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Average MSW Gate Rates Increased 3.8% in 2008
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June 18,
2009. San Diego, California - Since
the early 1990s, the Chartwell Solid Waste
Group (formerly know as Chartwell
Information Publishers) has released the
results of its annual survey of landfill
gate rates. The overall gate rate survey,
conducted over all 12 months in 2008, found
that the average nationwide gate rate at
landfills had risen to $42.10 per ton.
The
Chartwell national average gate rate is
considered an annual benchmark and changes
in the Chartwell national average being a
reflection of general pricing trends.
Chartwell survey results indicate that the
national average gate rate has increased
annually since 2000. Many of the gate rates
increases found by Chartwell were in place
before the fourth quarter of 2008 and
therefore before public acknowledgement that
the country was in a recession.
"Our
research team found only isolated situation
where individual landfill MSW gate rates had
actually decreased in 2008 vs. 2007.
Throughout the United States we found gate
rate increases to various states. However,
the amount of the gate rate change and
correspondingly the percentage increase
varied from state to state". Stated Cary
Perket, President of The Envirobiz Group (Envirobiz
took over Chartwell survey and reporting
efforts in 2006).
The
Chartwell Solid Waste Digest will be
providing a series of regional reports
providing insight in how the MSW landfill
gate rate within various regions have
changed. These report provide more detail as
to average and median MSW gate rates, range
in gate rates, and if the gates rates have
changed at large, medium, and small
facilities.
For further
information, call The Envirobiz Group's
customer service at 952-831-2473 or visit
www.envirobiz.com.
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E-waste & Paper Collection Event - Gallup, NM
The McKinley Citizens' Recycling Coalition
has coordinated a recycling collection drive for paper and
electronic waste.
When: Saturday, August
22 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Where:
Castle
Furniture in Gallup, NM located at 1308 Metro Avenue
Electronics: (no charge):
Computers, Monitors, Copiers, Printers
Fax
machines, UPS units, Scanners, Electronic cameras,
Modems, Servers Telephones, Cell Phones, Gaming
Systems, Batteries, and Stereos.
TVs
will be accepted for a $5.00 disposal fee.
Electronic materials are responsibly recycled by
Albuquerque Recycling, Inc., a certified and
approved facility through the NM Environmental
Department.
Paper products:
Corrugated Cardboard, Gray Board (like cereal
boxes), Card Stock, Clean White Paper, Shredded
White Paper, Magazines, Catalogs
Telephone Books and Packing Paper (white / tan).
Please sort.
Sponsored by The McKinley
Citizens’ Recycling Council, The
Community Food Pantry,
Albuquerque Recycling, Inc.,
Castle Furniture
Call
(505) 321-2827 or go to
www.mcrcnow.org for more information.
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Las Cruces City Council Takes First Step Towards
Curbside Recycling
By Steve
Ramirez Sun-News reporter, July 9, 2009
LAS CRUCES - A curbside recycling
program for Las Cruces residents and people living
in the immediate outlying areas could become reality
in the next 12 to 18 months, Patrick Peck, director
of the South Central Solid Waste Authority, said
Wednesday.
"But I've got a lot of work to do
between now and then," Peck said.
Many Las Cruces residents support
the idea of establishing a regional recycling
program that would be administered by the waste
authority. The Las Cruces City Council approved a
resolution Monday that is expected to ultimately
lead to the start of a recycling program that would
be offered to city residents, people living adjacent
to the city limits, and Do-a Ana County residents.
"I have great support for this,"
Las Cruces resident Molly McGraw said. "I firmly
believe this will help assist the current recycling
programs the city and county have."
Peck said shifting the recycling
program from the city to the South Central
Solid
Waste Authority will mean that the program city
residents have become used to will not decrease, and
could expand if a curbside recycling program can be
started."So much will
depend on the will of the people," Peck said.
"People here want a more progressive recycling
program. What's happened through this approval from
the city council is that we can now move that
forward."
That's what Las Cruces resident
Cliff Pelton wants.
"I am so grateful to see we are
finally moving forward in Las Cruces," Pelton said.
Jade Boswell, a New Mexico State
University student, said there is wide support among
other NMSU students in expanding recycling programs.
"I'm very glad it's going this
far," Boswell said.
Art Lucero, recycling manager at
NMSU, said he is looking forward to working with
Peck and others to improve recycling opportunities
throughout the county.
