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#8 8/20/2019 Purpose of Diversion Report 2018 Diversion Report  Track & evaluate programs  Fulfill State reporting requirements NANCY PLUNKETT  Provide information for communications Board of Commissioners Meeting August 28, 2019 Solid Waste Metrics Overview of 2018 Diversion  Diversion rate: Diverted/(Diverted + Disposed)  Generation of solid waste increased  Disposal rate: Lbs/Capita/Day Disposed  Tons diverted & tons disposed increased  Recovery rate: % of material diverted  Alternative Daily Landfill Cover material  Environmental impacts: GHG emissions, decreased significantly energy savings 1

8/20/2019 Overview of 2018 Diversion Data & Comparisons to 2017 MSW DIVERTED  MSW diversion rate barely increased  2017: 84,955 tons  C&D and the MSW & C&D combined 2018: 90,636 tons diversion rates decreased Up 7%  Recovery rates increased significantly  2017: 2.79 lbs/cap/day 2018: 2.94 lbs/cap/day Data & Comparisons to 2017 Data & Comparisons to 2017 MSW DIVERTED (continued) MSW DISPOSED  Significant increases: food residuals,  2017: 90,890 tons textiles, & business recyclables 2018: 96,686 tons Up 6%  Increases likely due to improvements in:  Reporting by businesses  2017: 2.99 lbs/cap/day  On-site diversion programs 2018: 3.13 lbs/cap/day  The economy 2

8/20/2019 Data & Comparisons to 2017 Data & Comparisons to 2017 MSW DIVERSION RATE MSW DISPOSED (continued)  Diverted/Diverted + Disposed  Increases likely due in large part to:  2017: 48.3%  Improved economy 2018: 48.4%  Employing establishments up 1.8%  Maximum diversion rate: 76%  Employees up 0.3% (tons diverted + tons disposed that are  Average wage up 3.8% currently divertible)/(tons diverted + total tons disposed) Data & Comparisons to 2017 Data & Comparisons to 2017 C&D DISPOSED C&D DIVERTED  2017: 98,404 tons  2017: 23,330 tons 2018: 97,181 tons 2018: 25,179 tons Down 1% Up 8%  2017: 3.24 lbs/cap/day  2017: 0.77 lbs/cap/day 2018: 3.16 lbs/cap/day 2018: 0.82 lbs/cap/day 3

8/20/2019 Data & Comparisons to 2017 Data & Comparisons to 2017 COMBINED MSW & C&D C&D DIVERSION RATE DIVERSION & DISPOSAL RATES  2017: 81%  2017: 62% diverted 2018: 79% 2018: 61% diverted  Maximum diversion rate: 85%  Maximum diversion rate: 80%  Credit: Myers, Casella, Ranger,  2018: 6.11 lbs/cap/day diverted and Whitcomb facilities 3.95 lbs/cap/day disposed Data & Comparisons to 2017 TONS DIVERTED & DISPOSED 120,000 ALTERNATIVE DAILY LANDFILL COVER 100,000 80,000  2017: 23,815 tons 60,000 2018: 7,480 tons Down 69% 40,000  Likely due to changes in State rules 20,000 0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 MSW MATERIALS DIVERTED MSW LANDFILLED/INCINERATED C&D REPORTED RECYCLED/REUSED C&D LANDFILLED/INCINERATED 4

8/20/2019 DIVERSION RATES DISPOSAL RATES 90% 5.0 80% 4.5 70% 4.0 60% 3.5 50% 3.0 40% 2.5 2.0 30% 1.5 20% 1.0 10% 0.5 0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 0.0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Estimated Minimum MSW Diversion Rate Estimated Minimum C&D Diversion Rate Pounds/Capita/Day MSW Disposed Pounds/Capita/Day C&D Disposed Estimated Minimum MSW & C&D Diversion Rate Pounds/Capita/Day MSW & C&D Disposed What Chittenden County residents Recovery Rates & businesses sent to the landfill in 2018 Blue bin PAPER, CONTAINERS & PACKAGING recyclables 12,716  2017: 71% 10% Special recyclables* 2018: 80% 17,683 14% Trash 70,148 ALL RECYCLABLES & ORGANICS 54% Food scraps & compostable paper 28,798  2017: 60% 22% 2018: 64% Total tons disposed = 129,345 Includes municipal solid waste *Special recyclables includes textiles, (commercial, institutional, and scrap metal, asphalt shingles, drywall scrap, clean wood, plastic bags, electronics, and hardcover books. residential), construction and demolition debris, and alternative daily landfill cover Sources: Estimates based on 2018 Vermont & 2015 CSWD Waste material (e.g., petroleum-contaminated Composition Studies & CY 2018 CSWD Disposal Data soil), but not biosolids. 5