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Home My WebLink AboutCOM 0757.001 2008-2010County of Hawaii Integrated Resources and Solid Waste Management Plan Update The Path to Zero Waste � ssocu7.• Plan Recommendations and Implementation Plan Plan Development and Outreach • April 2008 - Consultant (CH2M HILL) hired to prepare plan and coordinate public outreach • Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) — Volunteers directly engaged in solid waste field and /or interested citizens — 15 meetings commenting on draft plan sections and providing feedback and guidance — Consensus support for key Plan recommendations • Council Environmental Management Committee — 13 presentation /Q &A sessions — Helped shape recommendations • County Environmental Management Commission — Provided updates at regularly scheduled meetings Com . No. 1 S 7. Ref. Tot fi L Ref. Data APR 0 22110 1 Plan Development and Outreach (cont.) • 13 public meetings — Hilo, Kona, Waimea in July 2008 — Hilo, Kona, Waimea in December 2008 — Volcano, Pahoa, Na'alehu, Laupahoehoe, Waimea, Kona (2), and Hilo in June 2009 • Presentations to various community groups — Kona Kohala Chamber of Commerce — Panaewa Hawaiian Homes Community Association — Keaukaha Hawaiian Homes Community Association — Ka'u Chamber of Commerce — Hawai' i Island Chamber of Commerce Gov. Affairs Committee • Mayor's talk stories Plan Submittal Process • Aug 2009 — Draft plan submitted to State, Council, and website for 60 -day public comment period • Sep 2009 — Public hearings in Kona and Hilo; on -line survey soliciting further public comment with formal response as Plan appendix • Nov 2009 — Comments received from State • Dec 2009 Final plan submitted to State Department of Health • March 2010 — County response to State comments • May 2010 — Seeking Council approval by resolution prior to final submittal to State 2 State and County Fiscal Crisis Economic slowdown — Dramatic reduction in Hawai'i state and local revenues — Double hit: Tip fees (1/3) and general fund (2/3); both down because of economic downturn — Countywide furlough program to be implemented July 2010 • County Solid Waste Division 20 -25% drop in revenues projected for next two fiscal years ($6 -9 million annually) • Department response: — Reduce operating hours at recycling and transfer stations — Significant reduction in contract security guards at stations — Eliminate all non - essential expenses — Evaluate staffing levels • Heightened need for stable Tong -term funding source Key Issues and Challenges • A network of 21 aging, rural transfer stations — 19 stations require major repairs or reconstruction • Zero waste — State recycling goals — Council resolution in support — County recycling rate currently 29% — Few on- island markets for recyclables (commingled recyclables to Portland, OR.) • South Hilo Landfill nearing capacity — 5 -8 years remaining — Over 130 inches of rain per year • Fluctuations in non - dedicated funding (general fund) can lead to public confusion and distrust 3 Addressing the Challenges In -Depth Analysis of Policies, Technologies and Systems • • Zero waste study • Aggressive zero waste strategies - Legislation - Pricing incentives - Social marketing - Infrastructure • Curbside collection • Transfer station reconstruction • Review of emerging technologies - Thermal - Mechanical - biological treatment - Other • Landfill siting study • Constructed wetlands for leachate treatment Consequences of Inaction • Continued deterioration of County Recycling and Transfer Stations (RTSs) resulting in reduced service and potential public safety concerns (e.g., Pahoa failure) • No further progress would be made in providing additional waste reduction, recycling, or reuse services - Strong public support for enhanced zero waste opportunities - Missed opportunity to maximize available landfill airspace, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the toxicity of waste materials sent to County landfills - The County's landfills would fill up faster (including the existing