1. California Integrated Waste Management Board Sustainability and Market Development Committee Agenda Item 15 December 5, 2006 www.ciwmb.ca.gov

2. California Integrated Waste Management Board Consideration of Collaborative Projects to Increase the Collection of Plastic Film Products Michael Leaon Plastic Recycling Technologies Section Waste Prevention & Market Development Division www.ciwmb.ca.gov

3. California Integrated Waste Management Board Background  Driving Factors  Process  Accomplishments & Results www.ciwmb.ca.gov

4. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov4 Driving Factors: Economic  Increased raw material costs  Strong demand for PCM  Handling and disposal costs  Avoided disposal costs  Potential profit centers

5. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov5 Driving Factors: Environmental  Generation  Disposal  Diversion mandates  California minimum content laws  Litter

6. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov6 Plastic Disposal  2003 Statewide Study (cont.) – Plastics 9.5% of overall statewide disposed waste, film plastic 4.4% (again, almost half of all plastic disposed) – Approx. 1.7 million tons film disposed; 1.2 million tons in commercial, 440,000 tons in residential, 130,000 tons in self-haul – Plastic grocery/merchandise bags are mostly disposed in the residential waste stream

7. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov7 Plastics Disposal  Selected Industry Groups study identified key opportunities for film plastic diversion in several major industry groups: – Wholesale Distributors – Building Material and Garden Retailers – General Retail, both Big-Box and Other  Not much film plastic in C&D, Self-haul, or Drop- box waste  Film plastic is 7.8% of MRF residuals, estimated to be approx. 580,000 tons statewide

8. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov8 Process  Two year effort to develop projects – 2005: Identified priority film categories – 2006: Develop proposed projects

9. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov9 Accomplishments & Results  Effective collaborative process  Targeted priority film categories  Developed film collection projects  Added processing capacity  Developed litter prevention action items  Research and development  Education and outreach

10. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov10 Project Summaries  Grocery and Retail Store Drop-Off  Hospital Blue Wrap  Agricultural Film  Residential and Commercial Film/ Curbside and MRF Collection

11. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov11 Grocery and Retail Store Film Drop-Off  Objectives: – Promote source reduction – Increase collection of grocery & merchandise bags, and other film plastic

12. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov12 Grocery and Retail Store Film Drop-Off  Metrics – To be developed with stakeholders

13. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov13 Grocery and Retail Store Film Drop-Off  Key tasks – Increase # of drop-off locations – Increase stores listed on plasticbagrecycling.org web site – Education & outreach  General public  Grocery and retail stores  Local government

14. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov14 Grocery and Retail Store Drop-Off Project  Guest Presenters – Laurie Hansen, Progressive Bag Alliance – Nina Bellucci, APC (Moore Recycling) – Kristin Power, CA Grocers Assn.

15. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov15 Hospital Blue Wrap Collection  Objectives – Re-establish blue wrap collection program for hospitals – Establish recycling programs for other film plastics and other materials

16. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov16 Hospital Blue Wrap Collection  Metrics – Number & percentage of participating hospitals – Aggregate amount of film generated and collected by region

17. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov17 Hospital Blue Wrap Collection  Key Tasks – ID hospitals to target by categories of small, medium, & large – ID potential end uses for recovered film – Develop demonstration projects working with hospitals and haulers – Develop educational and outreach materials to promote program statewide

18. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov18 Hospital Blue Wrap  Guest presenters: – Jack McGurk, HOSPAA – Joe Mooney, Seton

19. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov19 Ag Film Collection Project  Objectives: – Identify types, amounts, and geographic distribution of Ag film products – Develop new & improved Ag film pulling technologies – Increase collection of Ag film  Site consolidation points for Ag film  Increase processing capacity for Ag film

20. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov20 Ag Film Collection Project  Metrics: – Number of consolidation points – Amount of processing capacity – Use of improved pulling technologies by Ag film pullers – Amount of Ag film disposed and diverted – Number of “Best Management Practices” developed by crop

21. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov21 Ag Film Collection Project  Key Tasks: – Develop GIS database of Ag film types, amounts & locations – Site additional processing capacity – Site consolidation points – Develop education & outreach materials  GIS database  Pulling technologies  Case Studies  BMPs – Develop collection strategies by regions

22. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov22 Ag Film Collection Project  Guest presenters: – Staff to present info from  Dan DeGrassi, Santa Cruz County  Alan Styles, Salinas Valley WMA  David Goldstein, Ventura – Bill Hayter, Tulare County

23. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov23 Curbside & MRF Recovery Project  Objectives: – Curbside  Increase number of jurisdictions collecting plastic film through curbside – MRFs  Increase the amount of plastic film separated for recycling at MRFs & transfer stations

24. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov24 Curbside & MRF Recovery Project  Metrics: – Curbside Collection  No. jurisdictions with Bag in Bag program  Percent population served by jurisdiction – MRF Separation  No. MRFs recycling film  Through put data

25. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov25 Curbside & MRF Recovery Project  Key Tasks/Curbside: – Determine how many jurisdictions are collecting film through curbside – Develop education and outreach materials, including case studies – Promote curbside collection statewide – Evaluate feasibility of collecting film from small businesses

26. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov26 Curbside & MRF Recovery Project  Key Tasks/MRFs: – Survey MRFs re: film management  Challenges  Opportunities  Successes – Develop education & outreach materials  Case studies  Demonstration projects – Promote statewide

27. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov27 Curbside & MRF Recovery Project  Guest presenters: – Staff to present info from:  Mark Bunjter, Allied Waste – Steve Dunn, Recycle America (WMI) – Ziad Mazboudi, City of San Juan Capistrano

28. California Integrated Waste Management Board www.ciwmb.ca.gov28 Conclusion  Next step: implementation – 2007: Begin implementation – 2007 & 2008: annual reports – 2009: Report results of entire effort  Resource Needs  Future Efforts

29. California Integrated Waste Management Board Consideration of Collaborative Projects to Increase the Collection of Plastic Film Products Michael Leaon Plastic Recycling Technologies Section Waste Prevention & Market Development Division www.ciwmb.ca.gov