HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0303.001 2002-2004 Recycle Hawai`i
P.O. Box 4847 Hilo, Hawaii 96720
InfoLines: 808.329.2886 808.961.2676
Office Tel: 808.969.2012 • Fax: 808.969.2014
www.recyclehawaii.org info(a~recyclehawaii.org
TRAFFIC/KRRC USE SURVEY It~el~
PRELIMINARY DATA ANALYSIS ,~t„.,.._ ey
Nelson Ho, Project Coordinator from. -~9~°3
r - e.rfc
Keaau Recycling and Reuse Center
August 14, 2003
The Keaau Recycling and Reuse Center (KRRC) Traffic/Use survey was started on July 22, 2003 and
is planned to run through August 22, 2003. It was conducted by Recycle Hawaii volunteers. While the
Keaau Transfer station and KRRC facilities are open from 6:30 am until 6:30 pm, seven days a week,
the data collection generally ran from Sam until 4 pm.
As of August 9, 2003, 50 hours of data has been collected. This preliminary analysis is based upon
the data collected through August 9`h. This preliminary analysis was generated by request from Eileen
O'Hora-Weir, County Recycling Coordinator for an update to the County Council Committee on Parks
and Environmental Management. Up to 25 more hours of data collection scheduled.
TRAFFIC VOLUME INTO THE KEAAU TRANSFER STATION/KRRC FACILITY
In the 50 hours of surveying 4,174 vehicles entered the Transfer Station road. That translates into 83
vehicles per hour (vph). The actual vehicle count varied with the time of day, day of week and
weather conditions i.e. raining or not.
Range was 38 vph to 126 vph, or from one car every two minutes all the way up to one car every
thirty seconds. 90 to 110 vph were commonly recorded for two or three hour stretches during the
weekends.
The busiest days generally were Fridays thru Mondays while Tuesdays thru Thursdays were generally
slower. Rainy days had less traffic volume than dry, sunny days.
NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT MADE USE OF KRRC FACILITY
Of the 4,174 vehicles approaching KRRC, 903 or 21.6% ,stopped and the occupants made use of the
various recycling/reuse opportunities. The actual participation varied from 16.1 % of vehicles all the
way up to 49.5% on an hourly basis, depending upon time of day, day of week and weather
conditions.
COMMODITIES MOST RECYCLED
Glass/Aluminum - 390 visits (out of the 903 vehicles) - 43.2%
All Paper Fibers (including cardboard and newspaper) - 324 visits - 35.9%
Reuse Center (drop off or pick-up) - 304 visits - 33.7%
Plastics - 249 visits - 27.6%
Greenwaste - 71 visits - 7.9%
Scrap Metal - 52 visits - 5.8%
The numbers total more than 100% because the total commodities visited during the survey was
1,390 which means that some KRRC users recycled more than one commodity - on the average
each user recycled 1.5 commodities.
Cornrn. No.__y~
Ref. Td?~wNM
Ref. Dote Allf ~ 9 ~0~3
KEA'AU RECYCLING 8 REUSE CENTER
Monthly orals Monthly 9a Diverced
commodtties collected Aluminum Books Cartlboard Glass Greenwaste OW Mags Mixed Paper Newspaper Plastics Scrapmetal White Paper Total Tonnage Recycling & Transfer Station from
(tonnage) UBC OCC OMG/DNP OP HDPE/PETE WL &Cost Reuse Totals Landfill
costs per ton $ $ 85 85 $ 240 5 50 $ 65 8 85 65 $ 200 50 $ 85 TONS TONS
A r-03 BSH 0.65 7.77 13.21 22.05 2 28 0.50 0.56 9.94 0 23 57.18
Puna Kamalii 4 23 4.23
Reuse Center 2.78 64 488 77.6
Ma -03 8SH 0.60 6 86 13.02 20 24 2.66 0 67 151 12.80 0.19 58.56
Puna Kamalii 29 2.90
Reuse Center 9.67 71 574 12.2%
Jun-03 8SH 0.63 746 14.21 38.63 4.49 0.79 2.23 13.73 0.71 8288
Puna Kamalii 3.95 3.95
Reuse Center 73.39 700 513 16.4%
Jul-038SH 077 0 9 144815 3252 4.2875 0.659 0.9fi i651 0.2625 7940
Puna Kamalii 2.79
Reuse Center 12.942 95.73 523 15.4°
Au -03 BSH I
Puna Kamalii
Reuse Center
Sep-03 BSH
Puna Kamalii
Reuse Center
Oc[-03 BSH
Puna Kamalii
Reuse Center
Nov-03 BSH
Puna Kamalii
Reuse Center '
Uec-03 8SH
Puna Kamalii
Reuse Center
- b'-: r~ . e: x„ ~ ~.5`-,-*'w r~#.--x'j+rt y~'!'. ,.vJ,,? d.::a,^^ .'F,':,.. kr _vro r..9-. ~,.v-. 9-month
Total Tannage 3 0 31 55 777 74 3 17 5 53L ~ 7 331 337 Project Goal 560
Total Cost $ $ - $ 2,643 $ 13,780 $ 5,672 $ 892 $ 222 $ 720 $7,052 f 2,649 $ 118.66 $ 27,749 Progress to date 59%