2.1b Study Session - Public Works Waste Reduction Study and Recycling SurveySalina Public Opinion Survey Questions
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The survey has 18 questions or less related to recycling and composting plus 3 demographics
questions at the end.
1. How important is reuse, recycling, and composting to you? (Please select one)
a. Very important
b. Important
c. Neutral/no opinion
d. Low importance
e. Not at all important
2. How important is it for the City of Salina to prioritize waste reduction and recycling
efforts that divert materials from landfill disposal? (Please select one)
a. Very important
b. Important
c. Neutral/no opinion
d. Low importance
e. Not at all important
3. How frequently do you visit the City's drop-off recycling center, the Salina Drive-Thru
Recycling Center (SDRC)? (Please select one)
a. Once a week
b. Once a month
c. Once a quarter
d. Twice a year
e. Never
f. Other, please specify
4. If you do not use the SDRC, please indicate why. (Select all that apply)
a. I do not generate recyclable materials at my home or business
b. SDRC is too far away from my home or business
c. SDRC hours are not convenient
d. I do not separate materials for recycling
e. I did not know the SDRC existed
f. Other, please specify
5. What recyclable materials do you bring to the SDRC? (Select all that apply)
a. Aluminum and steel (tin) beverage and food cans
b. Glass food and drink containers
c. Plastic food, beverage, and soap containers
d. Cardboard
e. Recyclable paper (i.e. junk mail, newspapers, magazines, cereal boxes, office
paper, etc.)
f. Shredded paper
g. All of the above
h. Other, please specify
6. Do you participate in the curbside recycling program using Recyclops? (Please select one)
a. Yes
b. No
7. If you do not participate in the Recyclops curbside recycling program please let us know
why? (Select all that apply)
a. Didn't know it existed
b. Too expensive
c. Collection frequency not sufficient
d. Bagging recyclable materials is cumbersome/inconvenient
e. I utilize recycling services at the SDRC
f. Recycling is not worth my time
g. Other, please specify
8. Do you currently separate your yard waste (i.e. leaves, grass clippings, branches, etc.)
from trash? (Please Select One)
a. Yes
b. No
9. If so, what do you do with your yard waste? (Select all that apply)
a. Leave it in my yard/nothing
b. Compost it at home (backyard composting)
c. Burn it at home
d. Curbside collection by private hauling company
e. Transport to composting facility or City's landfill
f. Other, please specify
10. How frequently do you visit the Salina Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Facility to
drop-off chemicals and other hazardous waste? (Please select one)
a. Once a week
b. Once a month
c. Once a quarter
d. Twice a year
e. Never
f. Other, please specify
11. If you never use the HHW Facility, please share why. (Select all that apply)
a. I do not generate HHW at my home or business
b. HHW Facility is too far away from my home or business
c. HHW Facility hours are not convenient
d. I don't separate HHW materials for recycling
e. I didn't know this program existed
f. Other, please specify
12. Do you participate in the annual Salina E -Waste (electronic waste) drop-off event? The
annual event is typically in early May. (Please select one)
a. Yes
b. No
c. I did not know this program existed
13. If no, please share why (Select all that apply)
a.
I do not have e -waste
b.
The event is not frequent enough
c.
The day and times are inconvenient
d.
I do not want to pay for certain e -waste
e.
I did not know this program existed
f.
Other, please specify
14. The City is considering expanding recycling and diversion for additional materials. Would
you be willing to separate and transport any of the following materials to a processing
facility (Select all that apply):
a. Plastic film (i.e. grocery store bags, chip bags, cereal box liners, etc.
b. Food waste
c. Yard waste
d. Glass
e. Pallets
f. Other, please specify:
g. None
15. Would you be willing to separate and place at your curbside any of the following
materials for collection (Select all that apply):
a. Plastic film
b. Food waste
c. Yard waste
d. Other, please specify:
e. None
16. How much would you be willing to pay for curbside collection services? (Please select
one)
a. Less than $10 per month
b. Less than $20 per month
c. Less than $30 per month
d. Not willing to pay anything
17. Would you support the City in evaluating the possibility of developing a reuse center for
building materials (wood, wallboard, etc.) and household goods (appliances, cookware,
furniture, etc.)? (Please select one)
a. Definitely
b. Depends on location and hours
c. Depends on products available
d. Depends on product costs
e. No
18. What barriers do you think exist to recycling in the City of Salina? (Select all that apply)
a. Programs cost too much
b. Not enough information is available about recycling
c. Programs/opportunities to recycle are not accessible
d. Not enough recycling program options exist
e. Other, please specify
19. What additional thoughts or comments do you have about how the management of
recyclable materials can be improved in the City of Salina?
