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JAMES BUNCHUCK =� �� P.O.Box 962 SOLID WASTE COORDINATOR y 2 Cutchogue, New York 11935-0962 -` Dy� • �� Tel: (631) 734-7685 Fax: (631) 734-7976 SOUTHOLD TOWN SOLID WASTE DISTRICT 2001 ANNUAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS GENERAL • Incoming Waste Stream of 36,391 tons,up 13%from 1999. • Recycling hit at a new high of almost 18,000 tons,up 19%increase over`99, due mostly to increased production of mulch and wood chips from yard waste • Budget of$2.9 M,comprised as follows: tax revenue,35%;fees,49%;misc.income, 16%(e.g.,sales of recyclables,grants,etc.) MSW • Shred out of Town (Trinity Contract): 9,500 tons of trash,up from 9,200 in'99 and 270 tons of C&D • Shipped in Town Garbage Bags:4,900 tons • Shipper costs to Town approx.$531,000($660,000 est.for 2001,$725,000 for 2002—NOT INCLUDING C&D) RECYCLING • Total recycling hit nearly 18,000 tons -49%-of the waste stream,both figures an all-time high; however,this figure includes over 12,000 tons of yard waste,(most of which is delivered by Town Highway vehicles); • Household Rec cly ables (i.e.,cans,galss,newspaper,etc.)comprise the rest of the recycling stream,a little over 5,000 tons: This is basically unchanged since the mid-`90s,meaning that residential recycling has leveled off,despite an increase in population and waste produced; • Recyclinj's Financial Bene its nonetheless are impressive,saving a total of approx. $350,000 in avoided disposal fees since 1991,in addition to the income it has generated. YARD WASTE • Collected a total of 12,407 tons,a full 34%of the entire waste stream(up over 2000 tons from 1998) • Produced over 13,000 yards of leaf mulch for use in the landfill cap topsoil layer, a savings of approx. $80,000 if the material had to be imported • Over 5,000 residents took advantage of the"500 lbs. free"program,making over 2,000 trips over the scale. OTHER • Landfill capping begun; at years end approx.25%of the lob is complete. Liner will begin to go down before Jan 1,2002. • Acquisition o McBride parcel adjacent to LF for future compostmg;Part 360 Permit Application submitted to DEC in December;contract to develop site to be signed before January; • Use of materials off the McBride parcel results m substantial savings in capping project • New Office and Break Room trailers area occupied,parking and landscaping improvements made to entrance of facility. • Tra is problems were addressed by the Town Board and Solid Waste District, seeking to improve safety with alternate entrance/exit patterns. 12/01 Southold- Town. , Solid Waste Managerrient,.,-Or ani.zat%Orn Town Board ,p Solid Waste.— Policy Town Supervisor ' Solid Wast CIerk Coordinato'„ emor (p/t Admin. 8t _ OperationsAccount proposed) Clerk Staff aa. Foremen (Crew Leaders) (2 . Construction° Scale; = „ Mechan 'r Equipment Operators Part-Time Operators 4 ` Laborers (2) (6) Attendants (5)„. ...•��.':..� ..,t.t� ...3u'aagr v•. .. tc.... ,;:.�:,�:.':•:' �`,.t:�,G. '...:a' ::,".?.e'.. �•„..hsMs .k...� ...,,�.,vi \`:.�� w�.. ..��..„„... .t;Ge..r—...'„„ ..„,.k €: ;�: u' � �.�:ti.asp'a�:x�* ��_ ”'bac""��. �:�::;.H:•��:x; :.s.„W �' ��am• �;:;�' '�.� �� i� .��::�: �' �i :uas:'� �.� :.: �:�•' ��:s ` Where ' s the � ,`vt,`n''" s� x.�. ri •+,'.`��."r'e,. i�:.7,:a`.'?5' ',,v.r�a'":L.ty.0 , -_�-..- _FIs,:.:.'.n z�-•'"ti W :s":v.-e',-.'>'-"„' The garbage/rubbish portion of the waste stream Southold Town Waste Stream Composition fig; is currently being shipped to out of statea landfills. 2000 G ^ (Figures in tons - Total = 36,391) ` The CStD portion was also shipped out until n early in 2000 when the DEC allowed it to be Yard Waste 12,40 ° used as fill under the landfill cap. Shipments will ` 7 (34 i°) �n CexD/Concrete } resume sometime in 2002. °N 2,632 (7%) N 0-Virtually 100% of the yard waste is chipped fi (brush at stumps) or composted (leaves). IN Recycling denotes household items only. If yard ; Garb a Rubbish : ars waste and fill are included the recycling rate for s_ ,, `'` °'r ' ricultur 2000 is nearly 60% of the waste stream 9 542 (26°i°) 188 3( ° \,;_.: \, � x • � ; ,.. 14 Industrial . ' 5,437 (15%) Res/Commercial Recyclingt yy. 5,185 (14%) Source: Solid Waste District fps. _ � A�^.nv�,^;k�as- =�.:r:`.n?:x7s�-�*-{2-��.:r-_jrx.. y,�...:e,�z.�„q,�.. ,,,_.a,�'^•n'?�;Y, =�.^:iiri:.� - ��r;,�;,'.. - Dec. 4, 2001 AM • LAlk ® • v::tv w + Southold Town Redden al/Commerclal Recycling 20040 tons 2,500 Total = 5, 18 5 tons 1,987 °1 2,000 1 ,500 1,381 �� !