2. • Regional management of municipal solid waste
• Member municipalities pay assessments
• Fee for service
Services:
• Bundle waste hauling bids
• Educational services
• Regional grants, special projects
• Hazardous/ special waste collections
Mass DEP Sustainable Materials Recycling Program Grant:
Pilot Programs and Regional Initiatives
Formation of Regional Solid Waste/Recycling District
• “…significant potential for more regional cooperation in certain areas.”
• $10,000 - $50,000 in funding for a 1-year project or $10,000 -
$100,000 for a 2-year project.
4. Bernardston
Buckland
Charlemont
Colrain
Conway
Deerfield
Erving
Gill
Hawley
Heath
Leverett
Leyden
Montague
New Salem (CC since 2009)
Northfield (CC since 2008)
Orange (CC since 2011)
Rowe
Shelburne
Sunderland
Warwick
Wendell
Whately (CC since 2003)
22 member towns: 500 square miles, 30 public schools,
17 transfer stations, 4 municipal compost programs
5. Annual Household Hazardous Waste Day
Biannual Bulky Waste Day (+ e-waste)
Sharps Disposal Program
Special Event Recycling Materials Loan Program
What Do I Do With…? 350 items listed
www.franklincountywastedistrict.org
MassRecycle’s Recycler of the Year:
FC Solid Waste District, Municipal Program, 1996
Jan Ameen, Executive Director, 2005
Amy Donovan, Program Director, 2011
www.massrecycle.org
6. MRF currently pays 74 western Mass municipalities
$15.67/ton + revenue, now about $45/ton
Solid Waste District on MRF Advisory Board (MAB)
MAB = annual Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Guide
www.springfieldmrf.org
8. Generally accepts:
All food including items not composted at home:
Meat, chicken, fish, bones, dairy, fats, oils
All paper including non recyclable:
Paper cups, paper plates, napkins, paper towels, waxed
cardboard, soiled paper, soiled pizza boxes
Wood: skewers, chopsticks, coffee stirrers, sporks
“Compostable plastic:” PLA cups, certain bags
NO plastic, metal, glass, foil, etc.!
9.
10. Save money on tipping fees:
MSW (trash): $75/ ton
Compostables: $45/ ton
Reduce trash p/u or dumpster size = reduced
trash disposal /hauling costs
Supports infrastructure for organics recycling:
local composting facilities, farms, anaerobic
digestion
Saves space in landfills
Creates valuable soil amendment from waste
Mitigates climate change!
11. Climate Change is caused by greenhouse gases in
our atmosphere.
Greenhouse Gases:
Carbon Dioxide
Methane
Nitrous Oxide
(School slides)
12. • Biodegradables decaying in anaerobic landfills release methane.
• Methane is a greenhouse gas 23 times more potent than carbon
dioxide.
• Landfill Gas Recovery not always a solution.
• For every ton of food waste composted, nearly a ton of greenhouse
gas emissions is avoided (MassDEP).
Methane pipe at a landfill
13. More info:
Why doesn’t composting release methane? Because oxygen is part of
the composting process (aerobic). There is no oxygen in a landfill.
Windrow turner
at Martin’s Farm,
Greenfield, MA
14. Martin’s Farm accepts 10 tons/organics day from schools:
Pioneer HS,
Turners Falls HS
Mohawk HS,
Northfield ES,
Deerfield ES,
Erving ES,
Sunderland ES,
Amherst, more..
transfer
stations:
Northfield,
Vernon VT,
markets:
Big Y stores,
Stop & Shop,
Co-Op Markets,
plus
restaurants…
19. San Francisco, Seattle, Ontario, Halifax NS
Massachusetts:
Only 1 municipal curbside program:
Hamilton/ Wenham
(About 8 municipal drop off programs)
Mass DEP SMRP grant opportunities
San Francisco’s
compost, trash, recycle bins
20. Gill Elementary: all food, milk
cartons, paper in green
compostable bag
Bag= “Comp-lete” from
Fortune Plastics
• 15 of 30 FCSWMD schools
• Up to 89% of school lunch can
be composted
• + kitchen, classroom waste
2 yard compost dumpster:
21. Plan for plenty of space for different types of dumpsters
Loading docks: adequate electrical for compactors
Pictured: One 8 yard trash dumpster and two 8 yard
organics dumpsters at Pioneer Valley Regional School,
Northfield, which has a 70% diversion rate.
22. Free resources:
MA DEP Green Team: free recycling/ composting
equipment, activities, contests
www.thegreenteam.org
ACE Climate Assembly: www.acespace.org
Mass DEP SMRP Grants:
School districts
School organics
23. 5 eateries, 1 shared compost dumpster
Cost is prorated according to volume
SFABA and FCSWMD manage program
Shredded paper: Mirick Insurance, Trailside Health (free)
Bridge of Flowers: garden waste (free)
24.
25. EPA and MassDEP: less than 5% food waste is
currently diverted from disposal.
MA could increase diversion by 1 million tons.
MassDEP Solid Waste Master Plan:
2014: Waste Ban on Commercial Food Waste
Need more infrastructure for implementation
MassDEP Sustainable Materials Recovery Program
Grant:
New regional Anaerobic Digester and/or Food Waste
Composting Projects
$500,000
26. www.recyclingworksma.com
FREE – assists businesses and institutions to
maximize recycling, reuse, and composting
opportunities.
“Find-A-Recycler” database
Pedal People,
Northampton’s
bike powered
waste haulers
27. Western MA:
Triple T Trucking: dumpsters
$70/ 2 yd., $130/ 4 yd., p/u weekly
Alternative Recycling: toters
Allied Waste: dumpsters
Eastern MA:
Save That Stuff, Cambridge/ Boston
EL Harvey, Central/ Eastern MA
Black Earth Hauler, North Shore
Compost Facilities:
www.findacomposter.com
Sumner Martinson, MassDEP
Your DEP Municipal Assistance Coordinator (MAC)
31. Shelburne Falls and
Northampton MA:
MassCor: $170 each
Green Communities:
Big Belly solar trash
compactor / recycle
bin
RecycleAway.com:
Bins for municipalities
32. Amy Donovan
Program Director
Franklin County Solid Waste Management District
50 Miles Street
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 772-2438
amy@franklincountywastedistrict.org
www.franklincountywastedistrict.org