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who have never recycled before have openly informed SWDD staff that they are now participating in the program. Waste Management and Republic Services report that they are successfully encouraging businesses and organizations to sign up for recycling services. Outgoing recycling tonnages have clearly increased under single stream recycling; however there have been some contamination issues reported by Tropical Recycling Inc, who processes all of Indian River County's single stream material. According to their staff, an average of 8.5-12.3% of the material that comes to the facility is discarded as residue. Plastic bags, plastic wraps, hoses, heavy scrap metals and other unwanted materials are still being sent to the facility where it can cause damage to the machinery. We will continue to work with Tropical Recycling to determine what items are problematic and how we can best educate our residents on proper recycling. Education and outreach are crucial to the success of a recycling program. Over the past year, we have launched numerous campaigns to introduce the new single stream recycling program, including advertisements through newspapers, radio ads, Comcast ads, websites, and email blasts. We have also given tours of the landfill, visited Home Owners Associations, attended local organizational meetings, and volunteered as table vendors at local events. SWDD has partnered with various companies to host 3 collection events in the last year: a Paper Shredding Event, an Electronics Recycling Event, and a Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and Tire Event. SWDD also collaborated with Waste Management, the Parks Department and the Recreation Department to bring recycling containers to some of the county parks and the new Intergenerational Recreation Center. In the upcoming fiscal year, we will continue to strive towards the 75% recycling rate goal by offering residents more opportunities to recycle, and more information on the importance of recycling correctly. We will to continue host various collection events; including a Residential Paper Shredding Event coming up on November 19th at Southeast Secure Shredding's paper shredding facility off US Highway 1 in Vero Beach. We would like to expand our parks recycling program to include county beach parks as well as discuss options to improve recycling at county schools and at local events. This year, we will increase our outreach to multi -family residences and commercial entities by visiting property managers and business owners to offer information and guidance on setting up a recycling program at their facility. We will use also traditional print and radio advertisements as well social media, Comcast and direct mailers to help our residents understand how recyclables are processed and why it is important to recycle properly. In order to reach our goal of 75% recycling in the next four years, it is important that we continue to motivate our residents to participate in the various recycling programs that are available to them. By: Jasoki E. Brown, County Administrator For: 11/Tt2016 Date SWDD Agenda Quarterly Recycling Update -October 2016 Indian River Co. Administration SWDD Director App ved Date /B Budget Legal SWDD Finance Page — 2 — 4