SHSL's 5 -8 years) • Higher costs: aggressive pursuit of zero waste with continued local Iandfilling likely to be less expensive than investing in new conversion technologies 4 Implementation Plan Overview • Source reduction - Ordinances to change behavior: require mandatory recycling /source separation of certain types of materials (i.e., implementation of landfill bans for select recyclables) - Pay -as- you -throw at RTSs and /or other revenue sources such as user fees, increased property taxes for solid waste management, or landfill tipping fee increases • Over 7,000 communities nationwide • Financial incentive to reduce waste — more you recycle; more you save • Bag/tag system • Extensive outreach prior to implementation • Pilot program • 3 -year implementation • Reuse - More opportunity at RTSs - Partnerships with non - government organization (like Recycle Hawai'i) - Education and •ublic awareness Implementation Plan Overview (cont.) • Education, outreach, and public awareness - 3 -year education /public awareness action plan - Implement a social marketing plan - Added County staff focus on education • Recycling - 13 new /expanded programs - Ordinances to address source separation, mandatory recycling, and landfill bans (differential tip fees) for readily recyclable material - Commercial as well as at RTSs - County "buy recycled" policy and partnerships with other counties to help drive local markets - Materials recovery facilities (MRFs) in East Hawai'i and West Hawai'i JN S•( OF H4 O ^ 5 Implementation Plan Overview (cont.) • Organics —12 new organics initiatives — Landfill ban — Modify zoning rules / County code to facilitate on- site composting — Aggressive support and promotion of home and on -site composting — Master composting program and outreach to farmers — Green waste composting at West Hawai' i Sanitary Landfill (WHSL) — Periodic green waste drop -off days at RTSs — Encouraging private sector involvement in green waste management Implementation Plan Overview (cont.) • Collection and Recycling and Transfer Stations (RTSs) — License collection firms and require recycling — Reconstruction and rebuild one station /year — Staff all stations and reduce operating hours — Possibly close select stations — User fees at RTSs 6 Implementation Plan Overview (cont.) • Household hazardous waste (HHW) and electronic waste (E- waste) — Added education and awareness — Additional HHW events at RTSs — E -scrap program — Work with State on take back programs — Added County staff • Administration and funding — Illegal dumping awareness and prevention program (research, signage, code changes) — Possible funding sources • Pay -as- you -throw • User charges for select commercial recycling /organics opportunities • State and federal grants as available • Increased tipping fee and property tax funding Evaluate two residuals management (disposal) options: — 1. Evaluate feasibility of expanding the South Hilo Sanitary Landfill (SHSL) into an adjacent 65 -acre quarry site - Preliminary engineering and detailed cost estimates, environmental review, and permitting - Boundary amendment to consolidate parcels — 2. Update the feasibility of trucking waste to the WHSL site — Compare the cost and other impacts — Decide to either expand SHSL into the quarries, or truck waste to the WHSL site — Each 5 -year IRSWMP review cycle assess whether or not to issue an RFP for a new technology for part/all of the County waste stream • Feasibility study to remediate the Kailua -Kona landfill • Master plans for the SHSL and WHSL Implementation Plan Overview (cont.) 7 Final - December 2009 Hawai'i County IRSWMP Update Key Outcomes On the path to zero waste — Many new programs and facilities — Ordinances to drive behavior change — Recycling rate increase from 29% to 44% ( + / -10 %) PAYT — Financial incentive to reduce waste — $10+ million /year to pay for new zero waste programs • Reconstruct existing recycling /transfer stations • MRFs in East Hawai'i and West Hawai'i • Expand South Hilo Landfill — over 50 years of added capacity • Operating cost increases of about $11 million /year by 2014/15 — Add staff positions for zero waste programs — $4.7 million for added quantities of recycled material — Cost difference made up by PAYT, user fees, increase in tip fee and/or property taxes $77 million of capital expenditures for new infrastructure and landfill remediation Implementation Plan Annual Funding Source Reduction (S000) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09 -10 FY 10 -11 FY 11 -12 FY 12.13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 Ordinance: waste reduction plans for building permits $0 $0 $11 $0 $0 $0 Develop Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) policy $0 $0 50 $D $32 $32 County government source reduction program $0 $0 $32 $0 $0 $0 Business waste audit and education program $0 $0 $0 $33 $34 $35 Visitor industry education and promotion $0 $0 $0 $33 $D $0 Pay -As- You -Throw at Recycling/Transfer Stations Program design, education and outreach $207 $158 $108 $110 $55 $55 Purchase and deliverbagsftags $0 $890 $1,567 $1,607 $1,647 $1,688 Implementation, monitoring and evaluation $0 $0 $220 $100 $50 $50 Subtotal $207 51,048 51,938 $1,883 51,818 51,860 8 Implementation Plan Annual Funding Reuse, Education, and Outreach (S000) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09 -10 FY 10 -11 FY 11 -12 FY 12 -13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 Expand reuse facilities — more services; more facilities $0 $0 894 5193 $198 $203 Reuse education, outreach, and public awareness $0 $0 $27 $0 $0 $0 Public - pnvate partnership with NGOs (e.g., Goodwill) $0 $0 $0 $28 50 $0 3 -yr education and social marketing plan 50 $79 $0 $0 585 $0 Zero waste education and public awareness coordinator $0 50 $54 $55 $57 $58 Implement communitywide social marketing plan $0 $0 $0 $83 $85 $87 Subtotal 50 579 5175 5359 $425 5348 Note: Most education programs are shown as part of other plan elements (e.g., recycling, organics) Implementation Plan Annual Funding Recycling (S000) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09 -10 FY 10 -11 FY 11 -12 FY 12 -13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 Differential tip fee ordinance $0 50 $27 $0 $0 $0 Mandatory source separation and recycling ordinance $0 $0 $27 $0 $0 $0 Opportunity to recycle legislation County "buy recycled" policy 50 $0 $27 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $54 $0 $0 State /Regional zero waste marketing and public policy $0 $0 $0 $28 $0 $0 Add recycling to school collection contracts 50 $0 $0 $0 50 $0 Recycle art campaign 80 $0 $0 $9 $9 $9 Commercial recycling education specialist $0 $0 $27 $83 $85 $87 Signage and education for mandatory recycling $0 $0 8135 $136 $28 $29 ordinance Added transportation, processing, and sales $0 $0 $0 $2,245 53,068 $4,716 Materials recovery facility for East Hawaii $0 $0 $0 5132 $136 $139 Materials recovery facility for West Hawaii $0 $0 $0 $0 8215 5220 County park and public place recycling $0 $0 50 $0 $54 8696 Event recycling $0 $0 $0 $11 $11 $12 Subtotal $0 $0 $243 $2,700 83,606 85,908 9 Implementation Plan Annual Funding Organics (S000) Modify zoning rules /County code Organics ban implementation study Organics coordinator Add green waste dropoff locations at recycling/transfer stations Upgrade mulch facility to organics composting facility for West Hawaii Subtotal HHW/ E -waste education, outreach, and public awareness Explore legislative actions for takeback of hazardous products and packaging Additional HHW collection events (10 -12 additional per year) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 1 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09 -10 FY 10 -11 FY 11 -12 FY 12 -13 FY 13.14 FY 14 -15 $0 $32 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $79 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $54 $55 $57 $58 On -site composting program (subsidized bins and $0 $32 532 $434 $666 5684 distribution) Certified master composter program $0 $0 $0 $33 $28 $29 Training program and guides for farmers $0 50 $0 $0 $68 $70 