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03/18/1987 - Packet CITY OF TIGARD UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA Tigard City Hall - Town Hall Conference Room Members : BENZ JAD08S McREYN0LDS MISOVETZ OSB0RNE 1 . Call to Order and Roll Call. 2. Minutes of February 25, 1987 meeting. 3 . Discussion of Resolution to Increase Rates to Reflect Metro Dumping Fees Increase. 4. Report on Solid Waste Rate Setting Procedure. 5. Coordination of the Spring Cleanup Day - May 2' 1987. 6. Shift in Staff- Liaison Responsibility - From Community Development tn Wayne Lowry, Finance Director. 7. Correspondence. 8. Other Business. y. Adjournment. PLEASE N[}ZE; Date is MARCH 18 NOT March 12 1987 3O57P CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY AGENDA OF: March 234 1987 DATE SUBMITTED: March 16 1987 ISSUE/AGENDA TITLE: Solid Waste Rate PREVIOUS ACTION: None Increase -- METRO Dumping Rate Increase PREPARED BY: William A. Monahan DEPT HEAD OK_-W:E ITY ADMIN OK REQUESTED BY: POLICY ISSUE Shall the solid waste franchise haulers be permitted to pass along to cosumers the recent METRO rate increase affecting dumping charges? INFORMATION SUMMARY METRO recently increased the disposal rates charged at the St. John' s Landfill and Clackamas Transfer and = Recycling Center. The increases will affect Tigard' s three franchise haulers. The haulers have requested that the increases in charges at the disposal sites be passed on to the consumers. . An increase of $. 15 per can and $.23 per yard is proposed. ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED 1. . Accept the staff recommendation and allow the haulers to increase solid waste rates according to the schedule contained in the resolution to be hand delivered on March 23 . 2. Deny the proposed increase. 3 . Take no action. FISCAL IMPACT SUGGESTED ACTION The staff and Utility and Franchise Committee will provide a recommendation at the March 23 meeting. /br3067P MEMORANDUM CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON TO: Members of the City Council March 16, 1987 FROM: William A. Monahan, Director,+,f Community Development SUBJECT: Solid Waste Rate Increase — METRO Dumping Rate Increase Tom Miller of Miller Sanitary Service, Inc. , one of Tigard's three solid waste franchise haulers, called me on March 12 and asked that the Council consider a rate increase created by METRO's recent increase in disposal costs. The METRO rates, effective April 1, = 1987, _ are outlined in the attached letter dated February 9, 1987. Copies of the letter were in a recent =Council packet under "Council Mail" . Mr. Miller has requested that the Council pass a resolution allowing the haulers to immediately increase rates to cover this increase. He cites Section 11 .04.090(c) of the TMC which reads: "(c) Rates to be charged by the franchises under this chapter shall be set by the city council by resolution as deemed necessary by the council. Except, increases in charges to the franchises for solid waste disposal site fees imposed by a governmental agency may be included in the rates by council resolution, provided ysuch increases are evenly distributed among the rates. The franchises shall provide sixty days written notice with accompanying justification for all other proposed rate changes. The council shall give due consideration to the purposes of this chapter and the Annual Report filed by franchises ." $. 15 per can, based upon an average can weighing 30 lbs. $.23 per yard of loose material based upon an average of 2.00 lbs. per loose yard. The haulers request that the rate increase go into effect immediately . They will then notify their customers of the impending increase. Mr. Miller informed me that Council. action now would result in a possible May 1 implementation date. The advance notice to customers prompted the addition of this item to the March 23 agenda as the next meeting is not scheduled until April 13, 1987. A staff and Committee recommendation will be presented at the March 23 Council meeting following Committee consideration on March 18, 1987. A resolution will be hand delivered . /br3067P ' -• - • METRO 2000 S.W.First Avenue Portland,OR 97201-5398 • 503/221-1646 February 9, 1987 Mr. Robert Jean, City Administrator City of Tigard P. O. Box 23397 Tigard, OR 972223 Dear Mx,-4z= : Metro Council RrchardWaker Over the past several months the Metropolitan Service Presiding Officer District'2 District (Metro) has been conducting its annual Solid Jim Gardner Deputy PresaEur� y Waste Rate Study. The 1987 Rate Study of disposal fees 0 -cr has been completed. The Metro Council received public District 3 Mike Ragsdale testimony and input from its citizen Rate Review Committee District and has set rates to go into effect April 1, 1987. The Corky Kirkpatrick adopted rates are lower than the proposed rates of which Distni,tr"tt 4 Todin you were notified in early December. The rates charged at Districts Metro sites and Metro fees charged at non-Metro sites are George Van Bergen being implemented this spring to allow sufficient time for Distract 6 Sharron Kelley waste collectors and the regulating,jurisdictiorig to make District? adjustments in their operations, if needed (e.g,. , commence Mike Bonner recycling programs or new fee structures) . District 8 Tanya 9oil1eC Disposal at the St. Johns Landfill will