2020/2021 MATERIALS MANAGEMENT CALL FOR PROJECTS PROJECT SUMMARY SLIDE APPLICANT: Arlington ISD GRANT ADMINISTRATOR: Corey Robinson KEY PARTNERS: N/A PROJECT TITLE: AISD RECYCLING PROJECT REQUESTED SOLID WASTE FUNDS: $196,325 PROJECT CATEGORY: Educational and Training Projects PROJECT SUMMARY: The Arlington Independent School District (AISD) is seeking to improve educational outreach and awareness efforts to increase recycling district- wide. Currently, AISD utilizes basic tools such as our website, environmental staff and newsletters to educate students, parents and staff. AISD is seeking to improve our recycling efforts by purchasing a Recycling Educational Vehicle wrapped with the AISD Recycling Project logo to promote the program. This vehicle will travel from campus to campus and to community events with the Recycling Education mascot to increase educational and promotional efforts. In addition, this project will include two table runners and one canopy with the AISD Recycling Project logo, shirts for the campus Green Team participants, a printer and ink cartridges for awards and certificates, and new educational marketing materials (flyers, brochures and handouts). Lastly, we will create and distribute banners for each school’s campus recycling pr ogram; and provide bins for each campus to serve as onsite collection locations. PROJECT IMPACT: AISD serves over 60,000 students, 8,200 employees, and the surrounding community. This project will easily impact over 100,000 citizens in Tarrant County. Our schools are located in the cities of Arlington, Pantego, Dalworthington Gardens, and Grand Prairie. This project will increase the number of recyclable materials collected in these areas, diverting these materials from the city landfills, and increasing the awareness of eligible recyclable materials and their proper disposal. Incorporating recycling in the everyday habits of students, parents and staff will instill a better understanding of sustainable materials management and environmental stewardship. PROJECT GOALS: • Increase recycling participation district-wide and promote the new single stream program • Increase awareness and educate our students and staff on the impacts of recycling and recyclable materials • Establish stronger campus Green Teams • Promote community and district recycling KEY TAKEAWAY: Educating and empowering students to understand and recognize the impact of recycling on the environment and community will promote knowledge and action to develop responsible citizens and increase local waste/recycling management efforts.
2020/2021 MATERIALS MANAGEMENT CALL FOR PROJECTS PROJECT SUMMARY SLIDE APPLICANT: City of Burleson TX GRANT ADMINISTRATOR: Stormy Johnson KEY PARTNERS: N/A PROJECT TITLE: Burleson Debris Management Plan PROJECT CATEGORY: Promote Creation and Expansion of REQUESTED SOLID WASTE FUNDS: $$43, 218.00 Materials Management Programs PROJECT SUMMARY: Develop and write a debris management plan that will effectively provide a coordinated effort in the City’s recovery from a debris generating incident. PROJECT IMPACT: Please write a brief description on how the geographic area of the proposed project will be affected; how the project will advance the goals of the Planning for Sustainable Materials Management in North Central Texas regional plan; demonstrating regional models; transferability; etc.: The City of Burleson understands that we are susceptible to natural, man-made and technological hazards that may cause a debris generating incident in our community and the importance of being prepared. The City of Burleson is seeking funding to develop a Disaster Debris Management Plan that facilitates quick response and recovery activities, quick return of our community back to normal, reduces impacts to humans and the environment, ensures effective use of our resources, helps minimize costs, and aids in complying with applicable local, state and federal regulations. Disaster debris can complicate and delay disaster response activities such as emergency medical services, transportation of victims or relief teams, firefighting, police, & provisions of shelter, food, and water to disaster survivors. Disaster debris can complicate & delay the recovery goals of our community. In many disasters, the amount of debris generated can be equivalent to years, if not decades, of normal solid waste production in the affected jurisdictions. Local landfill capacities may be overwhelmed, roads may be damaged by debris hauling, & the debris may present a public health & safety hazard. PROJECT GOALS: Please write a brief description of the goals of the proposed project.: D evelop and write a Debris Management Plan for the City of Burleson KEY TAKEAWAY: Please write one sentence describing the expected benefits of the proposed project.: A Disaster Debris Management Plan will provide roles & responsibilities, identify debris removal & debris monitoring resources, public information strategies, identify debris management sites & available resources…one of the most expeditious and effective ways to economic recovery
2020/2021 MATERIALS MANAGEMENT CALL FOR PROJECTS PROJECT SUMMARY SLIDE APPLICANT: City of Cedar Hill GRANT ADMINISTRATOR: Duy Vu KEY PARTNERS: Public Works, Environmental Services, PW Operations PROJECT TITLE: Asphalt Recycler and Hot Box REQUESTED SOLID WASTE FUNDS: $45,355 PROJECT CATEGORY: Source Reduction and Recycling PROJECT SUMMARY: The City of Cedar Hill requests grant funding to supply an infrared asphalt recycler and hot box. The Public Works Department generates approximately 30 yards of asphalt road waste per week. The Public Works Department currently cuts and removes all damaged asphalt road. The road is repaired with new asphalt. The damaged asphalt is collected in roll-offs. The roll-offs are hauled away by WM to the landfill. With the new equipment, damaged asphalt road with a good base will no longer be cut and removed. Instead, the requested equipment melts and recycles the existing damaged asphalt into workable material for road repair. Nothing is cut, removed or landfilled in this process. With the new equipment, the Public Works Department will divert 90% of all asphalt to the landfill. The remaining 10% consists of damaged asphalt road with a bad base which would still be cut, removed and hauled to the landfill. PROJECT IMPACT: The project is anticipated to divert 90% of asphalt waste generated by the Public Works Department. The project will improve air quality. WM will reduce the need to haul the 30-yard rol-off of asphalt waste to their landfill from a weekly basis to a monthly basis. WM's deisel fuel trucks travel 52 miles round trip to haul one 30-yard roll-off of asphalt waste from the WM Landfill in Ferris to the Cedar Hill Service Center. The project improves the overall safety of crews. The requested equipment eliminates the manpower cost of cutting and removing damaged asphalt. The requested equipment eliminates the redundant manpower cost of loading damaged asphalt into a dump truck, unloading damaged asphalt at the Service Center and reloading damaged asphalt into a WM roll-off. PROJECT GOALS: Promote creation and expansion of materials management programs KEY TAKEAWAY: 30 yd 3 asphalt safely diverted from the landfill per week
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