02/04/1991 - Packet AGENDA
UTILITY & FRANCHISE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1991 - 6:00 PM
TIGARD CIVIC CENTER - TOWN HALL CONFERENCE ROOM
13125 SW HALL BLVD.
TIGARD, OR
1 . CALL TO ORDER
2 . ROLL CALL: McREYNOLDS BARRETT SULLIVAN
IRWIN JACOBS WOGEN
VACANCY
3 . Approve Minutes of 1/21/91 meeting.
4 . Solid Waste Ordinance Work Session.
5 . Other business
6 . Adjournment
TO ENSURE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS, PLEASE CALL LIZ NEWTON AT
639-4171, EXTENSION 308 IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND.
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CITY OF TIGARD
January 29, 1991 OREGON
Ms. Jean Gallagher
15885 SW Oak Meadow Lane
Tigard, Oregon 97224
Re: Local Hazardous Waste Collection
Dear Ms. Gallagher:
The Utility & Franchise Committee has collected information regarding the
possibility of a local residential hazardous waste collection effort. At this
time, the Committee is not planning on conducting this type of collection effort
locally. The proper licensing, handling, and disposal of hazardous waste is a
very expensive task.
The Metropolitan Services District (METRO) is currently receiving bids to
construct two hazardous waste collections sites, one in Oregon City and one in
the northwest portion of Portland. These sites are proposed to be open year
round and would be set up to handle the hazardous waste in a proper manner.
On behalf of the Committee, I want to express again our appreciation for your
interest in this matter.
Sincerely,
Loreen R. Edin
Administrative Services Manager
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c: Utility & Franchise Committee
13125 SW Hall Blvd.,P.O.Box 23397,Tigard,Oregon 97223 (503)639-4171
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The following are the current (December 10, 1990) plastic
recycling depots in Washington County offering at least 5 day per
week operation. These depots accept milk jugs only. Times and
days of week are shown except where the drop box is located in a
parking lot and open at all times.
Lamb's Thriftway Hillsboro Payless
7410 SW Oleson Rd. Sunset Esplanade
Garden Home TV Highway
Hillsboro
Tigard Town Center Payless Far West Fibers
Hwy. 99W and Durham Rd. Hwy. 217 and Denny Rd.
King City Beaverton
8-5 M-F, 9-1 Sat.
Nature's Fresh NW Pride Disposal
4000 SW 117th SW Edy Road
Beaverton Sherwood
8:30-4 M-F
United os Dis 'c
Disposal Service Aloha Recycling
Y g
9500 SW Boeckman Rd. 3755 SW 205th Place
Wilsonville Aloha
9-5 M-F
Tualatin Depot
To be sited by 2-91
BE,a e 4A•The Times•Week of Janua 17-20"
Opinion
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M a,
Letters
How about another
If recycling paid,
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recy clip motivation? more would do it
For several years now Tualatin
Elsewhere on this page 'Ibalatin City Councilman Bill Gleason has been curbside recycling its
makes an important point about recycling yard debris that really mainstream municipal waste and is
needs to be heard by somebody above the rank of Average Joe. among the first in the country to do
In a letter to the editor on the subject of Tualatin's historically so and at no cost to the home owner.
strong emphasis on recycling, Gleason takes issue with the very Current signals being received in-
dicate a real need to use all avail-
psychology that's been at work in the garbage game for some time able; currently in-place -systems,
now: Let's make it so expensive to have their trash hauled away that facilities or plans to promote fiscal
they'll have to recycle. Iassurity.
The goal is admirable, but we don't think..the'ends justify the Being first to recycle yard debris
means—and,like Gleason,we think there are more humane-ways to makes sense from this point of view
get things accomplished. as an in-place plant for yard debris
recycling is operating within our
We already know, for example, that people care enough about the community. However, being first
environment and diminishing landfill space to act conscientiously. In across the country to recycle yard
many homes, the practice of recycling is becoming second nature. debris does require a separation of
This in spite of the fact that it's still not very convenient to do so. yard debris from the other
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We also know that taking yard debris to the dump is foolish. But, mainstream waste, but this does noseem insurmountatoble.
like the proper handling of glass, aluminum and paper, there has to The use of already in-place
be a system in place and it needs to be made clear what should be process seems beneficial to me for
done with the stuff. Just being told that our community features the disposal/reuse of yard debris. If,
curbside recycling isn't enough — most do, and many don't work as a financial incentive, one were to
that well. The garbage haulers themselves need to do a better job of be compensated or at least not
teaching their customers what to do. At present they seem apathetic charged for carrying out his own
about the problem,and that is no longer acceptable. yard debris to the processing area
and had this as an option to curbside
And finally, we just might consider taking Bill Gleason's advice. recycling, it would still get to the
Instead of socking it to the customer harder and harder, why not try source of the main problem.
the other approach? How about a financial incentive—he proposes Yard debris is now being placed
$1 or$2 a unit for carrying away yard debris-instead of negative into regular garbage containers,
reinforcement? which is an inappropriate use of a
Can't hurt. recyclable predict and fill our
landfills too rapidly.
