Measuring Materials Management

Ron VanceChief

Resource Conservation BranchU.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Evolution of Philosophy

Waste Management

Recycling

Integrated Waste Management

Sustainable Materials Management

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While philosophy has evolved, our goals have not

Recycling Rate = 35%

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Goals

Measuring SMM

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1 Electric power generation, transmis... 6.9 3.0 14.3 1.3 15.1 <1 11.7 15.8 1.2 12.8 <1 14.4 2.0 1.5 35.42 Residential permanent site single- ... 3.7 3.7 3.5 2.2 3.1 2.0 4.6 2.3 <1 4.1 5.9 1.6 16.1 9.2 22.03 Animal (except poultry) slaughterin... <1 <1 2.8 <1 2.3 <1 1.1 3.9 4.3 1.1 15.4 3.2 <1 7.6 18.84 Poultry processing <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 1.6 16.2 <1 1.3 1.1 <1 3.7 16.85 Waste management and remediation se... 6.0 6.6 <1 12.2 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 15.26 Greenhouse, nursery, and floricultu... <1 <1 3.3 <1 <1 14.1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 <1 14.57 Food services and drinking places 3.9 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.1 2.8 3.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 5.6 1.0 6.7 14.28 Light truck and utility vehicle man... 5.9 9.6 1.2 5.0 2.1 3.1 1.9 1.2 <1 1.7 <1 <1 <1 2.6 13.59 Retail trade 4.4 4.5 3.4 4.7 3.9 3.2 3.8 3.3 1.6 4.9 1.7 3.4 <1 3.7 13.4

10 Truck transportation <1 <1 1.3 <1 <1 <1 8.9 3.0 <1 2.9 <1 <1 <1 <1 9.9

U.S. Top Ten Most Impactful Goods and Services

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Goal is set at one tier – Recycling

What about:• Generation• Landfilling (Zero

Waste)

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Waste Hierarchy

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Waste Hierarchy

66380000; 26%

33140000; 13%

23020000; 9%

135920000; 53%

258,460,000 Tons of Waste Generated in 2014

Recycling Combustion with Energy RecoveryComposting Landfill

Note: Recycling and Composting combined equal 89,400,000 tons (35% of all waste generated)

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Waste Hierarchy

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Material vs Product

Glass Packaging ; 2990000; 3% Steel Packaging; 1580000; 2%Aluminum Packaging; 700000;

1%

Corrugated Boxes ; 27280000; 31%

Other Paper and Paperboard Packag-ing; 2210000; 2%

Plastics Packaging; 2120000; 2%

Wood packaging; 2570000; 3%Durable Goods; 9750000; 11%

Newspapers ; 5200000; 6%

Other Paper Nondurable

Goods; 9710000; 11%

Clothing and Footwear; 1900000;

2%

Towels, Sheets and Pillowcases; 230000;

0%

Other Misc. Non-durables; 140000;

0%

Food; 1940000; 2%

Yard Trimmings; 21080000; 24%

ProductsMATERIALS

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Normalizing

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2013 20140

10,000

20,000

30,000

40,000

50,000

60,000

70,000

80,000

90,000

100,000

Gross Recycling Tons1,

000

Tons

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2013 20140.0

100.0

200.0

300.0

400.0

500.0

600.0

Annual Per Capita RecyclingPo

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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2005 2010 2012 2013 20140.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

30.0%

35.0%

40.0%

Percentage Recycled of Waste Generation%

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Comparability between rates between gross tons, per capita pounds, and percentage of generation:R2 for lines of best fit = 0.928, 0.927, 0.921

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Measurement Focus: Tons

Paper and Paperboard

Glass

Ferrous M

etals

Aluminum

Other Nonferro

us Metals

Plastics

Rubber and Le

ather

Textiles

WoodFood

Yard Trimmings

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5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

Material Landfilled1,

000

Tons

Measurement Focus: Recycling Rates

Paper and Paperboard

Glass

Ferrous M

etals

Aluminum

Other Nonferro

us Metals

Plastics

Rubber and Le

ather

Textiles

WoodFood

Yard Trimmings

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Material Recycling Rate

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Measurement Focus: Value ($)

HDPE PET Steel Aluminum Newspapers Corrugated Cardboard

Mixed paper Glass $-

$200.00

$400.00

$600.00

$800.00

$1,000.00

$1,200.00

$1,400.00

$1,600.00

$1,800.00

$874.00

$390.00

$122.00

$1,526.00

$51.00 $106.00

$56.00 $21.00

Material Commodity Values/TonPr

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on

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Measurement Focus: GHGs

Paper and paperboard

GlassSteel

Aluminum

Other nonferro

us metals

Plastics

Rubber and Le

ather

Textiles

Wood

Food, Other

Yard trim

mings0.00

1.00

2.00

3.00

4.00

5.00

6.00

7.00

8.00

9.00

10.00

3.12

0.28

1.81

9.11

4.34

1.000.38

2.36 2.46

0.18 0.15

GHG emissions/ton recycledM

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There is no one right way to measure.

There is no perfect singular measure.

Measure needs to be tailored to the program and what is being evaluated.

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Closing Thoughts

Thank you!

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