SMART Waste Management
Changing
the way
Americans value
trash
S-M-A-R-T
Save
Money
And
Reduce
Trash
Residents can save when they reduce the
amount of trash they produce
Unit-based Pricing Sends a Clear Message
Worcester, MA
Population 173,000
San Francisco, CA
Population 775,000
Unit based pricing is just a different way of paying for waste
PAYT vs Non PAYT per capita Trash
1,400
1,200
1,000
800
PAYT
NON PAYT
600
400
200
0
472
916
Inspiration
Worcester MA
Boston Globe February 2007
49% Decrease in Residential Trash
Trash
1000
900
800
700
600
PAYT Drop off
500
PAYT Curbside
400
non-PAYT Drop off
300
non-PAYT Curbside
200
100
0
PAYT Drop
off
PAYT
Curbside
non-PAYT non-PAYT
Drop off
Curbside
Average per capita Recycling up 77%
Recycling
400
350
300
250
PAYT Drop off
200
non-PAYT Drop off
PAYT Curbside
150
non-PAYT Curbside
100
50
0
PAYT Drop off non-PAYT Drop PAYT Curbside
off
non-PAYT
Curbside
Decrease in overall waste generation 35%
1,200
1,000

Source Reduction 35%
800
600
Recycling
Trash
400
200
0
non-PAYT
PAYT
US Residential per capita Disposal
source Resource Recycling April 2008
City
Population
Per capita
Residential
Waste
Disposal
Tip Fee
PAYT Savings Based on
National per capita
disposal Average
Portland OR
537,081
448
71
$13,098,600
Portland ME
64,249
357
88
$2,199,372
Binghamton NY
45,217
551
40
$528,135
Worcester MA
175,454
390
68
$4,444,250
*San Francisco CA
744,041
513
117
$27,073,420
Grand Rapids MI
193,083
529
79
$4,621,828
9,184
325
90
$344,757
Fayetteville AK
67,158
544
25
$496,130
Middletown RI
16,431
359
32
$204,007
293,000,000
1,135
37
$3,076,133,750
Bath ME
United States
Numbers represent 2005,2006,2007 estimates of tonnages sent to lands or waste to energy facilities
*San Francisco has local tip fee of $117 per ton
Seoul Korea VGCF System - Before / After
 Municipal Solid Waste Disposal
Before VGCF was 12,238
ton/day
Before 880
1000
After 520
800
 Municipal Solid Waste
600
Disposal After VGCF
was7,013 ton/day
400
200
0
Per Person
Per Year
Zurich Switzerland reduced waste 41%
Europe per capita disposal
Polluter Pays Principle
1200
Per Capita
1000
800
600
400
Per Capita
200
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Austria
Sweden
Finland
Spain
Italy
Luxembourg
Portugal
Greece
France
UK
Denmark
Ireland
US
0
Source: Institute for Public Policy Research 2007
PAYT – a SMART BET
MaldenWaste Before
SMART
Projection After
SMART
Total Waste
Total Waste
22%
14%
37%
78%
Total
Recycling
(plastic glass
metalpaper
yard waste)
49%
Total
Recycling
(plastic glass
metalpaper
yard waste)
Source
Reduction
The City of Malden would save $817,000 annually in avoided disposal
Malden MA before and after
2000
1800
1600
1400
1200
2007
1000
2008
800
600
400
200
0
October
November
December
January
February
Core Residential Waste
 US MSW 2007 ‘Facts and Figures’ = 170 million tons
of waste after compost and recycling
 60% Residential = 102 million tons
 New England Study suggests about 20+% of
household waste is recoded as commercial
 Potential US waste reduction 50 million tons
Trash
New England PAYT
New Englan non-PAYT
EPA
BioCycle
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Overcoming the Obstacle
66 communities PAYT
60 communities nonPAYT
 Now that you have
 What is the main
implemented PAYT do
your residents like it?
 100% feel their
residents are extremely
happy
barrier to PAYT
 75% are afraid of PAYT
for political reasons –
afraid residents will be
unhappy
 20% feel their residents
will think it is just an
additional tax
SMART vs. Recycle Bank
City
Annual
Household
Savings
Annual Pounds
of Diversion
Per Household
Malden
$41.93
1,089
Everett
$11.08
287
Revere
$13.38
347
‘North Shore Massachusetts Communities Implement Waste Diversion
Programs: PAYT Results Clearly Stand Out ’ EPA SPRING 2009 Bulletin
May' 08
Apr' 08
Single
Stream
Mar' 08
Feb '08
Jan '08
Dec '07
Nov '07
Oct '07
Sep '07
Aug '07
Jul '07
Jun'07
May' 07
Apr' 07
Mar' 07
Feb '07
Jan '07
Dec '06
Nov '06
Oct '06
Sep '06
Aug '06
Jul '06
Jun'06
May' 06
Apr' 06
Mar' 06
Feb '06
Jan '06
Tonnage
.
Duxbury MA One Month After
Implementation July 2007
Town of Duxbury Solid Waste and Recycling Tonnage History
600
500
400
300
Solid
Waste
Recycling
200
100
SAYT
0
Middletown Rhode Island SMART
350
300
Solid
Waste
250
Tonnage
200
Recycling
150
100
50
0
Jul-07 Aug- Sep- Oct-07 Nov- Dec07
07
07
07
Jan08
Feb- Mar- Apr-08 May- Jun- Jul-08 Aug- Sep- Oct-08
08
08
08
08
08
08
MSW for the
Town of Stafford, CT
How Can You Get SMART?
 Go to EPA SMART BET and assess the cities
potential for Cost and GHG reductions
 Find a Coach to help you through the Politics
 Start an Advisory Committee to officially
investigate SMART and carry out Implementation
 Create an easy, cost-effective Implementation
Strategy to fit w/your current Collection Structure
Residents Want – Right to Choose
‘Kicking the Cans ‘July 29, 2008
Should people who throw out more trash
pay higher disposal bills?
84% - YES 16% - NO
SMART Waste
Management
“Changing the Way
Americans Value Trash”
By:
Kristen Brown
Green Waste Solutions
kristen@thewastesolution.com
843-241-3276
SMART BET TOOL