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ARR staff walk commissioners through resource recovery report definitions, diversion math and reuse programs

Zero Waste Advisory Commission (SWAC) · January 8, 2025
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Deputy Director Ted Horton reviewed the monthly report rows and formulas used to calculate diversion, clarified that RRDOC materials are excluded from the curbside diversion percent to avoid double-counting, and described reuse programs (paint redistribution, reuse store), cart recycling and other recovery streams.

Deputy Director Ted Horton presented an overview of the monthly waste and organics reports, explaining the definitions behind each report row and the math used to calculate diversion and subtotals.

Horton described how the Resource Recovery Center and the adjacent household hazardous waste (HHW) facility together compose the Recycled Reuse Drop-Off Center (RRDOC) and showed sample photos and definitions to help commissioners interpret report rows such as tons of…

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