cost $16.70 per IrryC-per ton for commercial haulers and $3.50 per cubic yard for Dito Davvidicl Knowles public haulers. At the Clackamas Transfer & Recycling District II Center , the fees will be $19 .70 and $3 .90, respectively. Gary Hansen Metro encourages, however , the use of alternative District 72 facilities , wherever possible. The Metro User Fee or the Executive Officer Rena Cusma Regional Transfer Charge will be imposed according to the enclosed table. The increase to commercial haulers at the St. Johns Landfill and CTRC is $2.32 per ton. The change translates to about 20¢ per month extra for one-can-per-week collection service to residences, $2.75 per month for two-cubic-yard-per-week service to businesses, and $6.00 per 20-yard drop box. The rates are higher due to waste reduction and diversion measures designed to increase the life of the St. Johns Landfill. Disposal is one cost incurred by haulers. Insurance, fuel, labor and other costs should also be considered in evaluating collectors ' costs. You will need to examine the increase or decrease of each factor on the collection rates in your individual community. February 9, 1987 Page 2 If you have any questions, please call Steve Rapp or Rich McConaghy at 221-1646. If you would like to discuss the impacts of this disposal rate increase on collection fees which you regulate, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you and the hauler (s) in your area. Sincerely, Tor Lyshaug Gl Acting Director of Solid Waste gl 6977C/D2 Enclosure . 4 SUMMARY OF METRO DISPOSAL RATES Effective April 1, 1987 ST. JOHNS LANDFILL ------------------ Commercial Public Rates Rate $/2.5 cyd $/extra $/ton trip cyd --------------------------------------------- Base Rate $9.25 $5.43 $2.17 User Fee $3.20 $1.00 $0.40 Regional Transfer Charge $2.75 $1.88 $0.75 Rehabilitation/Enhancement Fee $0.50 _ $0.15 $0.06 State Landfill Siting Fee s $1.00 $0.30 = $0.12 TOTAL RATE $16.70 . $8.75 $3.50 Special Waste Fees at St. Johns:$25 Special Waste Permit Application Fee $4.00/ton Special Waste Surcharge, plus the $16.70/ton regular commercial rate $50 per trip minimum charge Uncontaminated yard debris rates of $9.25/ton (comm'6rcial) or $2/cyd (public) are offered at St. Johns CTRC Commercial Public Rates Rate $/2.5 cyd $/extra $/ton. trip cyd --------------------------------------------- Base Rate $9.25 $5.43 $2.17 User Fee $3.20 $1.00 $0.40 Regional Transfer Charge $2.75 $1.88 $0.75 Rehabilitation/Enhancement Fee $0.50 $0.15 $0.06 State Landfill Siting Fee $1.00 $0.30 $0.12 Convenience Charge $3.00 $1.00 $0.40 --------------------------------------------- TOTAL RATE $19.70 $9.75 $3.90 Additional fees may apply for disposal of tires, excess weight at St. Johns, uncovered loads, one ton commercial minimum, possible special waste lab fees if costs are incurred by Metro. The public minimum rate may be reduced by delivering at least 1/2 a cubic yard of recyclables. SR 1/8/87 OVER CITY OF TIGARD UTILITIES AND FRANCHISE COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA Tigard City Hall - Town Hall Conference Room Members : BENZ JACOBS MoREYN0LDS MIS0VETZ 0SB0RNE 1 . Call to Order and Roll Call. 2. Minutes of February 25, 1987 meeting. 3 . Discussion of Resolution to Increase Rates to Reflect Metro Dumping Fees Increase . 4. Report on Solid Waste Rate Setting Procedure. 6. Coordination of the Spring Cleanup Day - May 2, 1987. 6. Shift in Staff Liaison Responsibility - From Community Development to Wayne Lowry, Finance Director. 7. Correspondence. 8 . Other Business . 0. Adjournment. 3O57P gwawa, , B2; 4M.: THE ORE NIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1987 i C, sans" �EI0!4 1'v %MWWT West Linn also operates a .�assa .wr.w separate program in which it cow verts grass ids, . gon rroaumunity 9 hag its iecy- branches"laid oompb �1`o Clip'ad , iittilliem -$tee. dents who.Want-to.mak8 their 0 .: ' of ei�ual-, cxtmpost at home,the city sponsors' h ity ; „ tem;jw-' how-to classes in cooper&0=,`r t plies parowdy "West Linn." Clackamas Community Chllege'a Afthoulb the�iprr;lvktte Por*4ud City.CouYt= Envhmmental Yearning Center. d1bThe composting p soontothee 'to make shift to anew location in an , monthly.,pickups, and the needed al area,has grown,Druback said.Iii Emvl�+ovmental Quality C d=ission 1985 West Linn contributed 4,000. ` endorsement was ubcertain, West cubic yards of grass and branches to Lian's program has been in opera the yard debris. Last year the tiondambefore the state requtro volume rose to lo,000 cubic y l nW began. said. In lattge part.the person to aeidit Including the pity's composting is Ed I>r<�ubackf the Clackamas Coun- 'program, West Linn residents re,i; _< ty cap's part-time recycling coofdt- I cled 1.3:million pounds of 76 attrlr debris in addition to 835,000 pounds •Ther IWety Jersey native and one—, ofother materials picked up at curb, titer#Vest Linn City Council,mem- sides in 198E Draback noted. ber decided two pears ago that recy Even so,'the city still it<far i "'. cft was move challenging than its atated:Soai pn�tic `crimi defense a"nd` waste StRUL eeRt Lina dt#�Ca �': ;jthat. paeapt lts' ; In et tt intetew;he sipped b$mg ped„ teat ot�e!'kna�!'a��diibt:oned•*'Ask iniclttde'an ndditfil�c� x Wil,m represeittink 8i a the�ty ofA0W acrw beverage' 66nfil#6 4'ec that Wiamette�tiv� OrNron.: through the Oregon „� &M tAi city rin"CAft baM g up in bAMIl t.' program with a rsYsteta .TheNl► w,the egcottra8+ee Wea�tl#nn`Clq► avltlu raw lea 'For ezamplik real uta suppaxi� 'atwo garbage cane per i 11s= tibnarlly received.