Photo courtesy of City of Fort Lauderdale

3. Recent MSW and Recycling Trends in Broward County * WTE = Gross amount combusted 3

4. How Should We Manage our Solid Waste? 4 U.S. EPA created MSW management hierarchy in late 1980s. Source, or waste reduction means minimizing or not creating waste in the first place. Reuse and then recycling are preferred way to manage materials.

5. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Contributions to GHG Emissions 5 = GHG emissions from “stuff” that becomes waste Source: Governor’s Climate Action Team, 2008 Source: U.S. EPA, September 2009

7. Reducing emissions from energy consumption during manufacturing

8. Increases carbon sequestration (paper recycling)

9. Reducing methane emissions from landfillsIllustration courtesy of U.S. EPA

11. Removing 35 million cars from the road

12. 930,000 railcars of coal burned

13. Annual electricity usage by about 23.5 million households.

14. Saving the use of 240 million barrels of oilSource: US EPA; E. Dorn, RW Beck, 2008.

16. 56,000+ recycling & reuse establishments.

18. 3,700 recycling and reuse establishments.

19. Employment base of 32,000 with payroll of $765 million.Recyclables are commodities. (commodity prices have been impacted by global recession) Illustration courtesy of US EPA.

20. Residential Recycling County assists curbside recycling in RRS cities through management of Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) contract. Single-Stream, or “All-In-One” since 2009. County staff led a series of workshops for cities in advance. Increase of 12% in residential recyclables in FY 2010; on pace for further increases in FY 2011. County rebates cities revenues earned from the MRF contract. Residential recycling is typically backbone of overall recycling strategies. 9

22. Ordinance

24. Site visits & inspections

25. Outreach materials, events and city-wide workshops 10

26. Electronics and HHW Recycling E-Cycling and Household Hazardous Waste programs managed jointly and include: Resident drop-off at three permanent stations 12 HHW and E-cycling collection events with partner cities; E-Cycling only for Earth Day, America Recycles Day and other one day collection events Electronics are recycled; HHW is either recycled or disposed of in HHW permitted facilities. Both programs continue to see strong participation and growth (more than 3 million lbs. of material captured between them in FY 2011). 11

27. Recycling at Broward County Public Schools County provides service through ILA with the School Board (non-RRS program). RCAD works to establish linkages between recycling at school and at home. Combined with county government agencies = ~340 facilities. School Board recycles nearly 2,500 tons of material per year, saving nearly $1 million through avoided disposal. 12

28. Other County Programs and Services County staff has helped guide new approaches through contract and program management, workshops, meetings, reports, program proposals, etc. Increased E-Cycling opportunities Single-stream recycling RecycleBank Technical assistance (standard contract language, sample RFPs) Recycling assistance grants Webinars through SWANA, U.S. EPA, etc. County provides broader, RRS-based program outreach but has also added focus in recent years. Partnerships with cities for event and workshops Recycling outreach template materials for use by cities 13

29. What’s in Broward County’s MSW? 14 Big targets for recycling remain in Broward’s MSW stream...

31. Flat-lined overall recycling rates and state’s 75% Diversion goal

32. City SW franchise agreement expirations

33. 2010 collection efficiencies workshops

34. City sustainability plans and initiatives

35. County Climate Change Action Plan

36. County Comp. Plan’s Solid Waste ElementIncreased recycling is common denominator. 15

38. City and public entity recycling reporting requirements (to county)

39. Stay tuned:

40. “Renewable energy credits.” WTE formula creates 100%+ diversion rates…

42. Broward County Climate Change Action Plan Goals (cont.) 18

43. Broward County Comprehensive Plan’s Solid Waste Element Goals 19

45. Hollywood (February, 2010) has seen 130% increase in recyclables collected; Sunrise to begin Summer, 2011

46. Roll-out Carts for recycling (& automated MSW collections).

47. In Parkland, Hollywood, Coconut Creek, West Park…

48. Others to follow soon (Sunrise)

49. Green waste collections and public space recycling in Ft. Lauderdale.

50. Commercial Recycling in Deerfield Beach

51. City solid waste master planning including:

52. Coral Springs

53. Deerfield Beach

54. RRB Recycling “Stimulus” Funds (single-stream, carts)

55. Green waste/C&D RLI process20

57. Ensure consistency among city and county goals.

58. Establish realistic goals and performance indicators.

59. Partnerships allows for better resource utilizationand economies of scale.

60. Cities manage “touch-point” elements – collections, outreach.