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Clean Water Action Innovative Ways To Combat The Climate Crisis The March Toward Zero Waste Gary Sondermeyer, Vice President of Operations March 1, 2014

Goals of Presentation  Review the Full Range of What Can Be Recycled;  Review the History of Recycling in New Jersey;  Understand Current Status of Recycling in NJ;  Discuss Challenges/Opportunities Ahead of Us – Next Generation Materials to Recycle;  Frame Some Benefits of Recycling;  Review Some Projects and Current Initiatives: Focus on Food Waste Recycling – the Next Frontier;  Look at Bayshore Recycling as a Model for Sustainability and Link Between “Green Business” and “Renewable Energy.”

Public Image of Recycling

Actual Image of Recycling

New Jersey Recycling History  Structured Voluntary Recycling Begins in 1982;  NJ Becomes The First State with Mandatory Recycling in 1987;  Initial Law Set a “Floor” of Recycling “3 Materials, plus Leaves;”  Entire Program Centered Initially on Recycling Glass Containers, Aluminum Cans and Newspaper;  Everyone Required to Recycle: Residential, Commercial, Institutional and Industrial Sectors;  Program Required Fundamental Shifts in Households Down to the “Kitchen Level;”

Current Status of Recycling  Recycling Remains MANDATORY Statewide;  Key Document is County-By-County Master Plans;  All 21 Counties have Adopted Recycling Plans That Link to a Statewide Recycling Plan;  State Goal is to Recycling 50% of the Municipal Waste Stream and 60% of the Total Waste Stream;  22 Million Tons of Solid Waste Generated Each Year;  13.3 Million Tons is Recycled Total = 60.5% Rate;  Municipal Recycling Rate = 40%;  Curbside Recycling Very Effective!

Some Benefits of Recycling  Average Garbage Disposal Cost in NJ = $75/Ton  Average “Value” of a Ton of Recyclables Placed at the Curb = $50  Towns Lose $125 for Every Ton of Recyclables Discarded!  Preserves Landfill Space/Cost of New Facilities.  Recycling 1.5 Million Tons of Paper is Equivalent to Taking 580,000 Cars Off The Road!  USEPA Estimates That 1.67 Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalents Are Avoided/Ton of Recycling.

Materials Recycled: Middlesex County Aluminum Cans;  Glass Bottles & Jars;  Steel & Tin Cans;  Plastic Milk, Water, Soda and Laundry Bottles;  Newspaper;  Corrugated Cardboard;  Motor Oil;  Textiles;  Mixed Paper (Magazines, Office Paper, Junk Mail;  Leaves;  Brush;  White Goods (Refrigerators, Washers, Dryers;  Masonry/Paving Materials;  Rechargeable Batteries;  Tires 

Infrastructure Inventory Transfer & Disposal  12 Solid Waste Landfills (All but 1, Publicly Owned);  5 Mass Burn Incinerators (All Private – About 7,000 TPD Capacity);  56 Transfer Stations/Material Recovery Facilities  (Of These, 7 are “Dirty MRF’s” with Mechanized Materials Recovery) Recycling  97 Class A Collection Facilities (Curbside Commodities)  19 Intermediate Processing Facilities (Process Curbside Commodities)  123 Class B Facilities (Concrete, Asphalt, Brick, Block, Soil, Wood, Tree Parts)  33 Class C Facilities (Leaf, Grass, Brush Composting)  12 Class D Facilities (Universal Waste)

Point of Attack For the Future  Commercial/Institutional Recycling: - Stores, Restaurants, Malls, Stadiums, Schools, Office Buildings;  Recycling of Food Waste;  Tire Recycling For Higher End Uses;  Single Stream Recycling;  Plastics 3 – 7;  Making Energy and Clean Transportation Fuel from Waste.

Food Waste Recycling Initiative  Poster Child Material For Recycling with Lowest Recovery Rate for Any Commodity;  Legislative Initiative Modeled After Connecticut Law Passed Earlier in 2013 (Similar Laws in Connecticut, Vermont and Massachusetts): - Conditional Disposal Ban; - Starts When Commercial Capacity Available; - Distance Criteria to Address Transportation Cost; - Tipping Fee Must Be Below Local Disposal Cost.  ANJR Considering a Legislative Appeal

Connecticut: 22a-226e – P.A. 13-285  On and After January 1, 2014, each commercial food wholesaler or distributor, industrial food manufacturer or processor, supermaket, resort or conference center……….located within 20 miles of an authorized composting facility……….that generates an average of 104 tons per year…….must source separate food waste for recycling;  On and after January 1, 2020, the threshold drops to 52 tons per year.

