Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals

TillamooklamookTillamook Tillamook County Stakeholder’s Meeting

August 12, 2014

Leslie Kochan, DEQPete Pasterz, DEQ

Materials Management: Draft Legislative Proposals

• Background: – 2050 Vision– Materials Management Workgroup

• Draft Legislative Proposals:– Funding– Recovery (Recycling Opportunity Act)– Goals and Measures

• Opportunities for Feedback, Discussion• Q&A

Outline

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Funding and Work

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Funding the Right Work

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• HHW, mercury, school lab cleanouts, etc.• Maximizing benefits of recovery• Food waste prevention• Procurement and material selection• Reuse and repair• Other sustainable production & consumption• Education and information• Facility oversight

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1. Increase the solid waste disposal tipping fee2. Reduce waiver of tipping fees currently allowed for

alternative daily cover3. Apply the full tipping fee to special purpose landfills

and tire landfills4. Phase in fee changes5. Add fee adjustment mechanism for tipping fee6. Require a report to the Legislature on longer term

funding options by 20227. Other changes, clarifications, and housekeeping items

Draft Legislative Concept: Funding

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• New revenue of $3.5 million/year by 2019-2021 biennium

• $1.2 million/year in grants and contracts• Funds the high and medium priority work of the 2050

Vision and Framework for Action• All for just an increase of approximately $0.63/ton

Funding: The Bottom Line

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Recycling Opportunities

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Purpose: To research and identify options to increase and improve recovery of materials including:

• Looking at specific categories of materials and specific recycling sectors.

• Changes to Recycling Opportunity Act (ROA).

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Proposed Changes to Recycling Opportunity Act (ROA) Program Elements

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• Modifying existing elements• Adding new elements• Adjusting the number of elements

required by jurisdictions

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Examples of Proposed Changes to ROA Program Elements:

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• Adding new elements:– Converting the current 2% Recovery Rate Credit

Program into a new set of waste prevention and reuse program elements.

– Other optional program elements targeting commercial recycling, food waste and construction/demolition debris.

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Goals and Measures

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Proposed Statutory Changes1. Updated statewide, wasteshed recovery goals

– Statewide: 52% by 2020, 55% by 2025– “2 percent credit” program moved to program

elements2. Alternative “outcome-based” measurement3. New recovery goals for food waste, plastics, and

carpet4. Waste generation: updated goals for state, largest

wastesheds?

Goals and Measures

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• Environmental damage caused by wasting materials and mining/harvesting more virgin resources

• Recovered materials are the feedstock of many Oregon industries, producing jobs

• Usually saves substantial energy

Why is recovery important?

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50.0% - 2009 recovery goal with 2% credits3.7% - average counting credits in recent years46.3% - 2009 recovery goal without credits46.5% - summation of wasteshed 2009 goals without

credits49.7% - actual 2012 recovery rate without credits52.0% - proposed 2020 goal55.0% - proposed 2025 goal

Statewide Recovery Goals 2009, 2020, 2025

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Existing Recovery Goals

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2009goal (w/ credits)

Average credits

Adjusted 2009

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AverageRecovery Rate

2008-2012 (w/o credits) difference

Metro 64.0% 6.0% 58.0% 53.2% -4.8%Lane 54.0% 6.0% 48.0% 52.3% 4.3%Marion 54.0% 6.0% 48.0% 53.0% 5.0%Next 5 largest wastesheds(average) 42.0% 6.0% 36.0% 39.2% 3.2%Other 28 wastesheds(average) 29.1% 1.9% 27.2% 35.1% 7.9%Tillamook 30.0% 3.3% 26.7% 32.1% 5.4%

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New Wasteshed Recovery Goals

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• Goals are aspirational – no regulatory consequence if not met

• Proposed that goals may be temporarily revised downward by EQC if markets for high volume materials are not reasonably available

• Alternative Environmental Outcome way to meet recovery goals

Materials Management: Draft Legislative ProposalsThank you

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Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Leslie Kochan      kochan.leslie@deq.state.or.usPete Pasterz        pasterz.pete@deq.state.or.us

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Examples of Proposed Changes to ROA Program Elements:

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• Modifying existing elements:– Requiring landlords to provide the Opportunity to

Recycle to tenants of multifamily dwellings and commercial rental properties.

• Adding new elements:– Converting the former 2% Recovery Rate Credit

Program into a new set of waste prevention and reuse program elements.

– Other optional program elements targeting commercial recycling, food waste and construction/demolition debris.

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Two Percent Credits

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Opportunity to Recycle 

(program elements)

Recovery Goals

Provision ofServices

Measures of Outcomes

2% credit program• Provision of service• “Credits” add to recovery

rates• Not about outcomes or

recovery