TDEC C & D Debris Workshop Presentation “The Hidden Opportunity”

1. TDECC & D Debris Workshop Presentation“The Hidden Opportunity” Presented By Dennis M. Wheeler, COO Earth First C & D Recycling, Inc.

2. What Exactly is C & D Debris? • Wood • Kiln-Dried -Pallets, Stock Lumber, Painted Lumber, Plywood, Pressboard • Natural –Trees From Lot Clearing or Storm Damage • Plastic, Vinyl • Painters Pails, Strapping, Banding, Vinyl Siding

3. What Exactly is C & D Debris? • Wallboard • Clean and Unpainted, Painted Wallboard • Concrete • Building Foundations, Driveways, Sidewalks, Street Repairs • Fiber • Carpeting

4. What Exactly is C & D Debris? • Inert • Dirt, Fines • Old Corrugated Cardboard • Cardboard Based Packaging Materials, Boxes • Metal • Ferrous, Non Ferrous • Steel, Copper, Aluminum, Exotic Metals Stainless Steel, Nickel, Brass, Bronze

5. What % Can Be Recycled? • The answer varies market to market based on available outlets for recycled materials. • Typically in a range of 60% -85% of the C & D waste stream based on the sophistication of the means and methods employed.

6. Why isn’t more material recycled? • Lack of Education • Lack of Legislation and Regulation • Availability of Inexpensive Land for Landfills • Environmental Malaise • Underserved Areas

7. The Georgia Waste Characterization Study • C & D makes up 6% of all waste statewide • The population of Tennessee is 2/3 the size of Georgia, so it is logical that Tennessee would have 2/3 of the waste stream. • “TSU confirmed that the waste characterization of Georgia is representative of that found in Tennessee.” you can find this at www.tn.gov/environment/swm/prwr See links box, select Waste Reduction Task Force Archive.

8. C & D Debris Estimate in Tennessee • Based on the Georgia characterization study previously mentioned combined with an adjustment for state population, and statistics supplied by TDEC the annual estimate for C & D Debris in Tennessee is • 4,068,842 tons

9. Deficiency in Tennessee Reporting • Only Class I landfills are currently required to report volume statistics to TDEC. • Class III/IV landfills are not under the same mandated reporting guidelines creating an unknown in the accurate reporting of C & D debris in Tennessee.

10. Tennessee C & D Waste Stream Projected

11. The Hidden Opportunity • Local and state regulations and or laws requiring C & D recycling would create jobs and generate revenues • Based 46 tons per employee per day ,using the data approximately 391 direct jobs would be created statewide and another 293 indirect jobs, based on a 1996 Michigan study on job creation. • The economic impact of the direct payroll of $9,759,360 annually would have a trickle down economic effect on the state economy of just shy of $13,663,104 annually based on a New Mexico State study.

12. Landfill Avoidance Cost Opportunity • Based on the TDEC Municipal Solid Waste Planning Regions Annual Progress Reports 2000 through 2009 and the Recycling Marketing Cooperative of Tennessee, the landfill avoidance cost is $37 per ton. • Based on a 60% recycling rate the annual cost avoidance would be approximately $90,328,292 to landfills statewide. • Source: Solid Waste Origin report, TDEC

13. Summary • Its time to take a stand Tennessee • To commit to a plan of legislative action • To prohibit recyclable C & D Debris from landfills statewide by 2014. • Thus creating approximately 389 jobs statewide while avoiding approximately $90+Million Dollars of annual cost to landfills statewide.

14. Presenter Contact Information • Dennis M Wheeler • COO • Earth First C & D Recycling, Inc. • 2417 Eugenia Avenue • Nashville, Tennessee 37211 • Cell 513-256-9996 • dwheeler1057@gmail.com