&#I ce fi int Qregon►� their second"mm N .k fl*t rate br Edi cant ,m`<Dntyiag revenue going to recycling cow• m o Oras that the to Ernst xl , '�'►g sin;pn�� on the matter`A' of West Yinn SanitaryService,the `and diiected city's lobe->�ratich ised ha �' � It ►` 'ttrould The 85 gesCr"veteratc of the solid ,1 a 1 � cre11 k eft rachlR�er iolWne of gbeing waste business added,ftt.the rate -� e�lerilv�btr�fhs�firer�sa11a ' sett in! by""50 per�pent,Dray placed West Linn in the lower third ba4t of garbage rates charged residents of E Zhs MOM cep and rumning" CitiBs and unincorporated area in bi brothe nTegOn C�County t to r+equtre suety city with Klein said his compapy didn't Ww­ rfees to devise break even on recycling but that its their rest- losses were offset by.revenues,on "sA o>i► to rocycle, regular a service. a► and to.p'iatb cisep izt`hope.of The city alsp is Otpenenci Yst ,' ►t t , '� ;k~ supsfaa uUmwse loss of=5,000 per,;year on iia yard p „. .itt part,. deb an tin . , , Pro. ;+�4� aa :: �riler4. ,ru b4CYCr�f' Pli►eVer, tli f MUM in 'to th t ee,` Sgure.does not take in ae cf �n tilers;isnd the money the city government is aev 81 � , ,� wtual- by not having to pick up grass ax►d' ► _ ars x �� itp" limbs from city-owned property or h - Iti Wei .; �that savings hose not having to busy"tom '' r 'atA Y. , •`." the sarbRgfs hauler, " post material a r g progr WestIt,Se viol pinks Pratttotton appears to be*one*. u d%hU oaM'AIa to encouraging recycling'. a oxrci bb1se8k flrogm the 4tY I at, arbi�` > t�&apart Ways p}iia r xpe $ yr :yy. i.. .w.. "hangers- AQ � yy OV; flyers in *ate bMs�' hangers- ,1Q e t: ppp�lac�.�.edw ah N $n oor bo,b�y'�kpt�gheawl ,fit dentLtnt 8leid.rTott avibat-' Soou� i91x*7:�i4t 1Tr s'1Ytwi r� s volume of pr- "You need to get to the person(in tire'home), vho '�]g u ^ moi �Mi0�!1A9t4 ;..�, DNtbk saic'l ,r EGONIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1987 ', k a a e c eaes up in West Linn recyQlin(' Nest Linn also operates a urate program in which it con. its who.want to maks,their own 1post at home,the City sponsors } � v tkti class"to 0"opffewMrith dram Co a t a8 community ty CiJ011egerR dronmental Learntng Cutter. , Phe composting to, ftto a new location in on M has groim, h 5°-West data i do yards or grass ttr s yard debrilot.n amuse rose tk► d ;. ` 4tupe:'. t�tdoesn'f r id' ►S„ :recy+r ted 1 r:finances � i�ith$•.eT +�"�. fiat B' r ample dents ho tl" Ea1'bsge cans per wee#tragi received a prlce;brealk an, second can. Now they payfi,.^ gate for each can,the additiq[ra7 going to recycling pr+ogr rate is$6.70 to Ernst Klein'putt bleat Linn unitary Service,the Ihairier. The Oreamim/W8 E: Ebe` eredtt of the solid Rick 14,'oits of K and K a recycling subcontractor for West Linn Sanitary Service, dumps reci►ela it �titat the rate matsr1lit-intnone of several bins that are used to separate recyclable wastes on his truck. iced West Linn in the kmw OM puta a rates charged residents of Ies snci.parporek3ed areas in — it Lower fees key to Lane's recycling success Its even onft"MMY80ME rules after the 1985 Legislature its customers twice-a-month recy se= were oi3bet by; ►annex.on ordered every city with more than cling service: dWa pet,, Lane County. like Portland, 4,000 residents to adopt a program Done correctly and with a III a' ift per on its yard must deal with non-franchised "providing an opportunity"for its tle imagination,recycling can be; >t � r - commercialgarbage haulers. citizens to recycle wastes such as big public relations phis, Sanipa, ,that Unlike Portland, the county has newsprint, glass and metal cans General Manager John Hire said. ere�oea rift.take Ato account had a recycling program in place and to make an effort promoting Collecting$5.90 per month fo Y.t>m X� fs since 1984. the program. one-can service in Springfield an` Apt t0 I? t�and A key factor in its success is a To be certified, local haulers $6.75 per month in Eugene, Sar. abs fromcity-o4vned prbperfy or direct financial incientive,officials have to provide at least monthly ipac has found that it costs n- $'O t not lfeCving to bqy, say.Garbage haulers who operate pick up of newsprint, glass con- more to offer a good recycling pr( A material. an approved recycling program tainers, tin and aluminum cans, gram as a so-so one,Hire said. Pro ai*Woto be one key pay $2 per ton less on every load cardboard and motor oil and offer When Lane County launched it twiiiine' they dump at a county laaMIn evidence they are implementing it recycling plan in 1984, Sanipa roday.the , a} ' [ The lower fe 16dper ton Some offer more. decWed to Participate a siv( ys to g� age of$18,is . because Sanipac Oregon Ltd., which ly. t a �, d"np utast" costs in providing serves Springfield's 45,000 recti "the opening day, ft,) ` er+s in water bills and "hanvW the e3ara recycling service, Ben dents under a city franchise and cling trucks hit the streets#e, Xft the Boy milky. rec s0som coordinator aLo . load i800r<tcsobs=M, d Lane Coanty's solid waste man- dentlail ssi'rtcs.t`>�C iittOb a lh "Yon need to get to fits pawn do apment division,said Eugene,which,like Portland,does` da"Hoot Olt"to