Beyond 50% Recycling: Toward a Zero Waste Economy Institute for Local Self-Reliance www. ilsr. org
How to Get There Reduce & Reuse Recycle Compost (food discards too!) Collect Process & Market Make New Products from the Old Buy Reused, Recycled, Green Implement Institutional Framework (policies, laws, incentives) Residential & Commercial Sectors Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Community Record-Setters Community Chatham, NJ Falls Church, VA Bellevue, WA Leverett, MA Loveland, CO Worcester, MA Crockett, TX Madison, WI Visalia, CA San Jose, CA Pop. Waste Reduction Type 8, 000 9, 800 104, 000 2, 000 43, 000 165, 400 8, 300 199, 500 91, 300 819, 400 65% Res. 60% Res. 55% Res. 56% Res. 52% Res. 49% Res. 48% Res. 44% MSW Suburban/Urban Rural Urban Small Rural City Urban Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Institutional/Commercial Waste Reduction Record-Setters Community ICW Waste Reduction Bergen County, NJ Clifton, NJ Portland, OR San Jose, CA Seattle, WA 62% 68% 47% 42% 52% ICW = institutional/commercial waste Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Keys to Record-Setters Accept many materials Compost Mandate recycling Institute pay-as-you-throw trash fees Target all sectors Augment curbside with drop-off Educate, educate Market materials Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Institutional Framework Landfill bans Recycling goals and requirements Bottle bills Recycled-content laws Creative funding mechanisms Buy recycled programs Pay-as-you-throw trash fees Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Food Discard Waste Reduction Record-Setters Organization, Location Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA Fletcher Allen Health Care, VT Frost Valley YMCA, NY Larry’s Markets, WA Green Workplace, Govt. of Ontario Middlebury College, VT NY State Prisons, NY Shop Rite Supermarkets, NJ % of Food Discards Recovered 75% 90% 100% 90% 75% 90% Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Reusable Items in the Waste Stream Reusable Items Discarded Percent of Municipal Solid Waste Durable Goods* Textiles (MSW) Wooden Pallets 16. 4% 3. 3% 3. 6% *Appliances, furniture, furnishings, carpets, tires, electronics, luggage, sporting equipment, and the like Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Reusable Items Discarded and Recovered Reusable Items 1000 s TPY Discarded 1000 s TPY Recovered % Recovered Durable Goods* Electronics Textiles (MSW) Wooden Pallets 37, 630 2, 260 7, 610 8, 170 6, 590 210 1, 080 1, 250 17. 5% 9. 3% 14. 2% 15. 3% *Appliances, furniture, furnishings, carpets, tires, electronics, luggage, sporting equipment, and the like Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Strategies to Promote Reuse Implement drop-off and curbside programs Salvage at landfills & transfer stations Educate Disseminate reuse directories Develop reuse enterprises Target business community Partner with local charities Include reuse in solid waste plans/studies Ban specific items from disposal Be creative Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Select Reuse Programs Program Type Calaveres Co. , CA* Calvert Co. , MD* Chatham Co. , NC* St. Paul, MN* Montgomery Co. , MD* L. A. Shares, CA* Materials for the Arts Surplus Exchange, MO Recycletown, CA Re. Store, VT Urban Ore, CA Salvation Army drop-off site at landfill Drop-offs, pick-up from charities Swap Shops at drop-offs Curbside collection, Goodwill processing Drop-off, pick-up programs, directory Reuse showroom, pick-up service, Web Reuse showroom, pick-up service Retail store, drop-off at landfill Retail store, pick-up, drop-off Retail store, drop-off, pick-up, salvage *local charities served by program Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Job Creation: Reuse Vs. Recycling and Disposal Type of Operation Computer Reuse Jobs/ 10, 000 TPY 296 Textile Reclamation 85 Misc. Durables Reuse 62 Wooden Pallet Repair 28 Recycling-Based Manufacturers 25 Conventional MRFs 10 Disposal Facilities 1 Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Building the Infrastructure Build eco-industrial parks Require product deposits Establish landfill and incinerator surcharges Expand buy recycled programs Ban products and packaging that cannot be reused, recycled, or composted Ban recyclable and reusable materials/products from landfills/incinerators Retain control of materials
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