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Alachua County Mandatory Commercial Recycling

Alachua County Mandatory Commercial Recycling. Sally Palmi, Waste Alternatives Manager Energy Conservation Strategies Commission April 22, 2008. Mandatory Commercial Recycling Program Goals. Ensure sustainability

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Alachua County Mandatory Commercial Recycling

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  1. Alachua County Mandatory Commercial Recycling Sally Palmi, Waste Alternatives Manager Energy Conservation Strategies Commission April 22, 2008

  2. Mandatory Commercial Recycling Program Goals • Ensure sustainability • Increase recycling participation by businesses and commercially collected residential properties • Reduce municipal solid waste

  3. Targeted Properties • 3428 commercial parcels in unincorporated area • Number of businesses unknown • ~3600 commercial entities (according to the Alachua County Tax Collector) • Goals to find out

  4. Alachua County Waste Stream FY 2007

  5. History • Development of both the ordinance and the resolution accomplished with input from the community • Board workshops • Public meetings • TAG • July 2001: BoCC adoption of Mandatory Commercial Recycling Ordinance #01-18 • February 2002: BoCC adoption of Resolution #02-16

  6. Mandatory Ordinance Provisions • Authorizes BoCC to require commercial recycling • Directs BoCC to adopt a resolution • Requires permit holders to collect and report recycling information

  7. Property owners source separate a minimum of 3 of 8 designated materials Aluminum cans Glass containers Plastic containers (HDPE, PETE, PVC) Steel cans Magazines Newspaper Office paper Corrugated cardboard Resolution #02-16

  8. Requirements for Property Owners • Provide convenient and accessible location for containers • Maintain containers

  9. Penalties and Fines • “Penalties and fines imposed by the code enforcement board shall accrue to the division of waste management.” • Non-compliance can result in fine of $1000/day • Up to $5000/day for repeat offenders

  10. Exemption • Small quantity generators • Produce less than 4 cubic yards/week • Recyclable materials constitute less than 15% of solid waste generated • Small quantity generators must apply for exemption

  11. Commercially-Collected Residential Property Recycling Sally Palmi, Waste Alternatives Manager Energy Conservation Strategies Commission April 22, 2008

  12. Commercially-Collected Residential Properties • Apartments, condominiums, mobile home parks in unincorporated Alachua County • In process of creating comprehensive list • Google maps

  13. Education & Tools • “How to. . .” packets • Ordinance • Acceptable recyclable materials • Contact information for local recycling haulers/collection services companies • EPA waste prevention publication • Information about how to start a program • Workshops

  14. Education & Tools • Waste Surveys • Liaison with haulers • Supplies • Multi-bag pilot program • Promotional incentives • Education material templates • Recycling Celebrations

  15. Enforcement • Two code enforcement officers on staff who deal solely with commercial recycling • Goal is compliance and beyond (exceeding the minimum requirements of the ordinance)

  16. New Opportunity to Comply • Tools for Schools 8 yd dumpster • Newspaper, white office paper • Revenue to TFS • Helps businesses comply • 2 commodities

  17. What we’ve found so far • Visited apartments: 40 • In compliance: 23 (not in compliance: 17) • Most commonly recycled commodities: • Commingled bottles and jars (metals, plastics, glass) • Newspaper • Improvements needed: • Contamination • Container location • Number of setups

  18. Proposed Changes to Ordinance • Commercial exclusion • Requirement for approval for commercial exclusion • Requirement for number of containers for apartments • Automatic exclusion for small businesses (less than 2 cubic yards) • Requirement for additional commodities

  19. Possible Future Changes to Ordinance • Number of recycling setups • Property owner responsibility for contamination • Small quantity generator exemption requirements • Recycling receptacles in close proximity to the trash receptacles • Define “convenient and accessible”

  20. Questions ???Sally Palmi352-374-5245scp@alachuacounty.us

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