Stop wasting food - program with local food banks $0 $0 $0 $22 $23 $23 $0 $0 5108 $110 $0 50 Partner to help establish compost demonstration gardens Mobile tub grinder for recycling /transfer stations $0 $0 $269 $276 $283 $290 (contract or County) Conduct pilot food waste composting project $0 $0 $108 $110 50 50 $0 $0 80 $37 $38 $0 $0 $0 $1,093 $1,120 $1,148 $1,177 50 5143 51,664 52,197 52,313 52,331 Implementation Plan Annual Funding Collection, Transfer, Household Hazardous Waste and E -Waste (S000) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09.10 FY 10 -11 FY 11 -12 FY 12 -13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 Licensing and recycling requirements for residential collection firms Change permits to allow small commercial recycling at 80 $0 SO $0 50 80 stations ( <1 ton) Full -time staffing and reduced operating hours $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Operational efficiency analysis $0 $131 $0 $0 $0 $0 Hire HHW / E -waste specialist $0 $0 $0 $55 $57 $58 $0 $0 50 $33 $0 $0 $0 80 $0 $28 $28 $29 Enhance E -waste take back programs with State and 80 $0 $0 $33 $0 $0 manufacturers /sellers Develop E -scrap campaign (anything with a plug) $0 $0 $0 $33 $0 $0 $0 $0 80 $33 $0 $0 $0 $0 $215 $442 $453 8464 Subtotal 50 5131 5215 $624 5538 $551 10 Implementation Plan Annual Funding Residuals Management and Administration S000) Engage in dialog with State /Counties about joint solutions Feasibility study of reclaiming old Kona landfill $0 80 $135 $0 $0 $0 Master plan for West Hawaii Sanitary Landfill 5128 $0 $0 $0 $0 SO Master plan for South Hilo Sanitary Landfill $128 $0 $0 50 $0 $0 Illegal dumping program $0 $0 $162 $165 $57 $58 Subtotal Materials recovery facility for East Hawaii (using existing re -load facility) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09.10 FY 10 -11 FY 11 -12 FY 12 -13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 SO $32 50 $0 $0 SO $256 $32 5297 5165 557 $58 Implementation Plan Capital Improvement Program (S000) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09 -10 FY 10 -11 FY 11-12 FY 12.13 FY 13-14 FY 14-15 $0 $0 $400 $0 $0 $0 Materials recovery facility for West Hawai'i $0 $0 57,000 $0 $0 $0 Reconstruct one station per year2 $0 80 $4.500 $5,000 55.500 56,000 South Kona - Ocean View Recycling/ Transfer Station $0 50 $5,000 $0 $0 $0 Hilo baseyard facilities $0 80 $2,000 $0 $0 $0 Equipment maintenance facility $0 $0 $1,000 58,000 $0 SO SHSL Quarry Expansion Engineering, Permitting, $283 5778 $365 $245 8210 80 Approvals Old Kona Scrap Metal Yard Remediation $0 $0 $1,800 $0 $0 $0 Old Closed Kailua Landfill Remediation $0 $0 810,000 S0 $0 80 South Hilo Sanitary Landfill Closure $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 Beyond 2015 Total $283 $778 $31,685 513,245 55,710 56,000 11 Implementation Plan Operating Fund Revenues and Expenses (S000) Year 0 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 FY 09 -10 FY 10 -11 FY 11.12 FY 12 -13 FY 13 -14 FY 14 -15 Revenues State and Federal Grants, Miscellaneous 81.110 $1,110 $1,110 $1,110 31,110 $1,110 Landfill Tipping Fees and Permit Fees 57,456 $8.281 $8,444 58,314 $8,247 $8,170 Pay -as- You -Throw at Transfer Stations $0 $5,257 $10,720 $10,555 $10,470 510,372 Transfer from General Fund $22,084 $14,154 $14,939 $15,939 321,939 321,939 Additional Tip Fee or Property Taxes $966 $4,562 $2,050 $5,592 $1,380 $4,714 Total Revenues 331,616 333,365 337,263 $41,510 343,146 $46,305 Expenses Administration 3968 31,024 $1,179 $1,207 $1,125 31,153 Reduction, Reuse, Recycling 57,382 $8,624 $11,773 $15,489 $16,619 519,115 Recycling and Transfer Stations $9,126 $9,485 $9,586 $9,861 $10,074 $10,326 South Hilo Sanitary Landfill $4,795 34,784 $4,904 $5,027 $5,153 $5,282 West Hawas Sanitary Landfill 88,840 $8.930 $9,153 $9,382 $9,617 $9,857 Closed Landfills 3505 $518 $666 5544 S558 $572 Total Operating Expenses $31,616 333,365 $37,263 $41,510 $43,146 346,305 Net Operating Revenues 50 80 50 30 60 30 Public and State Review Draft Bawai'i County IRSWMP Update • Questions? • Comments? 12