drake ftem home)who deals with ," Lane County fine-tuned its not have a franchise system,offers that could be recycled,he recallec- aback said. RE*,'REC: - SLI EDUCATION & PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY RE: providing resources and ideas for effective, Volume 2, No. 5_ affordable recycZing January-February, 1987 programs, especiaZZy those developed in response to Oregon 's Recycling Opportunity Act. Down but not out If you think this issue of RE: Recycling looks different than past issues, you're right. Doctor's orders kept editor Alene Cordal flatter than a piece of cardboard at curbside before surgery in mid-January for a calcified disc. , She's now recuperating and undergoing physical therapy to regain strength in her legs. "Por the five weeks I couldn't sit up, the typewriter was off limits, but I -got mileage out of the telephone--as many of you know," she says, adding that she appreciated all the warm thoughts and cards sent her way. Daffodils and tulips ...eventually wilt. Grass gets cut. Bushes and trees get pruned. Depending on what part of` the state you live in, spring is' just one or, two calendar pages away, Now's the time to plan promotion for one-time or seasonal yard debris recycling. "Leavesng ,grass clippis and ch pped,branches are much ,more valuable out of the wastestreami. they make excellent compost. MaFarlanw s Bark in Clackamas and. Gr imm-'s' Fuel ;iia:Tigard:have made 'a business. out,of oompoet, and some Oregon baulere Off 41. aBbr-3s recyci` ng as a customer and copomunity sexvice. Por irifornbateM iirx,� uP a Yard debris coi tation program• contack Bill'alree`afi ,r � s� : `in th-* ,riair and area, lroG* »l a3�so Stant to' check with Meta�er X21- 64b» Both agencies have brochures h;+ndouts on yard'#elaris--»a4d lmotic ^: . promotion ' ea►t in 6h C# on at�tstern Greet cog fl led Coat 9 � . City 000 p 3B Qf of 2us r i t x MetrYo " lt line $ # rt i tt � t4l St �i .l and 4 k �► r z moCi� iP � �c t0 see 44��r�,+ �> ,x � , :,-+ s , ; st �` xr� '�. �k� L h t S �•s}� p i ° y.,,},,.: "fill `,tr r ` �' Lr�'t;a ri,� From Florence... .,.a .three-generation family act, thanks to Bob Fender of Siuslaw Disposal. r Bob, his mother Evelyn, his wife, son, nieces and nephews put together a skit on recycling for Rhododendron Elementary School. In all, 350 students have seen thg program. The skit is built around getting valuable recyclables out of the garbage can, using the Fender children dressed like newspaper, cans, bottles and cardboard. Students from the audience participate by preparing the material for recycling. They're guided by several original songs composed by Evelyn Fender. (one of the songs is printed below) . In addition to the skit, Siuslaw Disposal conducted a coloring contest in the school and passes out recycling bags along collection routes. "Gradually," says Bob, "I'm seeing more and more people recycling all the time." RECYCLE Talk, Recycle, Think Recycle Do, Recycle too If I recycle and you recycle There's work for us to do Cans, jars and boxes and newspapers too Used now, but recycled they become new Can's verse: Take off the label and rinse me out and take the lids off me too If you like jumping then you'll like me Cause there's lots of jumping to do Cans, jars and boxes and newspapers too Used now, but recycled they become new Newspaper's verse: What's black and white and read all over? It's mega newspaper see Just fold me up and with lots of others A bundle of papers we'll be Glass's verses Don't leave the lid on a bottle or jar Clear glass, green glass and He (I'm Amber) Just leave on my label and rinse me out and Recycled I'm ready to be Cardboard's verse: What do you do with a cardboard box? I'm sure that i don't know But call up' Sob Pend er .&no he :will tell you The boxes to him should go ' Cans, jars and boxes end ..now spapero `tom Used now, but recycled they become new 2 - BioCycle workshop Learn successful methods for recycling solid waste and sludge...attend the upcoming 3-day workshop in Portland sponsored by BioCycle magazine. This conference, set March 4-6 (Wednesday-Friday) at the Westin Benson Hotel, will cover many aspects of recycling processes. Program topics are: Developments in composting; Strategies for sludge utilization; Government policies; Financing new facilities; Marketing end products; Selection and Specification of systems; Compost process design criteria; Yard waste composting; Non-burn technologies to save landfill space; and Entrepreneurial opportunities in waste recycling. Exhibits of recycling equipment, systems and services will be displayed. Participants will tour sludge composting facilities, a solid waste processing plant and a yard waste composting project. The $225 registration fee includes attendance at all sessions and field trips. For more information or to register, contact Celeste Madtes at BioCycle, Box 351, Emmaus, PA 18049. Telephone: (215) 967-4135. Listless We are updating RE: Recycling's mailing list. If you did not receive this issue but would have liked to, if you received this issue and several additional ones, if this is addressed to your predecessor who's long gone, or if you would like not to have received this issue, please write Alene Cordas at DEQ, 811 SW Sixth, Portland, OR 97204. - From Multnomah Wasteshed ...garbage can stickers, 22,000 in all, for all garbage service customers in the Multnomah wasteshed within the Metro urban growth boundary--those people eligible for curbside recycling service. The stickers were personalized for each of the wasteshed's eight haulers, listing company names and phone numbers. The stickers are small, but they're packed with information: "FREE roadside/ curbside collection of recyclables. . .conserve valuable resources and landfill space by recycling these materials..." The materials are listed and proper preparation is explained. There's even an illustration of the materials. For information on this informative, yet compact piece of recycling promotion, call Bob Kuhlken at 248-3383. 