In Mecklenburg County
April 25, 2013
 Lower
Threshold of SSO
 Remove or Reduce 500-lb
Exemptions
 Expand Materials Affected
 Remove Temporary Site Exemption
 Tracking & Measurement of
Commercial Waste Stream
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Main Areas of Impact
◦ Construction and Demolition Sites
◦ Special Events
◦ Others?
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Approximately 40 public events a year in
Mecklenburg County
◦ Only half of which are recycling
◦ Just 18 events in 2012 generated 35 tons of
recycling
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Services Available Through City
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Services Available Through County
◦ Public Assembly Permits
◦ Containers and pick-up service available in some
cases
◦ Events must be on public property
◦ Event Recycling Toolkit Applications
◦ Containers and pick-up service available in some
cases (Park & Rec provides recycling for events held
at park facilities)
◦ Events can be on private property, but must be
open to the public
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Determining How the Ordinance is Applied:
◦ Base it on standard threshold or using another
methodology?
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Methods Used in Other Cities/Counties:
◦ Required for events with more than 1,000 to 2,000
attendees – Alameda County, CA; San Jose, CA
◦ Required for outdoor events – Atlanta, GA; San
Francisco, CA
◦ Event recycling rebates – Austin, TX
◦ Beverage vendors must provide recycling for their
beverage containers – King County, WA; Seattle, WA
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Estimated annual quantity of corrugated
cardboard in C&D waste stream: 7,676 Tons
Estimated annual missed value of corrugated
cardboard in C&D waste stream: $1,197,456
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Estimated annual quantity of pallets in C&D
waste stream: 4,242 Tons (169,680 pallets)
Estimated annual missed value of pallets in
C&D waste stream: $89,082
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Determining How the Ordinance is Applied:
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Methods Used in Other Cities/Counties:
◦ Base it on standard threshold or using another
methodology? Implications of possible future C&D
Recycling Ordinance?
◦ Require certain percentage diversion rate – Alameda
County, CA; Boulder, CO; Chicago, Il; Portland, OR*
◦ Required if more than 8 cy of waste generated –
Fresno, CA
◦ Job sites must have separate container for
recyclables – King County, WA
◦ Rebate Program – San Jose, CA
Reduction in
Emissions
Temporary Site
Exemption (TSE)
Threshold
Tons Office
# Businesses Tons OCC/Yr Paper/Yr
1,300
-28,940
Tons Mixed Tons
Paper/Yr
Bottles/Yr Tons Can/Yr
-25
Tons Office
# Businesses Tons OCC/Yr Paper/Yr
-75
-21
-164
Tons Mixed Tons
Paper/Yr
Bottles/Yr Tons Can/Yr
16 CY
4,900
7,156
2,526
8,630
180
148
8 CY
Temporary Site
Exemption (TSE)
1,700
2,483
876
2,994
62
52
1,300
9,100
6
21
14
12
Total at 8 CY + TSE
7,900
18,739
3,408
11,645
256
212
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Overall positive impact to
the County based on
economic gains to
hauling & processing
community & savings in
disposal costs
Bring in additional
recycling tonnage
Reduce Greenhouse Gas
emissions
Level the playing field
Pros
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Difficult to enforce –
permitting, working
with other jurisdictions
or departments
Space constraints on
construction sites and
lack of mixed waste
processing facilities
Cons
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Set next meeting
Identify any additional information needs