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LINCOLN
A REGIONAL COOPERATIVE FOR INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT
P.O. Box 159, 1050 W. 400 S.,
Burley, 1083318
208-432-9082
FAX 208-43 -6915
ANNUAL REPORT
October 1,2000 - September 30, 2001 COMMODITIES PROCESSED In the last twelve months, the Blaine County Resource Recovery Center processed 2,0 cardboard, newsprint, metal cans, magazines, glass, mixed residential paper, and a cou of office paper. The 2,007 tons represents a 2% reduction below the amount of 2,065 materials processed in the same twelve months of the preceding year. Table 1 identifie volumes of recyclable materials handled in each of the past twelve months.
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TABLE 1 COMMODITIES RECOVERED
Tons per Month
October 2000
63.7 Tons
24.8 Tons
1.8 Tons
30.9 Tons
2.2 Tons
8.9 Tons
20.7 Tons
November
72.8
20.3
2.1
28.4
1.9
11.7
24.4
December
75.1
29.0
1.7
38.9
2.4
17.8
17.8
January 200]
69.0
]4.9
1.8
38.7
2.0
4.5
13.2
February
78.6
26.3
1.4
39.2
2.7
17.3
26.8
March
75.0
22.6
1.5
37.7
2.2
10.0
21.9
Apri]
61.1
16.8
1.6
30.0
1.5
10.5
May
16.4
71.1
25.8
1.2
31.5
1.9
11.8
June
18.3
74.0
24.6
1.6
37.0
2.0
12.7
July
20.9
86.7
19.6
2.0
47.8
1.9
7.5
13.7
95.1
25.7
2.3
50.3
2.2
12.5
17.4
61.5
19.6
1.4
August September
This 2% lower volume this past year is consistent with a nationwide trend of reduced re ycling volumes, as well as reduced recyclable commodity volumes from the neighborhood recy program in the six other magic valley counties comprising Southern Idaho Solid Waste. We will be initiating a stepped-up public awareness program that is geared to increasing recyclin 5 volumes throughout south central Idaho. A comparison of the amounts of the different types of commodities processed in each of the past four years can be found in Table 2
TABLE 2 COMMODITY VOLUlVIES BY YEAR '.
i ty Cardboard
796 Tons
828 Tons
876 Tons
883 Tons
Newsprint
249
192
303
270
Aluminum Cans
27
26
25
21
Glass
416
494
451
446
Tin Cans
30
30
27
25
Mixed Paper
97
124
138
136
Magazines
224
248
245
227
This table finds that all types of recyclable commodities, with the exception of cardboarc, are less than the total amounts of the previous year. The next set of data identifies how the recyclable materials are getting to the processing center. Recyclable materials are transported to the Blaine County Resource Recovery Center Wood River Rubbish and Recycling (the curbside collection program), by Recycling Services ( he pnmary commercial recycler), and those persons that transport the materials on an indiv dual basis (self hauls). In this past year, the curbside collection program accounted for 49% of all marketable IT aterials (cardboard, newsprint, mixed residential paper, aluminum, and tin). Recycling Services s 1 responsible for bringing in 32% of the marketable materials, and self hauls account for t e remaming 19%. The following Table 3 provides for a more detailed breakdown.
TABLE 3 COMMODITIES BY CARRIER
Commodity
Wood River Rubbish
Recycling Services
Self Haul
Cardboard
372 Tons
445 Tons
66 Tons
Newsprint
194
24
52
Mixed Paper
174
30
159
Aluminum
13
3
5
Tin
19
0
6
Total
772 Tons (49%)
502 Tons (32%)
281 Tons 09%)
As compared to last year, the amount of marketable materials derived from the curbside collection
program decreased by 55 tons. This 55 ton decrease accounts for nearly all of the reduced volume from this past year's operation as compared to the prior year. The commercial recycling collector's volumes were down by only 4 tons. The amount of marketable materials obtained from the self hauls held constant and now accounts for 19% of the total volume.
OPERATION COSTS AND REVENUES Its back to recycling reality. This year saw a return to the trend of annual operation expenses exceeding revenues. The market values for fiber and metals took a sharp down tum from the values we experienced last year when the operation revenues exceeded costs by over $30,000. To illustrate this point, we received 50% less revenue for nearly the same volumes of commodities marketed in the prior year. The following Table 4 compares the total revenues and expenses of the last three years of operation of the resource recovery center
TABLE 4
REVENUE VS EXPENSE
1998 - 99
1999 - 2000
2000 - 2001
Revenues
$94,192.88
$160,472.89
$ 76,974.06
Expenses
$101,755.90
$130,152.17
$100,974.06
Net
($ 7,563.45)
$30,320.72
($24,296.66)
The 2,007 tons of recycled materials, which would otherwise be handled as solid waste, saved Blaine County and its residents $38,133 in the avoided cost of waste transfer and landfill expense. The value of the avoided cost, $38,133, when factored against the net loss ($24,297) yielded an overall value of $13,836 for the operation of the resource recovery center. The use ofthe community service labor continued this year. 1,066 hours of community service labor were utilized this past year, which is down slightly (353 hours) from the prior year.