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Curbside Recycling: Home. Work. Play.

Join the movement towards a sustainable future with curbside recycling, driving positive environmental and economic impacts. Discover the importance of recycling, government involvement, success stories, lessons learned, and funding options in this comprehensive guide from Eco-Cycle.

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Curbside Recycling: Home. Work. Play.

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  1. Curbside Recycling: Home. Work. Play. Kate Bailey, June 2016

  2. Where are we going today?

  3. One of first 20 communities with curbside recycling

  4. Who is Eco-Cycle? Boulder, CO since 1976 65 employees 55,000 tons/year “Zero Waste Social Enterprise”

  5. VISION: Opportunity to recycle. Every one, every day.

  6. What is Universal Recycling?

  7. Why Recycling. Why Now. Start with Why www.startwithwhy.com

  8. Why RecyclingWhy Now

  9. Current economic impact of recycling in NE • 1600 recycling jobs • $74.5 million direct wages • $274 million economic impact • $10 million in state, local taxes “Enhancing Recycling Services in Nebraska,” 2010 www.recyclenebraska.org

  10. Lost economic opportunities “Nebraska Recycling Study,” 2014 www.recyclenebraska.org/

  11. Extend your landfill life Graphic courtesy of Stop Hwy 6 Landfill

  12. #1 thing you can do for the environment “Although it sounds simple, when you see those recycling bins...think of it as a home-grown jobs program, and an environmental program and an energy program and a water program all in one.” Lisa Jackson, EPA Administrator, 2012

  13. People want it Carton Council Survey, 2016 www.cartonopportunities.org/survey

  14. Household barriers to more recycling in NE Center for Applied Rural Innovation, 2012 http://ruralpoll.unl.edu/pdf/12resources.pdf

  15. Convenience is king.

  16. Success breeds success.

  17. It’s an equity issue.

  18. Free market doesn’t deliver. • Private subscription service • Low participation rate • Unwilling to pay more • Unaccounted costs of trash • Pollution, health risks: $10 per ton • Future costs • Public benefits • $120/ton in environmental benefits • Jobs • Public satisfaction

  19. Government needs to get involved.

  20. How does government get involved?

  21. Hands-on approach: City-run trucks • One charge for service package, recycling automatically included • Typically household and/or apartments

  22. Success story: Danvers, MA • Population: 26,000 • No recycling out, no trash pickup • Apartments and homes • $43,000 saved in first year

  23. Implementation: City contract • Public-private partnership • Homes and/or apartments • Economies of scale • Define terms of services

  24. Success in Nebraska: Murray • Population: 500 • New trash/recycling contract with private hauler • Lower costs: $17/HH to $12/HH • Better services: curbside recycling for all residents

  25. Implementation: Municipal ordinance • Any hauler offering trash must also provide recycling • Great for businesses, apartments • Freedom to choose hauler

  26. Success story: Aspen, CO • Population: 7000 • Apartments, homes & businesses • Recycling embedded in costs of services • Hauler licensing requirement

  27. How to make it happen

  28. Citizen engagement is crucial

  29. Infrastructure needs • DEQ map on equipment, infrastructure and services • Regional partnerships • Hub and spoke model

  30. Does single-stream recycling make sense? • Higher value in dual stream • Higher participation in single-stream • Balance sorting costs • 65% single-stream programs (2010)

  31. Current challenges • Global economic factors • Strong U.S. dollar • Low export markets • Low oil prices • Changing material stream • Less paper • More plastic • Contamination challenges Recycling is not going anywhere! Get latest industry projections: Moore Recycling Associates

  32. Lessons learned & true economics • Evaluate over 20 – 30 years, including landfill expansions • Plan for bad years, not good • Full cost accounting • +$10/ton in landfill “costs” • -$120/ton in recycling “benefits”

  33. Funding options • NDEQ: www.deq.state.ne.us • NET: www.environmentaltrust.org • NE State Recycling Association: www.recyclenebraska.org • USDA Rural Development Solid Waste Management Grant:www.rurdev.usda.gov/uwp-solidwastemanagement.htm

  34. Best practices, resources and more ecocyclesolutionshub.org

  35. Stay with us on the road to Zero Waste Kate Bailey, Program Manager kate@ecocycle.org 303.444.6634 ecocyclesolutionshub.org

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