1. Fairfax County Outreach Tool Kits
Tool Kit Development
May 8, 2018

2. Solid Waste Management 100 community events per year
Environmentally-Sound Disposal
20 tons of solid waste is transported and disposed of every 10 minutes (about 1,000,000 tons per year).
Renewable Energy Production
We generate enough power for 80,000 homes or about 90 MW of electricity.
Emergency Response
(Hurricanes, tornadoes, snow, flooding)
Fairfax County
Solid Waste
Management
What Is the Solid Waste Management Program?
Environmentally-sound disposal
Successfully manage over 1 million tons of trash per year in an environmentally- sound manner
The program pays for itself from fees that customers pay for disposal services. These fees also pay for community benefit programs such as HHW disposal, business hazardous waste disposal events, electronics recycling, personal document shredding and all of the outreach and education activities conducted by the program.
Renewable energy production
Solid waste is disposed of by combusting trash for power production resulting in the generation of renewable energy, enough for 80,000 homes
Methane gas is collected from the two closed landfills to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while generating power.
Both landfill gas projects support the energy needs of county facilities (Noman Cole WWTP, the operations facility and the truck wash at I-66 and the WMATA bus garage).
Pollution prevention and community engagement
The household hazardous waste and the e-waste recycling programs are both aimed at keeping unacceptable waste of the waste-to-energy facility.
These programs, along with our extensive community outreach and education activities, have been conducted for many years as we partner with FCPA,FCPS, business organizations and many other community groups.
Recycling
During 24 years, the county has successfully recycled about 9 million tons of materials.
The recycling rate has steadily increased over the past decade. The rate for 2013 is 48%, which is reflective of current economic conditions.
The Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program continues to find new ways to reduce the quantity of waste and recycling generated and other recycling opportunities.
Refuse collection
Fairfax County staff collect trash and recycling from only 10% of households in County, which includes bulky waste, for a fee. Curbside vacuum leaf service is provided to about half of the county’s collection customers for a fee which funds the program.
Fairfax County staff also collect trash and recycling for about 220 properties that the county owns and occupies, less than ½ of one percent of all businesses in the county.
County transported over 600,000 tons of waste from the I-66 Transfer Station to the Covanta facility last year, which is about 30,000 round trips.
County served almost 259,000 residents (and businesses) in 2013.
Emergency response
Solid Waste is one of the county agencies available to immediately respond with trained staff and heavy equipment when there is an emergency situation in the county including: 1) flood response and clean up; 2) response to hurricanes, tornadoes and high wind events and 3) debris management from a variety of emergencies.
Solid Waste provides both routine and emergency snow removal services at County facilities, including the major snow storms of 2010 and 2014.
Pollution Prevention and Community Engagement
100 community events per year
Refuse Collection
Collection of 10% of household waste and recyclables
Recycling
The countywide recycling rate is about 50%

3. Fairfax County 406 Square miles Population of 1.14 Million
Fairfax County Outreach
Fairfax County
406 Square miles
Population of 1.14 Million
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

4. Fairfax County Outreach to:
Subject Matter
Fairfax County Outreach to:
Office Buildings
Hotels
Restaurants
Multifamily
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Company

5. Prior to 2014 PIO & 1 Assistant
Fairfax County Outreach
History of Outreach Team
Prior to 2014 PIO & 1 Assistant
Outreach to Property Management Companies, Businesses
Mass mailings
Tabling at professional conference AOBA
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

6. Three outreach staff since 2014 Started site visits in 2016
Fairfax County Outreach
History of Outreach Team
Three outreach staff since 2014
Started site visits in 2016
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

7. Conducting site visits since 2016 to:
Office Buildings 514
Construction sites 313
Hotels 106
Restaurants 1002 (since June 2017)
Next Up: Multifamily Properties
Purpose of visits:
Inform and educate
Follow up with s or letters

8. How We Started 2016 site visits Fairfax County Outreach
Solid Waste Management Program

9. Fairfax County Outreach
Hotels
Sept – June 2017
Mostly small, independents not recycling, but found big-name hotels also
At this time started thinking of Tool Kit

10. Tool Kit Development Professional Appearance Content Engaging
Fairfax County Outreach
Tool Kit Development
Professional Appearance
Engaging
Professional Looking
Resource that managers could refer to
Inspire them in implement further actions
Content
Research what others had done
Wrote up the narrative
In-house design talent
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

11. Restaurant Tool Kit Fairfax County Outreach
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

12. Restaurants Started June 2017 – Present Day 1002 visited
Fairfax County Outreach
Restaurants
Started June 2017 – Present Day
1002 visited
Fast-Food, carry-outs; high-end; low-end
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

13. Fairfax County Outreach
Restaurants
Carry Out – fast food; Sweetleaf, Boston Market; Cava Grill; Corner Bakery; Starbucks
Restaurants -
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

14. Fairfax County Outreach
Multifamily Tool Kit

15. Our purpose is to: Inform and educate Not Enforcement Lack of manpower
Fairfax County Outreach
Methods
Our purpose is to:
Inform and educate
Not Enforcement
Lack of manpower
Do more with less
406 Square miles
Population of 1.14 Million
Fairfax County Solid Waste Management Program

16. Marion Plummer 703.324.5451 marion.plummer@fairfaxcounty.gov
Fairfax County Outreach
Marion Plummer