DEMOGRAPHICS QUESTIONS
20. Are you responding as a resident, business, institution, or student? (Please select one)
a.
Resident
b.
Business
c.
Institution
d.
Student
21. What quadrant of the city is your home or business located? (Please select one)
a. Northeast
b. Southeast
c. Northwest
d. Southwest
22. What is your age? (Please select one)
a.
Under 18
b.
18 to 25
c.
25 to 39
d.
40 to 60
e. Over 60
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Waste Reduction Strategies I Project Update 2023
SCS ENGINEERS
Overview
►Background
County
City
►Introduction
Io- Project Overview
►Progress Update
Technical Components
Community Involvement
►2023 Project Schedule
►Summary
Background
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SWM Committee
Solid Waste
Zero Waste Initiative
SALINE -,Set
Goals
Management Plan
(ZWI) Group established
COUNTY Salina
5 -Year Update
Solid Waste
-Zero Waste by 2050
-Stakeholder
Management
• Established a
• Goals incorporated
involvement group
Committee
stakeholder group
-Approved by KDHE
• First meeting Summer 2022
2021
2022
2022
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SWM goals
• City defined
Sd��llsl "Zero Waste"
-Zero waste initiatives
2021
Waste and Recyclables
Characterization Study
-Sort in March 2022
• Data analysis completed
by mid -year
2022
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City's Definition of Zero Waste
CIRCULAR ECONOMY
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Waste Reduction
Strategies Project
-Started mid -year
• Help support the City's
waste diversion goals
2022
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City defined "Zero Waste" as a philosophy
that not only promotes
re -use, recycling, and conservation programs,
but also, and more importantly,
emphasizes sustainability by considering the
entire life -cycle of products, processes, and systems.
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Introduction to the
Waste Reduction Strategies Project
► Identify strategies to reduce waste within the City
• Look at diversion from landfill
• Look at life cycle of waste
► Waste reduction strategies should be:
• Reasonable
• Actionable
• Measurable
► Target select waste streams
• Is it a high percentage of waste received at the landfill?
• Is it a waste stream with an existing local program?
• Are there any "easy" waste streams to target?
Waste Characterization
Data 2022
Paper
21.6%
Unclassifiable Fines
Plastic
3.9%
16.4%
Sharps
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2.29`% NNW
0.9%
Other Non.
Yard Wasle
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4.3%
Glass
2.49 0
Wood
Metal
4.4%
4.9%
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Other Combusfibles
5.2%
rood Waste
14.0%
Disposable Diapers and
sanitary Products Texfiles, Rubber,
and
3.6% Leather
/A%
Salina Landfill Residential and Commercial/Institutional Waste Composition
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Material Diversion Potential
► Recyclable
• Potentially recyclable
through existing programs
► Potentially Divertible
• Potentially divertible through
new programs
► Non-divertible
• Items difficult to divert from
landfill
Salina Landfill MSW Waste
Diversion Potential by Percentage
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• Po[antially pruertible
• Noa-pveh�4le
Salina Landfill MSW Waste Diversion
Potential by Tons / Year
Note:
These are preliminary estimates
based on the 2022 waste
characterization for residential, $
commercial, and institutional waste. a
Not all materials in the recyclable $—
and potentially divertible categories
may be suitable for diversion or
recycling (e.g.: contamination)
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Waste Streams
lo -Target waste streams to focus on:
• Cardboard (-9%)
• Electronic waste (e -waste)
• Food waste (-i4%)
• Glass (-2.5%)
• Household hazardous waste (HHW)
• Pallets
• Plastic film (-b%)
• Yard waste (-8%)
Note: Waste streams are listed alphabetically, not in
priority order. Select percentages shown are
approximate based off of the residential, commercial,
and institutional waste streams physically sorted in from
the 2022 Waste Characterization Data
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Proiect Overview
Technical Components
► Research
► Strategy Development
• Initial strategies
• Revise strategies
• Assess strengths and weaknesses
• Priority ranking
• Incorporate public feedback
• Recommend strategies
