Making the Change: Local Government Perspectives on the Transition to EPR

Making the Change: Local Government Perspectives on the Transition to EPR Scott Cassel, CEO and Founder Product Stewardship Institute, Inc. May 9, 2012

Upcoming PSI Webinars Lifecycle Flashing Before Your Eyes: Emerging Options for Simplified Lifecycle Analyses and Their Role in Product Stewardship Tuesday, May 22 2:00 3:30 PM EST One Year Later: Evaluating New York's E waste Program Tuesday, June 5 2:00 3:30 PM EST Voluntary and Mandatory Product Stewardship Programs Finding the balance between government regulation and private sector initiative Thursday, June 14 1:00 2:30 PM EST Coca Cola's PlantBottle Packaging Changing the Way We View Product Impacts Tuesday, June 26 2:00 3:30 PM EST For more information and access to the recordings, please see the Product Stewardship Institute website at: www.productstewardship.us/networkingcalls May 9, 2012 2

Who is the Product Stewardship Institute? Global Product Stewardship Council PSI represented on Board of Directors Non profit founded in 2000 Memberships 47 States 200+ Local governments Partnerships (75+) Companies Organizations Universities Non US Governments Board of Directors: 7 states, 4 local agencies Advisory Council: Multistakeholder (14 members) January 31, 2012 3

How to Participate Today You can connect to the Audio portion using VoIP To ask a question (verbally) via phone or VOIP please use the hand-raising function. or your telephone. To type in a question, use the Question tab. Technical Difficulties? Dial 800.263.6317 January 31, 2012 4

Expert Panelists Karen Fiedler, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Monica Kosmak, City of Vancouver, British Columbia Donald Maglienti, Addison County Solid Waste Management District, Vermont January 31, 2012 5

Overview of Today s Webinar There is a worldwide EPR movement 32 states have EPR laws in place All Canadian provinces Over 30 European countries Most focus is on producers but all parties make changes, including local government January 31, 2012 6

Questions for Today s Speakers What factors into local government s decision to change its materials management strategies under EPR, or to get out of the business completely? How does local government relinquish control to producers while maintaining its regulatory and oversight role? What are the fears? What are the benefits? Are the US and Canada the same?

Our experience with Wisconsin s first producer responsibility law

County is Responsible Unit under WI Mandatory Recycling Law Coordinates residential recycling education and processing for 25 municipalities with <275,000 people Publicly-owned, privately operated MRF Dual stream curbside program

Household and Agricultural hazwaste program via contract 4 permanent locations & 4 one-day events Provide processing of yard waste for municipalities via contract

VALUE- Regional purchasing consortium- RFP to collect & recycle computers only Drop off sites and municipal offices Selected WI company with good environmental record Cost 22 cents/pound More than 20 municipalities Over 587 tons/year

Host community provided site supervision County paid for processing with $40,000 funding from landfill expansion agreement 3 collection sites- any County resident could use any site County promoted program

First producer responsibility law in WI passed Oct. 2009 Jan. 2010 registration of manufacturers June registration of Collectors and Recyclers Sept. 2010 landfill ban on covered electronics http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/ecycle/wisconsin.html

Vendor provided 5 cents/pound revenue County worked with trash haulers to educate Added 5 municipal drop off sites

$60,000 $40,000 Waukesha County Computer/Electronics Recycling Cost/revenue and Tons Collected Municipal collection sites 600 500 $20,000 Cost/revenue $0 $20,000 *June 2010 began expanded e waste collection under E cycle WI program. Added 5 collection sites in 2011. 2007 2008 2009 2010* 2011 400 300 Tons $40,000 200 $60,000 100 $80,000 Tons Cost Revenue 0

Turned program over to municipalities that operate drop off sites They now receive revenue County continues to promote/educate

New VALUE RFB this spring Contractor will not extend agreement System too costly, not efficient

E-Cycle Wisconsin Year 2 Eligible Electronic Devices Pounds collected by collector type 16% 45% 21% Source: WDNR_5-12 18% Retailer Non-profit Government For-profit

Stay tuned Contact information: Karen Fiedler, Waukesha County Solid Waste Supervisor kfiedler@waukeshacouty.gov 262-896-8014 www.waukeshacounty.gov/recycling

5 Ways We re Transitioning to EPR: Vancouver, British Columbia s Experience (so far) Product Stewardship Institute Webinar May 9, 2012 Monica Kosmak Zero Waste Planning Program Manager City of Vancouver, British Columbia 22

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Host of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

Our goal: To be the greenest city in the world by 2020

Province of British Columbia s vision for EPR

Current EPR programs in Recycling Regulation Packaging All beverage containers except milk (1971, 1997) Electronics & Electrical Equipment Computers, TVs, printers, peripherals (2006) Audio-visual (2010) Cell phones (2010) Fluorescent lights (2010) Small appliances (2011) Batteries (2011) Thermostats (2011) Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms (2011) Automotive Tires (1991, 2007) Lead-acid batteries (1991, 2011) Used oil, filters, empty oil containers (1992, 2003) Gasoline (1997) Antifreeze, empty antifreeze containers (2011) Hazardous waste Paint and empty containers (1994) Pesticides (1997) Solvents / flammable liquids (1997) Medications (1997)