3 'VI .Uw MEMO i 2000 S.W.Fust Avenue '�j r Portland,OR 47201-5998 <. i SOM-1646 tA� January 261 1987 The Honorable Tom Brian Mayor_ of Tigard ' P. 0. Box 23397 Tigard, OR 97223 r Dear Mayor Brian: The Metropolitan Service District is in the process of developing a resource recovery system to provide the region with good alternatives to land disposal of solid waste. Metro Council Rrchardwfcer er Prrsidi��#D iResource recovery is the recovery of materials and energy D"i"ctfrom solid waste. As onebf the components of Metro's Solid Jim Gardner �eutvPresidinx Waste Reduction Plan, resource recovery is not intended to D trict3 replace the need for landfil],s. However, Metro will be 1[ikeRapdale allocating up to 48 percent_ of the region's waste (approxi- Districtl mately 450,000 tons per year) to a resource recovery system. Corky liirkpatrick Di5t.0 4 TomT ardin 'he tior ty in Metro-Is. .Solid Waste Reduction Plan is: DiZ reduce, reuse, recycle ;,recover energy, landfill. Enclosed Di.Geor a VanBMen fou will find ,fact sheets abogt the resource recovery project. Sharron Kelley we want 'yod to know as much about -the project as possible, Districts Three technologies are be inc3 oonsidered .for ,the regions mass M�keBonn�r icinerat on,. xefu�se� ari fuel and maw composting. ,. +, ,Fra �•u.,.F _ ,: ; 'cauya faitkr - F D►strrct9 0f the 13 firms whlcb. orik to Metro's •Request dor r Dixyilct ualificatic nsJlnfc►rma iot , air have been. asked to submit DavidKnawles pro orals. Those .prQpG►s+ are; to be submitted to Metro by DBtrierllnuax § yj3a lropotaeil reviewed < and evaluated fore be Gary}#sin rt yrs t Distrirtl? the Metro .bob � '! 'r 4, rel@c.tic�n�' 1�xecutl gtficei tit " gena a Subm t +�t �prtspos ►1$ wi l i c u_suggea +sd sites for resource eryat+�i3 sties. $eC� e siting a .f ncility is bound to ;Anent,$©t�� 1rt " fie. to .tet c3.ose + antact wtt� s"e jur,isdictate wi4rrees are oorisi (ee�d ` I;n the meantime, we WoU, A be happy to answer -any questions you slay have about' relioutr + recovery and the progress 4f ;the , proj.ect3.� ,. Give Pubc•'�f fags Director Vickie Rocker a Carl`1 at 223.-1645• F Y } -ri q 9 Ne aF+ v{e;'S2x 4r r Nt 1-4 { 04, + � rt 34cutive F ' 1 ]� ! k. WAST[�:DUCTION ALTERNATIVES SERIES METRO Introduction to Resource Recovery DUCE -- REUSE - RECYCLE LANDFILL WHAT IS RESOURCE RECOVERY? Metro Council were: mass incineration,refuse- derived fuel and composting. Resource recovery is the recovery of material and A request for qualifications(RFQ)was issued to firms energy from solid waste. It is part of the solution to in March 1986. Six were selected for receipt of the land disposal of waste. Resource recovery systems request for proposals (RFP)to construct and operate a have been widely used in Europe during the past facility in the Metro area. The firms selected,and the decade. It is a growing solution to waste disposal technology they would utilize are: problems in the United States today. American Ref-fuel Resource recovery technologies can reduce waste mass incineration through composting or incineration. Metro is Combustion Engineering considering two incineration technologies,as well as refuse-derived fuel(RDF) composting. Composting organic waste produces soil Fluor Engineers amendments. Refuse-derived fuel(RDF)processes mass incineration or RDF waste to remove non-burnable items. The remaining Reuter Resource Recovery,Inc. fuel product is then incinerated to produce steam. composting Mass incineration bums all waste without pre- Riedel Environmental Technologies processing,except to remove large or non-burnable composting items like concrete blocks or old refrigerators. Both Schnitzer Steel technologies produce steam. The steam can be sent mass incineration through a turbine generator to produce electricity. Some systems reduce waste by as much as 90 percent, or 70 percent by weight. The remaining residue, Review of the proposals received by the Jan. 30, 1987 however,must be sent to a landfill. due date includes evaluation of the type of technology, site proposals,environmental safety,business METRO'S PLAN FOR A RECOVERY arrangements,economic impact and responsiveness to FACILITY the disposal priorities stipulated by state law. By July 1987 a final selction will be made by the Metro Metro is considering a resource recovery system as Council. part of its Waste Reduction Plan. State law,Oregon Metro has a Resource Recovery Project Team that Revised Statutes(ORS)459.015(2),states that if includes staff members and consultants. The project technically and economically feasible,the following team will evalutate the proposals and assist council in methods for managing the disposal of solid waste— selecting the fine and technology. The consultants on reduce,reuse,recycle and recover energy—will be the project are: Gershman,Brickner and Bratton,Inc. implemented before disposal in a landfill.To achieve —management and technical advisors; McEwen, this objective, Metro allocated 52 percent of the waste to reduce,reuse and recycling methods. Forty-eight Gisvold,Rankin and Stewart—legal advisors; percent of the waste has been allocated to resource Government Finance Associates,Inc.