Vermont Act 148  Law Covers Large, Non-Household Generators Located Within 20 Miles of a Certified Organics Management Facility;  Phase-In Schedule: - July 1, 2014: Generation of 104 Tons Per Year; - July 1, 2015: Generation of 52 Tons Per Year; - July 1, 2016: Generation of 26 Tons Per Year; - July 1, 2017: Generation of 18 Tons Per Year; - July 1, 2020: Expands to ALL Generators (including households).

Massachusetts Disposal Ban  Commercial Organics Disposal Ban Becomes Effective on October 1, 2014;  Goal to Divert 350,000 Tons of Organic Material from Disposal by 2020;  Mass DEP Has an “Organics Action Plan;”  Final Regulations Proposed for Publication 1/31/14  Ban Applies to Businesses & Institutions That Dispose of One Ton or More/Week (same 52 Ton Per Year Threshold Used in New England);  Estimate that 1,700 Generators Affected!

Organic Diversion Project  Biomass Processing Technology in Gloucester City, Camden County;  Industrial Grade Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion Process for Food Waste and Organics;  A batch system - reloading on a 28 day cycle;  Permitted as Both a Class B and Class C Recycling Facility;  Full Permitted Capacity 400 TPD, Anticipated Operations at 200 TPD;  Bio-Gas Energy Generation in Phase 1 = 800 kW;

Dry Fermentation System

BCUA Wastewater Treatment Plant  Fats, Oils & Grease (FOG) to Biogas Pilot Study 2013;  FOG Co-Digested with Biosoilds in Existing Anaerobic Digester;  FOG Significantly Boosted Biogas Production;  Use of Biogas Currently Flared Could be Used to Power 1.4 MS CHP Engine;  Full Project Capital Cost Estimate $4.5 Million;  Payback Estimated in 3 Years.

One of New Jersey’s Largest Approved Recyclers! Permitted to Process Over 10,000 Tons Per Day of Secondary Materials Superior Access Via Road, Rail and Barge Ultimate Vision to “Build - Out” our 52 acre Eco - Complex and Energy Park Corporate Goal: Operate 100% Green Businesses Powered 100% By Renewable Energy

Asphalt Millings ¾” Clean Stone Asphalt 1 ½” Clean Stone Concrete 2 ½” Clean Stone Brick/Block RCA/DGA Road Stone Mixed Fines ID-27 Contaminated Soil Fill Material Slag and Glass Cullet Sand Clean Wood Class A Recyclables Topsoil Structural Fill

Materials Accepted Soil contaminated with: Gasoline Kerosene Diesel Fuel Jet Fuel #1- #6 Fuel Oil Used Oils Coal Tars Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH’s)

Materials Accepted: Copper Brass Aluminum Stainless Wire Steel

Materials Accepted: ID-13 Bulky Waste ID-13C Construction & Demolition Waste ID-27 Dry Industrial Waste Consumer Electronics Services Offered: Dump Trucks Roll Off Containers Barge & Rail Facilities

Six Inch “Splinter” Cut of Clean Dimensional Lumber Supplied to Intermediate Processors; Further Size Reduced and Colored for Landscape Mulch Products; Year Round Marketing as Landscaping Material Painted wood, Non-Recyclable Paper, Plastic, Waxy Cardboard Made Into “Engineered Biofuel” No Creosote, Treated Green Wood or PVC Contaminants; 100% of Biofuel Marketed as Boiler Fuel Future Plans for Biomass Gasification On-Site to Create Energy to Power Facility Operations

Solar Panel Project: 9,365 solar panels on a 113,000 square foot roof Provides 679 kilowatts of electrical power Will eliminate 631.2 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually by a fossil fuel power plant.

2 MW Total Solar on All Bayshore Rooftops 2.25 MW Wind Energy System Combined Heat & Power Biomass Gasification System Demonstrations With Tidal Energy

Bayshore’s Eco-Complex and Energy Campus