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Credit: Kristina Carpenter

Louisville’s Bloomberg Recycling Initiatives. Credit: Kristina Carpenter. Pete Flood – Manager , Solid Waste Management Services Mark Noll – Project Coordinator, Innovation Delivery Team. Overview. Bloomberg and the Playbook. The Process. The Projects (Initiatives).

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Credit: Kristina Carpenter

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  1. Louisville’s Bloomberg Recycling Initiatives Credit: Kristina Carpenter Pete Flood – Manager, Solid Waste Management Services Mark Noll – Project Coordinator, Innovation Delivery Team

  2. Overview Bloomberg and the Playbook The Process The Projects (Initiatives)

  3. Bloomberg Philanthropies • Awarded grants to five cities in 2011 to drive innovation within city government • The Bloomberg “Playbook” drives a process by which: • challenges are defined, • ideas are generated, • initiatives are developed, and • progress is measured against clearly defined targets • Benefits of process • informed decisions • long-term planning – “what could be” • can be adopted by any municipality • grant money runs out, but the process carries on…institutionalized into daily routine of city departments

  4. The Process Step 1: Define the challenge Louisville citizens and businesses are not offered a full range of recycling services, nor is there a strong culture to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

  5. Step 2: Assess current state and set a target Are there programs currently in place to address the challenge? Are these activities accomplishing their stated goals? (Do they have stated goals?) What metrics are available to establish benchmarks and baselines? What is an aggressive, yet achievable, target? Benchmark against leaders and peer communities. Set a baseline and target.

  6. Step 3: Identify contributing issues (Barriers) • Why does the challenge exist in your community? • Why are we not reaching our established target? • Residential: Bins are too small • Commercial: Difficult to service, no space • Education: Limited understanding of environmental, economic benefits • Cultural: Absence of recycling culture • Regulatory: No mandatory recycling regulations Credit: Clean River Recycling Solutions

  7. Step 4: Research solutions • Assess other cities • Speak with outside experts (consultants, peers in other cities) • Google! Louisville hosted an “ideation” session with local stakeholders, peers from leading recycling cities, and consultants. We generated a list of ideas to address each of the contributing issues. Commercial Education Culture/Marketing Residential

  8. Step 5: Develop list of initiatives and prioritize What initiatives will have the greatest impact and are the most feasible in your community? Greatest Feasibility High Priority Initiatives Feasibility Greatest Impact Impact

  9. Step 6: Establish metrics and set targets for initiatives! • How will you measure success? • Ambitious, but achievable targets. • Initiative: Introduce 95-gallon roll carts to two neighborhoods • Metric: Recycling tonnage collected • Target: Increase recycling tonnage collected by 25% • Initiative: Introduce desk-side recycling in Metro Government Offices • Metric: Recycling tonnage collected • Target: Increase recycling tonnage collected by 50% • Initiative: Introduce Wet-Dry Recycling to the Central Business District (CBD) • Metric: Percent of total waste recycled • Target: Increase overall recycling/composting rate from 11% to 85% in CBD

  10. Step 7: Develop initiative charters and work plans • Incorporate initiatives into daily work stream • Develops timeline with key activities and milestones • Establishes roles and responsibilities • From this, we can develop detailed work plans • Step 8: Get to work! Measure outcomes against established targets • Celebrate quick wins • Evaluate project successes • and shortcomings • “Rinse and repeat”

  11. Commercial All Louisville Metro offices recycle Office Building Pilot Program in CBD: Wet/Dry Program Food Composting Program at Schools Multi-unit Apartment Pilot Program Retail Center Pilot Program-Fourth Street Live Entertainment Complex (Case Study) Residential Residential Purchase Program Residential Pilot Program: Larger Capacity Containers Change Management Solar Compactors in CBD Yard Waste Plastic Bag Ban Ordinance-Passed-Implementation Phase (Waste District) Related-Supported Construction and Demolition Recycling System: Subcommittee Formed (Waste District) Construction and Demolition (Metro Government Operations) Special Events Recycling Solid Waste Collection System Study (Waste District) Surplus Exchange Program Initiatives Overview

  12. Central Business District Pilot • Key Requirements • QRS Recycling Commercial Dry Waste Facility (CDW) • Opened in 2013 in Louisville. • Low-Tech/Handles Higher Contamination Levels • Food Waste Collection/Composting • Valet Service – Education Intensive • Potential Expansion • Residential • Business-specific initiatives • Inclusion of yard waste • Anaerobic digestion • Potential Advantages • Takes participation rate out of equation • All material is processed for recovery (processing gee?) • Nothing goes directly to the landfill (no landfill fee) • Potential 85-90% recovery rate (with WTE)

  13. Pre Pilot Current State: Commercial Single Stream Containers located on each floor Waste audit found significant amount of recyclable materials remaining in outgoing trash New Program Recycling (Clear Bag) at all desk-side and common areas Wet Waste (Black Bag) in all restrooms and break-rooms Dumpsters Became Recycling • Louisville Metro Government Recycling Program • “Ah-ha” moment: Why have garbage dumpsterswhen the majority of the materials generated is recyclable? • Results-Learnings • Very high recovery rates • Contamination caused by illegal dumping and unauthorized use of LMG employees • Lower collection cost for dumpsters • (no landfill charge) • Education and Training Critical

  14. 95-Gallon Roll CartResidential Pilot • Potential reduction in the overall cost per household • Blanket vs Targeted Distribution • Route Time Increased-Overtime • Biweekly Collection?

  15. Yard Waste Regulation • Issue: Plastic bags in collection system cannot be removed • Result: Compostable material can’t be resold (yard waste ends up as alternative daily cover in landfill) • Solution: Waste Management District Board adopted regulation specifying allowable containers for yard waste • Educating public on preferred methods • Compost at home • Mulch grass and leaves • Reusable containers • Paper bags • Compostable plastic • Season drop-off sites

  16. Thank you! More information is available at www.louisvilleky.gov/solidwaste/recycling Credit: Kristina Carpenter Pete Flood – pete.flood@louisvilleky.gov Mark Noll – mark.noll@louisvilleky.gov

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