REGIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN REVIEW February 15, 2017 Meeting #1 Sperling Hansen Associates Tony Sperling Scott Garthwaite Mairi Dalgleish Carly Wolfe 1
MWA Environmental Consultants Maura Walker Carey McIver Jan Enns Communications 2
THE PLANNING PROCESS Solid Waste Management Plans Comprehensive guide for next 10 years Vision for next 20-30 years Provincial approval required: Authorization to spend funds identified in Plan No need to go to referendum to approve borrowing 3
Solid Waste Management Planning Process Conducted in 3 phases Has concurrent technical and consultation processes Consultation process: Advisory committee Stakeholder consultation General public consultation Phase One Conduct a review of current system Review of technical reports and data Site visits and contact with stakeholders Assessment of the existing solid waste management system Phase 1 report: Description of existing activities Implementation status of current Plan Baseline for updating the Plan 4
Phase Two Identify Opportunities to Increase Waste Diversion Identify Opportunities to Enhance Residual Waste Management Financial Implications Draft Plan Phase Three Community and stakeholder consultation on draft Plan Finalize content of Plan Approval by Board Submission of Plan to Minister of the Environment Once approved, TNRD has permission to borrow $ to implement the plan (if needed) 5
Concurrent Communication and Consultation Program Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3 Establish advisory committee Community survey SWMP web page On-going advisory committee engagement Update information on RSWMP web page Community and stakeholder consultation on draft Plan Review input with advisory committee Questions? Comments? 6
REVIEW ADVISORY COMMITTEE Reporting Structure TNRD Board RAC Meeting Notes Staff reports Consultants Reports Community & Stakeholder Input RSWMP Steering Committee Consultants Reports Community April & Stakeholder Input Review 2015 Advisory Committee (RAC) December 7
RAC and Steering Committee Meetings RAC Meeting 2 Waste reduction and diversion RAC Meeting 3 Residual waste management RAC Meeting 4 Policies and bylaws RAC Meeting 5 Financial Steering Committee Meeting 2 RAC Meeting 6 Draft plan Community consultation program Steering Committee Meeting 3 RAC Meeting 7 Consultation results Final Plan Steering Committee Meeting 4 Questions? Comments? 8
TNRD 2017 SWMP UPDATE Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Plan Update Stage 1 Report - Characterization of Existing System Dr. Tony Sperling, P.Eng. February 14 th, 2017 Outline Objectives of Stage 1 Report Implementation Status of 2008 SWMP Waste Composition Disposal and Diversion Service Costs Benchmarking Key Considerations for the 2017 Plan Update 9
Thompson-Nicola Regional District 44,000 km 2 pop n 128,473 (2011 Census) 82% urban 13% rural 5% FN land reserves cover IMPLEMENTATION STATUS OF THE 2008 SWMP 10
2008 Plan Key objectives: 30% reduction in the amount of waste landfilled (compared to 2004 levels) Assess the network of transfer stations and landfills (location, number and size/capacity) Close small underutilized landfills and replace with Eco Depots Close small underutilized transfer stations to improve operational and financial viability 3 phase implementation approach Phase 1 Completed: Establish Waste Reduction & Education Function in TNRD Role has morphed into contract administration/management Promote Reuse Differential tipping fees for construction/demo waste Backyard Composting and Vermi-composting program 11
Phase 1 Completed: Single Stream Collection of recyclables from curbside and multi-family homes in Kamloops Expand Recycling System to increase availability to all TNRD residents 28 TNRD Eco Depots and Residential Service Sites Municipal Recycling Depots: Merritt, Cache Creek and Ashcroft Phase 1 Completed New Yard Waste Drop off Facility in Kamloops Consider implementation of Curbside Collection in some areas Hazardous Materials Collection events 12
Phase 1 Completed Waste Management System Optimization Plan Manage Environmental Risk by Reducing Number of Landfill sites Manage Financial and Environmental Liability by reducing number of Transfer Stations Develop Transfer Stations to Replace Closed Landfills Improvements to select Transfer Stations to improve service levels and efficiencies Phase 1 Completed User pay based system and tipping fees at all sites for waste disposal After care of Closed Landfill Sites Soil Bioremediation facility at TNRD landfill 13
