Description
Agenda
Recycling Advisory Committee (RAC) Meeting
January 11, 2017
City Hall, Sullivan Chambers
8am – 9:30am
1. Housekeeping, 8am (10 min)
• Approve Minutes
• Public Comment
2. Introductions. 8:10am (30 min)
• Each member will introduce themselves (name, occupation/interests, neighborhood, and share their favorite fun-fact about recycling)
• New chairs nomination for voting in February
3. City Updates, 8:40am (15 min)
• Staffing Update—DoC Monitor, Waste Reduction Outreach Assistant, and Waste Reduction Program Manager
• ACR: We received $3/ton in December; first time getting paid since 2012.
• HDR Consultants—February/March meeting?
4. Discussion Topics, 8:55am (25 min)
• Questions for HDR consultants (15min)
• Interests of new and returning RAC members (10min)
5. Closing, 9:20 (10 min)
• Action Plan/Decisions
• Announcements
Committee members are appointed by the City Manager. All meetings are open to the public. Members of the public may speak during the public comment section for up to two minutes. If you wish to speak, please contact Mike Orr at 617 349-4815 or morr@cambridgema.gov by 1pm the day before the meeting. You may also email or mail written comments for inclusion in public comments in lieu of appearing to speak in person. The Committee Chair must first grant permission to non-members who request to speak at the meeting.
2017 Meetings
Held at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave, Council Chambers, 2nd Floor, 8:00am. Enter through back door of City Hall
• February 8
• March 8
• April 12
• May 10
• June 14
December 2016 Waste Characterization Analysis
On two separate days, the City and volunteers sorted trash from 100 Households on two different days in several parts of the City. What we found are the following statistics. For example, about 10-11% of our trash (by weight) is paper or cardboard.
Monday Sort Thursday Sort
Paper/Cardboard 9.7% 10.7%
Containers/Plastics 5.6% 7.4%
Food Waste (includes food still in packages) 29.3% 33.1%
Organics (non-food paper) 12.3% 8.3%
Diapers/Pet Waste 8.7% 11.0%
Textiles 3.9% 4.4%
Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment (i.e. anything with a cord) 3.4% 2.2%
Trash 21.4% 18.7%