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Home My WebLink About1998-11-24 Recycling Committee Minutes Recycle Connmittee Meeting � November 24, 1998 Members Present; Chair-Jerry Palmer, Arthur Stockus, Jerry Hughes,John Hanson, Bill�'hil'zps, Ray Bolduc, Alan. I�ochis, Bill Shoak Catl To Order: Councilor Palmer called the meetin.g to arder at 6:05 PM and requested that recycling committee members introduce theznselves. iVli�tute Approval. The minutes from the(Jctgber 27, 1998 meeting were appraved as written and will be placed on file. Recycling Repor~ts: Arthur Stockus reported that recycling tonna�e frorn outside comrnunities was sliahtly down for the m4nth�f October and that re�enues from materials s�ld for the manth totaled$8,.682. Revenues year to date far recyclin� sales total $34,�27. Market prices for recyclin� items are � declinin�with inixed plastic below S 100 per ton. �lrthur explained the pr4cedures used for market%ng and sellin�recyclables and informed councilor Palmer of how the i�IR�ZA plays an imporCant role with marketing, sales, and reimb�zrsement to regional ca3nmunities. Bill Philips asked if the weight assaciated with tin cans was included 'zn the avoided cast fbQures. Arthur replied that tl2eir was no revenue received for the tin cans and that tin can wei�ht was part of the avoided cost figures. Recycling Education; Arthur Stockus sta.ted that recycling education was an ongoizag cormmitment to the recycling prograzn and that discussions on educatian t�ften surfaced durin�recycting cammit�ee meetanas. Arthur also said that Kathy Csuerin had recently displayed recycling educational material d�.�ring the America Recycles Day event that was held on Sunday,Ngvember i 5, 199$. Jahn Hanson stated his ideas abaut recycling education and informed councilor Palnner that his feelings were that chilciren are the best resaurce for educating parents about reeyc3ing. The committee then discussed particulars abaut the educational pracess and how to best irnplement recycli.rag educatian. Alan Kochis suggested that schooi principals be ct�ntacted early regardina the possibility af promotin�recycling poster competitions thraugh the Bangor Schacals. Axthur Stackus expressed his concern abaut the Iack of PSA's covering recyciing issues and mentioned that he will be contacting Jara:et Smith of Channel2 in the near�uture. Arthur also infarmed � counczlar Pa2mer that Bangar Beautiful`s �nission statement includes recycli�ng education and that Bangor Beautiful will play an important role with the recycling education process. Jerry Hughes _ _ mentioned that he would make the corrections to the recycling flyers that will be distributed at • #he curb and will educate the recycling drivers as to when and how to issue these flyers to Banjor residents. America Recycles Day: This item was referred to the next scheduled recycling committee meeting. Leaf Collection Update: Arthur Stockus briefed the committee on leaf pickup for this year. The ECO biodegrada.ble bag was promoted this year and 10-15% of the residents have used the bags this season. A larae number of people have used the leaf site at Public Works for their leaves and tr�c to that y facility is high on weekends. There appears to be a smaller leaf crop this year which may be due to tne stress to tne trees that occurred during the ice storm. Presently, Bass park is completely full of leaves,the Finson road site is almost at full capacity, and the Griffm road site has recently began taking leaves. Approximately 900 tons of leaves are composted and are used to produce 1,000 cubic yards of loam annually for City projects. Items for Nest Agenda: Standard Agenda Items and (Recycling Education, America Recycles Day Briefing} � Close Meeting: The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 PM. Final discussion from committee members focused on the next meeting date. There will be no recycling committee meeting scheduled for the month of December. The next scheduled meetina will be on Tuesdav evenin�January 26. 1999 at 6:00 PM. � , � . RECYCLING TRACKING REPQRT NOVEMBER 199$ Description FY 98 FY 99 Total Tons Processed (YTD) 1,482 1,45$ . Tons Processed (�Ionth) 251 271 Tons from Regional Cammunities (Mo} 17$ 172 Bangor Tonna�e (Mo) 64 99 Bangor Tonnage {YTD) �'�'3 55? Revenues (Month} 7,045 3,710 Revenues {YTD) 48,425 38,236 Avoided Casts (Month) 3,169 5,427 � Avozded Costs (YTD) 22,605 30,604 MARKET PRICES {Monthl;��) Newspaper 31 31 Cardboard 55 26 Office Paper 7 i 66 HDPE 2 plastic 304 8S � , NOVEMBER 1998 � RECYCLING REVENUES ALL SOURCES MATERIAL BUDGET RECEIPTS % TO PERIOD TO DATE BUDGET CARDBOARD 2,000 0 3,489 174.45 METALS 1,500 0 0 0 BOTTLES 0 0 0 0 GLASS 0 0 0 0 NEWSPRINT 32,000 0 15,482 48.38 PLASTIC (HDPE) 10,000 0 6,047 60.�7 OFFICE PAPER 0 0 2,887 0 TEXTILES 0 0 0 0 BOXBOARD 0 0 0 0 PROCESSING FEES 30,000 3,710 10,332 34.44 TOTALS 7�,�00 3,710 38,237 �0.6� � AVOIDED COSTS Tons Tip Fee Avoided cost First Quarter 313 55.04 17,227.52 Second Quarter 244 54.82 13,376.08 Third Quarter 0 Fourth Quarter 0 Totals 557 30,603.6 Average Tipping Fee 54.93 OPERATING PROGR.AM DESCRIPTION LABOR EQUIP MAT OH TOTAL SORTING BALING �,, 29,212 11,287 6,070 20,355 66,924 MAINTENANCE �13 875 305 4,487 610 6,277 � UTILITIES �,4 0 0 441 0 441 TOTALS 30,087 11,592 10,998 20,965 73,642 December 9, 1998