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CRWRP Meeting March 11th, 2009 2 • Members asked how municipalities are being approached for input. ARMA advised they are meeting with groups such as CRWRP and other associations, as well as sending out letters to Mayors and Reeves in the region. Articles will be appearing in regional newspapers and letters will be going out to all collection sites as part of the stakeholder review. • Tammy Nygaard asked what the market for empty paint cans is. Brad advised they are going stateside. TIRE PROGRAM • ARMA is working with manufacturers and industry to determine how they can best fund the processing of large off road tires (mining truck tires etc.). There won’t be a fee at purchase time, but a fee will be paid post-processing. • The proposed changes will include off road tires like agricultural tires. If ARMA does not get the revenue to run program we will have to charge municipalities for the tires already on site.. • Joanne Walroth noted that because of their large area, they can’t provide enough sites for recycling, so they go to the farmers for pickup of tires. Processors want 400 tires before they will send out a bin. The same issues arise with processors for tires. • Fee increase is still needed, regardless of agricultural tire collection, as all costs have gone up. We will lose money on agricultural tires, but there will be some cross subsidization. • Members asked if increase allows for compensation to municipalities for handling tires. Brad suggested individuals apply for grants. • John Deagle noted this is a cost to us to manage tires. We are not being compensated for equipment and people. Grants don’t usually cover all costs. Municipality’s directive is to charge for tire recycling regardless of grants. • Brad Schultz advised that all increases will be brought forward for approval at the same time. Paint is highest on their priority list. • Brad further noted that a pilot project is being completed for off road vehicles. Until rate is adjusted, can’t process them. They will be stockpiled. ELECTRONICS PROGRAM • In BC within 3 years all electrical products will have a fee attached, which ARMA feels is an aggressive approach. They will be taking a more gradual approach to ensure fewer problems with e-program. • Members asked how electronic items would be managed. Brad advised they would all be put in one bin and weighed. • Are compact fluorescents included? Best person to talk to is Christine Della Costa (about the potential for a stewardship program). ARMA will probably end up managing that program. • John Deagle noted Red Deer has excellent program. • New programs will be introduced as soon as ARMA meets with the provincial cabinet, hopefully in the next month, and will take 3 months to implement. • 780-990-1111 toll free 1-888-999-8762 email: bradschultz@albertarecycling.ca • www.albertarecycling.ca 2. Presentation by Randy Gue – ARROWBIO Mechanical Biological Treatment of BSW Randy’s presentation is on the CRP website @ http://www.calgaryregion.ca/crp/media/53327/arrowbio%20calgary%20feb09.pdf
CRWRP Meeting March 11th, 2009 3 Questions & Comments: • Is this the best way to get recyclables out of stream? Would this type of plant still be able viable in a sorted environment? A: Ideally, material would be source separated as that is costly and this plant is capable of sorting out recyclables. Obviously economics are improved if more recyclables are there to sell, so you would have to do a study of your MSW to find out what composition is, and better model a plant. Q: Are they drawing from some sort separation? I think in Australia, but not Israel. • The digesting phase is better with more organics and more gas generated. With MSW you’re getting a mixture of materials. More bio gas generated with more compost. Sewage sludge may be added to the mix. • Randy’s email address is Randy.Gue@lafarge-na.com 3. Review and Adoption of Minutes from February 11 th , 2009 Meeting The Minutes were approved with no deletions or additions. 4. Old Business a) Organics- Dave Whitfield advised in speaking with Angela Brightwell, she advised when priorities were set on projects in Airdrie, the compost pad did not make the cut. They won’t be moving forward on that this year. MDRV still optimistic to make year end, but haven’t seen budget yet. Internal discussions are taking place regarding lagoons. Dave asked members if anyone knew of any grants available at this time. None were noted. 5. New Business b) Glass Recycling Randy Gue also provided an update on the possibility of Lafarge taking glass: Lafarge can use glass, but it is not a great raw material as sodium is added to it. The challenge becomes contamination with metal. It goes into a giant crusher which is sensitive to metal, and will shut down if detected. We can’t be constantly shutting down. If glass is cleaned to the point of no metal, it would be more viable, but I realize some of your facilities don’t have that capability. This is a quality control issue that relates to Exshaw. You may submit a sample to determine if it is useable. Paper is not a problem, unsure if aluminum is a problem or not. Could use in glass asphalt mix if fine enough. Don’t know if it’s saleable. Product would go into manufacturers cement, raw mix. As an alternative, could put us in touch with paving companies who have some recycling programs in place already. a) Non- linear compact fluorescent bulbs. • Peter Duck advised these bulbs can be bought for the same cost as recycling them. The issue is that non-linear tubes have to be packed in a barrel and shipped to Swanhills for destruction. . He spoke with RCA and it was recommended that his commission should draft a letter encouraging reduction for costs to municipalities. CRWRP may be useful in this process and Christine Seidel would work on northern region. Peter has drafted a letter for review and will forward to members. We can take 2 approaches, either encourage ARMA to include these bulbs in e-waste program or make money available to buy crushing equipment.
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