Annual Joint NJDEP/A&WMA Conference

NJDEP Environmental Management Update

October 12, 2012

NJDEP, Environmental ManagementJane Kozinski, Esq.

Assistant Commissioner609-292-2795

The Solid Waste and Air Issues that keep me up at night

31.2%

45.3%32.1%

35.1%

44.2%

44.9%

31.7%32%

33.2%

37.8%

42.4%

43%

32.7%47.4%

29.9%

40.7%

40.3%

43.2%

38.4%

53.8%

40%

2010 NJ MSW RECYCLING RATES

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NJ Municipalities

• 1/3 of our towns recycle less than 25%. • Only 16% of our towns have reached the

mandatory 50% recycling rate.

Strip Mall in Hopewell Twp., NJ ( Aug. 1, 2012)

Trash cans

Public Space Recycling

Belongs in Starbucks’ recycling bin inside the store

Glass beverage container

Plastic food container

Plastic beverage container

Strip Mall in Hopewell Twp., NJ ( a Sunday morning in June 2012)

Public Space Recycling

Plastic food container

Mounting Solid Waste Debt

$705,000,000

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REVENUE THROUGH TIPPING

FEES

FEED THE DEBT

INCUR DEBT, REFINANCE

INSTITUTE FLOW

CONTROL

ELIMINATE COMPETITION

CREATE STEADY WASTE

VOLUME

≈ $62MM/yr

The Costs of Solid Waste

• In 2010, New Jersey spent nearly a billion dollars disposing of almost 9 million tons of waste, excluding environmental harm.

• Proper recycling could have saved $250 million in disposal costs.

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LITTERParkside Avenue, Trenton, NJAugust 2012

Clean Communities Act Funding

PURPOSE % of FUND

2012 GRANTS

State litter pickup, administration and enforcement

10%--

Municipal litter programs based on number of housing units

50%

$13.9 millionMunicipal litter programs based on road mileage

30%

County litter programs based on road mileage 10% $1.7 millionTOTAL $15.6 million

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Clean Fill and Dirty Dirt

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Number of Days Ozone StandardsHave Been Exceeded in New Jesey

2000 - 2012*

>0.12 ppm (1-Hour Max)

>0.08 ppm (8-Hour Max)

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* Data through Sept 21, 2012

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EFFECTS OF OZONE ON LUNG FUNCTION

Healthy airway

Inflamed airway due to ozone inhalation

SOURCE: USEPA (2012)

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS: Cough, throat irritation, pain, burning, or discomfort in the chest when taking a deep breath, chest tightness, wheezing, or shortness of breath.

CAUSE: Injury to airway epithelial cells followed by a cascade of other effects.

The lung of a person exposed only to air.

The tiny cilia that clear the lungs of mucus appear along the top of the image in a neat and regular row.

The lung of a person exposed to 20 ppb of ozone for 4our hours during moderate exercise.

Some cilia appear missing and others appear misshapen.

Arrows point to tiny bodies called neutrophils, an indicator of inflammation.

SOURCE: NASA (2012)

Diesel Emissions

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The Solid Waste and Air Successes that make me happy

Re-energizing the Recycling Movement in NJ

“Cedar Crest Retirement Community in Pequannock

installs food liquifier” ~ NorthJersey.com (May 14,

2012)

“Gloucester County claims highest recycling

rate in NJ” ~ Examiner.com (April

19, 2012)

“Recycling bringing money for West

Milford” ~ NorthJersey.com (March 23, 2012

“The recycling rate in New Jersey’s Montville Township has doubled since 2007” ~ Waste and Recycling News

(May 1, 2012)

“Christie Administration

Announces $5.5 Million in Grants to Counties to Boost

Recycling Efforts” ~ DEP Press Release

(February 27, 2012)

“Op Ed: Time to Re-Energize Recycling Movement” ~

Commissioner Martin (July 22, 2012

“Recycling Saves Money, and the Environment” ~

DailyRecord.com (September 25, 2012)

“Want lower taxes? Recycle

More.” ~ Hopewell Valley News

(September 27, 2012)

Solid Waste Transformation ~Finding New Solutions to Old Problems

• Recycling and Minimization

• Solid Waste Market and Planning

• Solid and Hazardous Waste Program Business Practices

• Special Issues

Addressing the Unique Needs of Overburdened Communities

• First Ever Urban Recycling Summit

• Extensive Air Permitting Stakeholder Engagement in Overburdened Communities

• Increased outreach and communications

Diesel Success Stories

Mandatory Retrofit Law • In last phase – DPWs and

miscellaneous on and off-road public diesel vehicles

Private off-road construction vehicles• Implementing EO60• 175 vehicle pilot program• Retrofits of certain engines used

on state contracts

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Mandatory Retrofit LawCategory Time-

frameEstimatedPopulation

% confirmed

installs

PM Benefit (tpy) to date of approved retrofits

Public and private school buses

2008-2012

7,417 97% 1 (Crankcase emission reductions not calculated.)

Solid Waste Vehicles(public-owned or in public contract)

2008-2013

1,642 78% 17

NJ Transit buses 2010-2012

800 94%

52Private commercial buses

2010-2013

1,400 75%

Publicly owned on-road and non-road

Fall 2011-2016

6,500 7% 13

Total   17,759    

83Plus 48 tpy anticipated reductions from future retrofits.

September 18, 2012

Succeeding on PM2.5

• Clean Data Determinations - Air quality now better than current NAAQS

• NJ requested redesignation to attainment for PM2.5 on July 18, 2012

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RECYCLE COMPOST DISPOSE

THE CURBSIDE TRIO

YAHOO!