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Solid Waste Services

Single Sort Recycling Washington Brings Recycling In House and Converts to Single Sort Hallie Clemm Acting Solid Waste Collection Chief Solid Waste Management Administration MWCOG Recycling Committee Meeting September 2005. Garbage, Recycling and Bulk/Appliance Collection

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Solid Waste Services

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  1. Single Sort RecyclingWashington Brings Recycling InHouse and Converts to Single SortHallie ClemmActing Solid Waste Collection ChiefSolid Waste Management AdministrationMWCOG Recycling Committee MeetingSeptember 2005

  2. Garbage, Recycling and Bulk/Appliance Collection 110,000 residential customers Street & Alley Cleaning HHW and E-cycling Seasonal Services Transfer Stations Enforcement Division Solid Waste Services

  3. Curbside/Alley Collection Two-Sort Paper & Containers + OCC Once-a-week collection with bins Contract Collection Poor Service-Repeated Missed Collections High Contract Cost Low Participation/ Recycling rate Recycling CollectionThru 2004

  4. Alley Collection never mastered by contractor Repeat misses Equipment Problems-Type, Size & Reliability Supervision/Customer Service Problems High Employee Turnover Low Participation Rate Low Recycling Rate Factors Pushing For Change

  5. Move to Public Collection Convert to Single Stream Use Carts where possible Reduce missed service Increase participation and recycling rates Stabilize cost Opportunity to change recycling collection days Improve Labor/ Management Relations What To Do?

  6. Labor/Management Partnership “Pot Hole” Looked at Alternatives Studied Single Sort Implemented a Pilot Rebid Private Collection Contract Cobbled together funding Filled in the gaps How Did We Get There?

  7. Purchased 100,000 recycling &15,000 garbage 32 Gallon Carts Purchased 22 semi-automated rear loading 16 cy packers Added 22 Three Person Crews. Total of 72 FTEs Used GIS to develop 16 to18 daily recycling routes DC In-House Program

  8. DC In-House Program • DC In-House Crews began collections Jan 24, 2005 • About 100,000 customers now have recycling carts • Do to space limits, about 10,000 remain using bins in Georgetown and center city • Complaints of missed service down 90% • Set Out rate up to as high as 75% weekly in cart area • Tonnage collected up 12%

  9. DC In-House Program Alley Bin Collection

  10. DC In-House Program Alley Cart Collection

  11. DC In-House Program Street Cart Collection

  12. Results So Far

  13. Contact Information Hallie Clemm Acting Assistant Solid Waste Collection Chief Public Works Department 2750 S Capitol Street SE Washington, DC 20032 202-645-0744 Hallie.Clemm@dc.gov www.recycle.dpw.dc.gov

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