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Implementing Beyond Waste A Sustainable Materials Management Strategy for New York State Air & Waste Management Association June 8, 2011 Albany NY David Vitale, Director Bureau of Permitting & Planning Division of Materials Management. Summary. Why did NYS develop a plan? Why a new approach?

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  1. Implementing Beyond WasteA Sustainable Materials Management Strategy for New York StateAir & Waste Management AssociationJune 8, 2011Albany NYDavid Vitale, DirectorBureau of Permitting & PlanningDivision of Materials Management

  2. Summary • Why did NYS develop a plan? • Why a new approach? • The planning process • The Plan’s content • Outcomes of the process to date • Part 360 Regulation Revision Stats

  3. Why a New Plan? • Review 20+ years of experience • Set new goals • Address emerging issues and materials • Finite resources and new opportunities • Recommend a course of action

  4. Why a new approach for NY? • Environmental impact of wasting • Upstream/Life Cycle Impacts • GHG & Energy Use • Land & Resources • Jobs and economic opportunity in recovery • Recycling has reached a plateau

  5. Beyond Waste: Planning Process • Stakeholder Meetings (9) – Spring 08 • Advisory Group – 08/09 • 15 Members representing various stakeholder groups and regions of the state • Release of Draft (for public comment) –May 2010 • Hearings and Meetings – Summer 2010

  6. Beyond Waste: Summary of Comment Period • May 5, 2010 to August 18, 2010 • Five hearings; 55 statements made • 430 form letters/emails • More than 120 comment letters • More than 1300 comments total

  7. Beyond Waste: Final Plan • FGEIS Filed – December 15, 2010 • Plan Adopted – December 27, 2010 • Effective Date – January 26, 2011

  8. Beyond Waste: Key Findings • 20 years after SWMA, still wasting 65-80% of materials • Waste contributes to climate change • Some waste prevention gains have been achieved, but driven by economics and not policy • Wide variation in program performance statewide; though good data is scarce • Organics are 30 percent of MSW; recycling organics critical to progress

  9. Beyond Waste: Vision A materials management system that: • Captures economic value of materials • Minimizes greenhouse gas emissions • Maximizes materials and energy efficiency • Impacts the design of products and packaging • Achieves ever-increasing levels of recovery

  10. Beyond Waste: Goals • Minimize Waste Generation & GHG Impacts • Maximize Reuse, Recycling & Organics Recovery • Create Green Jobs • Maximize the Energy Value of Materials Management • Foster Good Local Planning • Strive for Participation, Fairness and EJ • Prioritize Investment in Recovery over Disposal • Maximize Efficiency in Infrastructure Development • Foster Technological Innovation • Continue to Ensure SWMFs are Designed and Operated Well

  11. Beyond Waste: Quantitative Goal • A progressive reduction in the amount of waste managed in disposal facilities (landfills and municipal waste combustors) on a per capita basis • Reduce from 4.1 lbs/person/day disposed in 2008 to 0.6 lbs/person/day in 2030

  12. Beyond Waste: Impacts • Reduce 21 million MTCO2E annually • Conserve more than 286 trillion BTUs of energy annually • Equal to energy consumed by 2.6 million homes • Create 67,000 jobs

  13. Beyond Waste:Major Areas of Focus • Improve waste prevention, reuse, recycling • Increase organics recycling – especially food waste • Implement product and packaging stewardship

  14. Beyond Waste : Improve the 3 Rs • Clarify who’s required to recycle and where • All generators; all places • Increase education, enforcement and incentives • Generate and allocate additional resources

  15. Beyond Waste:Increase Organics Recycling • Maximize food redistribution • Promote and demonstrate organics recycling in state agencies • Build the composting and organics recycling infrastructure • Require planning units to evaluate organics recycling

  16. Beyond Waste: Implement Product Stewardship • Enact PS for: • Household Hazardous Waste • Pharmaceuticals • Paint • Carpets • Automobiles • Mercury Containing Products • Packaging • Appliances

  17. Beyond Waste: Expectations for Municipal Actions • Planning units will be asked to: • Evaluate and propose methods to reduce waste, increase reuse, recycling and composting • Work as aggressively as possible to reduce waste destined for disposal

  18. Beyond Waste: PAYT/SMART • Removed recommendation for legislative mandate from Draft Plan • Replaced with additional activities: • DEC to provide resources, tools and information • Planning Units evaluate and implement if locally appropriate and feasible • Evaluate need for additional policy actions in biennial updates

