Advanced Air Permitting / Oil and Gas Facilities Workshop

September 10th & 11th—Austin Convention Center contact TCEQ

Water Quality/Storm Water Seminar

September 13th & 14th—Austin Convention Center contact TCEQ

Basic Environmental Law Training Course

September 13th—Beeville Community Center contact 361-883-5743

Municipal Landfills

have an opportunity

to participate in

TCEQ’s Compost Re-

fund Program. Partic-

ipating Cities are eligi-

ble to receive a credit

up to 15% of the sol-

id waste fees collect-

ed. The credit in-

creases to a maxi-

mum of 20% if the

City also voluntarily

bans disposal of yard

waste at their landfill.

To obtain the re-

fund; a City must

have a Compost Au-

thorization and an

approved Compost

Plan with TCEQ.

The compost op-

eration can be located

either on or off-site

and must demon-

strate the following:

Refunds are used

to lease or pur-

chase and operate

equipment neces-

sary to compost

yard waste;

Compost opera-

tions are actually

performed; and

The finished com-

post material pro-

duced is returned

to beneficial use.

Contact Elizabeth at

PRPC for more infor-

mation 806-372-3381.

Compost Refund Program

Training

Panhandle Environmental Partnership

August, 2012 Issue # 19

PEP Rally! TEXAS

RECYCLES

DAY

November 15TH

Texas Recycles

Day is November

15th and the PEP

will facilitate the

3rd Annual Elec-

tronics Recycling

Event.

Texas Recycles

Day is also a great

day to put a spot-

light on your recy-

cling operation!

Now is the time to

get with your

schools and organ-

ize an educational

tour of your facili-

ty.

TCEQ has FREE

posters and

handouts and edu-

cational materials

for your event!

Peppy the Recy-

cling Prairie Dog is

available for

events too!

The PEP Rally Newsletters and Market Reports are available on the PRPC website under the Solid Waste Program Page: www.theprpc.org

M E M O R A N D U M

DATE: Wednesday, July 3, 2012

TO: PEP Regional Marketing Contract Participants

FROM: Elizabeth Thomas, Regional Services Program Coordinator

SUBJECT: CTRA Monthly Price Sheet

Below you will find the current market prices for June, 2012. SOW is WOW! Up 30% from last month! If your community is not recycling Sorted Office Waste, now is the time to start! Paper adds-up quickly and sells very well. SOW includes, printer paper, envelopes, manila envelopes, magizines, brochures, some newspaper, shredded paper. Banks, schools, businesses and City Hall are all great producers of SOW. The other papers and plastics held pretty steady. OCC saw a 2.63% drop for June. Give me a call when you are ready for a pick-up. Thanks for everything you do for the Panhandle! …elizabeth

COMMODITIES Feb-12 Mar-12% of

Change Apr-12% of

Change May-12% of

Change Jun-12% of

Change Jul-1212-Month Change +

Steel Cans 130.00$ 128.00$ -1.54% 120.00$ -6.25% 130.00$ 8.33% 106.40$ -18.15% -94.55%UBC (Aluminum Cans) 950.00$ 994.00$ 4.63% 954.00$ -4.02% 954.00$ 0.00% 1,105.00$ 15.83% -55.29%PET 300.00$ 340.00$ 13.33% 380.00$ 11.76% 370.00$ -2.63% 305.00$ -17.57% -23.28%HDPE Natural 388.00$ 420.00$ 8.25% 480.00$ 14.29% 449.00$ -6.46% 476.00$ 6.01% -13.03%HDPE Colored 258.00$ 310.00$ 20.16% 370.00$ 19.35% 370.00$ 0.00% 350.00$ -5.41% 2.86%HDPE & PET scale price scale price NA scale price NA scale price NA scale price NA NAOCC (Corrugated) 100.00$ 105.00$ 5.00% 105.00$ 0.00% 95.00$ -9.52% 92.50$ -2.63% -33.51%ONP (#6 News) 25.00$ 25.00$ 0.00% 25.00$ 0.00% 25.00$ 0.00% 30.00$ 20.00% -56.67%Deink (#8 News) 63.00$ 68.00$ 7.94% 68.00$ 0.00% 63.00$ -7.35% 70.50$ 11.90% -68.79%SOW (High Grade) 75.00$ 95.00$ 26.67% 85.00$ -10.53% 85.00$ 0.00% 110.50$ 30.00% -109.05%White Ledger 200.00$ 200.00$ 0.00% 200.00$ 0.00% 200.00$ 0.00% 183.00$ -8.50% -45.90%CPO Computer Paper 140.00$ 140.00$ 0.00% 140.00$ 0.00% 140.00$ 0.00% 150.00$ 7.14% -60.00%Mixed Paper 60.00$ 65.00$ 8.33% 65.00$ 0.00% 60.00$ -7.69% 60.00$ 0.00% -50.00%

Emboldened Commodities indicates those materials for which guaranteed floor prices have been set.Emboldened Amounts indicates that the floor prices have been reached.Direct Mill Runs are available for full loads of a single baled commodity and can be shipped at no cost to the member.

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