HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 8.1 AB939 DiversionReport CITY CLERK
File #810-60
AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 2, 2001
SUBJECT:
ATTACHMENTS:
RECOMMENDATION:
AB939 Diversion Report for 2000
Report Prepared By: Jason Behrmann, Administrative Analyst
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Diversion Study Summary
Recycling Services for Schools
Receive the Report
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
New Base Year Study and Diversion Rate
Livermore Dublin Disposal (LDD) has been assisting the City of Dublin with evaluating diversion and
recycling activities occurring in the City. LDD has contracted with E, Tseng and Associates (ETA) to
perform commercial audits and calculate a new base year and diversion rate for the City. ETA has
completed 228 business audits over the past year. During the audit process, ETA has provided technical
assistance to those that have requested it. Potential recycling opportunities for each bUsiness were also
gathered to assist LDD and the City in developing future programs for businesses. The number of audits
completed represents a statistical sample so that a total volume of diversion and recycling could be
calculated for all commercial and industrial businesses in the City. In addition to the business audits, ETA
has collected information from area landfills, buy-back centers, local schools, and State and Federal
buildings° ETA has conducted the study and calculated the data gathered using standards set by the
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB).
Based on ETA's analysis, the City of Dublin has achieved a 54% diversion rate for the Year 2000,
exceeding the AB939 requirement of 50%. A comprehensive report has been submitted to the CIWMB for
approval° There is no deadline for the Board to review the submittals and accept the diversion numbers,
however it is anticipated to be a lengthy process, possibly extending well into 2002. Because the study
was conducted using guidelines established by the CIWMB, the City does not anticipate any difficulty
receiving acceptance of its diversion rate.
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As evidenced by the City's diversion rate, tremendous strides have been made in the City's recycling
programs over the past few years in order to achieve this level of success. The following sections discuss
the status and achievement of the City's recycling programs.
Residential Curbside Recycling Program
In July 2000, the Council approved the purchase of new 64 gallon recycling carts that replaced the three-
bin system used for sorting different recyclable materials. Since September 2000, the first month the carts
were used, the curbside program has seen a dramatic improvement in participation, increased recycling
tonnage and decreased landfill tonnage. The chart below shows the recycling tonnage for the curbside
recycling program for 1999 and 2000. The new carts were delivered at the end of August 2000 and the
tonnage from September to December 2000 shows the impact that they have had.
Curbside Recycling Tonnage
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sop Oct Nov Dec Total
1999 1176.3 1153.1 1181.2 1160.1 1153.8 1139.3 1170.4 1155.41171 1163 1189 1206 , I 2,019
* Total with new carts Tons
The average recycling tonnage per service day from January to August 2000 was approximately 8 tons,
while the average per day collection from September to December 2000 was approximately 12.3 tons,
resulting in an increase of 54% since distribution of the new carts. Curbside recycling numbers have
remained up through the first'half of 2001o In addition, the participation rate has increased from an
average of 68% for the first 8 months of 2000 to 86% since introduction of the new carts.
Even more importantly for AB939 purposes, the City's landfill tonnage for the curbside program
decreased by approximately 4.4% from September to December 2000 compared to the same time period
in 1999. For the entire year 2000, the City's curbside landfill tonnage increased by less than one tenth of
one percent over 19990 This is a tremendous accomplishment, considering the City's residential growth
over that period was 10.3% and recognizing that between 1998 and 1999 the residential landfill tonnage
increased by 5.5%~
Commercial Recycling Program
There are currently over 145 businesses participating in the Commercial Recycling Program for a
participation rate of approximately 25%. Since the program was originally expanded in March 1999, the
average monthly commercial recycling tonnage has increased from 20 tons to over 90 tons by the end of
2000. Through the first 8 months of 2001 the program has maintained a 90 ton per month average.
Commercial Recycling Tonnage
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aufl Sep Oct Nov Dec Totals %change
a999 I0.0 I0.0 121.s 113.2 [23.1 123.s 124.8 134.9 134.8 147.5 170.4 158.3 352.0 I
While improvements have been made, commercial recycling remains a prime focus for improving the
recycling programs in the City. On June 19, 2001 the City Council voted to extend the Commercial
Recycling Agreement with Livermore Dublin Disposal through June 2003, while improving the program
by converting to a single stream system similar to the current curbside program. It is hoped that this new
program will increase participation and the overall commercial recycling tonnage.
