The Waste Wizard helps identify how to properly dispose of all types of waste, not just recycling, and will continue to be available to assist you with making the proper disposal decisions. Will I still be able to use the Waste Wizard? There will be no change to your collection days and you can continue to place your recyclables in your blue recycling cart. Waste-to-energy will save an estimated $150,000 annually. The Fiscal Year 2021 per ton cost at the waste-to-energy facility is $46.57. Over the 6-month period, April – September 2020, the average per ton cost to process recyclables was $87.50. What is the financial impact of redirecting recyclables to waste-to-energy? Thus the cost of processing is higher and the revenue received for the sale of the sorted recyclables is lower. The processing facility also then needs to pay to transport and dispose of the contamination that is left after processing.

Contamination increases the amount of labor, effort, and technology needed to process (sort) the material received at the recycling processing facility and also reduces the quality of the final product. For example, plastic bags, while technically recyclable, are not accepted in the curbside recycling program and are therefore considered contamination. Contamination occurs when materials that are not specifically accepted in the recycling cart are placed into the recycling cart. What is Margate’s contamination rate and why is it an issue?Īs of July 2020, the City of Margate’s contamination rate is approximately 44%. In this economic climate, increasing solid waste fees to continue recycling was not seen as an option. This rise in cost was brought about largely due to historically poor markets for the recyclable materials and historically high contamination rates. In recent years, processing recyclables has gone from generating a revenue to a significant cost. Why are the recyclables being redirected to waste-to-energy? The City will continue to receive recycling credits for material brought to this facility. Recycling Recyclables Being Redirected to Waste-to Energy FacilityĪll recyclables are being taken to the Wheelabator waste-to-energy facility where the material is incinerated and converted to electricity.

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