Las Crucen Allen McBrayer is also
excited about the potential of a curbside recycling
program for residents.
"This agreement is the most
efficient and cost effective way to bring curbside
recycling to reality," he said.
The agreement calls for the city
to sell the authority $404,735 of recycling
equipment and vehicles used in that operation. The
city will also lease equipment to the authority.
A $3.09 monthly recycling charge
the city had been assessing about 21,609 residential
solid-waste customers is expected to generate at
least $801,262 in annual revenue that the authority
will use to operate a recycling program. County
residents who want to participate in the program
will pay the same monthly rate.
Steve Ramirez can be reached at
sramirez@lcsun-news.com; (575) 541-5452
Recycling
• A $3.09 monthly portion of the
solid waste collection fee Las Cruces residents now
pay for recycling will be transferred to the South
Central Solid Waste Authority.
• That money will be used to
establish a regional recycling program that would
include the Las Cruces city limits and immediate
outlying areas.
• There is no recycling program
offered in unincorporated areas of Dona Ana County.
• The city has a volunteer
recycling program that primarily accepts newspaper,
metal and aluminum cans and corrugated cardboard.
• Other items, such as telephone
books, brown paper bags, clear and translucent
plastic containers, could also be accepted under
certain conditions.
• The city will continue to
recycle grass, leaves, tree trimmings and Christmas
tree to be made into compost.
• For more information about what
is or isn't accepted for recycling, call (575)
528-3700.
Las Cruces Sun News
Staff View: Recycling
program takes small step toward fruition
Sun-News staff, July
11, 2009
They may be baby steps, but the
city appears to be moving toward a much-needed
curbside recycling program.
On Monday, the city council
approved a resolution that will transfer the
$3.09 solid- waste collection fee that each of
us pay every month to the South Central Solid
Waste Authority, with the idea of establishing
curbside recycling for residents living in both
the city and the extra- territorial zone.
The agreement also calls for
the city to sell $404,735 worth of recycling
equipment and vehicles and lease equipment to
the authority.
The $3.09 monthly recycling
charge the city had been assessing 21,609
residential solid-waste customers is expected to
generate at least $801,262 in annual revenue
that the authority will use to operate a
recycling program. County residents who want to
participate in the program will pay the same
monthly rate.
Patrick Peck, director of the
South Central Solid Waste Authority, said it was
his intention to initiate a curbside recycling
program, but added that it would ultimately
depend on "the will of the people."
"People here want a more
progressive recycling program," Peck said.
"What's happened through this approval from the
city council is that we can now move that
forward."
While the city has blue
recycling bins throughout town and a
user-friendly central location where people can
drop off a wide variety of recyclables, there's
no question that much that could be recycled is
instead thrown away because too many people
simply won't go to the time and effort to take
their recyclable items to a drop-off site.
Curbside recycling would make
it much more convenient for Las Cruces residents
to recycle their old newspapers, milk jugs and
aluminum cans.
The benefits of recycling are
many. Recycling and composting reduced trash in
our nation's landfill by 70 million tons in the
year 2000, according to the National Recycling
Coalition. That will result in a reduction in 10
major categories of air pollutants and eight
major categories of water pollutants.
Recycling also conserves
energy and natural resources. It take 95 percent
less energy to recycle aluminum than to make new
cans from raw materials, and every ton of paper
recycled saves 17 trees.
We commend the city for moving
forward toward curbside recycling, and encourage
Las Crucens to get behind this effort.
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State's First Climate Masters™ Class
Completed in Santa Fe
The New Mexico Environment Department is hosting a
new community outreach program, Climate Masters™.
This free series of classes is focused on climate
change, what a person can do to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions in his or her daily life and
strategies for motivating others to do the same.
Participants learn practical, low-cost ways to
reduce their greenhouse gas emissions through
modifications to their home energy use,
transportation habits, diet, and more. On average,
students who take the class can reduce their own
personal emissions by about 2 tons per year.
The Climate Masters™ program is a two-part
educational effort, in which community members are
provided 30 hours of training, and in return they
“pay back” the program with 30 hours of volunteer
service which could include conducting home energy
consultations, speaking or tabling at events, green
garden parties, and other activities of their own
design. The first class was offered in Santa Fe
beginning in May and ending in July. As the end of
this class is approaching, the Climate Masters in
training are preparing to begin their volunteer
service.