If one were to be compensated
even$1 or$2 a unit for carrying out
yard debris to.the processing plant
instead of being charged $6 or $8 !
for doing so, the reversal of this
business practice could stimulate the
yard debris recycling effort.
WILLIAM A.GLEASON
City council member
Tualatin
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trash However; t,at .
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Oregon r"esidents doubled the ; begingroviding�veesa
ice incl contairers, EQs�
amount of,household trash they ° woman Carolyn Y6
said. Some
recycled between 1987 anal 1989,but i haulers provide only money.serV-
they dumped 2.2 mon tent of gar ice now,with customers using their
bage in landfills,'too, a state report own containers. ,
shows. The recycling figures,don't slmw
The Oregon Department of r ,
Environmental Quality prepared the how much material residents#alae to
recycling stations,:Young said, or $
report to pinpoint steps the state how many bottles they recycle at
must take to stay on top of its gar- grocery stores. d
bage and to increase recyclingor i Another crucial,e'fecnent for It
energy conservation as*611 as land
expanding recycling 3s eapatidi ,
and groundwater protection. markets for reusable 0aterf4ls, the.i
The report will go to the state , staff report says.'Iitawover, state s
Environmental Quality Commission $ laws don't address markets.
Thursday.The five-member citizen x "Oregonians have r`tli "i�nteeretto
panel will meet at 8:3o a:m.an the t and the materials to recycle,'' the-
DEQ office,.811 S.W. Sixth Ave,The ; report soyas What tided `to
Gommisaion,wall.send the report to make ay
reclitlg e�i*80nl 4$
the Legislature, which is.e 8 ; iniprtived cetien=s
several recycling proposals this"
development of
year. ities,to pro s t e
In 1989, each Oregon resident a return
recycled an average pt about 80 {�
pounds of solid waste, compared
with, 40 pounds in 1181. �3ur an, ggn ads o e lie, �
average of 1,55 pounds tion
per,resident was sent.to,lane y ' olln oto sll
1989,adding up to 2.2 trillion tans i`or nre, iio ohs f
the entire state. , ods an hoar Auclt :.
Div, of the steps outlined the:; are k�cled'ur Oregon's
report is weekly is hstde;pickups
systems, which are**6d to,hi a
rlg rates in Citiesrthey
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CAX1Wli� . s used tllb9
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MEMORANDUM
CITY OF TIGARD, OREGON
TO: Utility & Franchise Committee
FROM: Loreen Edin
DATE: January 30, 1991
SUBJECT: Tour of Haulers' Facilities
The Committee has not had an opportunity to tour each of the haulers' facilities.
To give you a better understanding of their process and operations, the haulers
would like to conduct a tour of all three sites. Since the ordinance language
is being reviewed at this time, a tour could be very helpful.
Let's try to coordinate calendars at the 2/4 meeting to see when this might be
accomplished. Late afternoon? Saturday morning?
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City&State, January 28,1991
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SPEGTAL REPORT a 111
_RECYCZIlNG/
WASTE SERVICES
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To market , to market
Already sold on recycling, locals just need buyers
By TODD SLOANE recyclable materials to handle recyclables the Corp.to market wastepaper,and with American
Staff Writer waste firms collect from their municipal and National Can Corp., Chicago, to market glass,
commercial recycling collection programs across steel cans and aluminum.
Chalk it up to the new business environmental the country. AMG Resources Corp., based in Pittsburgh,
When you have ethic. Other expansions,especially in the plasties in- officially opened the country's largest steel can
municipalities Whether spurred by a need for good public re- dustry,seem to guarantee future market access recycling plant last October in Minneapolis.
MUnlcl
l� lations,a newfound respect for the environment for many recycling programs(see story,Page 12). Two weeks earlier,Green Bay Packaging Inc.,
depending on or just a recognition of a market niche, the The market expansions have allowed govern- Green Bay,Wis.,unveiled new corrugated ship-
private sector last year began to recognize the ments to expand what they collect. ping containers made from recycled—but not
g need for new markets for the estimated 23 mil- Plastics and steel cans,picked up by only a few de-inked—waste office paper that will be used
newspapers,you lion tons of recyclables being collected annually dozen recycling programs only a year or so ago, by the two largest makers of copier paper as
by 1,000 municipalities. have now been added to the more common news- paper cartons.
can't just tell them, In fact,1990 may go down as the Year of the paper,glass and aluminum can pickups in many Literally dozens of similar company announce-
" Joint Venture in the recycling markets. programs. ments were made last year.
Sorry,we can't pick Not only were numerous joint agreements "The bottom line is we are trying to eliminate
up papers this signed between waste haulers and producers of the wild ups and downs in the markets that have Closing the recycling loop
month:'You have got recycled products,but there also was an intensi- slowed down the progress in recycling in the Despite all this,the problem of how to com-
tication of the cooperation between governments past,"said Steve Petersen,a vice president with plete the recycling loop has not been solved.
to have a guaranteed and the forces behind the recycling markets. Waste Management's California division,based With 31 states having some form of statewide
bbuer for these States continued to make some efforts to spur in Los Angeles. recycling goals or mandates and five states man-
uyer markets through procurement policies and "When you have municipalities depending on dating commercial recycling, "collections are
materials.' laws establishing mandatory recycled content in collecting newspapers,you can't just tell them, still ahead of the markets,"said New York City
Steve Petersen newsprint or trash bags. 'Sorry,we can't pick up papers this month.' Sanitation Commissioner Steven Polan.
But from Cincinnati-based Procter&Gamble You have got to have a guaranteed buyer for Mr.Polan and officials of 12 other large cities
Vice president Co.'s new compostable diapers to Oak Brook, these materials." last fall called upon the federal government
Waste Management Inc. Ill:based McDonald's Corp.'s surprise decision Thus,Waste Management, with over 300 to stimulate the market for recycled
to abandon polystyrene containers for its ham- contracts with municipalities in the goods by using recycled paper in
California division burgers,private industry has stolen the recycling United States and Canada, has government publications, enact-
show from government. agreements with E.I.du Pont de ng tax incentives to encourage
Waste Management Inc.,Oak Brook,Ill.,and Nemours & Co., Wilmington, manufacturers to use recycled
Browning Ferris Industries Inc.,Houston,have Del., to market plastics, with materials in their products,and
started joint ventures with several processors of Chicago-based Stone Container see Markets on Page 14
14 City&State, January 28,1991
K SPECIAL RIOT RECYCLING/WASTE SEMWS
Markets
Continued from Page 11 and glass could be overwhelmed,
ending"hidden subsidies" such as Recent a�elage_rt�tarket� lr�eesfo jceeyclables =.x� � `. Mr.Misner said.
depletion allowances that unfairly (PriceS'per'ton end I7y'F@jJIpO}„ x "�'" "ky 'a"-�ay. Y, �_ °t" Markets in the Southeast and
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lower the price of virgin materials.
Northeast,although developing rap-
Having the federal government idly,are experiencing some of the
step in would stimulate markets Northeast -EASt MldWest 'sSOuth -",- West- s lowest prices and most frequent
across state boundaries, where so x Yk problems because of the large num-
much recycling business occurs. Old = her of recycling programs.
And there is a need for national in- newspapers $10-25 $10-20 $10-20 $0-25 $30-4t] yc�g p
centives if a truly national market- _... ......... .;wY _ __..
More government support jUv
place for recycled products is to be Mixed - -~ While a few states have tax
developed,advocates argue. waste $()14-111` ;- $0-75 $0-5 $(-)10' $10-12 breaks or grants for recycling in-
While admitting there are re- papef dustries,more substantial govern-
gional market problems, Michael _. ......-....................._ ___.. .:......._... _._. ... ...___ ._.. ment support for recycling markets
Misner,who follows the markets for " ° will decline this year.
inum
the National Solid Wastes Manage- Alum $600-900 $540-800 $600--900 $700-900 $500-780 "Anything that has a price tag on it
ment Association,Washington,said, cans this year is going to be a very dif-
The amount of materials (reco- ficult piece of legislation to sell;'Mr.
vered)has increased,but so far the Bell said."You have 33 states with no
markets have been able to handle Steel $70 $110 $50-70 $50-80 $20-70 money right now.In this atmosphere,
most of it.When and if the big cities cans recycling takes the back seat."
start to recycle,then we might have --- --_._._._.., ...._........._..__..._ ,-... _ ....... ................._.......... The National Recycling Coalition,
a different situation.But by then a Plastic soft-drink = made up of governments and en-
lot of the planned capacity expan containers $180 $200 $170 $100 $140 vironmentalists,is pushing the Bush
sions may have come off." (clear) rf administration to implement a par-
Newsprint — — —T' tion of the Resource Conservation
Newsprint a sticking point Plastic milk Recovery Act which requires the
1 t 160 00 200 100 200. .
