2004 Annual Report on Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling in Fort Collins
RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING PARTICIPATION
December 1991 through December 2004
Residential Curbside Recycling Participation
Year
Dec 91
Dec 92
Dec 93
Dec 94
Dec 95
Dec 96
Dec 97
Dec 98
Dec 99
Dec 00
Dec 01
Dec 02
Dec 03
Dec 04
Population
88,439
91,117
93,181
95,899
99,726
102,569
106,466
108,981
112,912
117,280
122,377
126,848
130,464
134,128
# Total SingleFamily Homes
21,368
21,913
22,660
23,552
24,488
25,444
26,435
27,138
28,527
29,671
30,589
31,766
32,719
33,683
# Single-Family
Homes Recycling
3,843
4,839
8,501
8,892
14,813
20,497
22,633
23,327
23,668
24,799
24,526
30,764
32,110
26,929
# Multi-Family
Recycling
Customers
na
na
83
68
42
94
59
59
104
305
371
235
207
168
% Homes
Recycling
18%
22%
38%
38%
61%
81%
86%
86%
83%
84%
80%
97%
98%
83%
% Commercial
Customers
Recycling *
na
4%
7%
15%
14%
16%
17%
17%
18%
17%
12%
29%
22%
18%
* based on number of licensed businesses
RECYCLING MILESTONES
June 1, 1991 -- Ordinance requires trash haulers to provide recycling service (not "for free") to customers who desire the service.
December 1, 1992 - Larimer County Recycling Center opens.
January 1, 1993 - All trash haulers in Larimer County are required to charge customers for the amount of trash disposed. Flat fees
are no longer allowed.
October 1, 1995 - Ordinance requires trash haulers to provide weekly recycling collection as part of basic trash collection service.
January 1, 1996 - Ordinance requiring volume based rates becomes effective. Haulers permitted to establish a flat monthly base
fee to recover fixed costs.
December 1999 - Resolution adopted to increase City's waste diversion goal to a 35% rate by 2004, and a 50% diversion goal by 2010.
March 7, 2000 - Amendments made to the ordinance pertaining to procedural and document retention requirements.
April 20, 2004 - Amendment to ordinance clarifying that pay-as-you-throw system applies to group accounts, including homeowner associations.
Residential Curbside Recycling Participation
December 1991 to December 2004
35,000
Households
30,000
25,000
21,368
21,913
22,660
23,552
24,488
26,435
25,444
27,138
28,527
30,589
29,671
31,766
30,764
32,719
33,683
32,110
26,929
20,000
22,633
14,813
23,327
23,668
24,799
24,526
20,497
15,000
8,501
8,892
10,000
3,843
4,839
5,000
0
Dec 91
Dec 92
Dec 93
Dec 94
Dec 95
Dec 96
Dec 97
Dec 98
Reporting Periods
Total # SF Homes
Dec 99
Dec 00
Dec 01
Dec 02
Dec 03
Dec 04
# SF Homes Recycling
GOAL INDICATOR: 80-90 Percent participation in residential curbside recycling services.
MEASUREMENT SOURCE: Semi-annual tonnage reports from local solid waste haulers, and 2000 census data from
City Planning Department.
Curbside Recycling Participation: The number of single-family households increased by 2.9% during 2004, while
the number of single-family households recycling at the curb decreased
by 15% from December 2003 to December 2004.
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2004 Annual Report on Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling
Reported by Fort Collins Haulers
TONS OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTED (wood & yard waste not included)
January 1992 through December 2004
Reporting Period
Total Tons
Per Year
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
City Recycling
Drop-off Site
Tonnage
4,746
7,802
10,667
11,159
13,874
11,763
12,137
13,960
15,246
13,337
13,063
13,297
12,718
Total Tons per
Year Including
Drop-off
847
1,371
1,590
% Increase or
Decrease from
Previous Year
4,746
7,802
10,667
11,159
13,874
11,763
12,137
13,960
15,246
13,337
13,910
14,668
14,308
+64.4%
+36.7%
+4.6%
+24.3%
-15.2%
+3.2%
+15%
+9.2%
-12.5%
+4.3%
+5.5%
-2.5%
Tons of Recyclable Materials Collected by Fort Collins Haulers
from Commercial, Multi-Family, and Residential Customers, and
City of Fort Collins Recycling Drop-off Center
15,246
13,960
13,874
11,763
10,667 11,159
13,337
14,668
13,910
12,136
14,308
7,802
4,746
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Tons of Recyclable Materials Collected by Fort Collins Haulers
from Commercial, Multi-Family, and Residential Customers, and
City of Fort Collins Recycling Drop-off Center
Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
Total Paper Mix *
5,202.39
7,092.16
8,014.81
6,511.74
5,867.72
6,175.75
6,340.59
Total Commingled
3,223.60
2,789.87
3,060.75
3,117.56
3,576.47
3,971.91
3,594.80
Total OCC
