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Brewster’s Pay-As-You-Throw Program
Quarterly Report (Q1 Calendar Year 2015)
Presented to: Brewster Board of Selectmen
Prepared by: Brewster Recycling Commission, Brewster DPW, David Quinn
(Barnstable County/MassDEP)
Report Date: March 31, 2015
Submission Date: May 5, 2015
In October 2013, the Town of Brewster began a new solid waste management program called
Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT), in which residents utilizing the Brewster Recycling Center are
required to dispose of their trash in official town trash bags. In December 2014, the Brewster
Recycling Commission issued a detailed “Full-Year PAYT” report that highlighted the early
success of the program in reducing trash and increasing recycling.
At the request of the Brewster Board of Selectmen, the Recycling Commission offered to
provide written quarterly updates on the PAYT program, including data on trash and recycling
tonnage, PAYT bag sales, and other relevant information. This initial report includes updated
PAYT data through and including the first quarter of calendar year 2015 (January, February, and
March).
Hereafter, this quarterly report shall be submitted within 30 days of the last day of the prior
quarter.
Brewster PAYT Report – Q1 CY 2015
Trash Tonnage:
As expected, monthly trash tonnages continue to be significantly lower than prior to the start of PAYT. The total trash collected at the
Recycling Center during the first quarter of 2015 (226 tons) was less than the same months in 2014 (264 tons). During the first
quarter of 2015, Brewster did experience more severe winter weather than normal, which made it difficult for residents to get to the
Recycling Center and may partially explain the lower trash numbers for January and February in particular; however, the average for
the 3 months is 13 tons less than the average for the same months in 2014. The following chart shows MSW tonnages by month for
over the past three calendar years; the yellow columns represent months after PAYT was started.
The tables on the following pages show monthly data for MSW and recycling managed at the Brewster Recycling Center in 2014 and
2015 (Calendar Years), including tonnage, tipping fees, and transportation costs.1581611511722422242862752171327211290957910790103174137127838114468491090
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MSW Tons, by Month (2013 -2015)
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Calender 2014
MSW Report Month MSW tons
Base Tip
Fee
SEMASS
invoice
MTCP
credits # trips
Roundtrip
miles
Deisel
cost per
gallon
Transportation
cost
Jan-14 90.31 $45.00 $4,063.95 (2665.25)4 101 $3.19 $1,288.76
1st Quarter Feb-14 94.68 $45.00 $4,260.60 (2651.20)4 101 $3.19 $1,288.76
Mar-14 79.33 $45.00 $3,569.85 (2637.16)3 101 $3.19 $966.57
Apr-14 106.82 $45.00 $4,806.90 (2623.11)4 101 $3.19 $1,288.76
2nd Quarter May-14 90.12 $45.00 $4,055.40 (2609.07)4 101 $3.19 $1,288.76
Jun-14 102.97 $45.00 $4,633.65 (2595.04)5 101 $3.19 $1,610.95
Jul-14 173.91 $45.00 $7,825.95 (2580.99)7 101 $3.19 $2,255.33
3rd Quarter Aug-14 137.38 $45.00 $6,182.10 (2566.95)5 101 $3.19 $1,610.95
Sep-14 127.45 $45.00 $5,735.25 (2552.89)5 101 $3.19 $1,610.95
Oct-14 83.47 $45.00 $3,756.15 (2538.84)3 101 $3.19 $966.57
4th Quarter Nov-14 81.13 $45.00 $3,650.85 (2524.80)3 101 $3.19 $966.57
Dec-14 143.75 $45.00 $6,468.75 (2509.16)7 101 $3.19 $2,255.33
Yearly Totals 12 months 1311.32 $45.00 $59,009.40 ($31,054.46)54 5454 $3.19 $17,398.26
2014 cost of MSW $45,353.20
Calender 2015
MSW Report Month
MSW
tons
Base Tip
Fee
SEMASS
invoice
MTCP
credits # trips
Roundtrip
miles
Deisel cost
per gallon
Transportation
cost
Jan-15 68.25 $70.00 $4,777.50 0.00 3 101 $3.19 $966.57
1st Quarter Feb-15 49.01 $70.00 $3,437.00 0.00 4 101 $3.19 $1,288.76
Mar-15 109.04 $70.00 $7,632.80 0.00 5 101 $3.19 $1,610.95
Apr-15 $3.19 $0.00
2nd Quarter May-15 $3.19 $0.00
Jun-15 $3.19 $0.00
Jul-15 $3.19 $0.00
3rd Quarter Aug-15 $3.19 $0.00
Sep-15 $3.19 $0.00
Oct-15 $3.19 $0.00
4th Quarter Nov-15 $3.19 $0.00
Dec-15 $3.19 $0.00
Yearly Totals 12 months 226.3 $15,847.30 $0.00 12 0 $3.19 $3,866.28
2015 cost of MSW $19,713.58
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Recycling Tonnage:
Similar to trash tonnage, recycling number are slightly lower in the first quarter of 2015 than
they were in 2014. This may be partially due to the severe winter.
