SSRC Biweekly Update Week of 12/13/2010
December Meeting presentation – Capital Paper Recycling
Grinding and screening contracts extended
Spring 2011 HHW Collection Schedule
MassDEP/ BOH permitting authority update
Curbside waste reduction strategies: challenges and effectiveness
Craig Lovett, Capital Paper Recycling, East Weymouth- also MassHauling. 800-337-3778 Craig Lovett [craig@mass-hauling.com]
Operate a 40K square foot facility. Service most Boston high rises. Now collecting single stream, are optimizing hand sort. Labor costly, but product is high quality, get good prices. Have buyers, still working on system. Plastic bags not a problem, don’t rely on mechanization.
Starting to work with towns, accept “at the door” or by contract, typically one year. Facility is more convenient for offloading than before, they bought the building.
Joint venture with Covanta at Yarmouth Transfer station to consolidate recyclables to 100 CY trailers, 2 months operating, so far so good. Can process single stream, commingled for free from local munis, discuss individual pricing. Can provide containers, hauling (not curbside).
Recommend that curbside towns specify destination of recycling, avoid liability of unknown destination. Consider bidding processing separately, get benefit of strong markets; some risk, but assurance of destination.
Source separated rates? He can sell commingled grade if not too much glass and metal; separate plastic has higher value; #1 plastic even more.
They service schools. (Mr. Wyatt noted that Kingston is having trouble with Abitibi pickup at school). CPR is local, provides great service, hauls at night.
Large rigid plastics? CPR is developing relationships with consistent brokers. Consistency is as important as price. Glass goes to Franklin, not enough volume yet for self marketing.
Encourages 1 year contracts. Have served some Boston clients for 15 years, they keep renewing. Try for a short term to see level of service.
Specify 2% contamination, if more will give generator a call, work with them to improve quality. They haven’t rejected loads, but adjust rebate if high contamination. Working relationship
Grinding and screening contracts extended
The SSRC Board voted to exercise option to extend contracts with Letourneau, New England Recycling and Daniels Recycling for one year. All contractors received good reviews. Contact Claire for contract documents.
Spring 2011 HHW Collection Schedule
9-Apr
Weymouth
30-Apr
Hanover
7-May
Kingston, w/Duxbury
21-May
Hingham
4-Jun
Plymouth
18-Jun
Scituate (tentative)
MassDEP/ BOH permitting authority update
The Permit Extension Act extends the permits of any small transfer station (<50 TPD) that had a permit in effect between Aug 15, 2008 and Aug 15, 2010. This will provide MassDEP with a transition period to move permitting authority to Boards of Health under a new law passed in July with the State Budget. It allows affected transfer stations two years to continue operating under previously issued DEP permits. The DEP draft Guidance on transfer station permitting will need to be updated to reflect the two-year grace period.
For more information, contact James Doucett, MassDEP [mailto:James.Doucett@state.ma.us].
Curbside waste reduction strategies, results
MassRecycle Municipal Recycling Councils
DEP Curbside Waste Ban Enforcement workshop summary.
Implementation details for automated curbside collections in 4 SE Mass. municipalities was provided. In general, barrel distribution was very difficult, but results are very good.
Before and after per-household annual tonnage data for several strategies, including:
- Single stream with stickers, SS with toters provided;
- Enforcement coordinator with and without another program change;
- barrel limits; automated collection with toters provided and barrel limits;
- PAYT with and without a “free” barrel.
Household generation before implementation affected the magnitude of waste reduction for any program change.
Gypsum wallboard disposal ban
I don’t believe this will affect operations at our municipal transfer stations, but FYI:
“MassDEP announced today that the ban on disposal of Clean Gypsum Wallboard at 310 CMR 19.017 has been published and is effective on July 1, 2011. Massachusetts solid waste facility owners/operators must submit new or modified waste ban compliance plans to MassDEP by April 1, 2011 to demonstrate how their facility will comply with the disposal ban on clean gypsum wallboard.
The revised regulations and response to comments received during the public hearing process are available on MassDEP’s web site:http://www.mass.gov/dep/recycle/laws/regulati.htm#bans
For more information contact: John Fischer, Branch Chief, Waste and Toxics Planning, MassDEP, (617)292-5632, john.fischer@state.ma.us.”Municipal transfer stations should update their previous Waste Ban Compliance Plans to include clean gypsum, which likely doesn’t constitute a sufficient percentage of your MSW or C&D to trigger any action.
Paint Product Stewardship Laws
The nation's second paint stewardship law passed on September 28 in California, based on a model negotiated by Product Stewardship Institute (PSI) in 2007 among a large multi-stakeholder group. The Oregon paint program, which passed a similar law in July 2009, began implementation in July 2010. The American Coatings Association has played a point role in lobbying for legislative passage of the paint model. The manufacture and sale of recycled paint are major elements of each state program. Legislation is expected to be introduced in 2011 in Vermont, Connecticut, and several other states that were part of the 2007 stakeholder agreement. PSI is facilitating a multi-stakeholder committee to evaluate the Oregon paint program so that lessons learned can be applied to other state programs.
SSRC is working with PSI and The Paint Exchange in Scituate on a pilot program for Mass., thanks to a $17,300 SMRP grant from MassDEP. More on that at our February meeting.
-Claire Sullivan, Executive Director, South Shore Recycling Cooperative
781.329.8318; f 781.329.2097