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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT <br />BOARD MEMORANDUM <br />sc <br />Public Presentation <br />Date: January 8, 2019 <br />To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />From: Vincent Burke, P.E., Director of Utility Services <br />Thru: Himanshu H. Mehta, P.E., Managing Director, Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) <br />Prepared By: Susan Flak, Recycling Education and Marketing Coordinator, SWDD <br />Subject: Quarterly Recycling Update —January 2019 <br />Quarterly Update <br />As of October 1, 2018, Indian River County entered into the fourth fiscal year of single stream recycling. <br />Outgoing recycling tonnages fluctuate on a month-to-month basis; however, over the past four years, <br />recycling tonnages during the first quarter have increased since single stream recycling was implemented on <br />October 1, 2015; however, the 2018/19 fiscal year quarterly total went down slightly. <br />Month <br />FY2015/16 <br />Tonnages <br />FY2016/17 <br />Tonnages <br />FY2017/18 <br />Tonnages <br />FY2018/19 <br />Tonnages <br />October <br />1,278 <br />1,554 <br />1,364 <br />1,586 <br />November <br />1,309 <br />1,861 <br />2,191 <br />1,803 <br />December <br />1,851 <br />1,786 <br />1,774 <br />1,703 <br />Total Quarterly Tonnage <br />4,438 <br />5,201 <br />5,329 <br />5,092 <br />Recycling Collection Events <br />The Solid Waste Disposal District (SWDD) partnered with Southeast Secure Shredding to host the Fall Paper <br />Shredding Event on November 17, 2018. The event brought in 505 cars and recycled 13,500 lbs., or 13 bales <br />of paper, which is slightly lower than last fall's event that brought in 563 cars and recycled approximately <br />17,000 lbs. of paper. In reflection, SWDD and Secure Shredding believe that this might be due to the close <br />proximity to the Thanksgiving Holiday. Although the shredding event always takes place near America <br />Recycles Day, it may take place a week earlier next fall. <br />Upcoming Events <br />Our next recycling event is the Electronics and Household Hazardous Waste Event on January 26, 2019, at <br />the North County Pool from 9 am to 12 pm. Al Assets has generously donated a brand new laptop that will <br />be raffled off to residents who recycle at the event. In the spring, we will host another Paper Shredding Event <br />at Southeast Secure Shredding (3910 US Highway 1) on April 6, 2019, from 9 am to 2 pm. <br />3 <br />