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

2. Protect Culture & Subsistence

3. 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, Retrieved December 26, 2014.

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

5. Class III Landfills: Where are they going?

6. Erosion and Contaminating Water

7. Burning Trash

8. Active Community Outreach
Outreach & Education
Separating Haz-Wastes

9. Hazardous Wastes
Materials

10. 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.

11. Safety First
The scene is safe?

12. Separating Haz-Wastes

13. Tracking
Tracking how much are coming into your staging area: identify what it is, how many, weight, and condition.

14. Inventory

15. Inventory Example

16. 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.

17. Preparation of Shipment
Tununak,
Kipnuk
Chefornak
Newtok
Nightmute
Umkumiut

18. YouTube Videos - Packaging
Chapters
Lead acid batteries
Florescent Bulbs
E-Waste, etc.
Instructions to package:
Youtube Videos:

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

20. 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

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. Any Questions?

24. www.zendergroup.org Safety Gear
Shipping Labels
Fact Sheets
Backhaul Information
Backhaul Videos:
Supplies: