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during FY 16/17. We would need another non -hurricane season in order to truly gauge the effects of the new curbside programs on the recycling and garbage tonnages collected at the CCCs. Figure 1 S. BEACH PARKS: As of January 2018, recycling is available at all eight (8) county beach parks after over thirty modified blue recycling carts were delivered to the parks. The carts are emptied once a week by Waste Management. 6. IRC SCHOOL RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM: The IRC School Recycling Pilot Program was successfully launched in January 2018 at four of IRC's public schools: Pelican Island Elementary, Rosewood Magnet School, Storm Grove Middle School, and the Vero Beach High School Freshman Learning Center. The overall response from the teachers and students at the schools was very positive. The recycling at each school increased about 50% and the garbage reduced between 30-50%, depending on the school. SWDD will continue to work with the School District of IRC to discuss the possibility of expanding the program to the remaining 16 public schools. A detailed discussion of the expansion will be brought to the SWDD Board at a future meeting. The IRC School Recycling Pilot program did not specifically address the black Styrofoam trays used in school cafeterias; however, one of the pilot schools, Pelican Island Elementary, was in the process of launching a pilot composting program and replacing the black Styrofoam trays with biodegradable trays. Since the last quarterly update, the composting equipment has been successfully connected, and the school has begun their pilot composting program. RECYCLING EVENTS AND EDUCATION: During the second quarter, SWDD partnered with Waste Management to host the winter Electronics and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Recycling Event on January 27, 2018, at the North County Pool. @BCL@F40D9C0A.docx - Page 3 - 186 Garbage & Single Stream Recycling at CCCs 1,400 18,100 E 1,200 Start of Single 18,000 Stream Program 1,000 17,900 N to - 17,800 17,800 U 800 v 17,700 0 M 0.0 600 € CLO C I 17,600 .0 W 400 ( ( 17,500 ( l9 200 17,400 I 1I 0 ' i 17,30 1 FY13/14 FY14/15 FY15/16 FY16/17 -*-Single Stream Recycling -i-Garbage S. BEACH PARKS: As of January 2018, recycling is available at all eight (8) county beach parks after over thirty modified blue recycling carts were delivered to the parks. The carts are emptied once a week by Waste Management. 6. IRC SCHOOL RECYCLING PILOT PROGRAM: The IRC School Recycling Pilot Program was successfully launched in January 2018 at four of IRC's public schools: Pelican Island Elementary, Rosewood Magnet School, Storm Grove Middle School, and the Vero Beach High School Freshman Learning Center. The overall response from the teachers and students at the schools was very positive. The recycling at each school increased about 50% and the garbage reduced between 30-50%, depending on the school. SWDD will continue to work with the School District of IRC to discuss the possibility of expanding the program to the remaining 16 public schools. A detailed discussion of the expansion will be brought to the SWDD Board at a future meeting. The IRC School Recycling Pilot program did not specifically address the black Styrofoam trays used in school cafeterias; however, one of the pilot schools, Pelican Island Elementary, was in the process of launching a pilot composting program and replacing the black Styrofoam trays with biodegradable trays. Since the last quarterly update, the composting equipment has been successfully connected, and the school has begun their pilot composting program. RECYCLING EVENTS AND EDUCATION: During the second quarter, SWDD partnered with Waste Management to host the winter Electronics and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Recycling Event on January 27, 2018, at the North County Pool. @BCL@F40D9C0A.docx - Page 3 - 186