$100-200
The material most difficult to re- jugs $ � o ;$190;2 $ $ ,,, Commerce Department to promul-
cycle continues to be newsprint. A (Clear) �' x - gate procurement policies favoring
few recycling programs in the North- El7 w recycled content products and to
east and Midwest suspended or cut fkgal"doWMo"• 10V•aaM4'•g!d°W6inat•Asl>"'a°daw°K w .�.. force federal contractors to use re-
-Souruckqustnastmaral.YtkwpfsoMd, M4rwpamantr' ive,ilaltW#MYrplon,,r, °:..it , �'! x:'"�!'h: cycled down on their pickups of newspapers ase; ' y possible.
because of a temporary inability to But every attempt at mandating
locate a paper mill or processor that Du Pont's plastics recycling opera- for of the Washington State Recy- Southwestern cities agreed to work recycling within the federal govem-
would accept it.Prices for newsprint tion,swung into action last year. cling Association,Olympia. together on assuring a steady supply went seems to have been deep-sixed
in the Northeast remained near zero This year, even more capacity "We have a lot of de-inking facili- of recyclable materials, assuring for a variety of reasons, environ-
far most of 1990,but at year's end should come online— barring a ties supposed to come online in the quality of the materials and assist- mentalists note.
appeared to jump, according to in- prolonged recession. Northwest over the next two years, ing with the development of re- 'There's been a lot of talk for very
dustry watchers. but a lot of times you have these an- gional businesses_ little action within the bureaucracy;
But new state laws mandating Intentions vs.economic reality nouncements and then the firms "This was a unique level of re- said Richard Keller,eD-chair of the
minimum recycled content in news- It is an accepted truth in the en- back off.The economy will have a gional cooperation on any topic,not markets committee of the National
print and some voluntary agree- vironmental business that good in- big impact on that." just recycling;'said Tucson Mayor Recycling Coalition,Washington.
ments between publishers and tentions take a back seat to eco- There are still some major gaps in Thomas Volgy, who hosted the Imitating California recycling
states have begun to pay off in an- nomic reality. Experts fear that the regional markets,some of them meeting."Ideally,this kind of effort
nounced expansions of de-inking widespread, prolonged recession due to distance between the markets should take place at the state level, What's more likely,Mr.Keller said,
capacity at paper mills. spells trouble for development of and the recycling programs,others but we were not prepared to wait is more states imitating California.
•The states like California, Con- recycling markets. related to material gluts. for that.What the regional markets Not only has the state mandated
necticut and Maryland mandating "A lot of the firms doing this Toughneed more than anything is a stan- minimum recycled content for news-
recycled content in newsprint have work are in the developmental Southwestern markets lord level of quality and a steady print,under legislation signed by[or-
been the most important recycling stage.If we have a long downturn,a A recent study by the Udall Cen- flow of recyclables." mer Gov.George Deukmejian last
laws ever passed," Waste Manage- lot of the plant expansions and ter for Public Policy Studies,Univer- Mr. Misner added: "Markets in fall,but plastic grocery or trash bags
ment's Mr.Petersen said."Unfortun- business start-ups are going to be sity of Arizona,Tucson, about the the Southwest and the (Plains must have at least 10%recycled ma-
ately,it took laws to turn on a light- postponed;'said Victor Bell,direc- Southwest market showed that re- states)are still not strong because terials beginning in 1994. The
bulb in the executives of the paper for of the Rhode Island office of en- gion remains the country's most there's no incentive to develop the amount of recycled plastic required
mills that they had better expand vironmental coordination and an problematic for selling recyclable market.You still have landfill tip- rises to 30%after Dec.31,1995.
their de-inking capacity or face com- official of the National Recycling materials, in part because of low ping fees out there around $6 per The state mandates a whopping
petition from those who will." Coalition,Washington. population density,the distance from ton,where tipping fees in the East 50%recycling by the year 2000,and
A lot of the new capacity for recy- "Definitely,the economy is going foreign markets and the newness of are as high as$100." gives corporate tax credits of up to
cled materials remains in the plan- to play a major role in the markets recycling collection programs. $250,000 to companies starting or
ning stages,but some of it,such as this year;'said Greg Wright,direr- On Jan. 11, mayors from 20 West is strongest market expanding operations that utilize
Perhaps, ironically, the West is recyclable materials in the produc-
the strongest recycling market. tion process.
Proximity to voracious Asian Waste Management's Mr.Petersen
markets,tough mandatory recycling believes that the"incentive"of state
laws and goad market development mandates on recycled content will
initiatives at the state level in Cali- have an almost immediate impact
fornia and Washington have made on the markets.He has the temerity
the West the recycling mecca. to predict that by 1992"there will
Even old corrugated boxes, a be a tremendous demand for old
thorny problem in the rest of the newspaper."
country,can be sold easily. With plastics manufacturers al-
In general.,the Great bakes region ready saying they cannot get a
has strong recycling markets be- guaranteed supply of old soft drink
cause of a long-established scrap in- bottles and milk containers,recy-
dustry and established suburban cling managers may start breath-
curbside collection programs.But if ing a little easier in the coming
large cities like Chicago ever fulfill year, a welcome change from the
their promises to recycle in large tough sell to which they are accus-
quantities,markets for newspapers tomed. •