  19. Beyond Waste: Outcomes of Planning Process • New York Product Stewardship Council Created • 2 Product Stewardship Laws Enacted • Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act • Rechargeable Battery Recycling Act • Private sector interest and investments • Internal reorganization

  20. Beyond Waste :Initial Plan Activities • Reorganized Program and Created the Division of Materials Management • Developed Schedules for 2011 Plan Initiatives • Initiated Development of LSWMP Tools and Technical Guidance Documents • Resumed Part 360 Regulation Revision Process

  21. Outcomes of Planning Process

  22. Status of LSWMPs • About 68 Planning Units • 40 LSWMPs expired by Dec 31, 2010 • 17 submitted for review • 1 Approved • 3 Approvable • 13 In Various Review Phases

  23. Focus of LSWMPs • Maximize Waste Reduction & Recycling in All Generating Sectors • Maximize Traditional Recyclables Recovery • Evaluate Organics Recovery Strategies • Evaluate PAYT/SMART Alternatives • Evaluate Education & Enforcement Opportunities including Hauler Licensing & Reporting

  24. Established Internal DEC LSWMP Work Group Objectives: • Develop tools and resources for planning units to use in LSWMPS • Develop a consistent approach to DEC review of LSWMPs

  25. LSWMP Work Group: Tools • Waste Composition and • Waste Projection Tools • Information to help communities in evaluating appropriate materials management strategies and implementing NYS's solid waste management hierarchy.

  26. LSWMP Work Group - Tools • Model Local Plans • LSWMP Outline and Checklist • Implementation Schedule Instructions and Support tools • Marketing Information thru ESD

  27. LSWMP Work Group:Tools in Development • Model recycling ordinances • Model PAYT/SMART ordinance • Model Hauler Licensing Ordinance • Technical Guidance Documents • Organics Recycling and Composting • Update to 1988 Technology Assessment

  28. 6 NYCRR Part 360 series Rule-making Part 360 General Requirements Part 361 Recovery Facilities Part 362 Transfer, Collection and Thermal Treatment Facilities Part 363 Landfills Part 364 Waste Transporters Part 365 Biohazard Waste Management Part 366 Comprehensive Materials Management Planning Part 367 Returnable Beverage Containers Part 368 Product Stewardship and Labeling Part 369 State Assistance Projects

  29. General Part 360 Revisions • Includes significant reorganization and subdivision of current requirements • Incorporate legal, technological, and policy developments and experiences since the last major revision (1993/2003) • Add Facilities, activities, and waste streams not currently addressed

  30. General Part 360 Revisions • Relax or eliminate requirements that have proven to be burdensome • Incorporate recommendations of task forces that were convened to analyze specific issues • Incorporate topics and issues outlined in Beyond Waste Plan

  31. Proposed Revision Areas • Update technical requirements for design, construction and operation of Facilities to better protect human health and the environment • Combat Climate Change/Reduce Landfill Gas • Update financial assurance requirements

  32. Proposed Revision Areas • Address management of historic fill • Enhance regulation and tracking of C&D debris • Add registration provisions to Part 364 transporter program for C&D debris, certain commercial wastes and small amounts of RMW

  33. Proposed Revision Areas • Restrict the disposal of yard trimmings and source separated recyclables • Ensure consistent implementation of source separation requirements • Restrict the disposal of recyclable materials for which alternative infrastructure or product stewardship programs exist

  34. Proposed Revision Areas • Revise and update BUD regulations • Regulate gasification, plasma arc and pyrolysis facilities as thermal treatment facilities • Establish separate tracks for funding of for recycling education/planning /coordination, recycling capital, HHW collection, and other high‐priority projects

  35. Proposed Revision Areas • Enhance applicability of demonstration of consistency with goals and objectives of LSWMPs to support LSWMP efforts • Revise and update LSWMP requirements to streamline new planning initiatives

  36. Next Steps on 360 Rulemaking • Finalize Proposed Rulemaking Package • Proceed through DEC Executive Review, DOB Review, Governor’s Office Review • Release Proposed Rulemaking Package for Public Comment • Hold Public Hearings • Finalize Rulemaking

  37. Information & Contacts Beyond Waste Plan: David Vitale dxvitale@gw.dec.state.ny.us Part 360 Revisions: Melissa Treers mmtreers@gw.dec.state.ny.us LSWMPs: Gus Carayiannis gjcarayi@gw.dec.state.ny.us

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