Schools
Attached is a list of schools and their current recycling services (Attachment 2). LDD reports that all of
the Dublin Unified School District Schools are participating in the recycling program. Each school has
small containers for each classroom that are either emptied by the custodial staff or students. Additionally,
the 2001-2002 Adopted Budget includes $15,000 in mitigation grant money to purchase additional
classroom and lunchroom recycling containers for each school. Staff anticipates even greater success with
the new containers and single stream Commercial Recycling Program.
C&D Recycling Program
The C&D recycling program has had the largest impact on the City's diversion rate. While the
Construction and Demolition Recycling Program is still in its early stages, preliminary reports indicate
that the program has been a tremendous success. Since inception of the program in February 2000, there
have been approximately 60 projects which have been required to submit waste management plans to the
City. Ten of those projects have been completed and have submitted weight tags indicating the level of
recycling achieved. The combined diversion rate is approximately 72% with 1,090 tons recycled. In
addition to the completed projects, there are many projects currently under construction° While the City
does not yet have weight tags for specific projects, research conducted by ETA reports that a total of 5,266
tons of C&D material was recycled in 2000, and it is anticipated that this number will be much larger in
20010
Evidence that the C&D Ordinance is making a difference is also shown by the reduction in tons sent to the
landfill. Reports from LDD show that for the year 2000, there were 8,615 tons delivered to the Altamont
landfill from roll-off box loads, which is predominantly C&D waste. In 1999, LDD delivered 11,914 tons
from roll off box loads, which equals a decrease of approximately 28%. This is in stark contrast to the
58% C&D tonnage increase from 1998 to 1999.
Roll-Off Disposal Tonnage
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr MaY Jun Jul Au.q Sep Oct Nov Dec Total
2000 714 1629 1754 1635 1751 1695 1709 794 630 1782 758 1763 18,615
1999 806 I 1,126 I 1,373 ] 1,335 I 933 I 1,002 I 1,099 869 836 ] 856 863 1816 I 11,914
Total Landfill Tonnage
The City of Dublin's recycling programs have achieved significant results in conserving resources and
reducing the amount of material going to the landfill. In ! 999, 39,510 tons were sent to area landfills from
the City of Dublin. In 2000, that number was reduced to 35,968 tons, for a decrease of 3,542 tons or
almost 10%. Considering the City's rapid growth, this reduction is even more significant.
Staff is confident that the City will attain even high diversion rates in the furore as existing programs
continue to be monitored and improved and new programs such as the Commercial Food Waste Program
are added.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council Receive the Report.
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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September 24, 2001
LIVERMORE D,I. JBLIN KIIGPOG~L
A W,,~,,S'TE MANAG~MEN"r COI~PANy
Livorraoro, CA 94550
(925) 447-1300
(925) 447-71441~
City Manager
City ofnub
P.O, Box 2340
Dublin, CA 94568
As part of its comm/tment to helping the City of Dublin meet the ~ate's 50% diversion
requirement, Livermore Dublin Disposal 0.,DD) contracted with ~, Tseog and Associa~
(ETA) to document ~ new base year and oalculate the City's 2000 diversion rate. The
primary focus of this effort was to calculate the amount of diversion and source reduction
oeean-ing in the City's business and industrial seotors, In order to aecura~ly measure this
diversiog I~.TA comlucted 228 business audits in the past year. During the audit prooess
ETA has provided teohnical assistance to those thlrt have requested it. Potential recycling
opportunities for each business wero also gathered to assist LDD md the City in
developing future programs for bu~illesses, ETA has conducted the study arid caloulated
the data gathered using standards set by the California hitegntted Waste Managemem
Board.
ha addition to the business audits, BTA has worked to document ail additional diversion
that eau be credited to the Ci~ of Dublin. One of the main roches o£this research was
to locate Constructi~ and Demolition Waste (C&D) fha was recycled as a result of the
City's C&D ordinance. During ~he process, additional inf~onnafion was gathered as well.
ETA coatac, red all landfills in the area to tmderstand what was done with CSr~D and
quantities ofCBl) ~h~t may l~ve been recycled, The landfills that v~ere coniacted and
who assisted in this effort were Altamont Landfill, Vasco l. audfi!l, and Zanker Road
LaudfilI. 'In addition, LDD provided a report of C&D that was taken to the Davis $~'eet
Transfer Station to be recycled. A total of 5.266 tons of CBJO was recycled bom the City
in 2000, As a note, this number is on the conservative side, since ~he various landfills
stated that 2000 was the first year that they documented CB~D recyoling, Docmm~fing
CBD was a work in progress, and so they were not able to dooument everythiug. The
amount of C&D that was recycled in the year 2001 is much higher than that of 2000.