—financial recovery. advisors; Stoel,Rives,Boley,Fraser&Wyse— bond counsel; Salomon Brothers and Shearson THE PROCESS FOR TECHNOLOGY Lehman/Alex. Brown—investment bankers. SELECTION It will take a combination of factors to bring about a resource recovery facility in the Metro area. Public The Metro staff reviewed the different types of acceptability and environmental safety will be assured resource recovery technologies in use today. Metro before a facility is-constructed and operated. sponsored'Resource Recovery Symposium: Alternatives to Burying Waste"in August 1985.Seven A time line describing the likely sequence of events in technologies were discussed at the symposium. A the selection process accompanies this introduction,as nine-member panel of experts from the Metro region well as individual fact sheets that describe the attended tthe symposium to review the technologies technologies Metro is currently considering. and make recommendations to the Metro Council. The panel found three technologies with technical feasibility,commercial viability and strong past experience. The three technologies approved by the METROPOLITAN SERVICE DISTRICT•2000 SW FIRST AVE.•PORTLAND,OR 97202-5398•(503)221-1646 100%Recycled Paper WAST `EDUCTION ALTERNATIVES SERIES METRO � Mass Composting r MASS COMPOSTING and the pulp is conveyed to and CONSIDERATIONS FACILITIES deposited on a large concrete floor IN SELECTING in a closed building. Air is forced COMPOSTING Composting on a large scale to up through the materials from slots recover materials from waste in the floor to foster aerobic The nature of composting offers received early interest in Europe, fermentation. After three weeks, several trade-offs. Advantages and it has been tried for the past 30 90 percent of the composting has include: occured,and the material is 1. Composting reduces the years in the United States. Most Po g facilities were shut down due to transferred to static piles where,in volume of waste and thus reduces another three weeks,it is fully high costs and lack of markets for matured. 3. When the material the need for landfills. selling the compost. However, becomes black and humus-like,it is 2. Composting produces a several factors have shed favorable reground and screened to eliminate desirable soil additive that can be light on mass composting again: coarse material. 4. The compost is sold on the retail market. •Expense of technologies for then stored or bagged to await 3. The siting of composting waste disposal has increased to delivery to customers. facilities close to cities is possible where composting can be wVhout the need for expensive air considered. Mechanical system Waste is pollution control equipment. •Composting systems are now separated from recyclables and the seen as ways to reduce waste rather remaining trash is shredded,pulped Trade-offs to be considered in- than as profit-making enterprises. and mixed with water. Sewage elude: •Composting is seen as a way to sludge can be added at this point. 1. The amount of processing reduce dependence on landfills, The pulped material is partially and expense necessary to produce thereby preserving land resources. dried to 50 percent moisture marketable compost is often high. content. A mechanical digester 2. Compost made from refuse HOW COMPOSTING rotates and aerates the material, is not valuable as a fertilizer with- WORKS while the temperature generated by out adding nutrients, so its use is the biological process is maintained restricted to soil conditioning. All composting,regardless of using vents. After three al five 3. It can be difficult to establish days,the digested material is air- scale, is basically the and maintain markets to buy a large decomposition of organic wastes cured in covered piles. After amount of processed compost. into a humus-like material that can several more days,the material is be used to condition garden soil. dried and bagged for sale on the a Some mass composting plants require a large amount of Both aerobic(oxygen-rich)and retail market. land. anaerobic(oxygen-free)methods have been used,but most recent EXPERIENCE AND designs have been aerobic. Factors BACKGROUND that affect the composting process include temperature,moisture, Composting to dispose of refuse aeration,acidity and carbon-to- was developed in Europe. A nitrogen ratio. Examples of number of attempts have been tried systems used to compost refuse on in the United States in the past 30 a large scale are: years. Most of the early facilities Windrow pile 1. Recyclable "Fere shut down in the 1960s and materials are separated out and the 1970s due to high costs and refuse is ground into smaller inconsistent markets for the pieces. 