Presenters: Shanita Brown and Kim Hubbard-Hall

1. Sponsored by the Office of Environmental Stewardship Presenters: ShanitaBrown and Kim Hubbard-Hall

2. I. Where we are • Population: • according to the North Central Texas Council of Government statistics • 2000:54,000 • 2010: 133,619 Increase of 141% IMPACTS City’s Natural Resource Distribution: • Land use( Planning Department) • Water (Storm Management) • Electricity • Solid Waste Management - Landfill (Public Works)AND (Environmental Services)

3. II. What are the concerns US Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) conservation and preservation objective to reduce the use of natural resources to sustain the City of McKinney. The Sustainability Plan Addresses the issues and opportunities to

4. II. What are the concerns? LANDFILL http://www.bficanada.com/English/EnvironmentCommunity/Education/LandfillComponents/default.aspx WASTE MANAGEMENT RECYCLE http://www.google.com/imgres?q=recycling&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS437US437&biw=1047&bih=639&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=DIhEuQ3aoEjkoM:&imgrefurl=http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp%3FiSubCatID%3D67%26iNavCatID%3D5&docid=5NdB3qiehjqKrM&imgurl=http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/images/Recycle_Bin_big.jpg&w=400&h=321&ei=FgvjTsrPNeGgsQL__YixBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=570&sig=115537562328344658622&page=4&tbnh=125&tbnw=156&start=54&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:54&tx=87&ty=62

5. III. Challenges: Increase Recycling Rates 121 RDF LANDFILL http://www.ntmwd.com/solidwastesystem.html FY 2008-09: 4,925.78 tons FY 2010-11: 5,261.04 tons FY 2011-12: 3,922.67 tonsDecrease 25%

6. III. Challenges: Increase Recycling Rates • RECYCLING Issues: • Contamination • Commercial properties are not required • Businesses • 11 Major Corporations (i.e. Raytheon, Blockbuster, etc.) • over 3000 small/medium • Multi-family Communities • 40% of the population reside in these communities

7. City of McKinney Recycle Rates – 2004 • NCTCOG Regional Recycling Rate Benchmarking Study – Final Report-R. W. BECK, INC

8. City of McKinney Recycling Rate 20045.0-9.9%

9. City of McKinney Recycle Rates – 2010 NCTCOG Regional Recycling Update FINAL – 8/31/11 - SAIC Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, LL

10. THE PLAN: PROBLEM STATEMENT • Impact of the problem: • surrounding populations will increase the need for more landfill space; landfills will close • Increase pollution • Increased contamination • 40% of the population in McKinney do not recycle

11. THE PLAN: TARGET POPULATION • Impact of the problem: • East of Highway 5/McDonald Ave. due to contamination of collected recyclable items • Multi-family Community - 38 communities • Currently 12 communities have some type of recycle plan

12. Locations of Multi-Family Communities– City of McKinney APARTMENT NAMES & ADDRESSES MAPPED LOCATIONS A. Housing Authority of the City (duplicate) B. Woodside Village Apartments 703 Bumpas Street, McKinney, TX C. Villas At El Dorado (duplicate) D. Times Square At Craig Ranch 7951 Collin McKinney Parkway, McKinney, TX E. AMLI at Stonebridge Ranch (duplicate) 6530 Virginia Parkway, McKinney, TX F. Cortona Apartments 325 Murray Farm Road, McKinney, TX G. Estates of El Dorado (duplicate) H. Value Place 3401 N Central Expressway, McKinney, TX I. La Casa Townhomes 409 South Church Street, McKinney, TX J. Apartment Firm (business)

13. PROJECT: REDUCE for REUSE Project • GOAL: Increase diversion of waste by reducing, reusing and recycling - The anticipated result is a 10-20% diversion of waste from the landfills per year; we will record the monthly tonnage and costs associated. This information will be provided to the funding source and it will be used for analysis in future recycling initiatives.

14. THE PLAN: BENEFITS Environmental • Diverted waste from landfills can be reused as raw materials and preserve natural resources to save energy. Social • Community which emphasizes outreach and community programs that will help promote and educate people to contribute to cleaner and healthier environmental communities..

15. THE PLAN: BENEFITS Economic • Recycling and reusing materials can create new products that could generate new jobs and reduce costs that result from hauling waste to distant landfills. • Recycling has created more than 1million jobs in the U.S. Economic recycling reduces costs that result from hauling waste to distant landfills. • Recycling helps families save money, especially those who have to pay as you go; the costs incurred by individuals for traditional waste disposal can be reduced with an effective waste management program. • A well designed and effective waste management program could encourage waste management and disposal companies to reduce their cost as well as give options to make programs less cost effective.

