Lucas County Solid Waste Management District Plan Update Overview Prepared by Resource Recycling Systems, Inc.

Solid Waste Plan Purpose – tool to achieve goals/standards established by OEPA Current Plan – 15 year plan approved in 1997 Plan Update – 20 year plan starting in 2005

Plan Implementation The following groups play a major role in the solid waste plan implementation process Lucas Solid Waste District Keep Toledo/Lucas County Beautiful (KT/LCB) University of Toledo Business Waste Reduction Program

Goals of the Plan District’s Choice of Compliance  Goal #1 – demonstrate recycling access to 90% of population  Goal #2 – demonstrate a 25% waste reduction rate for residential/commercial sector District has chosen Goal #1 District must also show an effort to achieve 50% waste reduction for industrial sector

Compliance with the Plan Goal #1 Compliance (90% access) The District must maintain  6 urban public drop-offs  6 rural public drop-offs  6 private drop-offs City of Toledo curbside program

District’s Compliance In District had 33 drop-off’s in operation  2001 – 101% population w/access  2005 – 110% population w/access (addition of drop-offs) City of Toledo must continue their curbside program for compliance  Per Contract between City/County

Recycling Rates 2001 Recycling Quantities  Residential/Comm. – 70,215 tons  Industrial – 122,517 tons Waste Reduction Rate by 2005  Residential/Comm. sector – 14%  Industrial sector – 32%

Residential Recycling In 2001 the District operated 33 residential drop-off collection locations 9 communities (inc. Toledo) have non-subscription curbside recycling 12 communities have subscription curbside recycling

Yard Waste District contracts with 2 yard waste facilities – no fee for residents  Kurtz Brothers  Clean Wood Recycling 8 communities have their own municipal yard waste collection 13 private yard waste facilities operate within Lucas County

Waste Disposal Rates In 2001 Lucas County disposed 805,094 tons of waste Majority of this waste went to the following landfills  Hoffman Road (Toledo)  WMI Evergreen (Wood County)  BFI Vienna Junction (Michigan)

Current Waste Reduction Strategies Drop-off Collection Comm/Ind Outreach Community Grant Drop-off Yard Waste Comm Recycling Enhancement Multi-Family Drop-off Recycling Market Development Subscription Curbside Non-Subscription Curbside Municipal Leaf Collection Comm/Ind Technical Assistance District Home Page Community Outreach Publications Education: Children & Teachers Media Promotion & Advertising Telephone Hotline Materials Exchange HHW Tire Management Adopt-A- Road Scrap Tire Remediation Project

New Waste Reduction Strategies Electronics & Computer Recycling Data Reporting Municipal Assistance Source Reduction Award Program Super Drop-off Facility Feasibility

District Population Drives Waste Generation Population in 2001 – 453,348 Over the planning period the population is expected to decrease Population in 2010 – 444,870 Population in 2025 – 426,860

Residential/Commercial Waste Generation Rates Generation rates = Amount disposed + Amount recycled Generation rates are expected to increase until 2010 (then remain flat) District population decrease Result – waste generation increases until 2010 then decreases

Industrial Waste Generation Rates 2001 – Industrial disposed 270,044 Different industrial sectors projected to have positive and negative growth over planning period Overall decrease in industrial generation until 2011 (then remain flat)

Total Waste Generation Total waste generation expected to decrease over planning period  2001 – 998,162 tons  2025 – 975,905 tons Total waste generation effects amount of money the District receives from landfill fees

District Fee Changes Currently District levies these per ton fees on landfilled waste  $2.00 generation fee  $1.00 contract fee In 2010 per ton fees will be raised  $2.20 generation fee  $1.00 contract fee

Changes Between Plans The 2005 plan resembles the previous plan Changes in the 2005 Plan  Longer planning horizon (20 years)  Additional waste reduction strategies  Fee change ( listed in previous plan )

Plan Approval Process Ohio EPA Completed Plan Review Requested Changes Completed Public Comment Process Underway Local Unit Ratification is Next  Need 60% of Communities  Need Largest Community (Toledo) Final Approval By Ohio EPA

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