► Develop Action Plan
• Refine strategies
• Implementation action items
• -5 to 10 -year
Grote, components
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Community Engagement
►Stakeholder Engagement
• ZWI Group
• Solid Waste Management
Committee
• Commission Study Sessions
Poo- Public Opinion Survey
• January 30, 2023 to March 3, 2023
►Public Open House
• Date TBD in late March
Progress Update:
Technical Components
► Research
0- Strategy Development
• Establish strategy evaluation criteria
• Based on research, start initial strategy
brainstorming
• Align strategies with US EPA Waste Management
Hierarchy
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Progress Update:
Research
► Communities
• City of Lawrence
• Geary County
• Leavenworth County
• Riley County Food &
Farm Council
► Businesses
• Ashley's Furniture
• Dillons
• Recyclops
• Stutzman's Recycling
• Tony's Pizza
• Wald Family Foods
► Schools / Libraries
• Hesston Public Library
• K -State Recycling
• Shawnee Mission School District
No,. Recyclers / Operators
• Chamness Technology
• Dodge City CREW Recycling
Center
• Missouri Organics
• NexTrex
• Pro Kansas Recycling Center
• Ripple Glass
Evaluation of Strategies
Impact on
Diversion
Is it Examples:
sustainable? grant, operating,
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First equiremen3 labor, vol infrastructure, buildings,
CRITERIA labor, volunteers
Aligns With City's City implement
Public Input & Influence 'City partner with local
Expectations _ - on Outcome (example: ZWI) or non -
of strategy local/regional partners
• City can only monitor,
but not much control
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Align Strategies with
US EPA Waste Management Hierarchy
Waste Management Hierarchy
Source Reduction 8 Reuse
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Recycring / Composting
Energy Recovery
Treatment
& Disposal
Source:
United States
Environmental Protecfion
Agency
Strategy Examples
• Education
-Management plans
• Procurement policies / contracts
• Education
• Business / community
• What are barriers?
• Policy
• Education
• Policy
• Operators / recyclers / facilities
• Equipment
• Location / transport
• Policy
• Bans
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Progress Update:
Technical Components Next Steps
► Next Steps:
• Finish research and brainstorming for waste streams
• Develop initial strategies
• Review strategies
• Incorporate public feedback
• Monitor grant opportunities
• Evaluate strategies (quantify, evaluate, rank)
• Finalize strategies in plan
• Prepare Action Plan
Progress Update:
Community Engagement
► Meet with ZWI Group
• September 2022
► Public Opinion Survey
• Survey questions
• Press release and notices
• Survey live January 30, 2023 to March 3, 2023
► Next Steps:
• Release public opinion survey
• Public Open House
• Commission meetings and study sessions
• Additional meetings with ZWI
Public Opinion Survey
► Survey goals
• Understand what is important to community
► Survey overview
• 19 questions or less related to resuse, recycling, and composting
• 3 demographics questions
► Survey questions
• Copy provided in information packet
2023 Proiect Schedule
0) Jan
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dl -Finalize press release Feb
a and advertisement Mar
for survey -Press release andr
d) y advertisement fo-Prepare for Public
C -Share survey with ZWI Public Open House Open House event
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evaluation
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•Finalize strategies
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May 7 Jun Jul
May 24 Jun 30
Draft Action Action Plan
Plan finalized
Apr—May
May—Jun
-Incorporate
-Meet with City to review
strategies and
•Allow ZWI to review draft plan
implementation
•Present draft plan in
tactics into draft
Commission study session
Action Plan
-Revise draft plan
Develop 5 -Year Action Plan
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Summa
►Waste reduction for the community
►Reasonable, actionable, and measurable goals
►Community Engagement
• ZWI Group
• Public opinion survey
• Public open house
• Commission meetings and study sessions
Op. Technical Components
• Develop initial strategies
• Review strategies
• Incorporate public feedback
• Evaluate strategies
• Prepare action plan
►Action plan for City use and implementation
Questions?
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