Philadelphia Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) 2014 = ~2.5 Million Tons
MSW Generation by Sector MSW by Disposal/Recycling Method
15% 25% 26%
46%
60% 28%
Residential Commercial C&D Recycled Waste to Energy Landfilled
1 Philadelphia MSW Trends & Progress Towards Greenworks Goal #7, 2008-2014
Tons Per Year Landfill Diversion % 3,500,000 80.0%
3,000,000 70.0%
60.0% 2,500,000 50.0% 2,000,000 40.0% 1,500,000 30.0% 1,000,000 20.0%
500,000 10.0%
- 0.0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Landfilled WTE Recycled Total MSW Total Diversion from Landfill (WTE + Recycling)
2 Philly MSW Generation & Disposal Trends Per-Capita
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total MSW 2,931,374 2,840,024 2,716,055 2,551,697 2,485,187 Generation (in tons)
Total MSW 1,437,419 1,443,037 1,351,800 1,337,928 1,340,905 Disposed
Population 1,526,006 1,534,577 1,543,149 1,551,720 1,560,291
Per Capita MSW 1.92 1.85 1.76 1.64 1.59 generation
Per Capita MSW .94 .94 .87 .862 .859 Disposal
3 Philadelphia Residential Solid Waste 2008-2014
Tons Per Year
800,000
700,000
600,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Recycling Disposal Total Waste Generation
4 Curbside Recycling Comps (blue-bin materials only)
• Philly’s annual lbs. 1,000 30% yields per 900 25% household and 800 700 diversion rate rank 20% high among large 600 U.S. cities and 500 15% counties 400 10% 300 200 5% 100 - 0%
Lbs./HH Diversion Rate
5 Opportunity To Recycle (curbside)
Opportunity for Recycling (based on FY 2014 data) Based on MSW composition study ~65,000 tons of current program recyclables remain (not adjusted for residue)
Remaining Residential % Program Recyclables = MSW = Materials = 65,320 tons 425,811 tons 13.3%
6 Changing Philadelphia MSW Stream…
Philadelphia Residential Disposed Philadelphia Residential Disposed 2010 2000
15% 19% 13% 5% 29% 10% 2% 24% 4% 29% 13% 27% 7% 4%
Paper & cardboard Plastics Paper & cardboard Plastics Glass Metals Glass Metals Organics C&D Organics C&D Other Other
MSW stream getting more difficult to recycle… Philly’s Evolving Recycling Ton
Inbound MRF Tons 2013 Inbound MRF Tons 2010
13% 10% 12% 19%
17% 17% 32% 15% 12% 4% 1% 4% 1% 2% 3% 23% 1% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 2% 2% 0% Newspaper Mixed Paper Newspaper Mixed Paper OCC Aseptic Containers OCC Aseptic Containers Aluminum Cans Steel Cans Aluminum Cans Steel Cans Other Metal PET Other Metal PET HDPE Mix Plastics #3 thru #7 (mix) HDPE Mix Plastics #3 thru #7 (mix) Mixed Plastics/Rigid Mixed Glass Mixed Plastics/Rigid Mixed Glass Rejects/Residue Rejects/Residue
8 Evolving Recycling Ton is U.S. Trend
Generation of Key Recyclables in U.S. (in 000's) 35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
- ONP OCC Office Paper Mags Glass Alum. Steel PET HDPE Source: U.S. EPA 1995 2000 2007 2013 Recycling’s Evolving Ton…
• Declining newspaper • Packaging light-weighting – circulation & readership the aluminum can: o 21.75 cans to make a pound in • Inquirer Sunday circulation: 1972 o 2011 = 436K o 34.6 cans to make a pound in o 2014 = 312K 2012 • Inquirer weekday circulation: o 2011 = 224K o 2014 = 159K
10 Recycling’s Evolving Ton: Packaging Materials
Glass bottle Rigid plastic bottle Flexible plastic pouch
Rigid plastic bottle Detergent pods Detergent pods (in plastic container) (in flexible plastic pouch)
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