HomeMy WebLinkAboutAudience Comment Handouts - Paul QuinnHandout #1 - Analysis of City Tonnage and Diversion Rates
City of Renton Full Yr-2023
Tonnage (Total all Types)Full Yr-2022 % of
Total Full Yr-2023 % of
Total
Single-Family 33,185 45%32,092 44%
Commercial 30,279 41%30,847 42%
Multi-Family 10,169 14%10,008 14%
Total 73,632 100% 72,947 100%
Tonnage (by how Disposed)Full Yr-2022 % of
Total Full Yr-2023 % of
Total
Garbage (landfill)45,237 61%45,699 63%
Recycle 13,808 19%13,312 18%
Food Scraps / Yardwaste 14,587 20%13,936 19%
Total 73,632 100% 72,947 100%
Diversion Rate Full Yr-2022 Full Yr-2023 vs Prior
YR
Single-Family 66%65%-1.0%
Commercial 16%15%-0.2%
Multi-Family 16%15%-1.0%
Pct Recycled or Food Scraps /
Yardwaste of Total Disposed 38.6%37.4%-1.2%
Missed Opportunity^Full Yr-2022 Full Yr-2023
Tons of Recycle & Food Scraps /
Yardwaste in Landfill 30,309 tons 30,618 tons
Each month Renton sends to landfill 2552 tons ................ that could have gone here
Garbage
Container
No Recycle
Container
Single-Family 24,567 (9) (346)
Commercial 1,303 (381) (1,246)
Multi-Family 404 - (377)
^ This is estimate based on King County 2022 Waste Characterization and Customer Survey, 2/3's of what is put in landfill could have been diverted
How Many Pickup Sites Do Not have a Recycle or a
Food Scraps / Yardwaste Container
No Food Scraps /
Yardwaste Container
* Rolloff tonnage is applied to primary source category if provided . It is typically generated by open top dumpsters, some businesses, apartments and
construction sites or home renovations
Single-Family,
32,092
Commercial,
30,847
Multi-Family,
10,008
2023 TONNAGE BY TYPE
Garbage
(landfill)
63%Recycle
18%
Food Scraps /
Yardwaste
19%
2023 TONNAGE BY HOW DISPOSED
⅔ of what's
dumped in
landfill could
be diverted
to recycling
or compost^
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Paul Quinn || 206-515-9165 || firstnonviolence@pm.me
Paul Quinn, 2/26/2024
Handout #2 - Recommended Actions to Improve City Diversion Rates
City of Renton
What We CAN do to Improve Diversion Rates NOW
CITYWIDE
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What We CAN do to Improve Diversion Rates In Near Future
Pass a City Ordinance to require all businesses serving the public to make available a recycle container. This would
include some of the 381 remaining businesses
Require each business to work with disposal company to assure all public-facing disposal containers match the
colors used by residents. This would increase accuracy of disposal of materials.
Include, in each newsletter sent to residents, the most current diversion statistics and tips to improve their rates
of recycling and composting
Pass a City Ordinance to require all businesses serving the public to make available a food scraps container. This
would include some of the 1246 remaining businesses
Pass a City Ordinance to require all 346 remaining single-family homes to utilize a food scrap / yardwaste barrel
Start a pilot with 100 residents where diversion advisors review weekly contents of trash, recycle, compost
containers and provide feedback to improve accuracy of material disposal
Initiate a program to provide to each household and business a free indoor recycling container and free
Countertop Kitchen Scraps container (typically your disposal company will help defray costs)
Change Pickup Schedules to have garbage picked up every other week while retaining every week pickup for
recycling and compost
Pass a City Ordinance to require all 377 remaining multi-family locations make available a food scrap / yardwaste
container
Require that each container picked up (a) be identified (using RFID tag or number already on container) and (b)
weighed before being dumped into the truck. This Pickup & Weigh program would facilitate improved diversion
rates by pickup location. (this technology already exists, see handout #3)
In the next disposal contract or amendment, require this:
Once in place, this program would help each person understand how they are doing in comparison to their
neighbors (like PSE does now)
Paul Quinn || 206-515-9165 || firstnonviolence@pm.me
Handout #3 - Pickup & Weigh And Why We Need It
City of Renton
Paul Quinn || 206-515-9165 || firstnonviolence@pm.me