Beverage Container Recycling Forum October 15, 2012

Transcription

1 Beverage Container Recycling Forum October 15, 2012

2 Solid waste management tax Rates 9.75% residential 17% commercial Applied to all garbage generators SCORE Governor s Select Committee on Recycling and the Environment Part of Waste Management Act established in 1991 Local Government Sources County Surcharges Landfill Host Fees

3 Counties are responsible for recycling and SW management Different local policies Overall system directed by the SW Management Act

4 60% of Minnesota cities contract for recycling on behalf of their residents 75% of Minnesota residents have access to curbside collection Fractured System (189 Cities/7 Counties) in Metro Area. Each city and county have separate programs and different materials that are accepted for recycling.

5 Volume Based Pricing in MN is misleading Only in contract cities Only have to charge more for greater volume, does not state how much more Very few pay-asyou-throw communities St. Cloud Hauler (Rates for MSW) Ace (Roseville) Allied (Roseville) Aspen (Roseville) 30 Gallon 60 Gallon 90 Gallon $12.49 $12.99 $14.99 $14.75 $15.00 $16.00 $17.84 $20.59 $23.35 St. Cloud $8.00 $16.00 $33.98 for cart

6 75 Facilities permitted to accept recyclable materials 4 have to optical sorting technology for either glass or plastics Aging infrastructure Observing a trend toward single stream

7 HDPE Bedford Technology (Worthington) Master Mark (Paynesville) By The Yard (Jordan) PP Vast Pavers (Minneapolis) PET None in MN, but many domestic sources Placon (Madison, WI)

8 Aluminum Mankato Metal and Recycling(Mankato) Steel Gerdau Ameristeel (South St. Paul) Glass E-Cullet (St. Paul) Strategic Materials (St. Paul) Anchor Glass (Shakopee)

9 Steel rebar manufactured by Gerdau Ameristeel (South St. Paul). Copy paper manufactured by Boise (International Falls) Egg cartons manufactured by Pactiv (Moorhead) Cereal boxes manufactured by Rock Tenn (St Paul) Harbor piers, signs and picnic tables manufactured by Bedford Technology (Worthington) Post it notes manufactured by 3M (St Paul) Plastic Lumber manufactured by Mastermark (Paynesville)

10 YEAR Direct Jobs (Recycling Manufacturing) 9,003 15,221 Indirect Jobs (Downstream) 3,057 11,641 Induced Jobs (Long Term Effects on Spending) 7,200 10,119 Total Jobs 19,260 36,981 Total Wages $760 Million $1.96 Billion Tax Revenue $64 Million $272 Million Total Gross Economic Activity $2.98 Billion $8.5 Billion

11 Minnesota Beverage Association Data (2008) Material Type Tons Aluminum 30,100 PET 35,300 Glass 153,000 Total 218,400 Container Recycling Institute Data (2008) Material Type Tons Aluminum 33,913 PET 49,725 Glass 169,299 Total 255,649

12 1999 Waste Composition Study Material Category % Composition PET Bottles 0.6% HDPE Bottles 0.3% Aluminum Cans 0.7% Glass Containers 2.0% 2004 Olmsted Study Material Category % Composition Plastic HDPE 0.68% Plastic PET 1.13% Aluminum Cans 2.24% Food and Beverage Glass 2.24% 2007 HERC Study Material Category % Composition Plastic HDPE 4.2% Plastic PET 3.2% Aluminum 1.7% Glass 4.4%

13 Recycling from SCORE (Tons) Aluminum 38,597 Glass 79,614 PET 3,455

14 Recycling Rate based on Sales, Disposal and Recycling Data Aluminum 33% Glass 47% PET 24% All Containers 35%

15 Positive Changes Cartons Expansion of single stream Increase in plastics collected Changes that create challenges New plastic resins (orange juice container example) Increasing contamination

16 Sales Difficult to obtain due to proprietary concerns National Sales increased from 224 Billion containers sold in 2008 to 225 Billion containers sold in (An increase of less than 1%) MN data is not available at this time, so due to the low growth in sales, the 2008 figure was used.

17 2009 Pope/Douglas Study Material Category % Composition PET 1.4% HDPE 0.9% Aluminum Cans 0.7% Glass 3.7% 2009 Red Wing Study Material Category % Composition PET 4.2% HDPE 4.4% Aluminum Cans 3.0% Glass 3.3% 2012 Perham Study Material Category % Composition PET Bottles 4.6% HDPE Bottles 4.6% Aluminum Cans 4.3% Glass Containers 8.9%

18 Recycling from SCORE (Tons) Aluminum 38,102 Glass 93,883 PET 3,684 Recycling from MRF Data (Tons) Aluminum 8,128.0 Glass 94,740 PET 13,195

19 Peder Sandhei Recycling Rate based on Sales, Disposal and Recycling Data Year Aluminum 33% 32% Glass 47% 37% PET 24% 12% All Containers 35% 27%