From the landfills, ADC was also noted. 10,850 tons was used atthe landfills in the year
2000.
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Biofuel Systems,/nc, which sends their wood waste to a hiomass plant, was contacted in
order to gather information on wood waste. BiofueI Systems went through their files and
located 5,333.1S tons thai was recycled from the City. The high tonnage given by Biofuel
System can in part be due to the City's C&D ordinance, since wood is a huge by-product
of C&D waste.
LDD provided the tommge from curbside recycling and the residential green waste
recycling program which resulted in 6,360 ~ons recycled.
The Department of Conservalion, Division of Recycling was contacted in order ~o reoeive
weights of aluminum cans, pla~ic bottles, and glass bottles recycled from the recyolin~
centers in the City. They noted ~ ~48 tons was recycled out of the City.
State facilities and City facilities were contacted and 424.3 tons was noted from their
recycling and source reduction progrsm, s, which includes the mulched grass and other
programs in which materials were being recycled.
In order t~ calculate recycling that occurred at schools in the City, LDD provided a list of
the recycling services fiat they currently offer to the schools. The maintenance
department for the schools was also contacted to understand what on-site mulching of
grass is currently implemented and the amotmt that is being diverted from landfills. The
programs that were located diverted 453 tons.
Landscapers in the area were contacted to tmderstang what happened to tl~e green waste
that they took from the businesses that they serviced. Mo~y, the l~recn wast~ was taken
to landfills. However, one landscaper set aside pan o£the green waste for a farmer that
took the green waste and composted it. 150 tons was noted from that landscaper.
From an Alsroeda County Waste Managenmnl Authority repor~ on b~k yard composfing
and vermicomposting (worm composting) bins, 161 tons was estimated to be recycled.
Lastly, the various thrift stores in the City were contacted. A total o£51 tons resulted
from their recycling and reuse programs.
Thes~ are the various sources in which recycling aud reuse tons were located tl~roulga the
research funded by LDD. When the data is calculated, the new base year study indicates
that the City is at a 54% diversion rate.
Anriette Borges
District ~tmager
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!RECYCLING SERViCEs FOR SCHOOLS iN THE CiTY OF DUBLIN
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NAME 81ZE oF BIN & COMMODITY SERVICE
i-3 yard C'~rdboard Bin 1 x week Tue
Dublin Elementary 1-2 yard Mixed Fiber Bin I x week Wed
7997 Vomac Rd. 1-96 gat Mixed Container Cart 1 x week Wed
1-4 yard Cardboard Bin 1 x week Tue
Dublin High School 1-2 yard Mixed Fiber Bin ! x week Wed
8151 Village Parkway 1-96 gal Mixed Container Cart 1 x week Wed
Murray School 1-3 yard Cardl~oard Bin i'x week Tue
8435 Davona Dr 3-96 gal Mixed Fiber Carts 1 x week Wed
Nielsen School 1-3 yard Cardboard Bin I x week Tue
7500 Amadlto Rd 3-96 gal Mixed Fiber Carts 1 x week Wed
1-3 yard ~;ardboard Bin I x week Tue
1-2 yard Mixed Fiber Bin 1 x week Fri
Frederiksen School 1-96 gat Mixed Fiber Cart 1 x week Fri
7423 Tamarack DJ 1-96 gal Mixed Container Cart 1 x week Fri
"' Valley High School
6901 York Dr 1-96 gat Mixed Fiber 1 x week Fri
~/elis sCI~ool i -,~ yard C'ardboa~:~ Bin I x week Tue
6800 Pen ,n, Dr t-2 yard Mixed Fiber Bin 1 x week Fri
1-3 yard Cardboard Bin' 1 x w~k Tue
District Office 1-2 yard Mixed Fiber Bin 1 x week Wed
7474 Larkdale Ave 1-96 gal Mixed Container Cart 1 x week Wed
:Dougherty School 1-3 yard Cardboard Bin 1 x week Tue
6301 Hibernia 12-96 gal Mix Container Carts 1 x week Mon
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