16. THE PLAN: PROJECT DESCRIPTION • Changing behaviors of residents to increase the rate of recycling by door-to-door Community Awareness Campaign • Creating a multi-family community recycling program to increase the number of residents participating in diverting recyclable items from the landfill

17. THE PLAN: The Methods • Recruiting youth to volunteer for Service Learning opportunities. • Various methods of communication will be used to inform these residents of Workshops and free classes as another method of outreach. • We will provide educational materialsfor multi-families about recycling through our Community Awareness campaigns

18. REDUCE for REUSE Project PART I: Waste Management Education and Outreach Community Awareness Campaign • East Side Outreach Campaign • Multi-Family Community Outreach Campaign The City will provide educational materials providing locations where RECYCLABLE products can be disposed.

19. REDUCE for REUSE Project PART II: MULTI-FAMILY PUBLIC COLLECTION SITES • Develop new drop-off recycling facilities – Enhance the “Do-it-Yourself” Program • New Collection Route Services – IESI, Inc.

20. REDUCE for REUSE Project

21. Timeline: Project Implementation Phase One

22. CITY of MCKINNEY RECYCLING SERVICES The City of McKinney has shown leadership in providing services to the residents and instilling programs that promote the city’s theme, “Unique by Nature.” The municipal solid waste collection costs are a part of the services billed on residential monthly water statements. Residential recycling is comprised solely of homeowners and the City passed the ordinance that required homeowners recycling since 2004. • Residential • Commercial • Christmas Trees • Compost • Electronics • Hazardous Waste • Yard Debris

23. CITY of MCKINNEY COMMUNITY EVENTS OUTREACH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH FOR KIDS Daffodils for Schools Environmental Lessons Green Clubs at Schools Green Costume Contest Litter Force TCEQ Coloring Book • Adopt-a-Park • Earth Day • Green Seminars • Lights Out McKinney • Local Food • Recycling Is Fun Day • Sprinkler Smarts • Texas Trash Off • Trinity Trash Bash

24. Arlington, TexasRecycling Rate 15-19% Recycling Services: Green Team Program Landfill free coupon program Recycling CFL Bulb Disposal Household Hazardous Waste Education Programs: Read and recycle program Other Recycling Programs: Plastics Electronic Waste Commercial recycling Recycling at the sanitary landfill

25. Lessons Learned: Arlington,Texas Social Outreach is a very part when it comes to recycling. McKinney has implemented many recycling programs to get their citizens involved in participating in recycling. Though the city has planned events and implanted programs the struggle is that waste is still increasing because the city is continually growing. One reason for this is because recycling isn’t required to apartment communities which make up a majority of McKinney’s population. My suggestions to this problem would be to set up a team full of volunteers that will go out to the apartment communities, educate residents on what recycling is, the importance of recycling and how they can get involved. Tim Yatko-Commercial Sustainability Coordinator in Arlington would put on a one piece suit go out to commercial properties and collect recyclables from their garbage. This is an example of outreach because people would begin to question what is going on but it puts people in the mind frame that this is a serious matter. The city doesn’t have to go to this extreme but the point that I’m making is that it’s going to take people to go out and educate people where they are. By introducing this McKinney recycling rates could increase and the city could become the leading model for multi-family recycling in North Texas.

26. Dallas, TexasRecycling Rate 35% or Greater Recycling Services: Residential Garbage Collection One Day Program Too good to throw away Big Blue “Don't Waste Today” Electronic Waste McCommas Bluff Landfill Education Programs: Speaker/Event request Classes Just for Kids Just for teachers Environmental Responsibilities Other Recycling Programs: Spring & Fall Round up Events Sanitation Services - Extra Cost Services

27. Lessons Learned: Dallas, Texas Environmental From the information researched about the City of Dallas, the recycling program called “Don’t Waste Today” which provides recycling bins at drop off locations that are in proximity and accessible to where residents reside is a program that should be considered by the City of Mckinney. My suggestion for McKinney would be to create a plan to set up recycling bins at libraries, recreational centers, and some commercial business parks. In this way, it will be more beneficial to residents in apartment complexes that want to recycle. This will allow them to recycle their waste and drop it off at a nearby bin that’s in proximity of where they reside.

28. Fresno, CaliforniaRecycle Rate 25% to 29% Recycling Services: Save it for blue Zero Waste Residential Curbside Recycling Program Business & Apartment Recycling Education Programs: “Grow up Green” Recycling program "Closing the Loop“ "A Child's Place in the Environment" "Teens for Planet Earth" Other Recycling Programs: Turning in Around “Take back the tap” Bottle Water Program Recycling games, fun and information on website for kids

29. Lessons Learned: Fresno, California Economic Fresno has a program called Operation Cleaned Up this program is designed to give residents the opportunity to dispose of their waste/items that were not taken by their regular garbage service. This program makes rounds around the city once a year. The reason behind this program is to prevent illegal dumping that costs residents hundreds and thousands of dollars a year to clean up. If McKinney offered a service like this once a week but altered it to collecting recyclables from communities, residents would have the opportunity for services coming to them, this service will in some ways prevent an additional garbage fee from being billed to them. Residents would begin to see how recycling saves them money because they’re not paying for landfill or trash fees.

