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Single Sort Recycling Washington Brings Recycling In House and Converts to Single Sort Hallie Clemm Acting Solid Waste Collection Chief Solid Waste Management Administration MWCOG Recycling Committee Meeting September 2005. Garbage, Recycling and Bulk/Appliance Collection - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Single Sort RecyclingWashington Brings Recycling In
House and Converts to Single Sort
Hallie ClemmActing Solid Waste Collection Chief
Solid Waste Management Administration
MWCOG Recycling Committee MeetingSeptember 2005
Solid Waste Services
• Garbage, Recycling and Bulk/Appliance Collection
• 110,000 residential customers• Street & Alley Cleaning• HHW and E-cycling• Seasonal Services• Transfer Stations• Enforcement Division
Recycling CollectionThru 2004
• Curbside/Alley Collection• Two-Sort Paper &
Containers + OCC• Once-a-week collection
with bins• Contract Collection• Poor Service-Repeated
Missed Collections• High Contract Cost• Low Participation/
Recycling rate
Factors Pushing For Change
• Alley Collection never mastered by contractor
• Repeat misses • Equipment Problems-Type,
Size & Reliability • Supervision/Customer
Service Problems• High Employee Turnover• Low Participation Rate• Low Recycling Rate
What To Do?• Move to Public Collection• Convert to Single Stream • Use Carts where possible• Reduce missed service• Increase participation and recycling rates• Stabilize cost• Opportunity to change recycling collection days • Improve Labor/ Management Relations
How Did We Get There?
• Labor/Management Partnership “Pot Hole”
• Looked at Alternatives• Studied Single Sort• Implemented a Pilot• Rebid Private Collection
Contract• Cobbled together funding• Filled in the gaps
DC In-House Program
• Purchased 100,000 recycling &15,000 garbage 32 Gallon Carts
• Purchased 22 semi-automated rear loading 16 cy packers
• Added 22 Three Person Crews. Total of 72 FTEs
• Used GIS to develop 16 to18 daily recycling routes
DC In-House Program
• DC In-House Crews began collections Jan 24, 2005
• About 100,000 customers now have recycling carts
• Do to space limits, about 10,000 remain using bins in Georgetown and center city
• Complaints of missed service down 90%
• Set Out rate up to as high as 75% weekly in cart area
• Tonnage collected up 12%
DC In-House Program
Alley Bin Collection
DC In-House Program
Alley Cart Collection
DC In-House Program
Street Cart Collection
Results So FarRecycling Tons Trash Tons Waste Stream
FY 2004 FY 2005 % Change FY 2004 FY 2005 % Change FY 2004 FY 2005 % Change
February 1642 1644 0.12% 7424 8316 12.02% 9066 9960 9.86%
March 1720 1907 10.87% 10590 7973 (24.71%) 12310 9880 (19.74%)
April 1754 1890 7.75% 9508 9770 2.11% 11322 11660 2.99%
May 1656 1943 17.33% 10416 10306 (1.06%) 12072 12249 1.47%
June 1830 1957 6.94% 12439 9560 (23.14%) 14269 11517 (19.29%)
July 1427 1729 21.16% 10798 3291 (14.51%) 12225 10960 (10.35%)
August 1472 1835 24.66% 11594 9953 (14.15%) 13066 11788 (9.78%)
TOTAL 11501 12905 12.21% 72829 65109 (10.60%) 84330 78014 (7.49%)
Contact Information
Hallie ClemmActing Assistant Solid Waste Collection Chief
Public Works Department2750 S Capitol Street SEWashington, DC 20032
202-645-0744