Future EPR programs in regulation Electronics & Electrical Equipment (2012) Large appliances IT & telecommunications equipment Lighting equipment Electric tools Electric toys, leisure & sports equipment Monitoring & control instruments Medical devices Automatic dispensers Packaging & Printed Paper (2014) All packaging generated by residences and municipal streetscapes, parks and public spaces

Canada-wide Action Plan for EPR Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment 2015 2017 2020 Phase 1: Packaging (2014) Printed materials (2014) Mercury containing lamps (2010) Other mercury-containing products (2010) Electronics and electrical products (2007-12) Household hazardous and special wastes (1997) Automotive products (1991-2012) Phase 2: Carpet Furniture Textiles Building products Large appliances (2012)

Over 60% of Vancouver garbage could eventually be covered by EPR programs EPR NEEDS TO BE PLANNED (8%) ROCK, SOIL, FINE PARTICLES (4%) EPR 2017 (13%) COMPOSTABLES (33%) Compostable paper 6% EPR 2014-2015 (6%) EXISTING EPR (4%) WOOD - EPR 2017 (19%) RECYCLABLES - EPR 2014 (13%)

MSW manufactured municipal solid waste

1. Attracting green businesses that support EPR (and leveraging EPR to drive our green economy)

2. Using deconstruction to drive EPR 2017 products (and vice versa)

3. Using community planning and business licensing to develop collection systems in neighbourhoods

4. Partnering with EPR programs e.g. to tackle illegal dumping (and reduce costs)

5. Exploring opportunities to (formally) collect EPR products at City recycling depots

Making the Change: Local Government Perspectives on the Transition to EPR Don Maglienti Addison County Solid Waste Management District

Addison County Solid Waste Management District Transfer Station in Middlebury, Vermont 19 Member Towns ~31,000 people Smallest town just over 200 people

Vermont s EPR Experience Dry Cell Batteries (1991) Mercury Automobile Switches (2006) Mercury Thermostats (2008) Electronic Waste (2010) Mercury Lamps (2011)

Mercury Thermostats Initially subsidized cost of disposal Thermostat Recycling Corporation in 2000 Established $5 bounty 100 to 150 units recycled per year

Electronic Waste ACSWMD began collecting E waste in 1999 We mandated separation by ordinance in 2006 We collected year round, 6 days/week We didn t subsidize, except for labor VT E waste law enacted in 2010 Free collection started July 1, 2011 4 collection sites in Addison County

E waste receiving area Redesign this year to accommodate new volumes

Changes with E waste EPR Managing a higher volume Definitions of covered devices and entities Sorting = revenue Data security outreach Consolidation between collection locations New data tracking system Non member towns

Statewide per capita (1 st year) collection goal, July 1 2011 June 30, 2012 (covered devices only): 5.5 lbs Estimated ACSWMD per capita for calendar year 2011: ~8 lbs

Success! Greater convenience Statewide Greater public awareness Statewide VT passed 3.4 million lb goal with 3 months still remaining Allowance for reuse Estimated savings to ACSWMD residents of approximately $60,000 in 1 st full year of program (by end of June 2012)

Mercury Lamps Covered based on quantity 10 or fewer No limit on CFLs Includes businesses Sustainable funding for retailer take back

60,000 50,000 Fluorescent Lamps (linear ft) Collected by ACSWMD 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Preparing for Mercury Lamp EPR Collection site consolidation Special events like HHW collections Pin based CFLs vs screwtype? Methods for tracking covered lamps

Reflections on EPR in Vermont Residents are catching on to EPR and asking their towns to collect more materials. Transfer stations and recycling drop off operators receiving more specialized training VT is a small state relatively few planning entities for manufacturers to deal with EPR saves municipalities $$, saves resources, and reduces toxicity of waste stream

Paint? Hazardous Waste (lbs) Collected by ACSWMD 70000 60000 50000 40000 30000 20000 Aerosols Pesticides Oily Debris Flammable Liquids Paint (Oil/Latex) 10000 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Tires? 500000 450000 400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 Tires (lbs) Collected by ACSWMD 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Thank You! Don Maglienti Program Coordinator Addison County Solid Waste Management District don@acswmd.org (802) 388 2333 AddisonCountyRecycles.org

Karen Fiedler, Waukesha County, Wisconsin Monica Kosmak, City of Vancouver, British Columbia Donald Maglienti, Addison County Solid Waste Management District, Vermont January 31, 2012

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Interested in Learning More? Contacts Scott Cassel CEO and Founder Product Stewardship Institute 617 236 4822 Scott@productstewardship.us Monica Kosmak Program Manager, Zero Waste Planning City of Vancouver 604.829.4351 monica.kosmak@vancouver.ca Karen Fiedler Solid Waste Supervisor Waukesha County 262 896 8014 kfiedler@waukeshacouty.gov Donald Maglienti Program Coordinator Addison County Solid Waste Management District (802) 388 2333 don@acswmd.org January 31, 2012 63