Solid Waste Task Force — Portland, ME
Date: 2010-07-29

City of Portland
 Solid Waste Costs
 FY05 to FY11 est


 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11 Budget

Wages 634,321 724,661 704,209 755,700 734,800 758,169 726,610
OT 67,025 82,770 109,383 92,000 89,524 61,655 62,450
Temporary Services 18,112 30,833 18,357 21,015 37,054 20,698 -
Apparel 7,940 8,978 10,140 8,381 11,620 6,818 6,900
Misc Expenses 9,759 5,754 10,820 6,189 4,086 6,900 13,100
Equipment Rental 3,688 3,100 1,646 2,340 2,919 3,246 2,500
RRF Fees - Higgins 903,000 500,727
RRF Fees - CPRC 3,999,490 3,231,024 3,369,066 3,271,297 1,191,472
Disposal 2,060,111 2,003,915 1,887,916 1,871,447 1,793,973 1,786,413 1,779,700
HazMat Disposal - - 120,062 147,903 134,080 100,000 111,000
Supplies 213,998 244,176 188,887 157,649 186,176 172,736 188,475
Telephone 1,200 1,200 1,200 2,300 2,300 2,816 2,900


Total 3,919,154 7,605,604 6,283,644 6,433,990 6,267,829 4,110,923 2,893,635

Trash Packer* 75,136 75,136 77,390 77,390 84,000 84,000 85,000
Fringe Benefits 245,471 299,072 231,060 237,356 230,811 229,551 220,937
Maintenance of Packers 45,000 45,900 46,818 47,754 49,187 50,663 52,182
Gasoline 48,000 62,720 69,760 112,960 105,000 89,000 90,000

Total Cost 4,332,761 8,088,432 6,708,672 6,909,450 6,736,827 4,564,137 3,341,754


HazMat Fee Revenue - - - - (5,284) (7,196) (10,000)
Bag Revenue (1,233,133) (1,689,826) (993,988) (1,498,847) (1,439,563) (1,405,000) (1,757,563)
RRF Revenue (126,103) (1,772,562) (2,458,947) (2,247,410) (1,829,108) (416,481) (322,600)

Total Revenue (1,359,236) (3,462,388) (3,452,935) (3,746,257) (3,273,955) (1,828,677) (2,090,163)

Net Cost 2,973,525 4,626,044 3,255,737 3,163,193 3,462,872 2,735,460 1,251,591
E‐Card Usage
FY10

Used this many times # of cards
 1 1484
 2 1189
 3 949
 4 765
 5 600
 6 489
 7 410
 8 288
 9 219
 10 479
 6872 cards used at least once
 8326 cards not used at all
 15198 total e‐cards in circulation
 Bulky Waste Collection Options:



Annual Curbside Collection (example: the old Heavy Item Pick‐Up program)

This is the program employed in Portland prior to E‐Cards. Residents in each City Council District were
assigned a collection week. Eligible residents in each area placed acceptable items out prior to their
assigned week. City crews went through each neighborhood to collect the materials and deliver them to
Riverside Recycling. (See attached rules for the program.)

Weekly Curbside Collection – Bulky Item Tags (example: Dover, NH)

Residents purchase special bulky item tags at participating retailers. Acceptable items placed at the curb
for collection must have a bulky item tag affixed. Collection crews only collect items with an appropriate
tag.

Collection by Appointment (example: Worcester, MA)

Residents contact the service provider to request a bulky item collection. The resident describes the
items to be collected and pays the appropriate fee. A collection crew arrives and collects the items that
the resident arranged to have collected. Additional items that were not described (or paid for) are not
collected.

Bulky Item Drop Off Program (example: current program in Portland)

Residents deliver bulky items to a designated facility. Many communities do not provide curbside
collection and rely solely on a drop off program. Other communities augment a curbside program with a
drop off program to accommodate difficult to collect items, to provide service for businesses (or others
not eligible for curbside collection) or to provide convenience.

“Swap Shop”

Some communities maintain a facility to store unwanted but still useful items such as wooden or metal
furniture, bicycles, toys, appliances or power equipment (for example). Some communities include
items such as paint for exchange. The facility is open periodically for residents to look for items they
have a need for. In some cases, the facility requests a donation to help defray operating costs.
 Spring 2006 Bulky Waste Collection

Eligibility: Residents in buildings served by City of Portland trash collection crews may place
acceptable items out for curbside bulky waste collection as directed by a published schedule

Schedule:
 District 1: May 15 – May 19 District 4: June 5 – June 9
 District 2: May 22 – May 26 District 5: June 12 – June 16
 District 3: May 30 – June 2

 Residents wishing to participate may set out acceptable items no earlier than the weekend
 prior to the scheduled date. Once collection crews have passed by an address they will
 not return to collect late set- outs.

