Kittitas SWMP Update_Approved_(2020-07-09)

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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan Update 3-6 AX0304191054PDX to avoid double-counting. As shown in Table 3-2, a total of 4,309 tons of recyclables were collected in 2018. In 2017, this value was 4,543 tons. Table 3-2. 2018 Recycling Quantities Material Tons Newspaper 100 Cardboard 605 Mixed Waste Paper 83 Container Glass 294 PET Plastics 41 HDPE Plastics 16 Aluminum Cans 22 Steel Cans 19 Appliances (white goods) 235 Fluorescents (CFL, 4-foot, 8-foot) 1 Antifreeze 13 Used Oil 63 Tires 166 Vehicle Batteries 13 Household Batteries 3 Yard Debris 2,635 Total 4,309 The recycling rate is the amount of recycling, as a percentage, of the total waste generated and is calculated as follows (note: 2017 values were used in this calculation because those were the most complete values at the time this plan update was originally submitted): ܴ݁ܿݕ݈ܿ݅݊݃ ܴܽݐ݁ ሺ%ሻ ൌ ܴ݁ܿݕ݈ܿ݅݊݃ ܹܽݏݐ݁ ܦ݅ݏ݌݋ݏ݈ܽ ൅ ܴ݁ܿݕ݈ܿ݅݊݃ ൌ 4,543 ݐ݋݊ݏ 35,352 ݐ݋݊ݏ ൅ 4,543 ݐ݋݊ݏ 11.4% As shown above, the 2017 recycling rate for Kittitas County was 11.4 percent. This is a significant decrease from the 27.8 percent from 2008. Materials that had a decrease in the quantity recycled include: cardboard, ferrous metal, nonferrous metal, cooking oil, and used oil. 3.3 Waste Stream Projections Waste stream projections were estimated by calculating the annual population increase between 2020 and 2040 using the intermediate population projections in Figure 2-2. This equates to approximately 1 percent population increase per year. This was then applied to the actual waste generation tonnages using 2017 data. Table 3-3 reflects the total projected waste generation over the planning period. The 2017 EPA estimate for the national average of MSW generation was 1,646 pounds per person per year.