Phase 1 In progress: Disposal Ban on ICI Paper and Cardboard Yard and garden waste ban in the City of Kamloops Phase 2 Completed Blue Bag collection of recyclables in municipalities & electoral areas o Kamloops, Merritt, Chase and Logan Lake Yard Waste Drop-off & Composting depots in TNRD In progress Disposal Ban on ICI yard waste and recyclables 14
Phase 3 Completed: Construction of Disposal Capacity Incomplete: Disposal Ban on ICI Food Waste Progress on key objectives 30% reduction in waste to landfill TNRD achieved an estimated 64% reduction in the amount of waste landfilled over 2004 levels! Assess and improve operational and financial viability of landfill and transfer station network 4 landfills closed and replaced with transfer stations 5 full service Eco-depots 5 mid-level service Eco-depots 7 residential service PLUS sites 4 local service areas created to fund local sites that were identified for closure Kamloops area efficiencies still to be realized 15
cover QUANTIFYING THE SYSTEM Estimated Composition 2011 Waste Characterization Study 16
Source of Waste with Scales Landfill Heffley Creek Landfill Lower Nicola Landfill Cache Creek Landfill Agate Bay Black Pines Blue River Eagan Lake Heffley Creek (RDO) Knutsford Lac le Jeune Little Fort Aspen Grove Brookemere Ashcroft Cache Creek Clinton Loon Lake Contributing Facility Louis Creek Paul Lake South-Thompson Sun Peaks Tranquille Valley Vavenby Westwold Logan Lake Lower Nicola (RDO) Lytton Savona 70 Mile Spences Bridge Mission Flats Landfill Tobiano (Curbside) Cherry Creek (Curbside) Per Capita Disposal (kg per year) Calculated using Scale Data from TNRD, City of Kamloops, and Emterra Diverted Materials Include: Recycling, EPR Materials, Mattresses, Concrete & Asphalt, Wood waste, Yard waste, Tires etc. 2016 Pop n (2011) MSW Generated (Tonnes) Diverted (Tonnes) MSW Landfilled (Tonnes) Disposal Rate (kg/person) TNRD System 40,217 26,825 9,641 17,183 427 CoK 85,679 93,481 30,144 63,336 739 Total 125,896 120,306 39,786 80,520 640 * No Information from Blackwell Dairy Landfill or Mount Paul 17
TNRD Operated System: Residuals Landfilled Disposal and Diversion Diversion Disposal TNRD System 36% 64% City of Kamloops 32% 68% System Combined Total 33% 67% 18
cover FINANCES Ops. Costs of Eco Depots and Residential Service Sites Economies of scale 19
Unit Cost Summary Eco Depots $150.25/tonne Residential Service Sites $316.95/tonne Muni. Recycling Depots $293.93/tonne City of Kamloops Recycling $201.00/tonne Cinnamon Ridge Compost $103.40/tonne TNRD Wood Diversion $192.00/tonne Heffley Ck. Landfill $68.63/tonne Lower Nicola Landfill $88.20/tonne City of Kamloops Landfills $41.39/tonne cover BENCHMARKING 20
2016 Per Capita Disposal Rates 2016 Per Capita Recycling Rates 21
cover KEY CONSIDERATIONS FOR THIS PLAN UPDATE Key Considerations Improving ICI Recycling Largest waste-generating sector Significant opportunity to reduce disposal to landfill Commercial recycling services already in place Existing disposal bans on ICI recyclables, but not enforced 22
Key Considerations Organic waste diversion Organic waste = yard and garden waste, food waste (ICI and residential), soiled paper products At least 25% of waste landfilled Generates methane in landfills (significantly more impactful that CO 2 on climate change) Key Considerations Wood waste diversion Large volume of waste disposed Diversion of wood waste saves space and reduces landfill gas generation Co-gen plant in Williams Lake needs feedstock, but it needs to be free of contaminants Variable tipping fees and disposal bans can be used to encourage source separation 23
Key Considerations Kamloops Regional Landfill Strategy needed Several landfills within 30 km of Kamloops 1TNRD 3 City 1 T Kemlups 1 private Key Considerations Financial sustainability Maintaining system cost efficiency Avoiding the death spiral Providing free recycling services is a cost to the system Reducing waste to disposal reduces tipping fee revenue and increases tax burden Obtaining appropriate levels of funding from product stewardship organizations to provide collection services on their behalf Many programs don t cover TNRD s cost to provide the collection service MMBC funding could reduce TNRD s cost to provide residential recycling services of blue bag materials Depot collection system would have to change significantly 24
Thank you from Engineering Better Solid Waste Management Systems Today for a Cleaner Tomorrow GUIDING PRINCIPLES 25