 Acceptable materials:
  Mattresses and box springs  Hot water heaters
  Furniture  Televisions/large musical
  Refrigerators equipment
  Air conditioners  Computer monitors
  Stoves/ovens  Cabinets
  Large toys  Toilets, sinks, tubs
  Washers/dryers  Large metal products
  Rolled carpets


 Unacceptable materials:
  Construction materials or debris  Items in plastic bags
  Cardboard  Clothes and textiles
  Brush  Propane tanks
  Paper products  Tires
  Tree waste  Other items deemed
  Household trash inappropriate by the Director of
  Liquid waste Public Works or designee
  Hazardous waste

 Unacceptable items and material set out improperly during curbside collection will not
 be collected and must be removed and properly disposed of by the property owner.

 Preparation: Items placed out during a scheduled curbside collection must be sorted
 into the following categories: wood, metal, TVs and Computer Monitors and
 miscellaneous. Crews will not collect items unless they are properly sorted. Doors
 should be removed from any appliances such as refrigerators and freezers.

 Quantity allowed: During a designated period of curbside collection residents in each
 eligible housing unit may place out up to six (6) items from the list of acceptable
 materials
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 Solid Waste and Recycling
 BAG AND TAG
 BRUSH AND YARD WASTE Hours of Operation: M-F 8am-4pm Address 271 Mast Road
 Phone: 603-516-6450 Contact: email
 COMPOSTING
 HOLIDAY PICK UP SCHEDULE
 HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
 WASTE BAG AND TAG PROGRAM
 RECYCLING CENTER
 INFORMATION
 Bag & Tag Information
 SOLID WASTE ADVISORY ALL TRASH & RECYCLING MUST BE CURBSIDE BY 7:00 AM ON THE DAY OF YOUR PICKUP
 COMMISSION


 Contact Us Form New Bag & Tag Prices (effective 10/1/08)

 CS-Administration Bag and Tag Price Information:
 CS-Engineering
 15 gallon bags $1.45 each
 CS-Environmental
 CS-Facility Grounds and 30 gallon bags $2.15 each
 Cemeteries
 Bulky item tags $5.00 (available at * stores)
 CS-Fleet Services
 CS-Highway
 CS-Utilities and Wastewater Bags (and tags*) are available at the following locations:
 Treatment
 Crowley's Variety and Grill*
 Current Projects Care Pharmacy*
 Home City Hall Market*
 DiCicco's Market
 Public Notice Dover Discount Beverage*
 Solid Waste and Recycling Dover Natural Food Market*
 Dover Shell (Long Hill Road)*
 Water Quality Dover Travel Stop*
 Duston's Market*
 Exit 7 Shell*
 Handy Hardware*
 Hannaford (Central Avenue)*
 Hannaford (Grapevine Drive)*
 Janetos Market*
 Market Basket (Somersworth)
 Middleton Building Supply*
 Driveway Permit Mr. Mike's*
 Rocky's Ace Hardware*
 Shaw's*
 Recycling Center Brochure
 Simply Green Bio-Fuel*
 Store 24 (Back River Road)*
 Store 24 (Central Avenue)*

 Bulky Item Tags: Use on furniture, toilets, mattresses, box springs, carpets (rolled/folded/tied in 3' lengths),
 couches, chairs, & large non-metal items.



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 Municipal Solid Waste Program

 Topics / Issues Identified to Date – For Discussion at July 29, 2010 Meeting

• Outstanding Data Requests (to be distributed in advance of meeting):

 o Solid Waste Budget

 o Compare recycling rates in ecomaine towns

 o E‐card usage

 o Recycling rate by day of week

 o City & e‐card usage at Riverside by material

 o Bulky item programs in other places

• Composting

 o Leaves from City operations

 o Resident leaves and yard waste

 o Food waste

• Recycling

 o Add small businesses in R & B1 zones? (e.g., Laundromats, daycares, etc.)

 o Larger containers (carts?)

 o Contribution to litter during curbside collection

 o Automated service

  Q: Does it increase recycling? (compare to other ecomaine towns)

 o Silver Bullets

  Permanent Location / Site improvements

• Trash Collection

 o Animals / birds breaking bags (litter)

 o Alternative containers (carts)

 o Holiday pickup
 o Automated service

• Public Waste Receptacles

 o Litter

 o Recycling co‐located with bins

• Bulky Waste and remodeling debris

 o Swap shop for reusable items

 o Fire Safety (are people accumulating items?)

