Solid Waste and Smart Cities
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Solid Waste and Smart Cities
Cal Cunningham
NC Clean Tech Summit
February 2014
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Solid Waste Is the Financial and Environmental Disaster That Nobody Is Talking About.
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We’re Throwing Away a Massive Amount of Community Resources…
Natural Resources
BTUs/ Energy
Carbon Emissions
Paper
• 59 billion lbs.
• 500 million trees
• 3.5 quadrillion BTUs (5% of total US energy consumption)
• Enough energy to power 25% US homes for an entire year
• Energy equivalent of 26 billion gallons of gasoline
• 275 million metric tons of carbon dioxide
• Equivalent of emissions from 1 in every 5 cars in the US
• Require 225 million acres of forest to sequester this much (more than all of the US national forests combined)
Plastic
• 63 billion lbs.
• 513 million barrels of oil
Aluminum
• 6 billion lbs.
• 837 billion cans
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…and We’re Throwing Away Money.
TOTAL: $384 Billion
MSW Management Expenses
$100 Billion
Energy Opportunity Cost
$100 Billion
+
$200 Billion
Avoidable Costs
Recycling Jobs Payroll
$34 Billion
Remanufacturing Revenue
$100 Billion
+
+
Value of Materials
$50 Billion
Unrealized Revenue
$184 Billion
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Solid Waste Is “The Last Unmetered Utility.”
Electricity Gas
WaterTrash
Metered Unmetered
Communities should be metering their trash just like they meter their other utilities.
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HistoricDisposal Rate
Current National Average
With WasteZeroTrash Metering™
Annual Pounds per Capita of US Household Solid Waste Disposed
(without intervention) (with intervention)
Trash Metering Is a Smart Move for Cities.
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Cities That Meter Their Trash Reduce It.
MALDEN, MASS.52% DECLINE IN SOLID WASTE OVER 5 YEARS
CUMBERLAND, MAINE
43% DECLINE IN SOLID WASTE OVER 8 YEARS
DARTMOUTH, MASS.59% DECLINE IN SOLID WASTE OVER 6 YEARS
SANFORD, MAINE
41% DECLINE IN SOLID WASTE IN 3 MONTHS