Guiding Principles The Province has provided 8 guiding principles for regional districts to follow in developing their solid waste management plan. Can add locally-relevant guiding principles in their solid waste management plans Can revise/edit with appropriate rationale Guiding Principle 1 Promote zero waste approaches and support a circular economy Encourage a shift in thinking from waste as a residual requiring disposal, to waste as a resource that can be utilized in closed-loop systems. Zero waste approaches aim to minimize waste generation and enable the sustainable use and reuse of products and materials. At the local level, look to remove barriers or encourage opportunities that will contribute to towards the establishment of a circular economy. 26
Guiding Principle 2 Promote the first 3 Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Elevate the importance of waste prevention by prioritizing programming and provision of services for the first 3 Rs in the 5 R pollution prevention hierarchy. Implement programs and services that consider provincial and regional targets for waste reduction and environmental protection. Encourage investments in technology and infrastructure, and ensure they occur as high up on the hierarchy as possible. Guiding Principle 3 Maximize beneficial use of waste materials and manage residuals appropriately Technology, best practices and infrastructure investments should continue to develop to recover any remaining materials and energy from the waste stream, and to manage residuals for disposal. 27
Guiding Principle 4 Support polluter and user-pay approaches and manage incentives to maximize behaviour outcomes Producer and user responsibility for the management of products can be supported through the provision of market-based incentives, disposal restrictions on industrystewarded products, zoning to support collection facilities, and support for reuse and remanufacturing businesses. Education and behaviour change strategies aimed at consumers and businesses will help foster further waste reduction, reuse and recycling. For example, user fees can be managed as incentives to increase waste reduction and diversion. Guiding Principle 5 Prevent organics and recyclables from going into the garbage wherever practical Maintaining a system to prevent organics and recyclables from going into the garbage will provide clean feedstock of greater economic value as well as a potential end product use to the recycling industry, while reinforcing behaviour to reduce, reuse and recycle. Innovation in separation solutions, establishment and enforcement of disposal restrictions or other creative means will influence this approach. 28
Guiding Principle 6 Collaborate with other regional districts wherever practical Collaboration on many aspects of solid waste management (e.g., to access facilities and markets, share campaigns and programs) will support the most efficient and effective overall municipal solid waste system. Guiding Principle 7 Develop collaborative partnerships with interested parties to achieve regional targets set in plans Strengthen partnerships with interested parties to achieve regional targets. All waste and recycling sector service providers, associations, and environmental organizations, product stewardship producers and agencies, and waste generators are key interested parties in achieving these targets. Cooperative efforts will optimize successful outcomes. Encourage a marketplace that will complement stewardship programs and drive private sector innovation and investment towards achievement of targets. 29
Guiding Principle 8 Level the playing field within regions for private and public solid waste for solid waste management facilities Solid waste management facilities within a given region should be subject to similar requirements. A consistent set of criteria should be used to evaluate the waste management solutions proposed by private sector and by a regional district or municipality. KEY DRIVERS 30
Exercise 1 Roundtable: What issues, opportunities or subjects do you think are critical to consider during this planning process? Exercise 2 Of the issues and opportunities posted on the wall: Put a sticky the ones that you think are the most important / highest priority 31
NEXT STEPS/WRAP UP Next Steps / Wrap Up Community Survey open for all of February Next RAC meeting: Tuesday, March 14th Results of the community survey RSWMP goals and targets Waste reduction and diversion 32
THANK YOU 33