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Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Outreach Tool Kit

This tool kit provides professional resources to inform and educate property managers, businesses, hotels, restaurants, and multifamily properties in Fairfax County about environmentally sound waste disposal, renewable energy production, emergency response, pollution prevention, and community engagement. The tool kit includes information on refuse collection, recycling, and the countywide recycling rate. It is designed to inspire managers to implement further actions and create a positive impact on waste management.

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Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Outreach Tool Kit

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  1. Fairfax County Outreach Tool Kits Tool Kit Development May 8, 2018

  2. Environmentally-Sound Disposal 20 tons of solid waste is transported and disposed of every 10 minutes (about 1,000,000 tons per year). Renewable Energy Production We generate enough power for 80,000 homes or about 90 MW of electricity. Emergency Response (Hurricanes, tornadoes, snow, flooding) Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Pollution Prevention and Community Engagement 100 community events per year Refuse Collection Collection of 10% of household waste and recyclables Recycling The countywide recycling rate is about 50%

  3. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program Fairfax County • 406 Square miles • Population of 1.14 Million

  4. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Company Subject Matter Fairfax County Outreach to: • Office Buildings • Hotels • Restaurants • Multifamily

  5. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program History of Outreach Team Prior to 2014 PIO & 1 Assistant Outreach to Property Management Companies, Businesses • Mass mailings • Tabling at professional conference AOBA

  6. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program History of Outreach Team Three outreach staff since 2014 Started site visits in 2016

  7. Conducting site visits since 2016 to: • Office Buildings 514 • Construction sites 313 • Hotels 106 • Restaurants 1002 (since June 2017) • Next Up: Multifamily Properties Purpose of visits: • Inform and educate • Follow up with emails or letters

  8. Fairfax County Outreach Solid Waste Management Program How We Started 2016 site visits

  9. Sept. 2016 – June 2017 • Mostly small, independents not recycling, but found big-name hotels also • At this time started thinking of Tool Kit Hotels Fairfax County Outreach

  10. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program Tool Kit Development Professional Appearance • Engaging • Professional Looking • Resource that managers could refer to • Inspire them in implement further actions Content • Research what others had done • Wrote up the narrative • In-house design talent

  11. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program Restaurant Tool Kit

  12. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program Restaurants Started June 2017 – Present Day 1002 visited Fast-Food, carry-outs; high-end; low-end

  13. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program Restaurants Carry Out – fast food; Sweetleaf, Boston Market; Cava Grill; Corner Bakery; Starbucks Restaurants -

  14. Fairfax County Outreach Multifamily Tool Kit

  15. Fairfax County Outreach Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program Methods • Our purpose is to: • Inform and educate • Not Enforcement • Lack of manpower • Do more with less • 406 Square miles • Population of 1.14 Million

  16. Fairfax County Outreach Marion Plummer 703.324.5451 marion.plummer@fairfaxcounty.gov

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