2014 Calender Month
Card
board Trips
Mixed
paper Trips
Co-
mingle Trips
Mixed
glass Trips
Monthly
recycle
totals
January-14 5.25 1 33.23 4 9.78 3 19.35 1 67.61
1st Quarter February-14 0 0 44.9 5 6.9 2 11.91 2 63.71
March-14 5.94 1 27.1 3 10.9 3 11.02 1 54.96
1st quarter total tonnage 11.19 2 105.23 12 27.58 8 42.28 4 186.28
April-14 0 0 55.9 6 10.9 4 20.86 1 87.66
2nd Quarter May-14 6.15 1 38.6 4 12.6 3 9.99 2 67.34
June-14 7.88 2 47.2 5 14.1 4 20.71 1 89.89
2nd quarter total tonnage 14.03 3 141.7 15 37.6 11 51.56 4 244.89
July-14 5.73 1 64.30 8 16.10 5 20.71 4 106.84
3rd Quarter August-14 5.72 1 43.70 5 12.60 4 29.27 3 91.29
September-14 17.72 4 44.68 5 22.87 5 0 3 85.27
3rd quarter total tonnage 29.17 6 152.68 18 51.57 14 49.98 10 283.40
October-14 7.40 4 30.50 5 17.30 5 17.93 2 73.13
4th Quarter November-14 5.06 4 27.90 4 7.25 2 18.46 2 58.67
December-14 5.34 5 53.41 6 11.72 7 8.70 2 79.17
4th Quarter total tonnage 17.80 13 111.81 15.00 36.27 14.00 45.09 6 210.97
Calender year tonnage 72.19 24 511.42 60 153.02 47 188.91 24 925.54
2015 Calender Month
Card
board Trips
Mixed
paper Trips
Co-
mingle Trips
Mixed
glass Trips
Monthly
recycle
totals
January-15 2.76 7 30.5 4 10 3 17.69 2 60.95
1st Quarter February-15 2.9 2 27.9 4 4.6 3 7.63 1 43.03
March-15 2.88 3 34.9 4 10.6 3 20.21 2 68.59
1st quarter total tonnage 8.54 12 93.3 12 25.2 9 45.53 5 172.57
April-15
2nd Quarter May-15
June-15
2nd quarter total tonnage
July-15
3rd Quarter August-15
September-15
3rd quarter total tonnage
October-15
4th Quarter November-15
December-15
4th Quarter total tonnage
Calender year tonnage 8.54 12 93.30 12 25.20 9 45.53 5 172.57
Brewster PAYT Report – Q1 CY 2015
PAYT Bags Sales:
Bags sales in the first quarter of 2015 remained consistent with similar off-season months over the past year. As expected, bags sales
peaked in the summer months and then slowed in the off-season. The below tables provide details about the number of bags sold for
each month since PAYT began.
Brewster PAYT Report – Q1 CY 2015
The following tables provide additional details on bag sales. The numbers of large, medium, and
small bags are shown as cases. Each case contains 200 bags.
Calender 2013 Month
Cases of
Large Bags
Cases of
Medium Bags
Cases of
Small Bags Town Expense Town Revenue
Jan 13
1st Quarter Feb 13
Mar 13
Apr 13
2nd Quarter May 13
Jun 13
Jul 13
3rd Quarter Aug 13
Sep 13 138 91 32 $10,763.48
Oct 13 54 41 23 $4,670.02 $64,700
4th Quarter Nov 13 9 15 3 $1,032.42 $34,500
Dec 13 20 19 2 $1,686.88 $13,600
Yearly Totals 12 months 221 166 60 $18,153 $112,800
49.44%37.14%13.42%
Calender 2014 Month
Cases of
Large Bags
Cases of
Medium Bags
Cases of
Small Bags Town Expense Town Revenue
Jan 14 13 26 10 $1,787.00 $11,000
1st Quarter Feb 14 13 21 15 $1,749.70 $19,700
Mar 14 13 21 18 $1,828.72 $4,400
Apr 14 32 40 7 $3,123.58 $8,100
2nd Quarter May 14 29 20 12 $2,430.48 $15,700
Jun 14 43 44 16 $4,041.44 $20,000
Jul 14 52 41 8 $4,175.72 $32,000
3rd Quarter Aug 14 51 47 7 $4,302.58 $24,700
Sep 14 20 18 6 $1,758.44 $33,200
Oct 14 33 35 8 $3,136.60 $16,302
4th Quarter Nov 14 25 31 2 $2,422.40 $11,206
Dec 14 22 27 6 $2,237.50 $20,004
Yearly Totals 12 months 346 371 115 $32,994 $216,312
41.59%44.59%13.82%
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Notes:
Covanta Contract: The Town of Brewster is in the process of negotiating a contract with
Covanta to deliver MSW and some recyclable materials to the Yarmouth Regional
Transfer Station rather than directly to SEMASS. This has the potential to reduce
transportation costs for MSW and recycling. There are, however, some logistical
challenges to delivering material to Yarmouth, specifically scheduling has been an issue
due to the size of the facility.
Recycling Equipment: The Town’s 2014 Fall Special Town Meeting appropriated
funding to purchase additional equipment – 2 open top containers ($13,000), 4 closed top
containers ($29,650), and 2 Compactors ($45,900). The Town has purchased and
received all the containers but is still waiting on some of the compactor equipment. The
installation of the compactors is anticipated to take place before the summer season.
Calender 2015 Month
Cases of
Large Bags
Cases of
Medium Bags
Cases of
Small Bags Town Expense Town Revenue
Jan 15 20 23 3 $1,913.12 $11,400
1st Quarter Feb 15 19 14 3 $1,546.96 $14,800
Mar 15 19 15 3 $1,581.94 N/A
Apr 15
2nd Quarter May 15
Jun 15
Jul 15
3rd Quarter Aug 15
Sep 15
Oct 15
4th Quarter Nov 15
Dec 15
Yearly Totals 12 months 58 52 9 $5,042 $26,200
48.74%43.70%7.56%