Class topics include
Climate Change 101,
Home Energy, Transportation, Green Building,
Renewable Energy, Yards, Consumption and Waste,
Food, and Outreach and Consultations.
Sarah Pierpont, Deputy Director of
NMRC, participated as a guest speaker during the
Consumption and Waste class.
All community members are welcome to participate in
the program. The next class will begin in
Albuquerque this fall. Class registration is
required as class space is limited.
Please visit the
NM Environment Department’s website for more
information
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/NewMexicoClimateMasters.htm
and contact Emily Geery with any questions at
emily.geery@state.nm.us
or 505-476-4315.
Randy Sadewic from Positive
Energy presents
to the Climate Masters Class
Climate Masters Class Field Trip
to Presenter
Reese Baker's (of the The Rain
Catcher, Inc.) Yard
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National Recycling
Legislation to Watch
Senate bill introduced to promote electronics
recycling
July 14 - Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Kirsten
Gillibrand, D-N.Y., have introduced legislation that would
promote research and development of programs to improve the
recycling of electronic equipment.
The Electronic Device Recycling
Research and Development Act would provide research
grants to find ways to deal with electronic waste,
much of which contains hazardous materials including
lead and cadmium.
Only 15% of electronic devices are
recycled in the United States, Klobuchar and
Gillibrand said.
The measure, if approved, would
make competitively awarded grants available to
universities, government labs and private industry
for research, development and demonstration projects
for electronic device recycling, reuse and
refurbishment.
View the full text of the proposed
bill at
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.1397:
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Recycling Commodity Prices
for July
Cardboard is not being generated right now and an
increase in demand resulted in prices rising $15-$20
per Ton. Prices for other grades of paper went up
anywhere from $5 to $15 per ton due to low
generation as well. Prices for plastics remain
steady and the price for aluminum cans has been
going up in the last few weeks.
Cardboard…………........................$40-$75/ton
Newspaper……………………….….$10-$50/ton
Sorted Office Paper……................$25-$90/ton
Mixed paper………………………….No
payment yet
Shrink wrap………………………….$0.02-$0.035/lb
PET bottles (#1)……………………..
$0.01/lb accepting over 100 lbs of material only
Milk Jugs, natural HDPE (#2)………$0.03-$0.15/lb
Single color HDPE…………………..$0.01-$0.09/lb
Aluminum Cans………………………$0.34-$0.50/lb
price changing on a daily basis
*Please note that this is a sample of what is being offered
in New Mexico for certain commodities. Purchase prices for
OCC and Paper are subject to change based on market
fluctuations as reflected in the Southwest Region of the
Official Board Markets’ Yellow Sheet. Prices vary according
to presentation and quantity. These prices are for partial
loads. Full truckloads of any of the materials would be paid
at a greater price depending on the pick-up location and
destination of the material.
Other resources:
http://www.wastenews.com/secondaryfiber/
http://www.packaging-online.com/
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2009
Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival - Call for Artists
Santa Fe Recycling Festival Celebrates Fusion
of Recycling and Art
The Recycle Santa Fe Art Festival is celebrating its
eleventh year on November 13-15 at El Museo Cultural in
Santa Fe, New Mexico. Working with Keep Santa Fe Beautiful
and their recycling education efforts surrounding America
Recycles Day (November 15th), this event attracts thousands
of art lovers, trashy shoppers and the eco-conscious holiday
gift-giver.
Recycled-material artists are invited to submit their
applications to participate in the Art Market, the Juried
Art Exhibit and the Trash Fashion and Costume Contest.
Applications for the art market are taken “until full,” and
the deadlines to submit for the Juried Art Exhibit and Trash
Fashion show are October 19th and November 9th
respectively. Artists interested in participating in the
art market are encouraged to submit applications early in
order to ensure that space is available. Entry into the Art
Market and the Juried Art Exhibit is judged based on
submitted photos. Artists may participate in all or one of
these recycled art activities. More information and
applications to participate can be found online at
www.recyclesantafe.org.
Artists must use a
minimum of 75% recycled materials to create their work..
The show features artists from not only Santa Fe and around
New Mexico, but also Colorado, Illinois, Alaska, Arizona,
Texas and Wyoming.
