P2AD – Briefing on Solid
Waste Trust Fund
Activities
Stephanie Busch, P2AD
August 25, 2005
Photo courtesy of Georgia Building Authority
Citizens
Commercial Businesses
Agribusiness
State Agencies
Manufacturers
Efficient and Effective Program
2,500
$900,000
$800,000
2,000
$700,000
$600,000
1,500
$500,000
$400,000
1,000
$300,000
$200,000
500
$100,000
0
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
$0
SWTF
Tech Req
P2AD Assistance - Covering Georgia
CATOOSA
TOWNS
FANNIN
RABUN
DADE
UNION
WHITFIELD
MURRAY
WALKER
GILMER
WHITE
HABERSHAM
LUMPKIN
STEPHENS
GORDON
CHATTOOGA
PICKENS
DAWSON
FRANKLIN
BANKS
Counties in which P2AD and its partners
provided assisstance between 1993 and 2004.
HART
HALL
FLOYD
CHEROKEE
BARTOW
FORSYTH
JACKSON
POLK
MADISON
ELBERT
BARROW
CLARKE
GWINNETT
PAULDING
COBB
OGLETHORPE
OCONEE
HARALSON
LINCOLN
WILKES
WALTON
DEKALB
DOUGLAS
FULTON
ROCKDALE
CARROLL
MORGAN
CLAYTON
GREENE
TALIAFERRO
COLUMBIA
NEWTON
HENRY
FAYETTE
WARREN
MCDUFFIE
RICHMOND
COWETA
HEARD
PUTNAM
JASPER
BUTTS
SPALDING
HANCOCK
GLASCOCK
PIKE
LAMAR
BALDWIN
MERIWETHER
TROUP
BURKE
JEFFERSON
JONES
MONROE
WASHINGTON
UPSON
BIBB
WILKINSON
JENKINS
SCREVEN
HARRIS
CRAWFORD
TALBOT
JOHNSON
TWIGGS
EMANUEL
PEACH
TAYLOR
MUSCOGEE
LAURENS
HOUSTON
CHATTAHOOCHEE
MARION
BLECKLEY
CANDLER
TREUTLEN
BULLOCH
EFFINGHAM
MACON
SCHLEY
PULASKI
DODGE
DOOLY
WEBSTER
EVANS
MONTGOMERY
TOOMBS
WHEELER
STEWART
TATTNALL
SUMTER
BRYAN
CHATHAM
WILCOX
TELFAIR
CRISP
QUITMAN
TERRELL
RANDOLPH
LIBERTY
JEFF DAVIS
LEE
BEN HILL
LONG
APPLING
TURNER
CLAY
IRWIN
CALHOUN
DOUGHERTY
WORTH
COFFEE
WAYNE
BACON
MCINTOSH
TIFT
PIERCE
EARLY
BAKER
ATKINSON
BERRIEN
MITCHELL
BRANTLEY
GLYNN
COLQUITT
MILLER
COOK
WARE
LANIER
SEMINOLE
CAMDEN
CLINCH
DECATUR
GRADY
THOMAS
BROOKS
LOWNDES
CHARLTON
ECHOLS
Map produced by the Ga. EDP
Water Resoruces Branch for the
P2AD Division on 16 July 2004.
®
Leveraging Resources
• Maximizes our effectiveness
• Provides broader range of assistance
capabilities and localized services
• Ensures information developed is
distributed to target audience
• Avoids duplication of services
Leveraging Resources: Partnerships with Universities
to Enhance Capabilities
Provide Technical Assistance: ScrapMatch
Industrial
By-product
Process
Manufacturer
Packaging
Recycler
Landfill
Process Waste: Off-Spec Inventory
16.6 million bottle caps
The Solution
40 TONS of Steel
1 TON of Cardboard
1 TON of Pallets
RECYCLED!
