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Home My WebLink AboutEuless First to offer recycling to all residents 1993 A Progress Report On Community Waste Disposal's Public-Private Recycling Partnerships CWD Community City ® Waste Disposal, Inc. Since 1984 214-392-9300 • 817-795-9300 Cash Trash xtra Euless first in e o er recycling t all residents (Euless,TX) --Move over, the nation last Austin.Euless,TX,has braggin' June to find a iT rights as Texas' premier recycling clonable city.The first public-private waste- . s _�, service in the state to pick up reclamation E jl • apartment recyclables started in program. `A J '�f_ ` - Euless this January. jn'I - TIN 1,:'"The w n ' a '. �1 t` With strength in numbers, closest we GLASS ALUMINUM PLASTIC _ -___ apartment residents here exert found was in • - ��' ' 1, R.. _ some collective muscle in push- Atlanta, _ y NEWSPAPER ing local government for first-rate Georgia,and }. city services. Euless,located it was much --�� between Dallas and Fort Worth, more restric- CWD's municipal recycling program accepts is composed of almost as many five than we 13 grades of recyclables-- the greatest variety of recyclables accepted by any public-private apartment units as single-family wanted,"Cox program in the state. houses(8,500 apartment units said.Failing versus 9,200 single-family to find a prototype, Euless wrote for single-family residents and houses). its own specifications. container pick up for apartments. With this in mind,the Euless The city announced bids Euless awarded the franchise last city council told Economic in June for weekly curbside pick summer to Community Waste Development Director Tom Cox up of commingled recyclables Disposal, the Metroplex's largest last spring to find a recycling Recycle privately owned waste collection service for all residents includingservice. apartment dwellers. Cox's two- person staff phoned cities across TexasNOW Continued on pg.2 Continued from pg. 1 Fees area$1.70 a month late December, ; r + ,........___-7--, ,.�,� , for a single-family resident, 85 said,by his ,0'�'— - i r i er' cents for a senior citizen,and estimates,less ' _ .410��l' r >%. . y, apartment complexes are charged than 10 percent , , •,' L 90 cents per unit. On-site apart- of services ;,%� ment drop-off centers will be nationwide pick ,/ unlocked and manned during a up the variety of + •�'y minimum of four collection hours plastics CWD per week. does. L - cc) In addition to aluminum, But - 4 F __ ` tin,glass,and newsprint,CWD many local - le I -- - also picks up a"long materials governments in -----____ � �= _ list"of plastics coded 1 through 7, Texas are CWD's custom-designed Ford F-350 collection with the exception of 6. considering truck is lightweight,eliminating the damage to streets and property that heavier vehicles Not one of the"Big more compre- cause. Three"waste collection services hensive services matched CWD's successful bid, such as CWD's,because plastic trash by volume at 21 percent, but Cox feels they will watch the rubbish is a roadblock in achiev- behind paper and cardboard's 32 public-private partnership closely. ing 50 percent waste reduction percent share. Other cities have requested waste by 1995 --a goal targeted by Texas is far behind states diversion rates when available, Senate Bill 1340,passed by the which mandated recycling years said Michelle Wyman,city Texas legislature in 1991. ago.For instance,Biocycle's recycling coordinator. According to a recent survey indicated Pennsylvania In BioCycle magazine's federal report on U.S.trash,only had 603 curbside programs to latest nationwide survey,Jim 2.2 percent of plastics were Texas' 10.But in the months Glenn wrote last April,"There recycled in 1990,compared with since the survey was published,a hasn't even been an attempt on 19.9 percent of glass,28.6 500 percent growth has occurred the national level to determine percent of paper, 15.4 percent of in the state.Raine estimated how many recycling programs of steel and 38.1 percent of alumi- Texas now has 50 curbside various stripes are operating." num.In 1990,plastics were the programs. And although the Texas Water second-largest component of Commission's Bureau of Land Management doesn't have CWD, �� support Woody Raine,TWC's community recycling program manager,says recycling this of CWD's program:"A greater variety of plastics are The Euless city council production and distribution of accepted than with any other awarded the recycling contract educational materials including curbside program in Texas." to Community Waste Dis- recycling starter kits. Not even Austin,re- posal,not only for its competi- The franchise fee paid garded as the most progressive five price offer,but for"overall by CWD is funding the em- recycling city in Texas for its value,"said Tom Cox,eco- ployment of a recycling coordi- curbside program started in 1989, nomic development director. nator who oversees the program collects recyclables from apart- CWD is providing$16,000 for Continued on pg.4 ments.And Glenn,interviewed in Ex- Park Goes To Community With THE CII Y , Don't even ask Michelle EU L E S S candies of a