1. HICKAM AFB, HI Sustainable Recycling Programs

2. Sustainability Definitions Wikipedia: “the ability to maintain balance of a certain process or state in any system” Merriam-Webster: “method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or permanently” Sustainable Recycling Program: “maximize scrap recovery tonnage and proceeds while minimizing operating costs”

3. Federal Requirements RCRA Subtitle D-(40 CFR 246.200-1/246.202-1) 10 tons or more of waste corrugated containers per month is required to segregate or collect them separately for recycling (40 CFR 246.200-1 and 246.202-1). Businesses and other organizations employing over 100 office workers are required to recover high-grade paper. Residential facilities at which more than 500 families reside are required to recycle newspapers.

4. DoD Requirements Department of Defense Instruction 4715.4, Pollution Prevention, June 18, 1996. Establish and execute cost-effective waste prevention and qualified recycling programs to reduce the volume of non- hazardous solid waste in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2577 (Sect 5.7.5, Page 8) www.google.com/unclesam: 4715.4

5. EO 13423 Strengthening Federal Environmental, Energy, and Transportation Management Cost-effective waste prevention and recycling programs. Increased diversion of solid waste.

6. Air Force Requirements Air Force Instruction 32-7080, Pollution Prevention, May 12, 1994 Each Air Force installation, worldwide, will have a single qualified recycling program (Page 10) Each qualified recycling program will recycle metals, plastic, glass, used oil, lead acid batteries, tires, high quality copier paper, cardboard, and newspaper www.e-publishing.af.mil

7. HICKAM AFB, HI

8. Commodity Analysis by Value

9. Commodity Analysis by Weight

10. Manpower

11. Metrics - HICKAM AFB (~15,000 People) CommodityTons/Year$/Ton$/Year Cardboard1,050150$157,500 White Paper200300$60,000 Newspaper100125$12,500 Mix Paper17580$14,000 Ferrous Metal875100$87,500 Aluminum151700$25,500 Copper/Brass83000$24,000 Plastic #140360$14,400 Plastic #225300$7,500 Plastic #410250$2,500 TOTAL2,498 $405,400

12. Equipment, Space, & Expenses Trucks, Forklifts, Bobcat, Loading Ramps Balers(4), Shredder, Cutter, Stripper, Crusher 200-300 Rollout Bins (40, 50, 95 gal) 20 Cardboard Trailers, 4 Drop-off Bin Trailers 25 Hoppers, Shrink Wrapper, Scales 100’x300’ building & 100’x300’ lay-down pad $25K/year for repairs, maintenance, supplies

14. Recycling Center

15. 1 Ton Truck

16. Forklift & Hopper

17. Bobcat with Grappler

18. Drop-Off Bin Trailer

19. Truck Scale

20. Export Quality Baler

21. HDPE Baler

22. Sorted White Ledger

23. Old Corrugated Cardboard

24. Cardboard Trailer

25. Office Roll-out Bins

26. Baled Aluminum UBCs

27. Baled Newspaper

28. Stockpiling OCC

29. SWL

30. Recycling Kiosk

31. Dumping to Conveyor

32. HDPE Bales

33. Glass

34. Shiny Copper

35. CONCLUSIONS Evaluate Potential Scrap Proceeds using best “model” Address labor and equipment requirements commensurate with diversion savings and scrap value Focus on abundant and high value scrap first, and develop a multi-year plan for program expansion to less valuable and abundant solid waste.

36. Questions?