A Success Story: A Success Story: Virginia Beach City Public Virginia Beach City Public

Schools Schools Recycling ProgramRecycling Program

Recycling CommitteeRecycling Committee

School Recycling WorkshopSchool Recycling WorkshopJuly 17, 2008, Washington, DCJuly 17, 2008, Washington, DC

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John Barnes, Administrator, Waste Management

Division, Department of Public Works, City of Virginia Beach

John Kalocay, Assistant Superintendent, Administrative

Support Services

Dr. Eric Hines, Director, Office of Custodial Services

Tim Cole, Sustainable Schools Project Manager, and

Jay Ratliff, Director, Food Services

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling1958 Diamond Hill Road1958 Diamond Hill RoadChesapeake, VA 23324Chesapeake, VA 23324

757.543.5766757.543.5766tfcrecycling.comtfcrecycling.com

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling

• 4 MRFs and operations; 3 in VA, 1 in NC

• In 2006, TFC installed a new, state-of-the-art “single-stream” MRF in Chesapeake, VA.

• MRF processes more than 40 tons per hour of commingled recyclables.

• Curbside recycling for 700,000+ households

• Serve more than 500 businesses & institutions

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling Virginia Programs

• Accomack/Northampton Counties (Eastern Shore) • Central Virginia Waste Management Authority Central Virginia Waste Management Authority

(CVWMA)(CVWMA)• City of Newport News• City of Norfolk• City of Virginia Beach• Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS)Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS)• Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA)• Virginia Peninsulas Public Service Authority (VPPSA)

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling North Carolina Programs

• Alamance County Municipalities – Burlington, Elon College, Gibsonville, Graham, Green Level and Haw River

• City of DurhamCity of Durham • County of Durham • Perquimans, Chowan and Gates Counties (PCG) • Town of Edenton • Town of Duck and Town of Southern Shores

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• Most populous city in VA• 500,000 population• 4040th th largest city in U.S.largest city in U.S.• Best known as major resort• 38 miles of beaches• 4 military bases • 120,000+ households• State-of-the-art curbside recycling State-of-the-art curbside recycling

serviceservice

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• 3rd largest school system in Virginia• 3838thth largest school division in U.S. largest school division in U.S. • 71,000 students

• 8888 schools schools and specialty centers 57 elementary schools 15 middle schools 11 high schools and a number of secondary/post-secondary specialty

centers

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling & Virginia Beach City & Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsPublic Schools

– – A Winning CombinationA Winning Combination

August 2006August 2006 – –

VBCPS School District announces a new, comprehensive system-VBCPS School District announces a new, comprehensive system-

wide recycling program as part of a larger environmental initiative wide recycling program as part of a larger environmental initiative

–– Commingled Recycling in all classrooms, offices and cafeterias.Commingled Recycling in all classrooms, offices and cafeterias.

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What are they doing?

Classrooms and Offices

Each of the division’s5,000 classrooms and offices is equipped with a 28 quart-size recycling

bin

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•Paper - white and colored, catalogs, magazines, newspapers and junk mail

•Cardboard / paperboard• All Plastic Bottles (#1 and #2)All Plastic Bottles (#1 and #2)

juice and milk containers “chugs” and soda and water bottles

• Glass containers - glass jars• Cans – aluminum and steel

VBCPSVBCPS RECYCLESRECYCLES!!

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Green NewsGreen NewsVirginia Beach City Public Schools Volume 1 , Issue 1Sustainable Schools Newsletter Fall 2006

• Fall 2006, Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) goes GreenGreen with its first publication of

Green NewsGreen News. • Green News is a newsletter produced by the

school division that focuses on educating and inspiring school employees to become better stewards of the environment. http://www.vbschools.com/online_pubs/greennews/2008/winter_2008.pdf

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Who recycles ?• students• teachers

• office personnel• custodians and

• food service staff

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VBCPSVBCPS In school year 2005-2006,

replaced cardboard

containers with plastic

milk “chugs.”

The HDPE plastic (#2)

“chug” is recyclable!

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District of Excellence in Child Nutrition by the School Nutrition Association

Served 8.5 million meals during 2006-2007 school year

Choice of milk served with all complete meals;

Low fat Chocolate, Strawberry, White and Skim White

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VBCPS uses Clear Stream®

Containers in the cafeterias to

collect “chugs” – more than

800,000 per month!

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How are materials consolidated from

the classrooms and cafeterias in the

school?

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling Container

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Who collects the materials and where do the materials go from

the school?

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Who incurs the cost of the service?

Virginia Beach City Public Schools

↕City of Virginia Beach

Waste Management Division

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City of Virginia Beach Public Schools Recyclables – Processed Tons

• SY 03-04 479 Tons (cardboard/paper)

• SY 04-05 509 Tons (cardboard/paper)

• SY 05-06 812 Tons* “pilot-

program” • SY 06-07 1,247 Tons• SY 07-08 1,372 Tons

Source: Monthly reports submitted by TFC Recycling. Tons are total materials

Weights collected from single-stream recycling containers.

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How do you measure success?

More than 1,350 tons of recyclables collected in less than

10 months, + “making a difference”

with many environmental savings!

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TFC RecyclingTFC Recycling & Virginia Beach City Public & Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsSchools

– A Winning Combination– A Winning Combination May 2007May 2007

Virginia Beach City Public SchoolsVirginia Beach City Public Schools

receive the 2007 Virginia Recycling receive the 2007 Virginia Recycling

Association (VRA) Award for Excellence Association (VRA) Award for Excellence

in the Government/Non-profit category.in the Government/Non-profit category.