�- .- a91 7-e-6 1 ,000 600 424 500 cq> �� ► 236 202 150 ! v I� 104 78 13 10 0 1 1 v I I v 1=0 7 NEWS CARDBOARD GLASS BULK METAL PLASTIC TIRES CANS CLOTHING OIL CAR BATT. HH BATT. Source: solid Waste District meg December 4, 2001 l� d Where the Solid Waste Budget Comes From . . . 2000 Budget Total $2,879,134 Taxes $1,003,434 35% r. Scale Tip $740,379 26% Fees Fund Balance $330,227 11% 'S Entry Fees, etc. $27,492 1.% Recyclables $112,000 4% Town Bags $499,582 17% Refunds/Aid $40 000 1% Permits $126,02 4% SOURCE: Southold Town Solid Waste District, December 2001 1 oil ' 1 Iwo .:o❖.❖.❖.❖.o❖.000❖.❖.•: .:❖.❖.❖.❖.❖.❖.❖00.❖.04❖. ti❖.❖.❖.❖.❖.❖.•.o❖.❖.❖.•.o•.� �. :.•.O❖.O❖.❖.❖.❖.❖.❖:.� ................... .................. �� .:•.0000❖.o0O0oO0•. � :r'�t' r:` ♦Oi!.•iiiiiiiiiii0 � +,� �h �{.� 'fir: s. ,� v;.�•iii s t �3�r 2�, 1 a 4 b �4 I `ry � ri X13 �, > Y6k . n lk k �4tc �IYZ r a� Ag � �yz } 4, �" Mw mn ' a ! z s . a9 w a _ �a c Southold Waste Disposed 1991 - 2000 h tons {"4 tin, INK, 25,000 v}�.14A`AA`V r 14•r.;v�};.nu} 20,000 } 15,000 102000 51000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 Source: Southold Town Department of Solid Waste 5/01 I Recyclingan o aste ren s in Southold 1991 2000 start of 'Town Garbage Bag' Program Sept. 1993 tons commercial tipping fees (non-C&D) recycling rate averages 33% over 50,000 raised to ton an 1995 10 yrs shrinkage of waste stream and 40,000 - - --- ---- ------- - ---- ----- - ----- --- ---- ------- ---- ------------------- ---- --- ------------ --- ----------- recycling growth mirror one another 30,000 -..- - ---------- - - - ------- - --- -- - -------- -- -- -- ------ - --- --- -- ----- - --- - -- B Bag program in 1993 and tip fee 20,000 - --- - - - - -- increase in 1995 have clear impacts 10,000 ----- --- - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000 Recycling ♦ 5,867 4,437 5,798 11,699 10,401 15,694 15,437 15,053 17,976 Waste Stream - 38,612 37,313 37,465 32,989 27,295 33,589 32,308 32,159 36,391 Waste Stream Without Yard Debris ♦ 28,429 27,627 29,646 26,424 21,113 24,301 21,353 22,149 24,506 Town of Southold Recycling Arrangements (December 2001) Recycled Product Recycling Vendor Shipping Ultimate Destination/Product Re-Use Firm Name Cost or Income to Shipper Cost Town Newspaper Island Waste, Income: Island Unknown Export Markets Holtsville,NY $6.25/ton Waste Glass EWG Glass Income: EWG All Colors New Glass Bottles Recovery Clear: $15/ton $5/ton Jamaica,NY Brown: $10/ton Cost: Green: $17/ton Mixed: $25/ton Tires Meridian,Inc. Cost: Town of Approximately$150 per trip Incineration(fuel) South Winsor,CT $1350/load Southold Mixed Metals Gershaw Recycling Income: Gershaw Unknown-charges included in vendor New metal products (including Medford,NY $26.26/ton price appliances) Tin and Gershaw Income: Town of Approximately $100 per trip New Metal Products Aluminum Cans Recycling, $20/ton Southold Medford,NY Plastic(#2 color American Ecoboard Income: American Unknown-charges included in vendor Plastic Lumber Baled) Plainview,NY $140/ton Ecoboard price Plastic(#2 American Ecoboard Income: American Unknown-charges included in vendor Plastic Lumber natural Baled) Plainview NY $240/ton Ecoboard price Plastic(#1 and Waste Management Cost: Town of Approximately$100 per trip New Plastic Products #2 loose mixed) of NY,Inc. $25/ton Southold Brookhaven,NY Town of Southold Recycling Arrangements--December 2001 Page 2 Recycled Product Recycling Vendor Shipping Ultimate Destination!Product. Re-Use Firm Name Cost or Income to Shipper Cost Town Cardboard Gershaw Income: Town of Approximately$100 per trip Fiber pulp for recycled paper Recycling,NY $0/ton Southoldproducts Mixed Paper Gershaw Income: Town of Approximately$100 per trip New Newspapers,magazines, 'unk mail,etc. Recycling,NY $0/ton Southold or cardboard products Used Motor Oil Strebels Laundry, None Strebels Unknown-charges included in vendor Fuel for Strebels's used oil Westhapton,NY price furnance Household Care Cost: Care Unknown-charges included in vendor Recycled Metals Batteries Environmental, $220/drum Environ. price NJ Vehicle Batteries P&K Metals Income: P&K Metals Unknown-charges included in vendor Recycled for metals Coram,NY $50/ton price Used Clothing H&M Leasing Income: H&M Unknown-charges included in vendor Re-Used if possible,or Copiague,NY $0/ton Leasing price manufactured into new textile products