1. The Environmental Investment Program 20 YEARS OF RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK Linda Jacobs, Environmental Services Unit GRRN Recycling and Zero Waste Conference October 20, 2009

2. Environmental Investment Program  1988 - NYS Solid Waste Mgnt Act  1994 - Environmental Protection Fund Fund  1998 - Pollution Prevention added

3. Environmental Investment Program  Private & NFP sector (not municipalities) municipalities)  Assets/Tools: Experienced staff Experienced staff Funding Funding  Located in ESD, not DEC (tied into NY’s economic development delivery NY’s economic development delivery system) system)

4. Ineligible Projects l “End-of-pipe” l Remediation l Incineration l W-T-E, RDF l Compliance

5. Investment Areas  Recycling: Infrastructure and End Use Capacity  Pollution prevention  Sustainable products

6. Recycling Investment Priorities “In FY 08/09 EIP gives priority to projects focused on the following materials and outcomes:  Building C&D Debris: Increase capacity to divert building C&D from disposal to reuse/recycling Increase capacity to divert building C&D from disposal to reuse/recycling Increase value and value-added uses for recovered material Increase value and value-added uses for recovered material Increase capacity for deconstruction over demolition Increase capacity for deconstruction over demolition

7. Recycling Investment Priorities  Commercially or Industrially-Gen’d Food Waste Increase capacity to process C/I food waste for recycling Increase capacity to process C/I food waste for recycling Increase capacity to compost C/I food waste Increase capacity to compost C/I food waste Enhance collection technology to make food waste diversion cost-effective Enhance collection technology to make food waste diversion cost-effective Expand value-added uses for compost Expand value-added uses for compost

8. Recycling Investment Priorities  Electronic Devices: Increase capacity & cost-effectiveness of electronics recycling and remanufacturing  Glass: Expand value-added uses for mixed- color container glass Expand value-added uses for mixed- color container glass Expand markets for sorted non- container Expand markets for sorted non- container  Tires: Expand value-added uses for recycled tire materials

9. Recycling Investment Priorities  Paper: Increase diversion of significant amounts of commercially and/or institutionally-generated waste paper for recycling Increase diversion of significant amounts of commercially and/or institutionally-generated waste paper for recycling Increase paper mill cap. to use recycled feedstock Increase paper mill cap. to use recycled feedstock Expand value-added uses for paper mill residuals Expand value-added uses for paper mill residuals

10. Recycling Investment Priorities Plastics  Increase diversion and value of container plastics for recycling  Increase diversion and capacity to recycle plastic films, including bags, agricultural, marine and pallet films  Expand value-added uses for recycled films

11. THREE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS:  Capital (fixed assets)  R&D (on behalf of a company)  Technical Assistance (operating costs for NFPs) (operating costs for NFPs)

12. Investment Criteria  Competitive Program  NYS’ Return on Investment  $ Economic Benefit / $ Invested  Am’t Material Recycled / $ Invested  ROI Compared to Others in “Portfolio”  How Much NYS Support is Needed to Make Project Happen (Project Cash Flow)?

13. Performance-Based Contracts   Measurable, verifiable environmental improvements   Measurable, verifiable economic improvements

14. Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/Processes Summary of Results, 1987 - 2008 Investment Area ESDInvestment Private Sector Investment TOTAL Annual Econ Benefit Annual Enviro. Improvement Air Emissions $2,535,836$20,548,917$22,684,753$11,988,008  83 TPY NOx  161 TPY SOx  233 TPY VOC C&D Debris Bldg Mat Reuse $2,679,032$4,367,831$7,046,863$13,470,570  226,570 TPY Recycling Cap. Recycling Cap. Installed Installed  485,445 TPY SW Recycled/ SW Recycled/ /Reused /Reused  54 Jobs

15. Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/Processes Summary of Results, 1987 - 2008 Investment Area ESDInvestment Private Sector Investment TOTAL Annual Econ Benefit Annual Enviro. Improvement Paper$8,579,327$39,682,244$48,261,571$20,146,650  875,746 TPY Recycling Cap. Recycling Cap.  422,092 TPY Recycled Recycled  1,324 Jobs Tires$11,763,854$17,971227$29,735,081$21,601,501  252,910 TPY Recycling Cap. Recycling Cap. Installed Installed  148,584 TPY Recycled Recycled  170 Jobs

16. Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/Processes Summary of Results, 1987 - 2008 Invest. Area AreaESDInvest. Private Sector Invest.TOTALAnnualEcon Benefit Benefit Annual Enviro. Improvement ALL ALL$66,106,988$168,936,531$235,043,519$189,491,822  2.4 M TPY SW Prevented / Prevented / Reused / Reused / Recycled Recycled  3.3 M TPY Recycling/ Recycling/ Reuse / Reuse / Composting Composting Capacity Capacity Installed Installed  4,796 Jobs  2,367 Companies

17. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  Municipalities or NFPs  Waste Prevention assistance to businesses businesses  NFPs engaged in Recycling / Reuse NFPs Recycling / Reuse NFPs

18. RESEARCH  Answer final questions before adopting P2 or recycling technology adopting P2 or recycling technology  No fixed assets  Costs associated with R&D

19. CAPITAL PROJECTS  Assists with capital costs to prevent pollution, reuse or recycle  Hard assets: M&E, shipping, installation  No working capital  Requires cash match  Contract is with a non-profit (IDA, EDC, LDC) on behalf of company

20. Partnerships  New York State Pollution Prevention Institute Prevention Institute  Regional Technology Development Centers/ Manufacturing Extension Partnerhsips (NYC ITAC)  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

21. Successes  TIRES  BUILDING MATERIALS REUSE  GLASS  INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION

22. Linda Jacobs Empire State Development Environmental Services Unit 30 South Pearl Street Albany, New York 12245 518 292-5346 ljacobs@empire.state.ny.us http://www.empire.state.ny.us/ http://www.empire.state.ny.us/ Questions ?