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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT BOARD MEMORANDUM Date: May 23, 2014 To: Joseph A. Baird, County Administrator From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services a Prepared By: Himanshu H. Mehta, P.E., Managing Director, Solid Waste Disposal District fel Subject: 2014 Master Plan Update — Summary of Technical Memorandums 4 and 5 DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS: On December 3, 2013, the SWDD Board approved Work Order No. 1 with Neel -Schaffer, Inc. (NSI) in the amount of $148,202 to provide engineering services related to the 2014 Solid Waste Master Plan Update (Update) to the previous master plan adopted in 2007 for long-term management of countywide solid waste. This update entails a series of technical memorandums (TM) that build toward a final report to be presented to the Board for adoption. Kessler Consulting, Inc. (KCI), as a subconsultant to NSI, was commissioned to conduct a Waste Composition Study (WCS) and to draft portions of the Update regarding solid waste collection, recycling, and processing opportunities based on the County's current system. The purpose of this agenda item is to provide a brief summary of the draft TMs 4 and 5, which provide the results of the WCS and identify opportunities to improve collection efficiencies and increase recycling in the future, respectively. ANALYSIS: TM4 provides the results of the WCS, the purpose of which was to determine the percentage by weight of materials found in residential and commercial solid waste delivered to the County's landfill for disposal. The study included only materials destined for disposal, not materials diverted for recycling, yard trash sent to INEOS, or special waste streams such as asbestos and industrial waste. Highlights and conclusions are as follows: A. Samples were pulled from 40 loads of waste (not including Toads of bulky waste or construction debris) and manually sorted into defined material categories. Table 1 presents the WCS results for single-family residential waste, multi -family residential waste, commercial waste, and the three waste streams combined (countywide). More than 46% of residential and commercial waste disposed consists of materials that could potentially be diverted through existing recycling programs. This includes recyclable paper and containers (32%), yard trash (8%), and other types of recyclables such as appliances, electronics, scrap metal, and polystyrene (6%). An additional 24% is comprised of other types of organic materials that could potentially be composted, including food waste, clean wood waste, and low-grade paper. SWDD Agenda - 2014 Master Plan Update - Summary of TM 4-5_rev Page 1 of 4 145