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Minnesota Demonstration ProjectMinnesota Demonstration ProjectCollection & Management Collection & Management Infrastructure ComparisonInfrastructure Comparison

April 30, 2008April 30, 2008

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Collection Infrastructure Collection Infrastructure ComparisonComparison

British Columbia (BC) -1994 • 1st paint stewardship program in North America• 103 depots• 12 collection event days (coordinated with municipal HHW events)• Depots are municipal landfills, transfer stations, recycling yards, bottle

depots, private businesses, non-profit recycling societies

Quebec (QC) – 2001• 600 municipal collection sites• 450 retailers • 300 events

Nova Scotia (NS) 2002- 109 depots (beverage container return depots + municipal)- 6 event days

Saskatchewan (SK) - 2006• 71 depots, no collection events All beverage container depots

Current MN Collection Current MN Collection InfrastructureInfrastructure

• Paint Collection Programs run by counties• system consists of

– 58 permanent HHW collection facilities – Approximately 300 event-days per year (some

events > one day)– 15 small business collection facilities– Limited, if any, return to retail– Not all counties have permanent facilities– Some counties share facilities and service

Collection System ComparisonCollection System Comparison  MN BC QC*** SK NS

Population 5,398,157 4,402,931 7,651,033 1,006,644 935,573

Area (square miles) 84,068 364,764 594,860 251,366 21,425

Collection depot 65* 103 1,050 71 109

Collection event days 310 19 300 0 6

Capita per depot 93,367 42,746 7,286 14,178 8,583

Paint Sales (gal) 13,000,000** 9,543,897 15,883,957 1,666,620 1,719,576*

Volume Recovered (gal) 585,878 619,897 790,689 53,145 96,031

Leftover Paint Recovery Rate based on sales volume

4.5% 6.5% 5.0% 3.2%5.5%

* Includes HH only, VSQG only, Mobile base and combination facilities

** estimated sales

***QC recovery data converted from weight of containers and leftover paint to liquid volume of paint

AccessibilityAccessibility

• Various methodologies; population based, distance/time traveled, type of service etc…

• MN program well established and infrastructure fairly developed but will require further improvements

• One size does not fit all, need to understand specific situations and issues

• Require further analysis and data verification for current programs to determine best approach

OptionsOptions to Increase Accessibility to Increase Accessibility

• Counties adding and expanding collection services– Permanent depots– Collection events

• Remove restrictions – focus on product, not user eligibility – allow cross border, commercial painters

• Return to retail (subject to licensing requirements)

• Other types of collection sites such as fire depts• Possibility of processors / service providers as collection

sites for SQG or commercial volumes• Expand VSQG programs, currently only 16 counties with

VSQG

Counties and ProgramsCounties and ProgramsTotal number of counties in MN 87

Counties with HHW programs  87

Number of permanent depots (HH only, HH and VSQG combined, some seasonal)

  58

Counties with events only 29

Counties with >20K pop   47

Counties with >20K pop w/o permanent depot 13

Counties with no in-county service (<2 events/yr)   6

AccessibilityAccessibilityObjective: Meet or exceed target of 1.7% increase in collection volume

while improving accessibility

Approach:1. Counties with no depots or <2 events (6) - infill with depots or

events (Pope, Pine, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Isanti, Swift)

2. Counties >20K pop without a permanent collection facility (13); target for permanent depot (Sherburne, Goodhue, Benton, Freeborn, Pine, Isanti, Nicollet, Brown, Le Sueur, Pine, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Wabasha)

3. Analyze counties which appear under serviced such as Anoka (1 depot, no events, 328K pop) to determine best method to increase accessibility

Permanent depots options:• county facilities• return to retail• other such as fire halls etc…

Looking AheadLooking Ahead

• Continuous improvement of MN Collection system - begins July 1

• Better data required – gather in year 1 • Dynamic approach: evaluate changes to determine what

is effective (permanent facilities, return to retail, collection events, combinations)

• Multi-stakeholder effort: – Brandowners and PSO– regulatory bodies (MPCA, fire dept etc…), – gov’t (state, counties, local gov’t)– service providers– retailers

Mannie Cheung

Director, Technical Services

mannie@productcare.org

604-592-2972 ext 203