certain color as they Wyman,recycling coordinator can grab from a bowl.The red for the City of Euless,if her ones represent land,the green agenda is full. Since hiring on last ones water,etc."By the time the fall,the former Grand Canyon commercial where it's cool fourth generation gets there, park ranger has presented the enough for students to pay there is nothing left.This empha- city's recycling program to attention,"Wyman said. sizes conservation and environ- apartment tenants,civic and She also plans to pro- mentalism,"Wyman said business groups and second-and mote Euless' recycling program As a park ranger,she seventh-grade students--all this at a formal event in the spring. described the Grand Canyon's to introduce a program that 'We'll have a big Saturday in the geography,geology and environ- wasn't kicked off until January. park with booths sponsored by mental concerns to park visitors, And much more is environmentally alert companies and even did programs in Ger- planned."So many times a and events for kids,"she said. man and French. She describes recycling program is imple- In December,Wyman her new job as a smooth transi- mented,starts out great and worked on Saturday to present a tion. fades.The program never gets children's program to an apart- "The only thing that wasn't attention until there is a pro- ment with an ethically diverse smooth was going from a canyon blem,"said Tom Cox,Euless' resident population. "I'm really to an office building,"she said. economic development director. looking forward to this.These So the Euless city council stipu- kids do not come from wealthy _ lated that the franchise fee paid backgrounds.I think they are . by recycling contractor Commu- going to be really excited about nity Waste Disposal fund public having someone hang out with h - _ education and the hiring of a them and treat them like they are . recycling coordinator. important,"she said. ' t L Wyman plans separate Wyman organizes A 4p, approaches to educate younger environmental games to illustrate and older students by February. her points.She and the kids mush ' For primary grades,she will newspaper up with water to show t� speakto assemblies and organize how newsprint is recycled. '?k- g r--_ — — games.For secondary grades,she Wyman organizes a plans to present a video presenta- game she learned at the Grand S fi T on currently in production,and Canyon as a resident naturalist ., T -::-.- V speak before science classes. during her off summers from "I don't think there is college in'89, '91 and '92.She any other way to reach them.The divides a group into four genera- Euless recycling coordinator lions and tells each generation Michelle Wyman tells video will be something along the citizens how to recycle. lines of MTV.Like a 501 jeans they can take as many M&M Continued from pg.2 We gave the and presents educational programs city ideas and :.Rec y clin " l r Y 9=•- ��.�.� for local schools and community words to help -- Recycle I�� ®1 -- groups. implement the Texas/VOW 1=-'__f+ "The true success of a program," ==' :_ :_ municipal recycling program Roemer said. =-"'- ' hinges on the education of CWD '.6 • n= 11 residents,"said Greg Roemer, also furnishes president of CWD. "Cities program with the highest participation literature, rates in volunteer recycling metal signs, .-- - -- programs are cities with good posters and Apartment recycling centers consist of one public information programs." office displays container for commingled plastic,aluminum, Euless announced the to educate tin and glass,and another container for news- papers.So materials are not contaminated, program to residents through apartment recycling centers are manned during drop-off stuffers mailed with water bills complexes. hours. last fall.Starter kits in hanger One bags were distributed door-to- brochure informs residents of that bag programs reduced the door in January. their pick-up days,and what initial capital outlay required for A kit consists of two recyclables are acceptable.The bins,and thus minimized costs to brochures,a letter from the other brochure details the fea- citizens. mayor,an imprinted refrigerator tures of Euless' blue bag recy- Residents pay approxi- magnet and four bags for cling program. mately 15 cents per bag. Besides recyclables. The city's economic the lack of convenience and A portion of the cost of development office studied aesthetics, Cox said bins blow these materials was also under- municipal programs nationwide down the street and are stolen. written by corporate sponsors the and found no city switched from Roemer said because the city recruited. bag to bin containers. bags are used in the house, Community Waste Disposal "But we found a multitude participation increases. designed the educational materials of cities switched from bins to The recyclable bags are and has final editing privileges. bags.That statistic in itself will tinted blue,so bag content is "The funds we contribute tell you something,"said Cox. concealed from four feet or aren't the most important aspect. The ED office also found further. 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