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State-Assisted EScrap Collections in 9 Florida Counties 1999-2003

State-Assisted EScrap Collections in 9 Florida Counties 1999-2003. Jack Price Florida Department of Environmental Protection January 21, 2004 Recycle Florida Today Issues Forum 2004 Tallahassee, Florida. Florida Electronics Recycling: Infrastructure Building 1998-2003.

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State-Assisted EScrap Collections in 9 Florida Counties 1999-2003

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  1. State-Assisted EScrap Collections in 9 Florida Counties 1999-2003 Jack Price Florida Department of Environmental Protection January 21, 2004 Recycle Florida Today Issues Forum 2004 Tallahassee, Florida

  2. Florida Electronics Recycling:Infrastructure Building 1998-2003

  3. Florida Electronics Recycling:Service Variation • Collection Events (many counties) • Rural 3 county cooperative (Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa) • Curbside (Sarasota) • Ongoing Neighborhood Drop-offs (Miami-Dade) • Thrift Partnerships (Broward, Charlotte, Leon) • Community Organization Reuse (Hillsborough, Palm Beach) • Comprehensive Countywide Demonstration Project (Private vendor; Orange County focus with a variety of additional services to other counties in the region and around the state)

  4. Hennepin County, MN 2002 • 2 drop-offs + special events + pick-up • Cost $1,250,000 • Collected 1,314 tons • ~1/3 from bulk pickup service • 1,100,000 residents served • Collected ~2.4 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.48/pound A Nomination for Most Costly. E-Scrap News 3 (10), October 2003, p. 3

  5. Sarasota County, FL 2002 • 2 drop-off 5 days/week + 5 special events + curbside pickup • Annualized cost $39,000 • Promotional “media campaign” $20,000 • Collected 78 tons • 340,000 residents served • Collected 0.5 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.25/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  6. Miami-Dade County, FL 2001-2002 • 7-9 staffed drop-offs open 7 days/week • Trash, special wastes, electronics • Recycler picks up once or twice/week • Some special promotion • Annualized cost $97,000 • Collected 137 tons • 2,300,000 residents served • Collected 0.1 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.36/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  7. Lake County, FL 2001-2002 • 7 drop-offs open 6 days/week • Some promotion $10,000 • Annualized cost $49,000 • Fork lift purchase $12,000 • Site paving, utilities $8,000 • Collected 47 tons • 230,000 residents served • Collected 0.4 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.52/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  8. Polk County, FL 2001-2002 • 1 drop-offs open 6 days/week + 3 mobile special events • Some promotion but no promotion cost reported • Annualized cost $58,000 • Collected 97 tons • Included some scrap collected prior to grant • 500,000 residents served • Collected 0.4 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.30/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  9. Pasco County, FL 1999 • 1 drop-off open 6 days/week • One of the first pilot collections • Drop-off at household hazardous waste center • No promotion “just what was coming in at HHW” • Annualized cost $105,000 • Collected 118 tons • 320,000 residents served • Collected 0.7 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.45/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  10. Charlotte County, FL 2002 • Special events + 1 Goodwill store • Residential drop-offs • Residential & business pick up • Annualized cost $18,000 • Event promotion (no costs reported) • Goodwill retail sales for offsetting revenue • Collected 24 tons • 150,000 residents served • Collected 0.3 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.38/pound Electronics Recovery, Reuse, Recycling Project, Final Report, Charlotte County, FL, December 16, 2002

  11. Citrus County, FL 2002 • Monthly 1-day special events + business/government agency drop-off as arranged • Annualized cost $46,000 • Used forklift $4,500 (not annualized) • Some promotion $8,000 • Collected 98 tons • 120,000 residents served • Collected 1.6 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.24/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  12. Lee County, FL 2001-2003 • 9 special events + weekly drop-off by appointment • Annualized cost $47,000 • Promotion $29,000 • Equipment rental $3,000 • Staffing $2,000 • Collected 54 tons • 470,000 residents served • Collected 0.2 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.43/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  13. Leon County, FL 2002-2004 • 1 drop-off open 6 days/week + special events + Goodwill partnership • Annualized cost $86,600 (full cost projection ) • Staffing $36,000 • Equipment, storage $16,600 • Recycling $27,000 • Promotion $2,500 • Collected 528 tons • 235,000 residents served • Collected 4.5 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.08/pound Leon County Electronics Recycling Program: Draft Final Report, SWIX, 11/14/2003

  14. Florida Avg. $0.35

  15. All 9 Florida Counties, 1999-2003 • Cost $567,000 • Collected nearly 1,300 tons • 4,250,000 residents served • Collected 1.0 pounds/resident served • Cost $0.33/pound National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative Database, retrieved 9/17-19/2003, from www.ergweb.com/nepsi

  16. Electronics Collection Rates:Actual and Estimated • 9 Florida county services average: 1.0 pounds/resident (actual 1999-2003) • Hennepin County, MN: 2.4 pounds/resident (actual 2002) • NEPSI proposed national targets: 1.75 & 3 pounds/resident (estimated) • Florida estimated TVs, monitors, CPUs, laptops available 2003: 4 pounds/resident (estimated) • NEPSI available: 6 pounds/resident (estimated)

  17. Costing a Florida Statewide Electronics Recycling Service:Assumptions • Not a separate service: incremental service added to current solid waste services • No cost reductions from economies of scale • Most capital expenditures, staffing not included • No non-government collections

  18. Funding Options for Florida Statewide Electronics Recycling Service(assume $0.35/lb) * ARF collected on each TV, monitor, CPU and laptops sold

  19. Funding After the Grant • Sarasota: from tip fees • Actual amount not available 1/20/04 • Broward: $0.22/ton from tip fees • Includes all costs except general county administration • Alachua: from solid waste assessment • Actual amount not available 1/20/04 • Businesses charged $0.35/lb

  20. Parting Thoughts • Relationships can help • Estimate service costs • Predict performance (type of program, promotion spending) • Set achievable “stretch” goals (lb/resident) • 0.5 % 4 lbs/resident: bad news, good news • Collection costs will increase • Capital • Promotion • Modest ARF + local resources could fund a ramped up service

  21. DEP Contacts with a Pulse (Human or Electronic) Raoul Clarke 850.245.8750 raoul.clarke@dep.state.fl.us Jack Price 850.245.8751 john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/ categories/electronics

  22. Raoul ClarkeJack Price 850.245.8750850.245.8751 raoul.clarke@dep.state.fl.us john.l.price@dep.state.fl.us www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/electronics

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