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Q26. Please rate your level of support for eah of the folloing.
[10. The City offering curbside glass recycling services-each household would be assessed approximately $3.50 per month regardless of their participation in the program]
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Answer
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Percentage
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Very Supportive (04)
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34.1%
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Supportive (03)
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16.3%
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Not Sure (02)
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15.7%
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Not Supportive (01)
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33.9%
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Council should consider what they hope to learn from the pilot program (percent of participation indicating resident support; pounds of glass diverted indicating magnitude of service impact). Consideration should also be given to weather or not curbside glass recycling service should be added to the trash/recycling/yard-waste/leaf collection services already provided through the city or if it is a service that should be secured by residents via the open market. Also consider how this service cost would be covered? Ripple indicates that twice a month curbside glass collection will cost between $3.50 and $5.00/account/month (pilot fee is lower as Ripple wants to gain experience in delivering the service and learn from the pilot as well). For the 2,850 accounts in Roeland Park the estimate provided by Ripple ($3.50 to $5/month) equates to a range of $120k to $171k annually. For perspective residents currently pay $16.67 per month for garbage/recycling/yard-waste and leaf collection services offered through the city. Ripples estimated rate would represent a 21% to 30% increase in the monthly solid waste services fee.
If Council were to choose to cover the cost out of the General Fund this would reduce the amount available for capital projects funding by $120k to $171k each year. Another way of looking at it would be a cost equal to 1.10 to 1.55 mills.
The link below takes you to the 2020 State of Curbside Recycling Report produced by the Recycling Partnership organization.
https://recyclingpartnership.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/2020/02/2020-State-of-Curbside-Recycling.pdf
The report indicates 32% of the solid waste stream is being recycled nationwide. Page 3 of the report indicates 21% of residential solid waste by weight is glass. Page 6 of the report indicates that glass has a negative market value as of 11/2019. Page 8 reflects 59% of residents have access to curbside recycling service with 52% of those with access participating (page 9). This equates to 30% participation of all single family households.
Although we have no way of tracking who drops off glass at the Aldi drop off bin, between March 2020 and April 2022 337,800 lbs of glass have been collected. Assuming 6,700 people (population of Roeland Park) this amounts to 43 lbs of glass per person per year being recycled. Ripple estimates in the KC metro each person generates 80 lbs of glass waste per year.
Residential Glass Recycling Options Currently Available-
Glass Bandit- Customer names the price for every other week collection:
https://www.glassbandit.com/
KC Curbside Glass- $10/month subscription fee for every other week collection:
https://kccurbsideglass.com/kc-curbside-glass-recycling-sign-up
Atlas Glass- $10/month subscription fee for every other week collection:
https://www.atlasglasskc.com/
Dapper Glass- $12.50/month subscription fee for twice a month collection:
https://www.dapperglass.com/
Ripple Glass- drop off locations offered for free (including the location at Aldi in Roeland Park), curbside service is not currently offered:
https://www.rippleglass.com/
Recycling Information Provided by WCA:
We estimate that Roeland Park households have a weekly curbside participation rate of 92-93%
We estimate that Roeland Park households set out 491.3 lbs. of recyclable material annually.
We estimate that Roeland Park households set out 1,335 lbs of Municipal Solid Waste annually.
National per-household generation numbers vary, but the EPA estimated that in 2018 Americans generated 4.9 lbs of MSW per person each day. That estimate includes waste generated outside the home.
The 2019 Johnson County Solid Waste Management Plan presumes 2.7 people per single-family household.
Based on a 2016 study conducted by The Recycling Partnership, surveying 465 cities across the country, the national average for the amount of single-stream recyclables collected curbside is 357 pounds per household per year.
The 2019 Johnson County Solid Waste Management Plan shows that single-family households generated 502 pounds of single-stream recyclable material annually. The County’s overall single-family recycling rate is 38.0 percent (18.9 percent yard waste and 18.7 percent single-stream recyclables).