The Environmental Investment Program 20 YEARS OF RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK

The Environmental Investment Program20 YEARS OF RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK Linda Jacobs, Environmental Services Unit GRRN Recycling and Zero Waste Conference October 20, 2009

Environmental Investment Program • 1988 - NYS Solid Waste Mgnt Act • 1994 - Environmental Protection Fund • 1998 - Pollution Prevention added

Environmental Investment Program • Private & NFP sector (not municipalities) • Assets/Tools: • Experienced staff • Funding • Located in ESD, not DEC (tied into NY’s economic development delivery system)

“End-of-pipe” Remediation Incineration W-T-E, RDF Compliance Ineligible Projects

Recycling: Infrastructure and End Use Capacity Pollution prevention Sustainable products Investment Areas

Recycling Investment Priorities “In FY 08/09 EIP gives priority to projects focused on the following materials and outcomes: • Building C&D Debris: • Increase capacity to divert building C&D from disposal to reuse/recycling • Increase value and value-added uses for recovered material • Increase capacity for deconstruction over demolition

Recycling Investment Priorities • Commercially or Industrially-Gen’d Food Waste • Increase capacity to process C/I food waste for recycling • Increase capacity to compost C/I food waste • Enhance collection technology to make food waste diversion cost-effective • Expand value-added uses for compost

Recycling Investment Priorities • Electronic Devices: Increase capacity & cost-effectiveness of electronics recycling and remanufacturing • Glass: • Expand value-added uses for mixed-color container glass • Expand markets for sorted non-container • Tires: Expand value-added uses for recycled tire materials

Recycling Investment Priorities • Paper: • Increase diversion of significant amounts of commercially and/or institutionally-generated waste paper for recycling • Increase paper mill cap. to use recycled feedstock • Expand value-added uses for paper mill residuals

Recycling Investment Priorities Plastics • Increase diversion and value of container plastics for recycling • Increase diversion and capacity to recycle plastic films, including bags, agricultural, marine and pallet films • Expand value-added uses for recycled films

THREE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS: • Capital (fixed assets) • R&D (on behalf of a company) • Technical Assistance (operating costs for NFPs)

Investment Criteria • Competitive Program • NYS’ Return on Investment • $ Economic Benefit / $ Invested • Am’t Material Recycled / $ Invested • ROI Compared to Others in “Portfolio” • How Much NYS Support is Needed to Make Project Happen (Project Cash Flow)?

Performance-Based Contracts • Measurable, verifiable environmental improvements • Measurable, verifiable economic improvements

Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/ProcessesSummary of Results, 1987 - 2008

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE • Municipalities or NFPs • Waste Prevention assistance to businesses • NFPs engaged in Recycling / Reuse NFPs

RESEARCH • Answer final questions before adopting P2 or recycling technology • No fixed assets • Costs associated with R&D

CAPITAL PROJECTS • Assists with capital costs to prevent pollution, reuse or recycle • Hard assets: M&E, shipping, installation • No working capital • Requires cash match • Contract is with a non-profit (IDA, EDC, LDC) on behalf of company

Partnerships • New York State Pollution Prevention Institute • Regional Technology Development Centers/ Manufacturing Extension Partnerhsips (NYC ITAC) • NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Successes • TIRES • BUILDING MATERIALS REUSE • GLASS • INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION

Questions? Linda Jacobs Empire State Development Environmental Services Unit 30 South Pearl Street Albany, New York 12245 518 292-5346 ljacobs@empire.state.ny.us http://www.empire.state.ny.us/

The Environmental Investment Program 20 YEARS OF RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK