04/01/1987 - Packet CITY OF TIGARD
UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE COMMITTEE
MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, April 1, 1987 — 7:00_P.M.
Tigard City Hall — Community Development Conference Room
Members: BENZ _ JACOBS ✓ McREYNOLDS ✓
MISOVETZ ✓ OSBORNE K- tf
1 . Call to Order and Roll Call.
2. Minutes of March 18, 1987 meeting.
3 . Annual Report Review.
4. Regular Meeting Date and Time, Discussion.
5. Schedule Next Meeting Date.
6. Other Business.
7. Adjournment
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-GARD UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE ADVISORY BOARD
Waste Haulers Annual Report Analysis
MILLER'S /CUST PRIDE /COST SCHMIDT /CUST KELLER /CUST TOTAL /CUST
CUSTOMERS:
Residential 699 2,850 1,847 0 5,396
Commercial 105 642 70 0 817
Drop Box 0 86 0 0 86
Other 81 0 0 0 81
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Total Customers 885 3,578 1,917 0 6,380
REVENUES:
Customer Services 287,397 324.74 918,042 256.58 186,701 97.39 16,776 0.00 1,408,916 220.83
Salvage/Recycle 6,684 7.55 220 0.06 4,307 2.25 0 0.00 11,211 1.76
Other Operating 0.00 2,005 0.56 1,042 0.54 0 0.00 3,047 0.48
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Total Revenues 294,081 332.29 920,267 257.20 192,050 100.18 16,776 0.00 1,423,174 223.07
OPERATING COSTS:
Wages, Fringes 110,093 124.40 209,249 58.48 87,685 45.74 3,978 0.00 411,005 64.42
Fuel, lubrication 5,731 6.48 25,538 7.14 4,282 2.23 749 0.00 36,300 5.69
Equipment maint & rep 11,124 12.57 57,140 15.97 7,689 4.01 2,507 0.00 78,460 12.30
Recycle costs 0 0.00 5,527 1.54 4,804 2.51 8,795 0.00 19,126 3.00
Franchise fees ��� 8,498 9.60� \P 27,548 7.70 3,923 2.05 503 0.00 40,472 6.34
Dump fees 47,039 53.15 149,268 41.72 22,595 11.79 0 0.00 218,902 34.31
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Total Direct Costs 182,485 206.20 474,270 132.55 130,978 68.32 16,532 0.00 804,265 126.06
INDIRECT COSTS:
Salaries; management 34,948 39.49 26.03 4,044 2.11 1,434 0.00 133,562 20.93
Office expenses 5,524 6.24 48,881 13.66 3,637 1.90 93 0.00 58,135 9.11
Taxes, licenses 9,745 11.01 26,711 7.47 9,969 5.20 1,022 0.00 47,447 7.44
Rent 0 0.00 13,906 3.89 3,186 1.66 300 0.00 17,392 2.73
Equipment deprn 16,585 18.74 58,904 16.46 20,383 10.63 2,110 0.00 97,982 15.36
Sales & advertising 686 0.78 783 0.22 79 0.04 37 0.00 1,585 0.25
Professional fees 8,845 9.99 9,398 2.63 2,833 1.48 65 0.00 21,141 3.31
Other collect costs 767 0.87 5 15.51 _ 944 0_49 - 0--0.00 -57,212- 8.97
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Total Indirect 77,100 87.12 85.86 45,075 23.51 5,061 0.00 -43#� 68.10
OTHER COSTS:
Interest paid 18,374 20.76 49JO
41.79 614 0.32 648 0.00 169,152 26.51
Extraordinary costs 0 0.00 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------- -------------------
Total Other Costs 18,374 20.76 149,516 41.79 614 0.32 648 0.00 169,152 26.51
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- --------------- -------------------
NET OPERATING INCOME 16,122 18.22 (3.00) 15,383 8.02 (5,465) 0.00 -----1 . --2.40-
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TIGARD UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE ADVISORY BOARD
Waste Haulers Annual Report Analysis
MILLER'S X REV PRIDE X REV SCHMIDT I REV KELLER I REV TOTAL X REV
CUSTOMERS:
Residential 699 2,850 1,847 0 5,396
Commercial 105 642 70 0 817
Drop Box 0 86 0 0 86
Other 81 0 0 0 81
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Total Customers 885 3,578 1,917 0 6,380
REVENUES:
Customer Services 287,397 97.73 918,042 99.76 186,701 97.21 16,776 100.00 1,408,916 99.00
Salvage/Recycle 6,684 2.27 220 0.02 4,307 2.24 0 0.00 11,211 0.79
Other Operating 0.00 2,005 0.22 1,042 0.54 0 0.00 3,047 0.21
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Total Revenues 294,081 100.00 920,267 100.00 192,050 100.00 16,776 100.00 1,423,174 100.00
OPERATING COSTS:
Wages, Fringes 110,093 37.44 209,249 22.74 87,685 45.66 3,978 23.71 411,005 28.88
Fuel, lubrication 5,731 1.95 25,538 2.78 4,282 2.23 744 4.4o 36,300 2.55
Equipment saint 6 rep 11,124 3.78 57,140 6.21 7,689 4.00 2,507 14.44 78,460 5.51
Recycle costs 0 0.00 5,527 0.60 4,804 2.50 8,195 52.1- 19,126 1.34
Franchise fees 8,498 2.89 27,548 2.99 3,923 2.04 503 3.uu 40,472 2.84
Dump fees 47,039 16.00 149,268 16.22 22,595 11.77 0 0.00 218,902 15.38
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Total Direct Costs 182,485 62.05 474,270 51.54 130,978 68.20 16,532 98.55 804,265 56.51
INDIRECT COSTS:
Salaries; management 34,948 11.88 93,136 10.12 4,044 2.11 1,434 8.55 133,562 9.38
Office expenses 5,524 1.88 48,881 5.31 3,637 1.89 93 0.55 58,135 4.08
Taxes, licenses 9,745 3.31 26,711 2.90 9,969 5.19 1,022 6.09 47,447 3.33
Rent 0 0.00 13,906 1.51 3,186 1.66 300 1.79 17,392 1.22
Equipment deprn 16,585 5.64 58,904 6.40 20,383 10.61 2,110 12.58 97,982 6.88
Sales S advertising 686 0.23 783 0.09 79 0.04 37 0.22 1,585 0.11
Professional fees 8,845 3.01 9,398 1.02 2,833 1.48 65 0.39 21,141 1.49
Other collect costs 767 0.26 55,501 6.03 944 0.49 0 0.00 57,212 4.02
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Total Indirect 77,100 26.22 307,220 33.38 45,075 23.47 5,Oal 30.17 434,456 30.53
OTHER COSTS:
Interest paid 18,374 6.25 149,516 16.25 614 0.32 648 3.86 169,152 11.89
Extraordinary costs 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Total Other Costs 18,374 6.25 149,516 16.25 614 0.32 .648 3.86 169,152 11.89
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
NET OPERATING INCOME 16,122 5.48 (10,739) (1.17) 15,383 8.01 (5,465)(32.58) 15,301 1.08
TIGARD UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE ADVISORY BOARD
Waste Haulers Annual Report Analysis
with METRO'S Increase Added
MILLER'S X REV PRIDE Y REV SCHMIDT X REV KELLER % REV TOTAL % REV
CUSTOMERS:
Residential 699 2,850 1,847 0 5,396
Commercial 105 642 70 0 817
Drop Boz 0 86 0 0 86
Other 81 0 0 0 81
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Total Customers 885 3,578 1,917 0 6,380
REVENUES:
Customer Services 287,397 97.73 918,042 99.76 186,701 97.21 16,776 100.00 1,408,916 99.00
Salvage/Recycle 6,684 2.27 220 0.02 4,307 2.24 0 0.00 11,211 0.79
Other Operating 0.00 2,005 0.22 1,042 0.54 0 0.00 3,047 0.21
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Total Revenues 294,081 100.00 920,267 100.00 192,050 100.00 16,776 100.00 1,423,174 100.00
OPERATING COSTS:
Wages, Fringes 110,093 37.44 209,249 22.74 87,685 45.66 3,978 23.71 411,005 28.88
Fuel, lubrication 5,731 1.95 25,538 2.78 4,282 2.23 749 4.46 36,300 2.55
Equipment maint & rep 11,124 3.78 57,140 6.21 7,689 4.00 2,507 14.94 78,460 5.51
Recycle costs 0 0.00 5,527 0.60 4,804 2.50 8,795 52.43 19,126 1.34
Franchise fees 8,498 2.89 27,548 2.99 3,923 2.04 503 3.00 40,472 2.84
Dump fees 47,039 16.00 149,268 16.22 22,595 11.77 0 0.00 218,902 15.38
Dump fee increase 7,573 2.58 24,032 2.61 3,638 1.89 0 0.00 35,243 2.48
----------------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Total Direct Costs 190,058 64.63 498,302 54.15 134,616 70.09 16,532 98.55 839,508 58.99
INDIRECT COSTS:
Salaries; management 34,948 11.88 93,136 10.12 4,044 2.11 1,434 8.55 133,562 9.38
Office expenses 5,524 1.88 48,881 5.31 3,637 1.89 93 0.55 58,135 4.08
Taxes, licenses 9,745 3.31 26,711 2.90 9,969 5.19 1,022 6.09 47,447 3.33
Rent. 0 0.00 13,906 1.51 3,186 1.66 300 1.79 17,342 1.22
Equipment deprn 16,585 5.64 58,904 6.40 20,383 10.61 2,110 12.58 97,982 6.88
Sales & advertising 686 0.23 783 0.09 79 0.04 37 0.22 11585 0.11
Professional fees 8,845 3.01 9,398 1.02 2,833 1.48 65 0.39 21,141 1.49
Other collect costs 767 0.26 55,501 6.03 944 0.49 0 0.00 57,212 4.02
-------- ----------------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------------
Total Indirect 77,100 26.22 307,220 33.38 45,075 23.47 5,061 30.17 434,456 30.53
OTHER COSTS:
Interest paid 18,374 6.25 149,516 16.25 614 0.32 648 3.86 169,152 11.89
Extraordinary costs 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00 0 0.00
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Total Other Costs 18,374 6.25 149,516 16.25 614 0.32 648 3.86 169,152 11.89
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NET OPERATING INCOME 8,549 2.91 (34,111) (3.78) 11,745 6.12 (5,465)(32.58) (19,942) (1.40)
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RE: RECYCLING '
EDUCATION & PROMOTION
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Vo Zume 2, No. 6
March-ApriZ, 1987
Bravo!
if you are among the majority of solid waste/recycling collectors who are
juggling mounds of paperwork and all the other tasks involved in running
afairly-to-very successful business, plus offering recycling services
and handling promotion and education in your community, all with a minimum
of grousing, we think it is high time you got a big pat on the back from
us at DEQ, from the other governmental agencies you deal with, from your
peers and from the general public- You folks truly represent the unselfish
spirit that makes Oregon a.great place to°live. And it is you who help
maintain our enviable national reputation as an environmentally-aware
statae Bravo to the nor-foot draggers in your field!
Promotion Tip
Since it is spring, summer is not far behind. Now is the time to contact
clubs, schools, civic groups -- any organization that might be planning
a spring or summer community event. (Do not forget Scout groups; many
sponsor day camps< ) You will want to arrange for recycling bins next to
the trash cans at every community activity. of course, the bins will be
well identified with signs promoting both recycling and your company!
RE: Survey Results
Thanks to those of you who have returned surveys re: RE! Your comments
were thoughtful, and you will soon be seeing changes based on them. Wtion,
are also wrestling with less white space (called "air") in our p
ublicaand do plan to run more examples of promotional material that have been
successful around the state. (See article entitled HELI' NEEDED for more
information! )
811 S.W. SIXTH AVENUE. PCRTLr1ND. ORECCN 97204 PHONE 1503) 229'690
Help needed
We agree with several of you who reminded us, in your survey comments,
that it is important to get out of our office and make in-person visits.
But please do not wait for us to come to you: If you are pleased with
a promotion you have done, have a school presentation idea, want to share -
camera-ready material, or want to discuss something that just did not work,
mail us the info. Do not worry about making it complete -- we will phone
you if we need more! Address it to RE Editor, DEQ Public Affairs, 811
SW 6th, Portland 97204. And remember, your comments and suggestions about
RE always are welcome, signed or unsigned, at the above address.
Got the "improperly-prepared-material blues"?
.The law says you need not take it, but many collectors are hearing
complaints when the householder sees the recyclables left behind, or,
worse yet, "dumped." Here is a message to copy and attach to the next batch
of poorly-prepared recyclables you run across. (You may want to word it
differently, according to local needs. ) It would be a good idea for you
or your collector to circle the specific information that applies to the
material you are leaving behind. Be sure to sign the form and include
your telephone number. If you would like help or suggestions,
contact Alene Cordas in Public Affairs at 229-6046, or Lorie Parker,
Bill Bree, Peter Spendelow or Marianne Fitzgerald in the Recycling
Department, 229-6165.
DEAR CUSTOMER:
THANK YOU FOR DOING YOUR SHARE AND RECYCLING. UNFORTUNATELY, WE WERE
UNABLE TO TAKE YOUR MATERIAL. NEXT TIME, PLEASE:
1. Sort paper into stacks of newsprint only (no magazines or "slick"
paper) .
2. Wash out glass containers and separate into three different bags
or boxes according to color: green, clear, and amber (brown) .
You do NOT have to remove labels from glass items.
3. Wash out cans, cut off the ends (if possible) , and peel off paper
labels. Then flatten.
4. We are able to take corrugated cardboard only. That is the kind
with an inner, U-shaped layer. Flatten and stack.
5. Motor oil must be in a clean, transparent container with a
tight-fitting lid. An empty plastic milk or bleach jug is fine.
Please do not mix the motor oil with any other substance.
Teach your children well
The first draft of the recycling education curriculum package for Oregon
public schools grades K-12 is finished. It will be tested this spring
in at least three school districts: Bend-LaPine, Lincoln County and David
Douglas. The first draft will be reviewed and changes made where
appropriate. The final draft of the curriculum package should be ready
for implementation in local schools' education programs at the beginning
of next school year, (September 1987) . For more information, contact
Marianne Fitzgerald at DEQ, 229-5060.
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Legislative Update
The Legislature is now in full swing and many bills concerning recycling
are being considered this session. Following is a list of -Senate and House
bills that could affect Oregon recycling programs, and the status of each
bill as of March 24. You may want write to your local representative and
voice your opinion on one or several of these issues. For more
information, call 1-800-332-2313.
SB12 -- Deletes authority of EQC -to grant extension of time to prepare
recycling report.
STATUS: Tabled in Committee 02/02/87
SB290 -- Prohibits sale, on and after January 1, 1990, of sealed, rigid
plastic milk containers which cannot be returned for deposit.
STATUS: In Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee;
Public hearing scheduled April 6, work session April 8.
SB508 -- Requires deposit on beverage containers designed to contain less
than 22 ounces or more than 27 ounces of beverage of wine and
fruit juice or flavoring material and having not more than 7. 5
percent alcohol by volume, commonly known as wine cooler.
STATUS: In Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committtee;
public hearing scheduled April 16, work session April S.
SB615 -- Prohibits OLCC from possessing or selling alcoholic liquor in
plastic containers.
STATUS: In Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee;
public hearing scheduled April 6, work session April 8.
HB2022 -- Establishes statewide program to collect and reuse discarded
tires.
STATLIS: In House Environment and Energy Committee.
HB2023 -® Continues pollution control tax credit program until 12/31/93.
STATUS:' In House Environment and Energy Committee.
HB2255 -- Expands requirement for deposit on beverage container to include
any container for beverage containing more than one-half of one
percent alcohol by volume.
STATUS: In House Environment and Energy Committee.
HB2269 -- Enacts tax on disposable food containers with proceeds to finance
litter cleanup projects.
STATUS: In House Environment and Energy Committee.
HB3251 -- Requires program providing mandatory curbside pickup of
vegetative debris on regular basis before EQC may prohibit open
burning of vegetative debris from residential yard cleanup.
Requires EQC to allow open burning of vegetative debris from
residential yard cleanup for one week in spring and one week
in fall.
STATUS: In House Environmental and Energy Committee.
HB3313 -- Establishes Plastic Recycling and Waste Disposal Program to
encourage recycling and proper disposal of plastic containers.
STATUS: In House Environmental and Energy Committee.
HB3314 -- Prohibits sale of product in plastic container unless plastic
is certain grade and container is labeled to indicate grade of
plastic.
STATUS: In House Environmental and Energy Committee.
HB3315 -- Prohibits sale of non-biodegradable disposable diapers at retail
stores on or after January 1, 1988. Provides civil penalties.
STATUS: In House Environmental and Energy Committee.
HB3316 -- Prohibits grocery store, food market or retail seller from using
or providing plastic bags for use by customers.
STATUS: In House and Consumer Business Affairs Committee.
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Second annual Spring Conf er-ence
. .on Recycling Education and Promotion is scheduled Friday, May 15,
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. , at the Eugene Community Conference Center. Panel
discussions and workshops will be held on a wide range of recycling topics.
Thank you to all who sent back surveys on conference topic ideas from last
month's newsletter.
Registration fee is $15 for the entire education-and-action-packed day,
including lunch. Pre-registration is due May 4, but participants may
register at 8:30 a.m. the day of the conference. Spring Conference
registration forms will be sent to everyone on the RE mailing list, so
look for yours in the mail, then sign up to learn about what is new in
recycling education and promotion in Oregon.
Tables will be available for exhibits. If you or your recycling-oriented
organization want to have a display at the conference, contact Suzanne
Ziolko, AOR education chairperson, at 655-8521, ext. 239.
Seafood, wine & recycling
. . . .were all standouts at the 10th annual Newport Seafood & Wine Festival,
February 20-22. About 600 cases of wine, including the bottles and
cardboard boxes, were recycled at the three-day festival, estimates Peter
Boris, a festival committee member.
Richard Grusing of Yaquina Recycling worked overtime during the event
separating wine bottles and cardboard for recycling. After the festival
was over, he sold 8780 pounds (more than four tons) of glass to
Owens-Illinois and 240 pounds of cardboard to Georgia Pacific.
"If it had not been for Dick Grusing and his recycling company, we would
have had tons and tons of garbage left from the feast," Boris said. "I
cannot say enough great things about the job he did for us. It meant
a net savings to the festival committee and a net profit to the recycler.
We all came out ahead!"
"It was a big job; it took a lot of time and work, but I was happy to do
it," Grusing said. "I'm looking forward to doing it again next year."
"I would strongly recommend those who have festivals that end up with
a lot of cardboard and glass should recycle," Boris said. He suggests
anyone interested in setting up recycling for community events should work
with local environmental groups and recycling companies. For more
information or contacts, call Mary Gross or Alene Cordas at DEQ, 229-6046.
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Read ail about it ...
Newspaper advertising is the way Doug John of Roseburg Disposal Company
has chosen to promote and educate the public about recycling. He has.
advertised in Douglas County's daily, "The News Review" since before the
Recycling opportunity Act went into effect last July.
In February, Roseburg Disposal started a new ad campaign featuring a series
of six educational recycling ads that are being printed six consecutive
Sundays and Mondays. Unlike ads John's company has previously run, the
halo-dozen new ads focus on why people should recycle. The first in the
series explained why recycling in general is important to our economy and
environment. The following five ads tell why people should recycle
specific materials, one advertisement each on cardboard, glass, newspaper,
oil and tin and aluminum.
Newspaper advertising, John says, is the most affordable means for his
company to promote recycling. The newspaper ads which he and a newspaper
representative designed reach readers throughout Douglas County, and
beyond Roseburg Disposal's territory. John says he has received positive
feed back and "thank you's" for the ads from people all over Douglas
County, though it is hard to determine how much the ads might increase
participation in recycling there.
Mr. Trash Tells Vhy
„- You Should Recycle
` ARB SAB
• Saves resources for future
• use.
• Uses 24% less energy than
manufacturing raw
materials. i
• Creates an a:portable commodity.
H OVI TO R ECYC LE
CARDBOARD
Flatten and call Roseburg
Disposal for pickup on the .
last Tuesday of each month.
ROSEBURG DGSPDSAL CO.
835 SE Sheridan 673-7122
Roseburg Disposal ran this ad in the Sunday, February 8 and Monday,
February 9, 1987 editions of 'The News Review." .
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Lights! Camera! Action!
Recycling came under the spotlight `in Southern Oregon when five garbage
haulers there sponsored a "How-to-recycle" television commercial that ran .
on KTVL channel 10 during December and January. The 30-second commercial
was aired at least 30 times during different times of day on KTV1. The
total cost, including production fees, was $550, reported Lois Wenker of
Ashland Sanitary Service, who helped plan the ad.
Ashland Sanitary, City Sanitary Service of Medford, Grants Pass Sanitation,
Klamath Disposal Incorporated of Klamath Falls and Southern Oregon
Sanitation of Grants Pass all split the cost, paying $111 each for
the 30 showings which reached television viewers in each hauler's
collection area. The straight-forward commercial features pictures showing
how to prepare recyclables for collection by garbage haulers while a voice
in the background explains the process. At the end of the ad, the five
sponsors are identified and their phone numbers are given for viewers who
want more information.
Since the ad ran, Ashland Sanitary and most of the other haulers in the
area have noticed a five percent increase in curbside recycling
participation. "It's really a great ad," says Wenker. "By working with
the other haulers to share the cost and getting a special promotion price
from the TV station, it was very affordable." The Southern Oregon group
plans to make minor changes and run the ad again in the near future,
according to Wenker.
Hanger hang-ups
Does it ever seem that wire hangers reproduce in your closets? Well,
here's a bit of good news for those who find it necessary to periodically
weed closets of excess hangers, then don't know what to do with them --
According to an "Action" article in the March 8 Oregonian, wire hangers
can be recycled. The article quotes a Schnitzer Steel Products Inc.
representative who says wire hangers are part of the stream of metals being
recycled here.
". . .do not plan on making any money on your hangers when you do the
spring house cleaning," the article reads, "but do plan on taking
advantage of Portland's new recycling plan by bundling up wire hangers
and placing them curbside. According to several local garbage-haulers,
wire hangers should be stripped of protective papers and cardboard rolls
and bundled. . .Garbage collectors will pick up hangers on recycling days,
and the hangers should be bundled with twist-ties or bagged in grocery
sacks, or added to containers of tin cans or other metal."
Now. garbage haulers can help rid customers of hanger hang-ups!
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EQC orders Portland to begin recycling program
The Environmental Quality Commission issued an order to the city of
Portland at its regular meeting on Friday, March 13 in Portland. The order
directs the city to begin its curbside recycling program by June 1, 1987.
It also requires that Portland manage a recycling promotion and education
program, establish a telephone hotline number by May 13 and establish an
enforcement program by June 1. The city must report back to the EQC in
one year. If at that time the commission determines that the program does
not achieve recycling rates at least comparable to recycling rates
elsewhere in the state and in the nation, it may revise the existing order.
DEQ is working with Metro to devise economic incentives for haulers to
encourage recycling.
Recycling rules revised
The EQC at its March 13 meeting adopted three amendments to rules
guiding Recycling Opportunity Act programs throughout Oregon.
One change requires that wastesheds annually report to DEQ volumes of
materials recycled at curbside and at depots, and the number of recycling
setouts on residential curbside collection routes. Under this rule,
recyclers will be required to collect and record setout data during
January, April, July and October.
A second change amends the list of principal recyclable materials for
certain wastesheds, as follows:
Wasteshed Change
s
Columbia Delete hi-grade office paper
Gilliam Delete newspaper
Malheur Add aluminum
Milton-Freewater Delete hi-grade office paper
Morrow Delete corrugated cardbord
Wallowa Delete corrugated cardboard
Wheeler Delete newspaper
These changes were made because in these wastesheds, some materials were
listed as principal recyclables that were found not to be recyclable in
any location within the was teshed.
The third amendment allows oil recycling signs to list any telephone number
where the public can obtain recycling information, and allows
l on-route
as depots,
recycling collection or other recycling opportunities,
to be listed on the sign. Under the Used Oil Recycling Act, sellers of
more than 500 gallons of oil annually must post signs informing the public
of oil recycling opportunities and listing an information telephone
number.
7
Information Sharing Session
On January 26, a group of people involved in recycling education and
promotion got together for a lunch meeting in Salem to share information
on their programs and brainstorm ideas for new activities. Here is a
synopsis of some of the ideas discussed in the 4-hour session and the names
and telephone numbers of the people who attended the luncheon.
DEQ (Marianne Fitzgerald, 229-5060) provides technical assistance
to local persons to help them set up effective recycling programs.
DEQ has produced wide range of generic recycling brochures,
newspaper and radio advertisements and other materials which are
available free-of-charge. DEQ is currently developing a recycling
education curriculum which will be available for distribution
this summer.
OREGON SANITARY SERVICE INSTITUTE (OSSI) (Maureen Ernst and
Sheryl Nofziger, 399-7784) is a non-profit organization serving
Oregon's solid waste collection and disposal industry. OSSI
acts as a liaison between State and local governments and the
solid waste industry. OSSI developed the popular "Mr. Trash"
generic recycling brochures, and provides information and
technical assistance to help its members provide recycling and
solid waste collection service to their customers.
MARION W,STESHED (Terry Fristad, 588-5036) has developed recycling
promotion materials in conjunction with the City of Salem and
the haulers, and coordinated recycling activities in the
wasteshed. Recently, Mid-Valley Waste Management Association
hired Mary Kanz, 390-1370, to coordinate most of the recycling
promotion efforts throughout Marion County. Mary is planning
home show displays, commercial window displays, parades and
community and school presentations. She is now leading a pilot
project with 1,000 households in South Salem to test the
effectiveness of providing recycling containers to individual
households. She works with about one dozen neighborhood
volunteers, or "block leaders" who serve as go-betweens for her
in the test areas.
LINCOLN WhSTESHED (Robert Rubin, 563-2780) has targeted local
grocery stores for distribution of recycling information. Robert
developed recycling brochures and posters. He has hung the
posters in the community information section of area stores, and
has the brochures available at the checkout lines. Robert is
also giving presentations to local schools and community groups
and has developed a slide show.
-Information Sharing Session
LANE WASTESHED (BRING Recycling, Peter Guttchen, 746-3023)
coordinates school presentations, Earth Week activities and other
recycling promotion activities in the county. Peter obtained
samples of the raw materials for glass, aluminum and tin cans from
the University of Oregon Geology Department for his school
presentations. Peter is in the process of translating "How to
Recycle" instructions into several languages, including Chinese
and Korean, for the students at the university. He is also
developing a 1988 community awareness calendar using locally
produced artwork. The calendar will include information on
recycling, energy conservation and air pollution reduction.
METRO (Joan Scirocca and Pat Vernon, 221-1646) operates a
Recycling Information Center and coordinates major recycling
promotion campaigns in the Portland metropolitan area. During the
holiday season Metro ran a Christmas tree recycling promotion
program, and over 7,700 trees were recycled by local processors.
(Maureen mentioned that OSSI will encourage more haulers to
coordinate Christmas tree recycling programs in local communities
during the 1987 holiday season.) In February, Metro had a
booth at the Office Products Show to promote office paper
recycling.
CLACKAMAS COUNTY (Susan Ziolko and Carrie Heaton, 655-8521) has
targeted specific audiences for one-on-one contact. In addition
to school presentations and fair booths, Susan and Carrie have
distributed recycling information directly to each resident and
each multi-family dwelling in the county. They are have
now working on a commercial recycling brochure, and they
developed a generic recycling contract to protect the haulers from
losing commercial recycling accounts to other recyclers. For
school presentations and fair booths, they have produced a wide
assortment of balloons, buttons, litterbugs, stickers, coffee
mugs and recycling demonstrations that capture the audiences'
attention and reinforce the recycling message at home.
Hopefully, these informal get-togethers will continue on a regular basis in
the near future. Thank you, Susan and Carrie, for organizing the luncheon
and helping Oregon's recyclers promote recycling in their communities.
For more information contact Susan or Carrie at Clackamas County, or
Marianne at DEQ.
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City of Tigard
Robert W. Jean
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Box 23557
Tigard, OR 97223
MEMORANDUM
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TO: Members of the Utility and Franchise Committee
March 19, 1987
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FROM: William A. Monahan, Director,
Community Development
SUBJECT: Annual Reports for Solid Waste Haulers
Special Meeting
The Annual Reports submitted by our three solid waste haulers are now being
reviewed by Wayne Lowry, Tigard' s Finance Director. Preliminary review
indicates that there may be some problems in applying the report format.. As a
result, the Committee will meet on Wednesday, April 1, at 7:00 P ,M. to discuss
the reports with Wayne. Copies of the three Annual Reports are enclosed for
your review. Please take whatever steps you can to keep the content of these
reports confidential .
Copies of the March 18 meeting minutes and April 1 agenda are enclosed .
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