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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSS3 - Organic Waster Recycling - CorrespondenceReceived After Agenda Printed July 23, 2019 Item No. SS3 Subject: FW: Follow up to the "Insider's Guide" of 7/22/19 regarding Organic Recycling From: Hinckley, Keith Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 3:03 PM To: 'GLesley@glesley-cpa.com' <GLes Iey@glesIey-cpa.com> Subject: FW: Follow up to the "Insider's Guide" of 7/22/19 regarding Organic Recycling Good afternoon Mr. Leslie, My name is Keith Hinckley. I am the Senior Management Analyst in the Municipal Operations Division of the Public Works Department. Among my various responsibilities, I manage our solid waste contracts. You have inquired about organics recycling vs. recycling cans and bottles. I will address these programs from the residential program first. Under our residential refuse collection contract with CR&R, residents are provided with trash carts and can request recycle carts which are currently optional. CR&R collection vehicles are assigned routes where they collect the trash carts, dump their trucks, and then return to the same route to collect the recycle carts. The collectors are not to collect the recycle carts and the trash carts at the same time without my authorization and in very restrictive situations. The material collected from the recycle carts is taken to a clean Material Recovery Facility -specifically for cans, bottles, cardboard, etc. There the different materials collected is sorted by type to be sent off to market. The material from the trash carts is taken to a dirty Material Recovery Facility. This material is sorted to pull out what can be recycled. As you are aware, not every can, bottle, and recyclable makes it to the recycle cart, but they are separated out at this point. However, recycling is much more efficient when the recycle materials are placed in the recycle cart not the trash cart. While you might see the same truck in front of the same house twice on collection day, the material from the trash and recycle carts is collected separately. As for organics recycling, that applies to food and plant material. Currently, residents in Newport Beach place their yard trimmings and food waste in the trash cart. There is legislation that will require this material to be recycled in a different manner. Currently, commercial establishments are required to have an organic recycling program in place that handles food waste separately from their regular trash and recyclables. California passed legislation that implemented organics material recycling on commercial establishments and multi -family residences. These requirements will apply to all residential units in 2022. The collected material is taken to specialized recycling facilities where it is composted, ground up and converted to energy, or processed in an anaerobic digester with the end product being energy and compost. Next January, legislation takes affect with what is done to yard waste. This will impact our community with how greenwaste is processed. This might be a bit more of an explanation that you were looking for, but there is a lot involved with recycling in California. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me. Thank you for your interest in recycling. Sincerely, Keith Hinckley Senior Management Analyst Municipal Operations Division Public Works Department City of Newport Beach, CA 92663 949-718-3466 khinckley@newportbeachca.gov From: Herdman, Jeff Sent: Monday, July 22, 2019 1:21 PM To: Webb, Dave (Public Works) <DAWebb@newportbeachca.gov> Cc: GLesley@glesley-cpa.com Subject: Fwd: Follow up to the "Insider's Guide" of 7/22/19 regarding Organic Recycling Dave, Would you or the appropriate staff member please respond to this email? Thanks, Jeff Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: George Lesley <GLesley@glesley-cpa.com> Date: July 22, 2019 at 12:14:33 PM PDT To: "citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov" <citycouncil@newportbeachca.gov> Subject: Follow up to the "Insider's Guide" of 7/22/19 regarding Organic Recycling I don't understand Organic Recycling vs. recycling of bottle, cans, etc. How does CRR process our trash to accomplish Organic Recycling ? If we put different types of waste into separate trash bins -- -does that really help because all the trash bins are dumped into the same truck and it gets mish moshed together with everyone else's non separated trash ? Thank you. George M. 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