Lampshade by Recycle Santa Fe Artist
Kathy O'Neil
Photo by Bob Easton
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Cataylst Paper Shuts Arizona
Newsprint Mill Temporarily
From Waste & Recycling News.
June 23 -- Catalyst Paper is temporarily
shutting down its recycled newsprint mill in Snowflake,
Ariz., for 10 more days in July as a result of a
controversial tax rebate in the paper industry.
Catalyst said its orders are being
negatively affected by a tax rebate being claimed by
some paper companies for their use of a manufacturing
byproduct called black liquor as a fuel.
Snowflake now expects to be idle for
about 20 days in July and nearly 300 people will be laid
off during that time.
Black liquor is a byproduct of making
paper from virgin fiber through the kraft process.
Companies, for decades, have been using the material as
fuel and recently started receiving tax credit for its
use as alternative energy.
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Santa Fe E-waste Recycling Drive a Success
Keep Santa Fe
Beautiful and
Albuquerque Recycling hosted an event on Saturday,
July 18 at the Solid Waste Division Headquarters to
collect old TVs, and other electronic devices, so
they can be disposed of in a responsible way.
Residents paid $5 per television for disposal and
dropped off other items, such as cell phones, laptop
computers, LCD screens, printers, stereos and gaming
consoles for free.
The drop off
event kept 311 televisions out of the landfill.
For more
information, visit
www.keepsantafebeautiful.org
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Federal Cash for Clunkers Bill Signed Into Law
On June 24th President Obama signed the Cash
for Clunkers or Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS)
legislation that will encourage owners of older, less fuel
efficient cars and light trucks to send their vehicles to
scrap yards.
Owners of older cars, SUVs and light
trucks whose vehicles get less than 18 miles per gallon
will be allowed to trade them in for vouchers worth as
much as $4,500 toward the purchase or lease of a new,
more fuel-efficient vehicle. The program will run from
July 1 to Nov. 1 with $1 billion in emergency funding.
The Transportation Department will
administer the program.
The billīs backers hope the measure
will spur new car sales, reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, and reduce consumption of oil. Meanwhile, the
scrap industry hopes to benefit from an influx of cars
for processing in the nationīs 200 auto shredders and it
will provide a source of parts for auto parts recyclers.
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Dates
Announced for NRC Membership Vote on Proposed KAB/NRC Merger
NRC Message to Members
The National Recycling Coalition (NRC) announced on July 14 that it will hold a vote on the proposed combination of NRC and Keep America Beautiful (KAB) on August 10 - 26, 2009. The vote will take place electronically and be administered by a third-party online voting service provider. A complete voting packet with voting instructions will be emailed to all NRC members on or around August 3.
As a technical matter, NRC will convene a nominal meeting of members for the sole purpose of tabulating votes on the NRC/KAB combination proposal. No members other than proxy holders are expected to attend. A meeting notice will also be emailed to members in the coming weeks.
The National Recycling Coalition Board strongly urges each and every member to take a few seconds, voice your choice, and help us fulfill the vital mission of NRC.
For more information related to the proposed combination, please visit www.KABandNRC.org. All members are encouraged to visit the site and send us your questions and comments.
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NRC participated in a conference call with NMRC members on July 16th to discuss the proposed merger. NMRC would
like your input regarding the KAB/NRC merger. To view NMRC members' input to date, please visit http://www.recyclenewmexico.com/nrcandkab.htmtm.
Additionally, please email any comments or feedback to sarah@recyclenewmexico.com regarding the proposed merger and we will post your feedback online as well.
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Register Now for SWANA's Arid Climate Symposium and Training
Session
SYMPOSIUM: AUGUST 11 – 13
This event will highlight many of the challenges and unique
solid waste management issues facing arid climate states in
the Western United States. The symposium will feature a
training event, technical and plenary talks by solid waste
professionals, keynote speakers, booths for local vendors, a
facility tour, and social events for networking including a
meet and greet and evening reception. This event will be
located in the heart of Albuquerque’s Uptown at the
Albuquerque Marriott Uptown Hotel.
TRAINING: UNAUTHORIZED WASTE SCREENING
INSPECTION PLAN
AUGUST 11, 8 a.m. – 2 p.m.
