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California Trends in
Resource Recovery Parks
Resource Recovery Parks & Zero Waste
Friday, December 5, 2014
Ruth C. Abbe, Co-Chair
CRRA Global Recycling Council
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Agenda
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Best Practices by Material Type
Best Practices by Program Area
Facility Descriptions
Zero Waste Infrastructure
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Zero Waste Infrastructure
Social Infrastructure
Physical Infrastructure
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Zero Waste Infrastructure
Social Infrastructure
• Alignment of Goals
– Local Government
– Generators
– Service Providers
• Rate Structure Signals
• Community-Based Approaches
• New Rules and Mandates
• Culture Change
• Technical Assistance
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Miss Alameda Says “Compost!”
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Zero Waste InfrastructurePhysical infrastructure
• Universal access to recycling and composting collection services
– Residential
– Commercial & Industrial
– Institutional & Schools
• Processing capacity
– Recycling
– Food scraps
– Construction & Demolition processing
• Self-haul
– Resource recovery park – For Hard to Recycle Materials
– Processing prior to landfilling – For Reuse and Recycling
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Composition of Self-Haul Materials
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Source: Derived from 2011 King County Waste Characterization and Customer Survey Report,
Cascadia Consulting Group, Page 80
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Best Practices by Material Type
C&D materials
– Dedicated self-haul sort line separate from commercial C&D sort line
Bulky items
– Drop off areas for specific materials
– Floor-sort using staff to assist in unloading and proper placement of
materials
Traditional recyclable and compostable materials
– Resource recovery park for multiple materials
– Requiring separation of materials after the fee gate
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C&D Materials – Sort Line
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Dedicated self-haul sort line - 50-70% diversion
− Cardboard, wood, plastic
Examples: Davis Street, SF Recycling
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Bulky Items – Drop Off
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Drop off areas for
specific materials − Furniture
− Mattresses
− Carpet
− Electronics
Examples: Davis Street,
SF Recycling, El Cerrito
El Cerrito Recycling Center
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Bulky Items – Floor Sort
Floor-sort using staff to assist
in unloading and proper
placement of materials
− Furniture
− Building materials
− Household goods
− Rare finds
Examples: SF Recycling,
Berkeley Transfer Station
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Berkeley Transfer Station – Urban Ore
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Resource Recovery Park for
Multiple Materials
• All curbside recycling materials
• Hard-to-recycle items :
– Window glass
– Carpet
– Styrofoam
– Cooking oil
– Reusables
• Exchange Zone
– Office supplies
– Books and magazines
– Household goods11
El Cerrito Recycling Center
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Self-Haulers Separate after Fee Gate
Self-haulers directed to
bunkers for separating
materials
− Metal
− Yard trimmings
− C&D
Facility Use Fee (extra
$20) for by-passing
separation area
97% of self-haulers
separate materials
Cold Canyon Resource Recovery Park
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Best Practices by Program Area
Requiring customers to separate materials for diversion
Placing the reuse and recycling areas after the fee gate and
charging extra for customers who refuse to separate
Designating areas or stations for unloading specific materials
Making recycling as convenient or more convenient than wasting
Using spotters or helpers to assist customers in unloading and
separating materials
Targeting all reusable and recyclable materials for diversion
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Equipment Used for Self-Haul Materials
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Facility Containers Sorting Compaction Rolling Stock
Berkeley Bins, roll-off boxes Box truck
Cold Canyon Bunkers and bins
Davis Street Cubic yard dumpsters,
roll-off containers,
electronic scrap boxes
Sorting line Loader
El Cerrito 30 3 to 7 cubic yard bins
and 40 cubic yard roll-off
boxes
1 horizontal baler,
densifier
3 fork lifts
SF Recycling Bunkers, bins and roll-off
containers
Conveyor and
sort line
Loader
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Staffing Levels for Addressing
Self-Haul Materials
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Facility Manager Drive up
window Sorters
Spotters/Helpers Reuse
Staff
Loader
Operator
Berkeley 2 3
Cold Canyon 1
Davis Street 24 1.5 1.5 2
El Cerrito 0.5 2-3
SF Recycling 10-12 4 1
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Specific Materials Targeted for Diversion
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Material Berkeley Cold Canyon Davis
Street
El
Cerrito
SF
Recycling
Appliances (large)
Appliances (small)
Batteries
Bicycles
Books and
magazines
Building materials
Cardboard
Carpet
Cartons and aseptic
packaging
Clothing
Container glass
Cooking oil
Electronic scrap
Expanded
polystyrene
Film plastics
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Specific Materials Targeted for Diversion
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Material Berkeley Cold Canyon Davis
