a brief and incomplete introduction Urban metabolism Over 250000 deliveries per day Almost 38000 delivery trucks per day Source United States Department of Transportation Integrative Freight Demand Management In The New York City Metropolitan Area September 30 2010 ID: 759699
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Waste Management in New York City
a
brief and incomplete introduction
Slide2Urban metabolism
Slide3Over 250,000 deliveries per dayAlmost 38,000 delivery trucks per daySource: United States Department of Transportation, “Integrative Freight Demand Management In The New York City Metropolitan Area”, September 30, 2010
provisioning New York City: 2008 statistics (such as they are)
Incoming: 142,597,000 tons per year Outgoing 119,507,000 tons per yearSource: U.S. Commodity Flow Survey (Domestic Freight)
Slide4the moment of consumption
Slide5the moment of consumption
Slide6In total: approximately 12 million tons per year – 5.5 million tons going to disposal; 6.5 million “diverted” from disposal
Slide7Different types of waste from different types of “generators”
Residents and public institutions (serviced by Department of Sanitation
Including public works projects (asphalt, demolition)
Commercial entities (serviced by over 200 different private carting companies)
Offices, shops, restaurants, etc.
Construction and demolition, excavation
Parallel and separate systems
Different waste streams, degrees of information, composition, quantity, destinations, and outcomes
Slide8Biggest Possible View
* Commercial tonnages estimated based on self-reported data, preliminary for FY11
~ 12 million tonsCitywide diversion rate of 54%
Slide9Slide10Slide11Current disposal system
Slide12Long-Term Plan: Borough Equity
Slide13DSNY Curbside Recycling Collection
400,000 tons of paper recyclables collected annually.
250,000 tons of metal, glass, & plastic recyclables collected annually.
Slide14Slide15Slide16Where Does it All Go?
Slide17Contracts for Processing NYC’s Recyclables
DSNY collects recyclables and delivers them to contracted processors.
Different contracts for processing commingled paper and commingled metal, glass, and plastic.
Slide18Contracts for Processing NYC’s Recyclables
Average $7 per ton revenue for paper.Average $50 per ton cost for commingled metal/glass/plastic and beverage cartons “MGP”.
Slide19NYC’s Paper Recycling Contracts
The Visy plant on Staten Island receives 160,000 tons of paper per year, over 40% of the paper collected for recycling.
Visy Paper Mill
Slide20NYC’s Paper Recycling Contracts
Remaining 60% sold to paper processors who separate the paper into various grades.
Slide21NYC’s Metal, Glass & Plastic Contract
Major U.S. scrap metal processorLong time processor of NYC metalCurrent processor of NYC’s MGP recyclables and selected as long term processor.
Sims Metals Marketing
Slide22Sims Waterborne Network
Hunts Point, Bronx
Long Island City, QueensClaremont, Jersey City in New Jersey
Slide23Sims Claremont Facility in Jersey City, New Jersey
Receives MGP from southern Manhattan and Staten IslandReceives Bronx MGP by Barge
Slide24Waterborne Network for Recycling
New materials recovery facility at the South Brooklyn Marine TerminalProposed Marine Transfer Station in Manhattan
Slide25Composting Program
20,000 tons per year autumn leaves.
6,000 tons per year landscaper grass and yard waste.2,500 tons per year Christmas trees.7,000 tons per year Rikers Island food waste.35,500 tons per year total
Slide26Fall Leaf Collection
Program includes 34 of the City’s 59 Districts.
Slide27Leaf Composting Operations
Leaves are taken to the Department’s composting sites
Slide28Food Waste Composting at Rikers Island
Rikers Island is the nation’s largest municipal prison system.Self-contained island houses over 17,000 inmates and 7,000 officers.Generates over 20 tons of food waste per day.In 1996, construction completed of an enclosed, agitated-bay composting system.
Slide29Food Waste Composting at Rikers Island
Finished compost used for landscaping and gardening on Rikers Island
Slide30NYC Compost Project
Compost outreach and education to residents and businesses.Funded by DSNY, programs are carried out by staff at the City’s four Botanical Gardens and Lower East Side Ecology Center in Manhattan
Slide31Electronics Recycling Events
Sites throughout the five boroughsAccepted:ComputersPeripheralsTV’s and other A/VBatteriesCell-Phones
Slide32Four-fold Increase in Participation 2004 to 2008
Electronics make up only 0.9% of NYC’s waste stream
…that’s 33,939.8 tons or 67,899,600 pounds a year
Slide33Want to Really Make a Difference?
Recycle More Paper
Slide34Paper: the most under-recycled material
Slide35Organic Wastes: Rotting, Gaseous and Unwanted
Slide36Compostable Under Industrial Conditions (not in backyard)
Slide37We cannot underestimate the barriers
Lack of technological alternativesDensity (compliance)Service provision (public workforce; free-market private sector)Facility Siting
Slide38Organic = Carbon
Other options only involve siting because they process organics as a mass, without separate sorting
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