30. FRISCO, TXRecycling Rate: 25 to 29% RECYCLING SERVICES Residential Curbside Recycling Program: Once-a-week pick-up Appliance and Metal Recycling Collection: Cardboard Recycling Do-It-Yourself Yard Trimmings Recycling Wood Pallets and Untreated Fencing Large Item Recycling Styrofoam Densifyer Educational Programs Rufus and Ms. Molly Green Team Other Recycling Programs Adopt A Street Chunk Your Junk

31. Lessons Learned: Frisco, Texas Environmental The City of Frisco has invested in a styrofoamdensifyermachine to reduce the amount of styrofoam in the solid waste disposal process by diversion from the landfill. This is an innovative way of increasing recycling rates by diversion of a product that is not biodegradable. This system was purchased through the “Time to Recycle,” grant administered by the North Central Texas Council of Government for pilot programs. This system should be considered by the City of McKinney.

32. Fresno, CaliforniaRecycle Rate 25% to 29% Recycling Services: Save it for blue Zero Waste Residential Curbside Recycling Program Business & Apartment Recycling Education Programs: “Grow up Green” Recycling program "Closing the Loop“ "A Child's Place in the Environment" "Teens for Planet Earth" Other Recycling Programs: Turning in Around “Take back the tap” Bottle Water Program Recycling games, fun and information on website for kids

33. Lessons Learned: Fresno, California Economic Fresno has a program called Operation Cleaned Up this program is designed to give residents the opportunity to dispose of their waste/items that were not taken by their regular garbage service. This program makes rounds around the city once a year. The reason behind this program is to prevent illegal dumping that costs residents hundreds and thousands of dollars a year to clean up. If McKinney offered a service like this once a week but altered it to collecting recyclables from communities, residents would have the opportunity for services coming to them, this service will in some ways prevent an additional garbage fee from being billed to them. Residents would begin to see how recycling saves them money because they’re not paying for landfill or trash fees.

34. BEST PRACTICES San Antonio & CalRecycle

35. SAN ANTIONIO The City of San Antonio's 10-Year Recycling and Resource Recovery Plan, approved by City Council in June 2010, ensures convenient access to recycling and increase waste diversion from local landfills. This ordinance requires owners and managers of all multi-family properties to provide adequate and convenient recycling collection services for residents.

36. San Antonio Multi-Family • Property Owner • Recycling Contractors List • Waste Hauler and tenant • Recycling Issues • Recycling Containers • Educations requirements • Enforcement

37. Strategies Keys to Multi-family recycling strategies: • Make it convenient for residents • Educate tenants why they should recycle • Educate tenants how to recycle • Have clearly marked containers

38. Goals • Goal #1 of 10 Year Plan: • Ensure all single‐family and multi‐family residents have convenient access to recycling programs. • Conduct community meeting with property owners and managers. • Get Stakeholders involved and review recycling plans and ideas. • Create a cost comparison for residents showing them that it is less to pay a recycling fee than a garbage/landfill fee.

39. Recommendations for McKinney Recommendations to the City of McKinney • According to their website, this plan developed over a ten year period. Many of the suggestions provided are lessons learned as the plan evolved. The Multi-Family Guide offers very specific objectives toward creating a successful multi-family program and the City of San Antonio has adopted an ordinance requiring multi-family recycling. This plan is recommended as a model to be considered for the City of McKinney.

40. CalRecycle • CalRecycle is a part of The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery in the state of California. CalRecycle encourages, promotes economic and environmental sustainability. Many businesses, companies, corporations and organizations use CalRecycle as a model or assistance for their sustainable practices.

41. 7 Key Points Suggested innovative key points for recycling programs: • Keep the program simple • Target Specific Materials • Expansion of Services • Providing Special Pickup Services • Promote Recycling in Schools • Waste Audits/ Survey/Database to Track and Target Special Populations

42. Reduce for Reuse Project Model using Listed below are the points that we are adopting for our multi-family program. • Simplicity • Expanding Outreach • Waste Audits/Survey/Database to Track and Target Special Populations • Providing Special Pickup Services • Populations

43. Recommendations for McKinney Expansion of Services Providing Special Pickup Services Promote Recycling in Schools

44. Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies -Sustainability

45. References • http://www.google.com/imgres?q=recycling&hl=en&sa=X&rlz=1C1GGGE_enUS437US437&biw=1047&bih=639&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=DIhEuQ3aoEjkoM:&imgrefurl=http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp%3FiSubCatID%3D67%26iNavCatID%3D5&docid=5NdB3qiehjqKrM&imgurl=http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/images/Recycle_Bin_big.jpg&w=400&h=321&ei=FgvjTsrPNeGgsQL__YixBg&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=570&sig=115537562328344658622&page=4&tbnh=125&tbnw=156&start=54&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:54&tx=87&ty=62 • http://www.bficanada.com/English/EnvironmentCommunity/Education/LandfillComponents/default.aspx • http://www.ntmwd.com/solidwastereports.html • http://www.ntmwd.com/downloads/solidwastereports/fy0809swreports.pdf