December 7, 2009
Visit www.wasterecyclingnews.com to see Public Sector Survey results for the major U.S. solid waste districts below.
NEW YORK
LOS ANGELES
CHICAGO
MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY, FLA.
HOUSTON
Population
8,274,527
4,045,873
2,800,000
2,363,600
2,200,000
Calculated for
year ended:
June 2008
June 2008
December 2008
September 2008
June 2008
Amount solid waste
collected:
Public authority
Contracted
private haulers
4,846,644
4,846,644
1,704,729
1,704,729
8,150,000
1,090,000
2,238,228
745,328
790,255
790,255
N.A.
N.A.
7,060,000
1,492,900
N.A.
Collection includes:
Residential
Commercial
Other
✓
✓
✓ (Cleaning)
✓
✓
✓
✓ (C&D)
✓
✓
✓
✓ (City facilities)
Percentage
recycled/diverted:
30.1%
40%
54.8%
19%
1.3% 1
Landfills operated
and tonnage collected:
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
North Dade Landfill
213,957 tons
South Dade Landfill
183,810 tons
N.A.
Recycling/composting
facilities operated
and tonnage collected:
Fresh Kills Composting
Facility
4,446 tons
Soundview Composting
Facility
2,652 tons
Island Composting Facility
4,345 tons
Lopez Canyon
Environmental Center
52,859 tons
Harbor Mulching Facility
19,606 tons
N.A.
N.A.
Westpark Consumer
Recycling Center
1,282 tons
Eight Neighborhood
Recycling Drop Offs
2,771 tons
Household hazardous
waste facilities
operated and
tonnage collected:
Manhattan
10.52 tons
Bronx
2.09 tons
Brooklyn
5.63 tons
Queens
7. 14 tons
Staten Island
8.82 tons
Hyperion
UCLA
Randall St.
Gaffey St.
Glendale
Washington Blvd.
8 million lbs. total
Chicago Household
Chemicals and Computer
Recycling Facility
161 tons household waste
108 tons electronics
West Dade HC2
South Dade HC2
173 tons for both
S. Post Oak Environmental
Service Center
Neches Environmental
Service Center
4,053 tons total
Waste-to-energy
facilities operated and
tonnage collected:
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
Resource Recovery
Facility
1,141,073 tons
N.A.
Other waste programs
and tonnage collected:
N.A.
Multi-family bulk item
collection
Apartment/house recycling
Restaurant food waste
recycling
Los Angeles Unified School
District Recycling
Battery Recycling Program
N.A.
E-Waste
Office Paper
Scrap Metal
Used Tires
Tree Waste
36,349 tons total
Financial information:
Authority’s annual
operating budget
Annual revenue from the
sale of recyclables
$1.2 billion
$135 million
$138 million
$426 million
$76.9 million
$14.8 million
$6.2 million
N.A.
$1.2 million
$1.0 million
Operational
Information:
No. of employees
Top Waste official
Title
Telephone number
Fax number
Web site
9,940
John J. Doherty
Commissioner
917-237-5656
212-514-7812
www.nyc.gov/sanitation
1,233
Alexander E. Helou
Assistant Director,
Bureau of Sanitation
800-773-CITY
www.lacity.org/san/
solid_resources
1,600
Michael Picardi
Commissioner
312-744-4616
312-744-7915
www.cityofchicago.org
946
Kathleen
Woods-Richardson
Director, Miami-Dade
County Solid Waste
Management
305-514-6600
www.miamidade.gov/
dswm/
635
Harry Hayes
Director, Department of
Solid Waste Management
713-837-9103
www.houstontx.gov/
solidwaste/ index.html
Top official’s
e-mail address
commroffo@dsny.nyc.gov alex.helou@lacity.org
kbw@miamidade.gov
harry.hayes@
cityofhouston.net
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. 1. The percentage recycled/diverted for the City of Houston includes only curbside pickup.
