Whats Up with our neighbors Presented by Abby Goldsmith A Goldsmith Resources LLC Georgia Recycling Coalition Annual Meeting August 18 2015 1 Status of State Plans State Date of the ID: 297165
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Recycling in the Southeast:
What’s Up with our neighbors?
Presented by Abby GoldsmithA. Goldsmith Resources, LLCGeorgia Recycling Coalition Annual MeetingAugust 18, 2015
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Status of State Plans
State
Date of the Latest State Plan Georgia2006 South Carolina
Full plan approved in 1999
But strategy updated in annual report North CarolinaFinalized in 2014 but awaiting approval from GovernorDepartments using as guidance for implementation Tennessee20142Slide3
State Goal
State
GoalsGeorgiaNoneSouth Carolina
40% recycling rate by 2020
(MSW)Disposal rate of 3.25 pounds per person per day or less North CarolinaActivity rather than numeric goalTennessee25% waste reduction goal in
current legislation
Plan
proposes 40
% recycling rate by 2025 and
Disposal rate down to 3.5
pounds per person per day or less Florida75% “recycling” rate, includes waste to energyAlabama25%
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Reporting Requirements
State
Reporting RequirementsGeorgiaDisposal facilities report tons receivedSouth Carolina
Disposal facilities report tons
receivedCounties report recycling activities & the amount of municipal solid waste recycled within their jurisdictionsMunicipalities, businesses and recyclers report recycling on voluntary basisNorth CarolinaCounties and municipalities report annually on source reduction, reuse, recycling and composting programs and the tons of each material collected (they do not include privately collected tons). TennesseePlanning regions report annually tonnage disposed, recycled, diverted and waste reduction activities and local government grant recipients must also report tons recycled by material and sector Florida
Counties report tons
collected, disposed and recycled. Recovered Materials Dealers
report tons
processed and recycled. C&D facilities report amount processed and recycled
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Reported Diversion/Recycling Rate
State
Diversion/Recycling RateGeorgia
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South Carolina29.2% recycling rate in 2014 (MSW)North CarolinaNo state recycling rate calculatedReported tons recycled by each local government used in annual report that ranks counties on overall recycling and traditional material recycling Tennessee
Reports 47
% diversion rate for residential
sector only, 32% overall
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State Resources: Staff
State
Staffing (FTEs)Georgia
1- 3
South Carolina9 - 12North Carolina13 - 16Tennessee15 – 186Slide7
State Resources: Grants and Loans
State
Waste Reduction, Recycling, Planning GrantsGeorgia
None
South Carolina$1 million in FY14 plus used oil and tire collection grants and college and university recycling grantsNorth CarolinaAnnual appropriation of $1.1 million for recycling grants split between public and private sector with different priorities each year
Tennessee
$6
million
including grants for
composting, convenience centers, waste reduction, recycling equipment, diversion rebates, and used oil collection
All provided funding for development districts to provide technical assistance, HHW collection centers and event, waste oil and waste tire collection and clean-ups7Slide8
Questions?
Abby Goldsmith, PrincipalTel: 404-277-5209 Email: abby@agoldsmithresources.com
Visit us at agoldsmithresources.com8