 o Convenience

• Riverside Recycling Policies and Programs

 o Pricing and Strategy

 o Equity and Usage

• Regulatory

 o Site Plan Review to encourage recycling

 o Plastic bag ban/fee

 o Bottled water ban

 o Recycling at public events
Riverside Recycling City and E-Card Tons

 FY08 FY09 FY10
 City E-Card  City E-Card City  E-Card
Material Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage Tonnage
Green Wood 1,074 1,851 927 1,224 933 419
Demo Wood 16 672 22 582 21 0
Yard Waste 651 5,056 898 2,701 761 1,676
Drywall 8 74 0 75 1 0
Shingles 0 231 0 210 13 0
Metals 330 132 314 93 16 107
Inert Materials 3,498 776 1,685 528 3,217 0
Stumps 137 0 50 0 80 0
Tires 9 0 1 0 0 0
Landfill 8,359 5,676 10,394 5,209 6,398 606
Total Tons 14,083 14,468 14,291 10,621 11,440 2,808




Key: Green wood is tree waste including brush
 Demo Wood is construction scrap including dimensional lumber
 Inert Materials include gravel, sand, bricks, concrete, etc.
 Landfill is non‐recyclable material that was sent to a landfill for disposal including stree
t sweepings
City of Portland
Recycling Percentage by Day of Week
Random Sample Weeks

Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
5/29/2010 30.7 34.2 30.9 31.3 33.3
1/15/2010 28.2 32.3 28.7 29.6 37.9
6/20/2009 32.2 36.3 33.7 31.0 37.1
4/11/2009 29.2 32.7 33.6 30.6 34.0
Average 30.1 33.9 31.7 30.6 35.6
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 There is a per-item fee for curbside bulk waste pick-up.
 The City's recycling contractor, Casella Waste Management of Massachusetts, Inc., is the curbside bulk waste
 collector.
 The City has obtained preferred rates from Casella for bulk waste pick-up. Residents must contact Casella directly by
 calling (508) 832-2349.
 Residents can have an unlimited number of items collected per appointment.
 Residents must pay for bulk collection when the appointment is made. Payment can be by credit card (VISA,
 MasterCard and AMEX) or check.
 Fee Schedule – Per-Item (general)
 $15.75 Burnables (couch, mattress, furniture, rug, car tires, etc.)
 $26.25 White Goods-Freon (refrigerator, air conditioner, dehumidifier, etc.)
 $15.75 Metals-Other (lawn mower, washing machine, stove, etc.)
 $31.50 CRT's (TV's, computer monitor, etc.)
 $63.00 Large CRT's
 $31.50 Sleeper Sofa, Sectional Couch
 $47.25 Sectional Couch with Sleeper
 The per item fee is not refundable without a 24-hour notice for cancellation.
 Bulk items must be on the curb by 7:00 AM on your scheduled collection day.
 Residents also have the option of making an appointment to drop their bulk waste off at the DPW Drop-Off Center,
 where the fees are lower, or contacting a private licensed hauler.




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MUNICIPAL RECYCLING INCENTIVES

 Bridgton Cape Eliz Casco Cumber Falmouth Freeport Gorham Gray Harrison Hollis Limington Lyman No Yar Ogunquit Portland Pownal Scarbor So Port Waterboro Windham Yarmouth
 Pay per Bag Yes Yes Yes (a) Yes Yes (c) Yes Yes Yes Yes

 Curbside Recycling Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

 Manditory Recycling Yes (b) (c) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
 (a) 90 cents per bag (c) $10 per
 hauling fee at per car/truck
 transfer station w/o recycling
 y
 (b) just businesses
 7/1/09‐6/30/10 for cardboard & Styrofoam
 Recycling % 21.03 31.02 17.50 28.66 45.1 20.84 37.56 N/A 17.30 25.17 6.44 17.59 48.02 10.96 33.13 41.14 34.71 27.24 16.42 42.23 29.46
 N/A No recycling
 with ecomaine
 Results for towns by # of incentives:

 None Bridgton 21.03% Average:
 Casco 17.50% 17.07% Results From the Use of Incentives
 Harrison 17.30%
 Limington 6.44%
 Lyman 17.59% 40.00%
 Ogunquit 10.96%
 Waterboro 16.42% 35.00%
 37.13%
 Yarmouth 29.46% 30.00% 36.08%

 25.00%
 One Cape Elizabeth 31.02% Average:
 25.93%
 Freeport 20.84% 25.43% 20.00%

 15.00%
 Two Cumberland 28.66% Average: 17.08% N O T
 Falmouth 45.10% 36.08% 10.00%
 None One Two
 Gorham 37.56% 5.00%
 Hollis 25.17%
 North Yarmouth 48.02% 0.00%
 Scarborough 34.71% 1 2 3 4
 South Portland 27.24% Number of incentives employed
 Windham 42.23%

 Three Portland 33.13% Average:
 Pownal 41.14% 37.13%
 Compiled by ecomaine 7/13/10

 Percentages are based on total tonnage of waste and www.ecomaine.org
 recyclables as received by ecomaine. Printed on 100% post‐consumer recycled paper.