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Recyclers Primer on Climate Change: The Resource Plan

Recyclers Primer on Climate Change: The Resource Plan. CRRA 2008 John Davis Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority. Community Resource Plans. Recover valuable resources New economic activity Reduce greenhouse gas emissions Achievable Enhanced collection strategies

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Recyclers Primer on Climate Change: The Resource Plan

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  1. Recyclers Primer on Climate Change:The Resource Plan CRRA 2008 John Davis Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling Authority

  2. Community Resource Plans • Recover valuable resources • New economic activity • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions • Achievable • Enhanced collection strategies • Improved recovery processing • Continued market development

  3. Waste As Resource • CIWMB updated statewide waste characterization in 2004 • Identifies disposed materials, by over 40 categories • San Bernardino countywide disposal was 2,307,928 tons in 2006 • Resources = material % X disposal

  4. Recoverable ResourcesCurrently Wasted (Landfill) • 355,421 tons of paper • 53,103 tons of glass • 120,019 tons of metal • 27,695 tons of electronics • 168,479 tons of plastic • 600,061 tons of organics • 415,496 tons of construction and demolition

  5. Valuable Resources • Gross value of recycled paper, plastic, metal, glass is over $300/ton • Pacific Rim demand continues to grow • $180,000,000 in current gross value for San Bernardino County resources now landfilled • Landfilling costs another $88,000,000 • “Waste is a misplaced resource”

  6. WARM • U. S. Environmental Protection Agency developed the WAste Reduction Model (WARM) • WARM calculates Greenhouse Gas emissions associated with reduction, recycling, composting, landfilling and waste to energy

  7. Greenhouse Gases • Greenhouse Gases trap heat in the atmosphere • Man-made sources upset natural balance resulting in climate change • Man-made GHG emissions result from fossil fuel combustion (especially energy and transportation) • GHG expressed as Carbon Dioxide – Metric Tons Carbon Equivalent (MTCE)

  8. Greenhouse Gas Reduction • GHG reduction derives from alternative practices: • Increased landfill methane or energy recovery; • Energy avoidance through reduction and recycling (eliminate/reduce raw materials extraction, processing, transport) • Carbon sequestration through composting

  9. Resource GHG Reduction • Capturing San Bernardino County landfilled materials as resources would reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 872,110 metric tons of carbon equivalent (MTCE) annually • This is the same reduction as removing 692,151 automobiles from the roads every year

  10. Paper Resources Landfilled

  11. Container Resources Landfilled

  12. Other Resources Landfilled

  13. Compost Resources Landfilled

  14. MTCE Value of Landfilled Materials in SB County • Adjusted value is $149,635,149 • Avoided landfill is $87,701,264 • Gross fiscal impact is $227,336,413 • GHG reduction is 872,110 MTCE • Value of MTCE is $272.14 gross • Adjusted value is approximately $171.58/MTCE

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