Yearly Total
3,710.53
4,076.87
4,170.84
3,707.94
4,460.92
4,520.25
4,372.16
*includes newspaper, #7 ONP, office paper, junk mail, paperboard, magazines & catalogs
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12,136.52
13,958.90
15,246.40
13,337.24
13,905.11
14,667.91
14,307.55
2004 Annual Report on Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling in Fort Collins
BREAKDOWN OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTED
IN CURBSIDE PROGRAM AND AT DROP-OFF LOCATIONS IN FORT COLLINS
BY HAULERS (Residential and Commercial)
Material
January-June 2004
2,743
Paper Mix*
Commingled containers
Corrugated cardboard
TOTAL TONS
Number of Tons
July-December 2004
2,609
1,723
1,978
6,444
TOTAL
5,352
1,577
2,087
6,273
3,300
4,065
12,717
Number in Cubic Yards
Material
Construction Wastes (cubic yards)
5,490
290
1,692
7,472
Yard Wastes (cubic yards)
Wood Wastes (cubic yards)
TOTAL CUBIC YARDS
4,010
745
2,620
7,375
9,500
1,035
4,312
14,847
Tons of Recyclables Collected by Commodity (excluding wood & yard waste)
January - December 2004
Corrugated Cardboard
32%
Paper Mix
42%
Commingled
Containers
26%
Number of Pounds
Annual Pounds of Recyclables Collected Per Capita and
Per Household (includes residential and commercial sources,
City Recycling drop-off volumes; excludes yard and wood wastes)
665
700
600
634
604
551
546
543
556
543
541
527
500
400
271
224
221
300
260
247
223
225
219
218
213
200
100
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Pounds/Household
*Paper Mix includes OMX and #7 ONP
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2001
2002
Pounds/Capita
2003
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2004 Annual Report on Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling in Fort Collins
CUBIC YARDS OF SOLID WASTE LANDFILLED (Reported by Haulers)
June 1995 - December 2004
1995
453,880
119,578
44,201
23,480
5,674
13,915
1996
417,994
217,964
36,788
22,860
5,508
9,802
1997
400,328
154,070
36,550
25,300
5,306
6,686
1998
316,485
142,106
36,130
25,680
4,318
8,049
1999
368,705
201,813
36,006
26,722
3,669
27,619
3,008
150
3,952
2000 *
157,209
236,509
35,609
26,698
2,467
35,166
6,624
210
9,456
2,817
2,580
0
2001
187,846
236,810
33,997
26,895
2002
187,329
234,057
33,206
27,080
2003
199,962
226,176
33,015
27,435
2004
193,429
243,393
32,934
27,260
113,591
12,264
300
6,011
2,601
3,711
0
46,885
13,063
0
18,148
577
1,176
0
23,596
15,979
0
49,060
1,496
1,094
1,280
7,775
23,357
17,390
0
43,300
618
853
5,670
11,715
1,740
TOTAL MSW
Cubic Yards
660,728
710,916
628,240
532,768
671,644
515,345
624,026
561,521
586,868
601,659
Conversion to
Tons: 3cy/ton
220,243
236,972
+7.6%
209,413
-11.6%
177,589
-15.2%
223,881
+26.1%
171,782
-23.3%
208,009
+21.1%
187,174
-10%
195,623
+4.5%
200,553
+2.5%
166,134
198,285
184,602
188,364
194,492
Hauler 1
Hauler 2
Hauler 3
Hauler 4
Hauler 5
Hauler 6
Hauler 7
Hauler 8
Hauler 9
Hauler 10
Hauler 11
Hauler 12
Hauler 13
Hauler 14
% Increase / Decrease
Using EPA conversion rates
("midpoint") to tons**
* Staff believes numbers are a reporting error
750,000
660,728
710,916
628,240
532,768
Cubic
Yards
600,000
624,026
671,644
601,659
561,521 586,868
515,345
450,000
300,000
150,000
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 *
2001
2002
2003
2004
Solid Waste Landfilled by Fort Collins Haulers (Commercial/Residential Customers)
Total MSW Reported by Haulers by Type (in Cubic Yards)
Method of
Collection
Compacted
Residential
Compacted
Commercial
Roll-off
Compacted
Roll-off Loose
TOTAL Cubic
Yards / Tons
2000
Cubic Yards
2001
Tons **
Cubic Yards
2002
Tons **
Cubic Yards
2003
Tons **
Cubic Yards
2004
Tons **
Cubic Yards
Tons **
262,771
98,539
292,255
109,596
300,982
112,868
277,359
104,010
120,812
45,305
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
182,692
68,510
71,769
26,913
93,605
35,102
87,419
32,782
98,098
36,787
90,622
33,983
180,805
40,681
238,166
53,587
173,120
38,952
211,411
47,567
207,533
46,695
515,345
166,134
624,026
198,285
561,521
184,602
586,868
188,364
601,659
194,492
GOAL INDICATOR: Decrease volume of Fort Collins wastes disposed at landfills by 35% by 2004, and 50% by 2010
MEASUREMENT SOURCE: Semi-annual tonnages report from local solid waste haulers.
**EPA - MSW (Compacted in Truck) 500-1000 lbs/Cu.Yd. Midpoint =750) (Factor = 0.25-0.50, Midpoint =0.375)
EPA - MSW (Uncompacted 300-600 lbs/Cu.Yd. Midpoint =450) (Factor =0.15-0.30, Midpoint =0.225)
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