HomeMy WebLinkAboutSWAC 6 Final July 23 2015 Minutes
JEFFERSON COUNTY
SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETING MINUTES – Thursday, July 23, 2015
Jefferson County Public Works Building Conference Room
OPENING BUSINESS:
Meeting called to order by Al Cairns at 3:03 PM
Members Present:
Al Cairns Port of Port Townsend
John Merchant City of Port Townsend
Jenifer Taylor Citizen at Large
Lisa Crosby District #1
Alysa Russell Skookum
Stacy Hall Skookum
Kathleen Kler County Commissioner
Members Absent:
Kent Kovalenko DM/Murrey’s Disposal
Matt Hall Skookum
Hank Fly District #1
Staff Present:
Tom Boatman Solid Waste Manager
Jerry Mingo Public Works MRW/Solid Waste Coordinator
Laura Tucker Public Health Education
Tina Anderson Public Works Support Staff
Guests:
Rick Hlavke Green Solutions, Consultant for Solid Waste Management Plan
Brad Clinefelter Citizen
There is a quorum
Approval of June 25, 2015 minutes:
Change to the last sentence at the bottom of page 1 to read: The standards listed “should” meet the standards
in the policy as listed.
Al called for motion to accept minutes as amended. John moved, motion carried.
Correspondence: None
Guest Speaker: Rick Hlavke, Solid Waste Plan
BUSINESS: SWMP updated Chapter 4 Recycling.
Discussion on the Recycling Materials Policy Statement. Concerns about following the market to see exactly
where the materials are going. Skookum has tried to follow to the ultimate destination and it has not been
possible. There is not currently any similar certification required as with e-waste certification. Suggested
changing the wording from “Materials must be sold to buyers engaged in business practices that are verified to
be environmentally and socially responsible” to “Every endeavor will be made to sell to buyers engaged in
business practices... ”. The original language was already adopted in policy. Rather than have it readopted
with different language, suggested adding below the bullets a statement such as: this plan is intended as a
guideline but not necessarily adhered to.
Discussion followed on the E-waste program and including it in the plan. It is included in the plan and of
note the electronic recycling done by Skookum covers the electronics not covered in the State E-Cycle
program.
Clarified that Skookum is Skookum Contract Services.
Discussed including something about Jefferson County’s services are equal to surrounding urban levels.
Jefferson County still maintains 24 hour drop boxes which most jurisdictions do not maintain.
Discussion on contamination of the recycling bins by garbage. And garbage left adjacent to the bins that
has to be taken care of by Skookum. Contamination occurs on a daily basis. There are more contractor type of
materials being included with recycling. The whole container is dumped on a slab and manually gone through
to remove garbage. Laura is going to make contact with the Port Ludlow Voice for an article on contamination
in recycling.
In 4.7: R3, R5, R7 and R8 concerns about using the word will. Replace with should. Also in the second
paragraph keeping the existing language and adding “A cost benefit analysis should be done”.
Chapter 5:
Discussion about Food Waste composting.
Goal for Diverting Organics: possible expand the statement. Such as “composting also helps meet
sustainability goals such as shown in the State Beyond Waste plan see page 5.5.
Laura will be sending out notices to the participants of the composting workshops to track by volume what
they put into the compost that would have gone into trash for one week.
5.4 alternative A discussion about the cost of adding food waste to the composting and the facility needed
to accomplish food waste composting. Also the handling and requirements to implement a food waste
program.
The alternatives are broad or general enough to take advantage of possible future funding opportunities.
Ratings for the Organics Alternatives:
Discussed Alternative A in the rating as an overall Medium. A notation will be made at the end that despite
the high score, the cost is prohibitive.
Rating of Alternative F was High.
Discussion of recommendation ratings. These will be reviewed again at the next meeting.
Discussion of current illegal dumping problems and lack of funding for enforcement and cleanup.
Next Chapter is Garbage collection.
Discussion on possible inclusion of curbside recycling of small metals.
FROM THE FLOOR:
The city put out square recycle bins that were immediately filled with garbage. Signage needs to be added
to each bin.
Showing of the signage that is going on the drop boxes. The photos are complimentary to the
flyer/brochure that went out several months ago.
The Wooden Boat Foundation is looking for canning jars to use in place of disposable drinking glasses.
NEXT MEETING: August 27, 2015
MEETING ADJOURNED: 4:37 PM