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SMART Waste Management

Changingthe way

Americans valuetrash

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S-M-A-R-T

Save

Money

AndReduceTrash

Residents can save when they reduce theamount of trash they produce

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Unit-based Pricing Sends a Clear Message

Worcester, MAPopulation 173,000

San Francisco, CAPopulation 775,000

Unit based pricing is just a different way of paying for waste

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PAYT vs Non PAYT per capita Trash

0

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1,200

1,400

PAYT

NON PAYT

916472

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Inspiration

Worcester MA

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Boston GlobeFebruary 2007

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49% Decrease in Residential Trash

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

900

1000

PAYT Dropoff

PAYTCurbside

non-PAYTDrop off

non-PAYTCurbside

Trash

PAYT Drop off

PAYT Curbside

non-PAYT Drop off

non-PAYT Curbside

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Average per capita Recycling up 77%

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100

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PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Dropoff

PAYT Curbside non-PAYTCurbside

Recycling

PAYT Drop off

non-PAYT Drop off

PAYT Curbside

non-PAYT Curbside

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Decrease in overall waste generation 35%

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

non-PAYT PAYT

Recycling

Trash

Source Reduction 35%

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US Residential per capita Disposalsource Resource Recycling April 2008

City Population

Per capitaResidential

WasteDisposal Tip Fee

PAYT Savings Based onNational per capita

disposal Average

Portland OR 537,081 448 71 $13,098,600

Portland ME 64,249 357 88 $2,199,372

Binghamton NY 45,217 551 40 $528,135

Worcester MA 175,454 390 68 $4,444,250

*San Francisco CA 744,041 513 117 $27,073,420

Grand Rapids MI 193,083 529 79 $4,621,828

Bath ME 9,184 325 90 $344,757

Fayetteville AK 67,158 544 25 $496,130

Middletown RI 16,431 359 32 $204,007

United States 293,000,000 1,135 37 $3,076,133,750

Numbers represent 2005,2006,2007 estimates of tonnages sent to lands or waste to energy facilities*San Francisco has local tip fee of $117 per ton

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Seoul Korea VGCF System - Before / After

Municipal Solid Waste Disposal

Before VGCF was 12,238

ton/day

Municipal Solid Waste

Disposal After VGCF

was7,013 ton/day

0

200

400

600

800

1000

Per Person

Per Year

Before 880

After 520

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Zurich Switzerland reduced waste 41%

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Europe per capita disposalPolluter Pays Principle

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Belgium

Netherlands

Germany

Austria

Sweden

Finland

Spain

Italy

Luxembourg

Portugal

Greece

France

UK

Denmark

Ireland

US

Per Capita

Per Capita

Source: Institute for Public Policy Research 2007

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MaldenWaste BeforeSMART

Projection AfterSMART

PAYT a SMART BET

The City of Malden would save $817,000 annually in avoided disposal

78%

22%

Total Waste

Total

Recycling

(plastic glassmetalpaper

yard waste)

37%

49%

14%

Total Waste

Total

Recycling

(plastic glass

metalpaper

yard waste)

SourceReduction

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Malden MA before and after

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October November December January February

2007

2008

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Core Residential Waste

US MSW 2007 Facts and Figures = 170million tonsof waste after compost and recycling

60% Residential = 102million tons

New England Study suggests about 20+% ofhousehold waste is recoded as commercial

Potential US waste reduction 50 million tons

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200

BioCycle

EPA

New Englan non-PAYTNew England PAYT

Trash

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Overcoming the Obstacle

66 communities PAYT

Now that you have

implemented PAYT doyour residents like it?

100% feel theirresidents are extremely

happy

60 communities non-PAYT

What is the main

barrier to PAYT 75% are afraid of PAYT

for political reasons afraid residents will be

unhappy 20% feel their residents

will think it is just anadditional tax

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City

Annual

Household

Savings

Annual Pounds

of Diversion

Per Household

Malden $41.93 1,089

Everett $11.08 287

Revere $13.38 347

SMART vs. Recycle Bank

North Shore Massachusetts Communities Implement Waste Diversion

Programs: PAYT Results Clearly Stand Out EPA SPRING 2009 Bulletin

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Duxbury MA One Month AfterImplementation July 2007

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Oct'06

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Dec'06

Jan'07

Feb'07

Mar'0

7

Apr'0

7

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Jun'07

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Aug'07

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Oct'07

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Dec'07

Jan'08

Feb'08

Mar'0

8

Apr'0

8

May'08

Tonnage

.

Town of Duxbury Solid Waste and Recycling Tonnage History

SolidWaste

Recycling

Single

Stream

SAYT

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Middletown Rhode Island SMART

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Jul-07 Aug-07

Sep-07

Oct-07 Nov-07

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Feb-08

Mar-08

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Jul-08 Aug-08

Sep-08

Oct-08

Tonnage

SolidWaste

Recycling

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MSW for the

Town of Stafford, CT

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How Can You Get SMART?

Go to EPA SMART BETand assess the citiespotential for Cost and GHG reductions

Find a Coachto help you through the Politics Start anAdvisory Committeeto officially

investigate SMART and carry out Implementation

Create an easy, cost-effective Implementation

Strategyto fit w/your current Collection Structure

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Residents Want Right to Choose

Kicking the Cans July 29, 2008

Should people who throw out more trash

pay higher disposal bills?

84% - YES 16% - NO

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SMART Waste

Management

Changing the WayAmericans Value Trash

By:

Kristen BrownGreen Waste Solutions

kristen@thewastesolution.com843-241-3276

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SMART BET TOOL