the pay-as-you-throw solution for recycling and financial savings

The Pay-As-You-Throw Solutionfor Recycling and Financial Savings

2013 Tennessee SymposiumAugust 16, 2013

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About WasteZero


The fact that garbage is an unmetered utility leads toavoidable waste of financial and environmental resources.

Solid waste is typically the only utility residents do not pay for per unit.

Solid Waste—The Last Unmetered Utility

Electricity Gas

Water Trash

Metered Unmetered


PAYT—What’s the Point?

Regardless of how much trash they generate

= $$$

= $$$Or a little…

= $$$

TRADITIONAL TRASH COLLECTION

PAY-AS-YOU-THROW

Or how little…

Residents pay one fixed fee for disposal.

(An “all you can eat” approach)

They only pay for the amount of trash they throw away.

(A variable rate, equitable approach)

If residents generate a lot of trash

= $


The Pay As You Throw Solution

Full-service bag-based PAYT doubles or triplesrecycling rates in our partner communities.

With full service bag-based PAYT


The PAYT Solution—OverviewCurrent Approach

With WasteZero Trash Metering™

City charges solid waste fees and uses General

Fund dollars

Residents may purchase any trash bags (typically

$0.30/bag)

All trash bags are collected curbside or at drop-off

centers

City may reduce fees or reallocate General Fund

dollars for disposal/collection

Residents purchase WasteZero Trash Metering™

bags at local retail stores (typically $1-$2/bag)

Only Trash Metering™ bags are collected

curbside or at drop-off centers

Recycling is optional, but not incentivized

Behavior changes: waste is reduced

and recycling increases

EasyConvenient Effective

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PAYT Programs in the South

Rural — Alamance County, NC

— Coweta County, GA

— Craven County, NC

— Elbert County, GA

— Oconee County, GA

— Oglethorpe County, GA

— Onslow County, NC

— Rowan County, NC

— Transylvania County, NC

— Union County, NC

Urban— Austell, GA

— Charlottesville, VA

— Decatur, GA

— Gainesville, FL

— Lynchburg, VA

— Plantation, FL

— Poquoson, VA

— Tulsa, OK


Increased Recycling

Decrease in MSW (Tons)

Increase in Recycling (Tons)

Decatur GA 42% 79%Dartmouth MA 57% 50%Tiverton RI 50% 100%Malden MA 49% 74%S. Berwick ME 44% 47%Duxbury MA 43% 20%Grafton MA 41% 98%Ashland MA 35% 98%Sandwich MA 42% 74%

Once PAYT programs are in place, MSW decreases and recycling increases are dramatic.


Tennessee-Specific Benefits of Pay As You Throw

Trash Diverted

1.3 Million Tons per Year

Recycling Captured

520,000 Tons per Year

Municipal Impact

$320,000,000 per Year

New Jobs

9,000+


1Net of program services and supplies

Program Net Financial Impact 1 Year 5 Years 10 YearsProgram Net Revenue1 $1.2M $5.9M $11.6MDisposal Savings $219K $1.6M $4.1MIncremental Recycling Revenue $72K $600K $1.5MOperational Cost Savings TBD TBD TBDTotal Program Net Impact $1.6M $8.1M $17.2M

Program Environmental Impact 1 Year 5 Years 10 YearsTons of Waste Diverted or Reduced 4,500 31,000 75,000Tons of Additional Recycling 1,800 12,500 30,000

Metric Tons of CO2 Reduced 8,500 59,000 141,000Millions of BTUs Conserved 71,500 494,000 1,200,000

The PAYT Solution—Mid-Size Southeastern City


The PAYT Solution—Large Southeastern CityProgram Benefits and Savings 1 Year 5 Years 10 YearsProgram Net Revenue1 $11M $55M $114MDisposal Net Savings $750K $5M $13MIncremental Recycling Revenue $250K $2M $5MOperational Cost Savings TBD TBD TBDTotal Program Net Impact $12M $62M $132M

Tons of Waste Diverted or Reduced 20,000 125,000 300,000Tons of Additional Recycling 8,600 56,000 135,000

1Net of program services and supplies

Annual Environmental Impact

Natural Resources Diverted1 13,500 Incremental tons of recycling/year

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduced2 50,950 Metric tons of CO2 equivalent/year

Energy Saved2 478,500 Million BTUs/year

Landfill Life Expectancy Increase TBD Incremental years1WasteZero Trash Metering™ projection.

2EPA. Waste Reduction Model (WARM). Available at: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/waste/calculators/Warm_home.html. Accessed September 17, 2012.


Thank You!

Les EvansVice President, Municipal Partnerships

Email: [email protected]: 919 322 1221

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