Community Meetings

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• Community Meetings
• January 2009

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What started this idea ?

• Mayors Task Force on Recycling (2003)
• Dallas was behind other cities in recycling
• Few in Dallas even knew about the recycling
  blue bag program
• Aim to drastically improve residential recycling

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Goals set by Task Force

• Double participation in recycling households from
  25 to 50
• Quadruple recycled tons
• From 10,000 tons to 43,600 tons each year
• Increase average household recycling amounts from
  6 to 30 lbs per month

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Task Force Proposal

• Use Big Blue roll cart
• Single-stream recyclables
• Implement Once-Weekly service
• Provide broad educational outreach

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Where We Are Today Part 1

• Introduced Big Blue in January 2007
• Too Good To Throw Away with blue cart delivered
  on request
• Collection on every-other-week schedule
• Four small pilot areas with Once-Weekly schedule
• Continue to use blue bags, for those who want
• Dallas triples its recycling tonnage in these
  first three years !
• Residents now know about the program

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Where We Are Today Part 2

• Residents began asking for weekly collection
• They find they have less garbage, more
  recyclables
• Convenience of single-stream and large cart
• Anxious for reduced cost of service
• Council approves Phase1 of OneDay Dallas
• 23,000 households in far north Dallas
• Started March 2008
• One cart for recycling, one cart for garbage
• Collected on SAME one day of the week

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Is Phase 1 working ?

• Big jump in recycling
• More Big Blue carts distributed 44 increase
• More people recycling more items
• average household increased
  from 28 to 51 pounds per household
• Participation up to 60
• Positive reception from residents
• Emails and calls supporting the change
• Experienced a jump in missed service calls for
  the first 5 weeks then back down

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What are the next phases ?

• Phase 1, 2, and 3 are delineated
• Start dates are 2008, 2009, and 2010
• Phase 4 - 6 to be set by Council when
• Education program shows effects
• Recycling reaches 20 lbs per household per month
• Community expresses interest in proceeding

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Phasing for OneDAY Dallas Service
Phase 1 March 3, 2008 COMPLETE
Phase 2 Feb 2, 2009 NEXT
Starter Initiative in CD3
Phase 3 Feb 1, 2010
Future Phases Sequence and timing to be
determined
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How Will Phase 2 Work . ?

• Start date February 2, 2009
• Revise ALL garbage and collection routes
• Notify residents in four different ways
• Community meetings like this one
• Letter in mail announcing your new OneDAY
• Cart hanger also stating your new OneDAY
• Auto calling leaves you a message

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Cart hanger for Phase 2 area
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Where exactly is Phase 2?
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Current Garbage Days
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NEW OneDAY Dallas Service Days
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Why is OneDay Dallas good?

• Environmental impact of recycling
• Saves 735,000 trees
• Saves 3 billion gallons of water
• Saves 17.5 million kilowatts
• Reduces air pollution
• Saves landfill space
• Financial impact
• Lowers cost of collection service
• Realizes revenue for recyclables
• Minimizes increases in Sanitation fee

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Ready to Go ?