Solid Waste Management Annual Report: Recycling Scott Mouw NC Division of Environmental Assistance & Outreach
Recycling Trends in North Carolina Positive growth in recycling programs and recycling tonnage. Disposal bans helping increase material recovery. Breakthroughs in the recycling of new materials. Recycling contributing to job and business growth. Recycled materials essential to NC manufacturers. 2
Curbside Recycling Programs 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 3
Curbside – Transition to Carts Many major cities now using carts: Greensboro Charlotte Fayetteville Durham High Point Jacksonville Raleigh Winston-Salem New small and medium sized town programs starting with carts. Estimated total # of households who received a cart in 2011: 400,000 12,000,000 gallons of additional household recycling capacity Cart trend will continue to grow. 4
Recovery of Paper and Container Materials by NC Local Governments 600,000.00 500,000.00 400,000.00 300,000.00 Fiber (Tons) Containers (Tons) 200,000.00 100,000.00 - 5
Recovery of Plastic Bottles in NC by Local Government Programs 40,000.00 35,000.00 30,000.00 25,000.00 Other Plastics 20,000.00 HDPE Bottles 15,000.00 PET Bottles 10,000.00 5,000.00 - FY 2003- FY 2004- FY 2005- FY 2006- FY 2007- FY 2008- FY 2009- FY 2010- 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 6
Local Government Electronics Collection (in tons) 8,000.00 7,000.00 6,000.00 5,000.00 Televisions 4,000.00 Other Electronics 3,000.00 2,000.00 1,000.00 - FY 2008-09 FY 2009-10 FY 2010-11 7
Effects of Oil Filter Disposal Ban for Filter Recycling Companies Tons Collected Oil Filter Collection Customers 6000 4000 3500 5000 3000 4000 2500 3000 2000 1500 2000 1000 1000 500 0 0 2008 2009 2010 2008 2009 2010 8
Effects of Pallet Disposal Ban: Pallet Recyclers Private Wooden Pallet Recovery in Effects on Pallet Recycling Businesses North Carolina, 2008-2011 (in tons) Hired more workers 38% Increased Customers 91% Increase revenue 62% Increased pallet tonnage 81% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% • Over half of pallet recyclers said the disposal ban helped their business grow. 9
Construction & Demolition Waste and Organics Recycling Increasing interest and activity in C&D recycling, despite construction economy - amount of tonnage recycled at C&D landfills has doubled since 2005. Main challenge: relatively low market value for some C&D materials. Growth in commercial composting facilities. Separated food waste collection still at small scale but expanding 10
Shingle Recycling Early adopters: Greenville Paving and Pitt County Regulatory issues resolved. Oil prices helping increase interest and improve economics of shingle recycling. Many asphalt paving companies now scrambling to source materials. Approximately 264,000 tons in potential diversion; estimated currently at 40,000 tons. 11
Independent Recycling Haulers Small haulers and new recycling Change in # of customers start-ups playing an increasing since 2008 role in material collection: 30,000 ABC customers 25,000 Other commercial customers Unincorporated residences 20,000 Examples: 15,000 Green Pieces, Stanly County area – 130 to 2290 customers in four 10,000 years. Hatteras Recycling, Dare County 5,000 – 335 to 1100 customers 0 2009 2010 2011 (projected) 12
NC Recycling Employment Trends 16000 14000 12000 10000 15,187 Employees 14,490 8000 12,776 11,762 6000 7,757 4000 2000 1137 1110 0 Private Sector Jobs 1994 2000 2003 2008 2010 Public Sector Jobs Year 13
Examples of Recycling Economic Development in NC in 2011 Electronics Recycling International: announcement of new electronics recycling facility in Badin with projected 150 jobs. Synergy: completion of $30 million electronics processing facility in Madison. McGill Environmental:$2 million upgrade of composting facility in Sanford. New material recovery facilities (MRFs) built by Sonoco (Charlotte), North Davidson Sanitation (Welcome), Benfield Sanitation (Mooresville), and American Recycling (Candler) Reflective Recycling: new $8 million glass processing facility in Wilson, NC Unifi: new $8 million textile manufacturing facility converting plastic bottle plastic into polyester in Yadkinville. 14
Examples of Recycled Glass Movement in NC Foothills Sanitation MRF, 12 employees Verallia Glass - makes bottles for Anheuser Busch, 310 employees Reflective Recycling, $8 million glass cleaning plant, 26 employees Planet Recycling,600 ABC accounts, 23 employees Pratt Industries MRF, 52 employees 15
Examples of Recycled PET Movement in NC Unifi $8 million Repreve polyester manufacturing plant Sonoco MRF, $11 million plant 75 employees Curbside Management MRF, 30 employees Clear Path $75 million PET bottle processing plant Sonoco MRF, $1.5 million plant, 15 employees 16
Questions? Scott Mouw NC Division of Environmental Assistance & Outreach 919-707-8114 scott.mouw@ncdenr.gov 17
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