Visit www.wasterecyclingnews.com to see Public Sector Survey results for the major U.S. solid waste districts below.
Population
Calculated for
year ended:
Amount of solid waste
collected:
Public authority
Contracted
private haulers
Collection includes:
Residential
Commercial
Other
Percentage
recycled/diverted:
Landfills operated
and tonnage collected:
Recycling/composting
facilities operated
and tonnage collected:
Household hazardous
waste facilities
operated and
tonnage collected:
Waste-to-energy
facilities operated and
tonnage collected:
KING COUNTY,
WASH.
1,295,895
December 2008
930,617
N.A.
699,227
✓
✓
46%
Cedar Hills Regional
Landfill
930,617
N.A.
Factoria Household
Hazardous Drop-Off
283 tons
Wastemobile
385 tons
N.A.
SAN JOSE
989,496
June 2008
989,496
N.A.
989,496
✓
✓
✓
65%
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
FORT WORTH
720,000
September 2008
289,228
5,356
283,872
✓
✓
23.2%
Southeast Landfill
231,116 tons
N.A.
City of Fort Worth
Environmental Collection
Center
2,576,908 lbs.
N.A.
CHARLOTTE
696,837
September 2008
366,240
235,390
130,850
✓
✓
✓
21.3%
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
MEMPHIS
674,028
June 2008
2,500,000
403,385
2,100,000
✓
✓
26%
N.A.
EARTH Complex
FCR Recycling
104,663 tons total
City subcontracts the
management of its HHW
facility with Shelby
County Government
149 tons
N.A.
Other waste programs
and tonnage collected:
N.A.
N.A.
Three Citizen Collection
Stations
21,558 tons total
N.A.
N.A.
Financial information:
Authority’s annual
operating budget
Annual revenue from the
sale of recyclables
$104 million
$105 million
$48.2 million
$42.1 million
$49.5 million
$438,000
N.A.
$6.2 million
$136,833
N.A.
Operational
Information:
No. of employees
Top Waste official
Title
Telephone number
Fax number
Web site
430
Kevin Kiernan
Director, King County
Solid Waste Division
206-296-4466
206-296-0197
http://your.kingcounty.gov/
solidwaste/ index.asp
36
Jo Zientek
Integrated Waste
Management Division
Deputy Director
408-535-8550
408-292-6212
www.sjrecycles.org
80
Kim A. Mote
Assistant Director,
Environmental
Management Department
817-392-3279
www.fortworthgov.org/dem/
289
Victoria O. Garland
Key Business Executive
704-336-2176
704-353-0330
http://curbit.charmeck.org
653
Keith Richardson
Administrator of SW
Operations
901-576-6851
901-576-6879
http://memphiswaste.
memphistn.gov
Top official’s
e-mail address
kevin.kiernan@
kingcounty.gov
jo.zientek@sanjoseca.gov kim.mote@fortworthgov.org
vgarland@
ci.charlotte.nc.us
keith.richardson@
memphistn.gov
NOTES: The recycling rate does not include methods such as incineration. Population is based on 2007 figures from the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Commerce Department. N.A. — Not available.