Successful Matches
40,000 pounds of pecan shells
24 trailers of pallets
5.25 million pounds of PET
5.5 million pounds of plastic bags
30,000 cubic yards of paper
1680 tons of broken toilets
DIVERTED
$avings to the Company
24 trailers of pallets
$23,000/year in avoided disposal costs
5.25 million pounds of PET
$79,000/year in avoided disposal costs
5.5 million pounds of plastic bags
$83,000/year in avoided disposal costs
1090 tons of waxed cardboard
$86,400/year in avoided disposal costs
1680 tons of porcelain
$134,000 estimated savings/year
Market Development
Results – Job Creation and Waste
Diversion
9AVOIDED DISPOSAL:
7,500 tons* of WOCC
9JOB CREATION:
Plant employs 35 people
9AVOIDED DISPOSAL COST: $600,000
9CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING SYSTEM
*Potential capacity
Used beverage containers
Office paper
Cardboard
Food waste
Polystyrene
Miscellaneous
Paper
Cardboard
Shredded
Paper
Leveraging Resources: Partnering with Local Governments
to Disseminate Resources and Increase Awareness
Leveraging Resources: Supporting Voluntary
Waste Reduction Programs
Support DoD Sustainable Installation Partnership:
Benefiting the Environment, Base, and Community
Leveraging Funds: Grants to Local
Governments
Areas With Thermometer Exchanges
Barrow County
Bulloch County
Carroll County
Clarke County
Dawson County
Floyd County
Haralson County
Heard County
Jackson County
Macon
Madison County
Morgan County
Newton County
Oconee County
Oglethorpe County
Rockdale County
Roswell
Sandy Springs
Walton County
Whitfield County
Participating School Districts
Baldwin
Bibb
Cherokee
DeKalb
Douglas
Emanuel
Fayette
Fulton
Gwinnett
Hall
Harris
Hancock
Jenkins
Meriwether
Murray
Peach
Putnam
Rockdale
Results of Mercury Collection Events
•More than
250,000 grams of
mercury collected
•That’s enough to
contaminate the
fish in a lake 132
times the size of
Lake Lanier
Develop Programs to Reduce Priority Wastestreams
Over 2 million tons of
construction and demolition
debris disposed
per year in Georgia
Average of 3.89 pounds
of waste/sq ft
That’s Enough to Fill the GA Dome
6 Times!
Image source: www.pbs.org
Georgia Disposal Capacity
(Million Cubic Yards)
500
450
400
350
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
1994
1995
1996
Total
1997
1998
MSWL
1999
2000
SL
Source: DCA’s Annual Solid Waste Management Report - 2004
2001
C&D/L
2002
2003
The Good News
Estimate that between 50 – 90 %
of construction waste is
recoverable
Improving Georgia’s Environment
Through Research
Research on Land Application of
New Drywall
BEFORE
Research on Land Application of
New Drywall
AFTER
Research on Reusing Wood Waste
from Residential New Construction
Leveraging Resources to Fund Pilot
Projects: Ft. Gordon Deconstruction
Ft. Gordon had about 20 warehouses – each
containing valuable building materials – on its
demolition list.
Leveraging Resources to Fund Pilot
Projects: Ft. Gordon Deconstruction
Typical Demolition
Leveraging Resources to Fund Pilot
Projects: Ft. Gordon Deconstruction
Deconstruction
What Was Inside?
2”X6”
wall
studs
Underside Floor Joists: (~2”X12”)
What Was Inside?
Results
•
•
27 structures sold
Revenue
– $20,155 (sale)
– $2,800 (deposits)
•
•
•
Met goal of 50% by weight diverted from landfill
More than 200,000 pounds diverted to-date
Led to
– EPA funding DeCon05 conference in Georgia in 2005
– Participation in GMA’s “burning house” ad hoc
committee
– AND…
Extreme Home Demo - Deconstruction
Deconstruction Pilot
Results
• Net
Savings = $10,331
• Tons Diverted for Reuse/Recycling = ~136
• Diversion rate = ~88%
• Implement when
feasible on future
projects
End-of-Life Electronics Management
•Large, growing wastestream
12.4 million TVs and PCs
334,800 tons of waste
•Contains hazardous materials
31,000 tons of lead
•Lack of local resources to
manage materials
•P2AD coordinates research
with Georgia Tech on model to
spur electronics recycling in
Georgia
Questions?