Waste Management in Bermuda

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1 Waste Management in Bermuda 25 August 2009 Martin Edelenbos P.Eng. Manager Waste Management 1

2 Today s Presentation Overview of waste management organization Functions; what we do Integrated Waste Management; or What Goes Where Current Projects and Challenges Discussion "At Your Service Bermuda" 2

3 Annual Operating Budget; $19.9 M Total Staff of Approx. 140 Airport Waste Management $1,262,000 Special Waste $1,409,000 Marsh Folly Composting $1,833,000 Tynes Bay Admin. $712,000 Tynes Bay Operations, $5,507,000 MRF and Recycling $1,675,000 Residential Collections $4,740,000 Solid Waste Admin/Enforce/Edu $670,000 Tynes Bay Maintenance, $2,118,000 3

4 Approx. Annual Waste Volumes in Tonnes (not including demolition debris and fill) Tynes Bay, 70,000 Blue Bag other Recycling, 2,000 Marsh Folly, 16,000 Airport Fill, 10,000 "At Your Service Bermuda" 4

5 Unit Operating Costs of Programmes (Not including Capital Financing) Programme 09/10 Budget Tonnes $/Tonne Tynes Bay (revenue ~ $3.5M) $ 8,337,000 70, Residential Collections $ 4,740,000 23, MRF / Recycling (revenue ~ $75k) $ 1,675,000 2, Airport Waste Management Facility $ 1,262,000 10,000* Marsh Folly Composting Facility $ 1,833,000 16, *Not including ash blocks and fill Total Waste Management $ 19,926, , On 30,000 households Per Unit 5

6 Tonnes Tynes Bay Waste to Energy Facility 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 Tonnes Treated Past 10 Years Tynes Bay Waste to Energy Facility Year Commissioned in 1994 Mass Burn Waste to Green Energy Facility Designed for three combustion streams; two installed initially Capable of 3.6 MW of electrical power; sells 2.6 MW to Belco, will be upgraded to ~ 8MW Requires Refurbishment and Third Stream for Redundancy 6

7 Residential Waste Collection Collected twice per week On Mon/Thurs or Tues/Fri 12 zones each day 3 person crews Compactor trucks of 4 tonne capacity 23,000 tonnes collected per year (not including St. G and City of Ham.) Residential bulky waste collections service 7

8 Airport Waste Management Facility Scrap Metal Automobiles 4-5/day) White goods (stoves, refrigerators, etc.) Tires (1-2 tonnes/day) Ash/cement blocks formed from fly and bottom ash from Tynes Bay (50 60 blks/day) Clean fill and demolition debris ( trucks/day) 8

9 Marsh Folly Composting Facility Tree trimmings and brush, selected organic wastes Approximately 15,000 to 16,000 tonnes per year, Currently no tipping fee Material is ground up and stockpiled or windrow composted Compost is used in various government and private sector developments and given to the public 9

10 Special Wastes Programme Waste paint, waste oil, fluorescent light bulbs, acids, bases, CFCs (ozone depleting chemicals), household batteries, pesticides, any other hazardous materials Special disposal events twice per year, Waste oil containers island wide at gas stations, Household battery deposit tubes at over 140 locations. Shipped to the US according to USEPA standards. 10

11 Waste Education and Enforcement Promotion of 3Rs and proper waste handling Education at schools and businesses Enforcement of the Waste and Litter Control Act Supports Keep Bermuda Beautiful and Manages their grant Helps develop new initiatives in waste reduction and recycling by establishing partnerships with businesses 11

12 Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Designed to sort all of the potential TAG (Tin (12), Aluminium (8), and Glass). Currently processing about 30 tonnes per week of TAG Also processing lead-acid batteries (24), small air conditioning units (15), and Electronic Waste (5) (E-Waste) All materials except glass are exported to US markets. Glass aggregate markets being developed locally (red text indicates number of 20 shipping containers/yr, 21 bales per container) 12

13 Waste Flow Diagram 1990 and Before Waste Marsh Folly (and other) Dump Sites "At Your Service Bermuda" 13

14 Current Waste Flow Diagram; Comprehensive Waste Management Organic Composting Air Emission (80%) Generic Waste-to-Energy Energy Generation! Ash Block (20%) Waste Special Inert Ship for O/S recycling/disposal Ash Airport Fill Site Infectious Bio-Oxidizer Air Emission Glass Local Use Recyclables MRF Tin and Alum. O/S Markets "At Your Service Bermuda" 14

15 Current Projects Tynes Bay Refurbishment and Third Stream New Ash Processing Facility RFP for Environmental Assessment of Airport Waste Management Facility Review of Disposal Options of Stockpiled Asbestos Containing Material Wheelie Bin Pilot Project Discarded Vessels Disposal "At Your Service Bermuda" 15

16 Issues Need to improve participation rates and collection system in Recycling (legislation?) Need to Reduce Reliance on Landfill by finding alternative disposal methods for Tyres, Scrap Metal, E-waste Require Stricter and Enforceable Regulations on Littering and Fly-Tipping Need to reduce footprint and eliminate stockpiling of horticultural waste "At Your Service Bermuda" 16

17 Questions?? 17