2. Water or sewage product. However,composting is sludge is added and the solution is receiving new attention with the agitated in a tank. After 6 to 8 increasing expense of other refuse hours the organic components have disposal technologies and the view been pulverized and mixed into a of composting as a way to process pulp. The inorganic items are waste rather than a way to make a removed by screens and separators profit. METROPOLITAN SERVICE DISTRICT•2000 SW FIRST AVE.•PORTLAND,OR 97202-5398•(503)221-1646 100`6 Recycled Paper WASTE EDUCTION ALTERNATIVES SERIES METRO Fefuse-Derived Fuel REDUCE - REUSE - RECYCLE - LANDFILL REFUSE-DERIVED 6. Residue is mainly ash and 3. The fuel can be burned on FUEL PLANTS metals. Residual ash has been site in existing boilers. RDF has a recycled for use in road surfacing higher heat value and more uni- Refuse-derived fuel(RDF)plants or cement or used in final cover at a form consistency than raw refuse take burnable waste and make it landfill. Non-burnable metals can fuel. into a uniform,high-heat fuel. This also be recycled. 4. The fuel can be stored, fuel is formed by shredding the transported and fired along with of- waste,separating burnable from DEVELOPMENT AND as a substitute for other fuels, an non-bumable material and shredding it again into smaller EXPERIENCE WITH option that isnot available liar ra�ti• RDF refuse burned in waste incinerators. pieces. The refuse can then be made into various forms of fuel. RDF plants first developed in the Trade-offs include: The fuel can easily be transported United States in the late 1960s.The 1. Costs of the advanced or burned on site in a boiler to first commercial-scale RDF plant in technology needed to build,operate produce steam energy and/or this country began operating in and maintain RDF plants is higher- electricity. 1975 in Ames, Iowa. than the current cost of operating HOW REFUSE- Twenty RDF facilities have been existing landfills. However,the built,or are under construction,in cost of siting and maintaining new DERIVED FUEL the United States. Of these, five landfills is rising. PLANTS WORK plants are preparing"fluff' fuel and 2 There must be a steady Waste is trucked to an enclosed co-firing it with coal or oil. source of waste if RDF is to b building,where it is unloaded. However,co-firing has been used to produce energy, and a Recyclable materials are mech- discontinued at three other plants reliable market to buy the steam or anically separated out for resale. due to technical and financial electricity produced. It is also The fuel production process problems. As more facilities are desirable to have stable markets for continues: built,past problems are being the recyclable materials taken out of 1. Waste is fed into pulverizers corrected and a number of new the waste as a byproduct of RDF or shredders,which reduce the size methods are being developed to - processing. of the pieces to 4 inches or less. solve specific problems. 3. As new facilities have been 2. Refuse pieces are put CONSIDERATIONS built using more advanced through a mechanical "air technology,previous problems classifier"to separate burnable from IN SELECTING RDF with material handling mid storage: non-burnable materials. PLANTS have been corrected. Advance- 3. Metals are removed with There are several advantages in ments have included the develop- magnets and recycled. using plants that make and bum ment of more sophisticated air 4. The burnable refuse is RDF including: pollution devices to clean soot and shredded again into smaller, 1-inch 1. RDF plants produce energy gases from the exhaust. pieces called "fluff' for faster and from waste that is now landfilled, hotter burning. It can also be thereby reducing dependence on compressed into pellets or briquets landfills and extending the life of at this point for easier handling and existing landfills. transportation. 2. Recyclable materials can be 5. The fuel is then burned in easily removed in the RDF boilers to make steam energy or to mechanical sorting process. produce electricity. The fuel can Sorting and recycling is less be shipped to an off-site burning common at a facility that bums raw facility. The refuse fuel is less refuse. expensive than fossil fuels and can be co-fired with coal or oil. ( I METROPOLITAN SERVICE DISTRICT•2000 SW FIRST AVE.-PORTLAND,OR 97202-5398•(503)221 1646 100%Recycled Pape, WAS- IEDUCTION ALTERNATIVES SERIES METRO � Mass Incinerators MASS 5. Air pollution devices take CONSIDERATIONS INCINERATION out soot and gases from the furnace IN SELECTING Amass incinerator bums all types exhaust. Examples include:.Wet scrubbers that use lime INCINERATORS of refuse to create steam energy. particles to absorb acid gases. Energy recovery in the form of This steam can be used to heat .Baghouses that work like mass incineration has several buildings,run industries or vacuum cleaners to trap soot advantages: generate electricity. The bypro- particles. 