WGP Credit 7: Economic Assessment of Solid Waste Management Program (2 points)
Reciprocal
Intent:
Provide transparency around the costs and benefits of solid waste management programs.
Requirements:
Local Government and Industry Requirements
1. Calculate and publish total (residential and non-residential) solid waste program costs per ton or per household or per capita.
2. Provide breakouts as follows:
● Total solid waste management cost per ton.
● Collection costs per ton:
o Mixed MSW (Black Bin; residential and non-residential)
o Single-stream or dual-stream recyclables (Blue Bin)
o Green Waste/Food Waste (Green/Brown/Yellow Bin)
o Household Hazardous Waste (including drop off programs)
o Bulk items
o C&D Debris
● Disposal costs per ton.
o Gross
o Net (post-sale of output, e.g. energy sales)
● Recycling processing costs per ton:
o Gross
o Net (post-sale of output, e.g. commodity sales)
● Organic processing costs per ton:
o Gross
o Net (post-sale of output, e.g. soil amendment sales
3. Estimate impact from waste management program, including indirect and induced effects, on:
a. employment and
b. economic activity
Potential Strategies:
● Track costs for different aspects of the Local Government waste management: collection, processing, disposal, etc.
● Include line items for maintenance, labor and customer service. Figures at this level of detail do not need to be reported.
● Make the top-level cost figures available to Local Government residents and/or to customers of the solid waste Company.
● Provide total costs of each program (recycling, trash, compost) per Household or per capita.