This course is intended to teach solid waste facility
managers, supervisors and operators a basic
understanding off-load inspections for unauthorized or
prohibited waste requirements and procedures. CEUs will
be awarded for course completion.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE
More info at
www.nmswana.com
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Welcome to New Members 2009
Bill Booth,
Ditch Witch; John Zarola; Pueblo of Tesuque Environment
Department; Nathan Lee and Norman Scott, Navajo Nation;
Butch Steinman, Village of Angel Fire; Josh Montano and
Kimberly Foree, OSO Biopharmaceuticals; David Friedman,
Friedman Recycling; Rodney Mullens, Mesa Verde Enterprises;
Beverly Booth McCauley; Charley Carroll, NM Junior College;
Joe Capone, All American Waste Removal; Suzanne Michaels;
Adrian Marufo, City of Gallup; Roger Allen; Michael
Candelaria, Pueblo of Isleta; Melissa Villalobos, Western NM
Correctional Facility; Rick Smith, Laguna Pueblo; Mindy
Cahill, Village of Cimarron; Maralyn Hillman, Trucks West;
Clifford Dowling, Waste Management; Kathy Elmore, Carlsbad
Caverns National Park; Scott Seydel; Lorie Gulley, NM
Reutilization and Acquisition Model Program; Jeffrey Kaplan,
Village of Ruidoso; Stacy Snyder; Lee Carr, Better World
Connections; Paul Gutierrez, NM Association of Counties
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Grants
and Loans
State Loans
NMED
Constructions Programs Bureau offers low-interest loans for
solid waste projects:
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/cpb/rip.html
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Regional
Round-Up
Arizona: The Arizona Recycling Coalition is
hosting their annual conference August 17-18 in Phoenix. Go
to
www.arizonarecyclingcoalition.com for more information.
Arizona: RecycleBank expands operations
to Arizona (From Resource Recycling, July 2, 2009)
In its
latest round of expansions, recycling rewards company RecycleBank is now offering recycling incentives in Mesa,
Arizona. Teaming with Alcoa to provide rewards to
approximately 9,000 single-family area homes RecycleBank has
launched a pilot program in Mesa that the company said would
be followed by a trial in Phoenix. RecycleBank
currently operates a pilot program in Albuquerque.
Submit your
community's news by emailing
english@recyclenewmexico.com. We love to
hear about news from around the state!
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Recycling Tidbits
Waste & Recycling
News Launches Residential Recycling Conference
Waste & Recycling
News is launching a world-class business and
technology event focusing 100% on residential
recycling. The 2010 Residential Recycling
Conference is scheduled as a day and a half
event for first quarter of 2010. More details,
including pre-registration, speaker information,
agenda and exhibit information by the end of July
2009 at
www.wasterecyclingnews.com.
Moving Company to Offer
Electronics Recycling Services
July 20 - NorthStar Moving Corp. is partnering with
E-Cycle International to offer electronics recyclgn
services to its customers.
Moreŧ
California Resource Recovery
Association's Annual Confer ence
CRRA's Annual Conference takes place August 2nd -
5th in Rancho Mirage, California. Visit
www.crra.com for
more information.
Recycling Legislation in Texas
Texas
SB 2182,
Effective September 1, 2009 higher education
institutions in Texas will be able to
charge enrolled students an environmental fee of no
more than $5 per term or semester, which would be
used to provide environmental improvements at the
institution, such as adding or improving recycling
services.
San Francisco Signs Mandatory
Recycling and Composting Law
On June 23rd, the City of San Francisco signed into
effect the nation’s first
law mandating that all residents and businesses
separate their recycling and compost material from
normal trash. While many other cities in the US
require recycling, no other city requires separation
of food scraps and foot material to be composted.
The measure, which will take effect this fall, is
intended to help increase landfill diversion rates
to 75% by 2010 as well as reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
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Calendar
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Recycling and Composting Facility Operator Certification
Class Schedule for 2009
Recycling
Certification Courses
December 8-10, Albuquerque
Composting
Certification Courses
October 20-22, Santa Fe
To register,
please go to
www.recyclenewmexico.com/cert_classes.htm
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If you have
questions about any of the above information or have
articles for future Recycling Scraps, please e-mail or call
me.
English
Bird, Executive Director
New Mexico
Recycling Coalition
PO Box
24364, Santa Fe, NM 87502
english@recyclenewmexico.com
(505) 983-4470
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