1. Incinerators use refuse as an ducts are ash residue, which can be unlimited fuel source, reducing reused,and recyclable materials •Electrostatic precipitators that reliance on expensive,non- such as metals and glass. use metal fields to collect charged soot particles from the air. renewable fossil fuels. (The energy HOW INCINERATORS 6.The burning process reduces from l ton of waste is equal to 1.5 WO12K the waste by 90 percent. The barrels of oil.) A mass incineration facilityis an remaining 10 percent is made up of 2. Incineration can reduce the byproducts of the bumin process. amount of refuse going into enclosed building to which waste is YP g P landfills by 90 percent,conserving trucked and deposited. From there These include ferrous metals, valuable land resources. the process begins: which are recycled; and residual P g 3. Incinerators can be built as a 1. Refuse is moved with an ash,which can be used as cover in t}re landfill. large mass-burning facility,or in overhead crane and hook into a stages with smaller,modular units. furnace feed hopper. DEVELOPMENT AND 4. Incinerators can be located 2. Refuse is fed evenly into the EXPERIENCE near urban industrial areas, furnaces and goes through three eliminating the long haul to more steps: drying,combustion and Mass incinerators have been in remote landfills. burnout. Air is added during the use for over one hundred years. second step to promote maximum The city of Portland built a waste Trade-offs include the following: combustion. incinerator(which did not produce 1. Costs for advanced tech- 3. Burning takes place contin- energy)in 1894 and used it until it nology to build,operate and main- uously as long as there is refuse in was shut down for failure to meet tain mass incinerators are generally the furnace. The burning temp- air pollution standards established higher than the cost of running a erature varies between 1400 and in the 1960s. New technology for landfill,although landfill costs are 2000 degrees F. Most refuse bums efficient air pollution controls has also rising. in one hour. been available for about 25 years. 2. There must be a steady 4. Heat is generated as the Many plants are now located in source of waste and a reliable garbage bums. This heat raises the Europe and Japan,where energy market for the steam or electricity temperature of water surrounding costs are high and there is little produced in order for mass the furnace,generating steam. The space for landfills. Higher fuel incinerators to operate cost steam energy can be used to heat costs in this country following the effectively. buildings,run industries or 1973 energy crisis prompted a 3. Expensive air pollution generate electricity. search for energy alternatives and control devices must be used to refuse was found to bum reduce air pollution from soot and successfully. More than 80 mass gases in furnace exhaust. incinerators are now operating in the United States and Canada. In excess of 300 are operating worldwide. In July of 1986,Marion County and the Ogden Matin Company opened a mass incineration facility in Brooks,Ore. The incinerator can handle up to 550 tons per day. METROPOLITAN SERVICE DISTRICT•2000 SW FIRST AVE.•PORTLAND,OR 97202-5398•(503)221-1646 T 100%Recycled Paper WAS'r-'REDUCTION ALTERNATIVES SERIES METRO Resource Recov"*ry Project Timeline r 1985 Aug. 2—3 Resource Recovery Symposium: Alternatives to Burying Waste—seven technologies discussed; three recommended 1986 Jan. 1 Solid Waste Reduction Plan submitted to I) .Q Feb. 25 Contract with technical and management consultants March 14 RFQ/I Request for Qualifications and Information issued for mass incineration, RDF and composting May 19 RFQ/I responses— 13 received May 19—July 24 Evaluations of the RFQ/I responses by Metro review committees June 27 Environmental Quality Commission accepts the Metro Waste Reduction Plan i July 24 Metro council lists films to receive Request for Proposals (RFP) Oct. 8 RFP issued for mass incineration and refuse derived fuel Oct.24 RFP issued for composting 1987 Jan. 30 Proposals due i Feb.—April Review and evaluation of proposals by Metro Committees April—June Select firm(s)to enter preliminary contract negotiations July Select fim1(s) for final contract negotiations Aug. —Nov. Siting permit acquired for facility(ies) November Sign final contract with a firm(s)to build, j own and operate a resource recovery facility(ies) 1988 January Financing issues complete i I METROPOLITAN SERVICE DISTRICT•2000 SW FIRST AVE.•PORTLAND,OR 97202-5398- (503) .':11 16.16 100 Recycled Paper CITY OF TINA RD OREGON March 3, 1987 25 Years of Sen4ce 1961-1986 Mike Misovetz 9760 SW Ventura Court Tigard, OR 97223 &36--Ip o RE: Committee Arrangement to Utility and Franchise Committee Dear Mike: I had a conversation today with Bob Jean, Jill Monley, and Wayne Lowry concerning staff support for the Utility and Franchise Committee. After we evaluated the various tasks on the Committee work plan we determined that the staff lead should shift from me to Wayne Lowry, Finance Director. My staff will, however, continue to assist you in the recycling effort, clean up day, storm drainage, and handle complaints and issues caused by consumers concerning the sewer provided by the franchise haulers. At our last meeting we scheduled the next meeting for Wednesday, March 18 at 7 P.M. . Wayne is available on Tuesdays evenings, therefore, I expect that the meeting date can now be shifted to Tuesday, March 24 at 7 P.M. . Wayne will be in contact with you to discuss the next meeting date and to work out the rate setting procedures. I enjoyed working with you and your committee. My staff and I look forward to assisting you on future projects. Sincere Wil iam A. Monahan Director, Community Development WAM:bs3026P /—cc: Wayne Lowry 13125 SW Hall Blvd.,P.O.Box 23397,Tigard,Oregon 97223 (503)639-4171