Solid & Hazardous Waste - Backhaul Evelyn Agnus, Environmental Scientist Zender Environmental Health & Research Group

Protect Culture & Subsistence

Growing population in the Alaskan communities. Big Picture Family Needs: Transportation Housing Food Water Electronics Technology Household appliances Oil & Gas “Approximately half of Alaska's 735,132 residents live within the Anchorage metropolitan area. “1 Growing population in the Alaskan communities. 1, Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014" (CSV). U.S. Census Bureau. December 26, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

Growing Population & New Technology Upgrading Faster Lighter Convenient Less Fuel Etc.

Class III Landfills: Where are they going?

Erosion and Contaminating Water

Burning Trash

Active Community Outreach Outreach & Education Separating Haz-Wastes

Hazardous Wastes Materials

Storage Space If needed, prepare the backhaul material for safe storage. If you have any unsafe materials, or you need them out of the way, store them while you work on the rest of the steps. For example, store batteries off the ground and in a covered space.

Safety First The scene is safe?

Separating Haz-Wastes

Tracking Tracking how much are coming into your staging area: identify what it is, how many, weight, and condition. http://zendergroup.org/backhaul.html

Inventory

Inventory Example http://zendergroup.org/backhaul.html

Supplies Once you know how much materials you have, now you can calculate how much supplies you need: pallets, shrink wrap, buckets, vermiculite, tape, labels, totes, etc. & Print out labels needed for packaging.

Preparation of Shipment Tununak, Kipnuk Chefornak Newtok Nightmute Umkumiut

YouTube Videos - Packaging Chapters Lead acid batteries Florescent Bulbs E-Waste, etc. Instructions to package: http://zendergroup.org/recycling.htm Youtube Videos: http://zendergroup.org/backhaul_videos.html

Transporters Compare shipping prices & ask what the packaging requirements are.

Vendors Contact your vendor Ask about their packaging or other requirements. Set up an account and negotiate rates. You might have to pay them to take materials, or they may pay you if the materials are valuable. Ask for suggestions for transport companies Find out if they can pick up from the port or airport or dock Costs of recycling materials What’s allowed and what’s not

Thanks all Vendors & Transporters Don’t forget to thank all the transporters and vendors at the end. Having good partnership with those will be useful in future backhauls.

Lessons Learned Preparing at least 3 months in Advance. Complete Inventory as soon as possible. Outreach continuous to everyone in community to improve participation. Research for pallets, partnering with airlines, and researching costs to ship them to communities. Purchasing pallet jacks to maneuver materials with pallets easier than man-power. Making sure connex is the right number. Helpful to have extra hand for packaging materials in connex. Double check the connex number before shipment or filling it with material.

Any Questions?

www.zendergroup.org Safety Gear http://zendergroup.org/docs/Safety_gear.pdf Shipping Labels http://zendergroup.org/labels.html Fact Sheets http://zendergroup.org/docs/recycling_buyback.pdf Backhaul Information http://zendergroup.org/backhaul.html Backhaul Videos: http://zendergroup.org/backhaul_videos.html Supplies: http://zendergroup.org/docs/backhaul_supplies.pdf