Street
El
Cerrito
SF
Recycling
Fines
Hazardous waste
Inerts
Mattresses
Metals
Motor oil
Paper
Pharmaceuticals
and sharps
Plate glass
Reusable items
Rigid plastic
Universal waste
Wood
Yard trimmings
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Berkeley Transfer Station, Berkeley, California
Owned and operated by the City
of Berkeley
City crews salvage recyclables
(metals, cardboard)
Urban Ore staff salvage reusable
materials
City pays Urban Ore $40 per ton
for every ton of reusable materials
that are removed from the transfer
station saving $20 per ton by
avoiding the cost of landfill
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Berkeley Transfer Station, Berkeley, California
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Self-Haul Recovery Staffing (full-time
equivalent) Equipment Targeted Materials
Rates
City of Berkeley
recyclable and
compostable materials
2 sorters/helpers Bins, roll-off boxes Cardboard, metal,
appliances, mattresses
and tires
$126 per ton
$29 per cubic yard
Staging area Plant debris, other
organics
$67per ton
$23 per cubic yard
Urban Ore targeting
reuse
3 reuse staff Box truck Reusable building
materials and
household goods
$126 per ton
$29 per cubic yard
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Cold Canyon Resource Recovery Park, San Luis Obispo, California
Owned and operated by Waste
Connections
Supported by the San Luis Obispo
Integrated Waste Management
Authority
Self-haul customers are charged
$25 per load (about $70 per ton)
Customers must separate
recyclables or pay an additional
$20 fee if they are unwilling to sort
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Cold Canyon Resource Recovery Park, San Luis Obispo, California
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Self-Haul Recovery Staffing (full-time
equivalent) Equipment Targeted Materials
Rates
Drop-off area 1 spotter Bunkers and bins scrap metal, glass,
plastic containers,
newspapers,
cardboard,
mixed paper,
appliances, yard
trimmings
$25 minimum
$70 per ton pro
rated
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Davis Street Transfer Station, San Leandro, California
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Owned and operated by
Waste Management
Self-haul customers include:
− 12 to 15 percent
residential customers
− 85 to 88 percent
contractors
Public area MRF processes
200 tons per day diverting
approximately 60 percent of
materials processed
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Davis Street Transfer Station, San Leandro, California
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Self-Haul Recovery Staffing (full-time
equivalent) Equipment Targeted Materials
Rates
Public area reuse &
recycling
1.5 helpers Cubic yard dumpsters Shoes, belts, clothing,
CDs, VHS tapes
$121.43 per ton
$35 per cubic yard
Public area MRF 2 shifts of 12 sorters
Loader operator
Sorting line
Loader
Cardboard, wood, metal
and mixed rigid plastic
$121.43 per ton
$35 per cubic yard
Organic processing Loader operator Loader Yard trimmings, wood $60 per ton
$26 per cubic yard
Mattresses, carpet and
electronic scraps
recycling
1.5 helpers Roll-off containers
Electronic scrap boxes
Mattresses, carpet,
electronic scrap
$21.70 per mattress
$7.50 per carpet
$12.18 everything
with a plug
Free for everything
with a screen
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El Cerrito Recycling Center, El Cerrito, California
Built in 1972, owned and operated by the City of El Cerrito
Rebuilt in 2012 at a cost of $2 million
Expanded to address more “hard-to-recycle” materials24
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El Cerrito Recycling Center, El Cerrito, California
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Self-Haul Recovery Staffing (full-time
equivalent) Equipment Targeted Materials
Rates
Drop-off area 2-3 operators/helpers 1 horizontal baler, 3
fork lifts, densifer, 30
3 to 7 cubic yard bins
and 40 cubic yard roll-
off boxes
Cartons and aseptic
packaging, batteries,
scrap metal, clothing,
collectibles, building
materials, sport
equipment, furniture,
house wares, insulation,
lumber, plate glass,
expanded polystyrene,
used cooking oil, used
motor oil,
pharmaceuticals and
sharps, electronics
scrap and small
appliances, books,
glasses, garden pots,
tools, corks, magazines,
and all curbside
recyclables
Funded through a
surcharge on the
collection rate
(approximately $4
per customer per
month)
Recycling Center is
open to all
Some material-
specific fees
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SF Recycling & Disposal, San Francisco, California
Owned and operated by Recology
Public Disposal and Recycling Area
10 to 15 percent of self-haul materials are diverted through floor sort
An additional 50 to 70 percent recovery is achieved through sorting line
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SF Recycling & Disposal, San Francisco, California
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Self-Haul Recovery Staffing (full-time
equivalent) Equipment Targeted Materials
Rates
Self-haul floor sort area 4 sorters
1 loader
Loader Reusable items
(furniture, mattresses),
carpet, building
materials, Universal
Waste, Hazardous
Waste, porcelain,
expanded polystyrene
$140.76 per ton -
site minimum of $25
per load
Processing line 10-12 sorters Conveyor and sort line cardboard, wood,
metal, plastics,
sheetrock, inerts, fines
$140.76 per ton -
site minimum of $25
per load
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SF Recycling & Disposal, San Francisco, California
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Conceptual Design for San Francisco Zero Waste Facility