2003 Annual Report on Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling in Fort Collins
RESIDENTIAL CURBSIDE RECYCLING PARTICIPATION
December 1991 through December 2003
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
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
# 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
# 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
# Multi-Family
Recycling
Customers
na
na
83
68
42
94
59
59
104
305
371
235
207
% Homes
Recycling
18%
22%
38%
38%
61%
81%
86%
86%
83%
84%
80%
97%
98%
% Commercial
Customers
Recycling *
na
4%
7%
15%
14%
16%
17%
17%
18%
17%
12%
29%
22%
* 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 to increase City's waste diversion rate to a 35% rate by 2004, and a 50% diversion goal by 2010.
March 7, 2000 - Amendments were made to the Ordinance adding provisions pertaining to procedural requirements and adding a document
retention requirement.
April 20, 2004 - Amendment to the Ordinance clarifying the application of the pay-as-you-throw system ("unit based" prices) to group
accounts, and to provide more specific guidance as to how group accounts must be administered.
Residential Curbside Recycling Participation
December 1991 to December 2003
35,000
Households
30,000
25,000
21,368
21,913
22,660
23,552
24,488
25,444
26,435
27,138
28,527
29,671
30,589
31,766
30,764
20,000
22,633
14,813
23,327
23,668
24,799
32,719
32,110
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
# 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: Increased another 1% from December 2002 to 98% in December 2003,
or 33,211 single-family households recycling.
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2003 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 2003
Reporting Period
Total Tons
Per Year
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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
Total Tons per
Year Including
Drop-off
% 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
847
1,371
+64.4%
+36.7%
+4.6%
+24.3%
-15.2%
+3.2%
+15%
+9.2%
-12.5%
+4.3%
+5.5%
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
10,667
13,910
14,668
12,136
11,763
11,159
13,337
7,802
4,746
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
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
Total Paper Mix *
5,202.39
7,092.16
8,014.81
6,511.74
5,867.72
6,175.75
Total Commingled
3,223.60
2,789.87
3,060.75
3,117.56
3,576.47
3,971.91
Total OCC
Yearly Total
3,710.53
4,076.87
4,170.84
3,707.94
4,460.92
4,520.25
*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
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BREAKDOWN OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS COLLECTED
IN CURBSIDE PROGRAM AND AT DROP-OFF LOCATIONS IN FORT COLLINS
BY HAULERS (Residential and Commercial)
Material
January-June 2003
2,897
Paper Mix*
Commingled containers
Corrugated cardboard
TOTAL TONS
Number of Tons
July-December 2003
3,278
1,972
2,192
7,061
TOTAL
6,175
3,972
4,521
14,668
2,000
2,329
7,607
Number in Cubic Yards
Material
Construction Wastes (cubic yards)
Yard Wastes (cubic yards)
Wood Wastes (cubic yards)
TOTAL CUBIC YARDS
0
0
0
3,525
124
8,206
3,525
124
8,206
0
11,855
11,855
Tons of Recyclables Collected by Commodity (excluding wood & yard waste)
January - December 2003
Corrugated Cardboard
32%
Paper Mix
38%
Commingled
Containers
28%
Annual Pounds of Recyclables Collected Per Capita and
Per Household (includes residential and commercial sources)
665
Number of Pounds
700
600
634
604
551
564
546
543
556
510
500
400
271
224
221
300
260
247
223
228
206
225
200
100
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
Pounds/Household
*Paper Mix includes OMX and #7 ONP
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2000
2001
Pounds/Capita
2002
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CUBIC YARDS OF SOLID WASTE LANDFILLED (Reported by Haulers)
June 1995 - December 2003
1995
13,915
23,480
119,578
44,201
5,674
453,880
1996
9,802
22,860
217,964
36,788
5,508
417,994
1997
6,686
25,300
154,070
36,550
5,306
400,328
1998
8,049
25,680
142,106
36,130
4,318
316,485
1999
27,619
26,722
201,813
36,006
3,669
368,705
3,008
150
3,952
2000 *
35,166
26,698
236,509
35,609
2,467
157,209
6,624
210
9,456
2,817
2,580
0
2001
113,591
26,895
236,810
33,997
0
187,846
12,264
300
6,011
2,601
3,711
0
2002
46,885
27,080
234,057
33,206
0
187,329
13,063
0
18,148
577
1,176
0
2003
23,596
27,435
226,176
33,015
0
199,962
15,979
0
49,060
1,496
1,094
1,280
7,775
TOTAL Cubic
Yards SW
Landfilled
660,728
710,916
628,240
532,768
671,644
515,345
624,026
561,521
586,868
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%
Hauler 6
Hauler 4
Hauler 2
Hauler 3
Hauler 5
Hauler 1
Hauler 7
Hauler 8
Hauler 9
Hauler 10
Hauler 11
Hauler 12
Hauler 13
% Increase / Decrease
750,000
710,916
660,728
532,768
600,000
Cubic
Yards
671,644
628,240
624,026
515,345
586,868
561,521
450,000
300,000
150,000
0
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000 *
2001
2002
2003
Solid Waste Landfilled
(Commercial and Residential)
Total MSW Reported by Haulers by Type (in Cubic Yards)
Year
Compacted MSW
(Rearload) (CY)
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
GOAL INDICATOR:
375,686
262,771
292,255
300,982
277,359
Roll-off Compacted
MSW (CY)
Roll-off Loose MSW (CY)
69,934
71,769
93,605
87,419
98,098
TOTAL Cubic Yards
226,024
180,805
238,166
173,120
211,411
Decrease volume of Fort Collins waste disposed at
landfills by 35% by 2004, and 50% by 2010
MEASUREMENT SOURCE:
Semi-annual tonnages report from local solid waste haulers.
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671,644
515,345
624,026
561,521
586,868