The Environmental Investment Program 20 YEARS OF RECYCLING MARKET DEVELOPMENT IN NEW YORK Linda Jacobs, Environmental Services Unit GRRN Recycling and Zero Waste Conference October 20, 2009

Environmental Investment Program  NYS Solid Waste Mgnt Act  Environmental Protection Fund Fund  Pollution Prevention added

Environmental Investment Program  Private & NFP sector (not municipalities) municipalities)  Assets/Tools: Experienced staff Experienced staff Funding Funding  Located in ESD, not DEC (tied into NY’s economic development delivery NY’s economic development delivery system) system)

Ineligible Projects l “End-of-pipe” l Remediation l Incineration l W-T-E, RDF l Compliance

Investment Areas  Recycling: Infrastructure and End Use Capacity  Pollution prevention  Sustainable products

Recycling Investment Priorities “In FY 08/09 EIP gives priority to projects focused on the following materials and outcomes:  Building C&D Debris: Increase capacity to divert building C&D from disposal to reuse/recycling Increase capacity to divert building C&D from disposal to reuse/recycling Increase value and value-added uses for recovered material Increase value and value-added uses for recovered material Increase capacity for deconstruction over demolition Increase capacity for deconstruction over demolition

Recycling Investment Priorities  Commercially or Industrially-Gen’d Food Waste Increase capacity to process C/I food waste for recycling Increase capacity to process C/I food waste for recycling Increase capacity to compost C/I food waste Increase capacity to compost C/I food waste Enhance collection technology to make food waste diversion cost-effective Enhance collection technology to make food waste diversion cost-effective Expand value-added uses for compost Expand value-added uses for compost

Recycling Investment Priorities  Electronic Devices: Increase capacity & cost-effectiveness of electronics recycling and remanufacturing  Glass: Expand value-added uses for mixed- color container glass Expand value-added uses for mixed- color container glass Expand markets for sorted non- container Expand markets for sorted non- container  Tires: Expand value-added uses for recycled tire materials

Recycling Investment Priorities  Paper: Increase diversion of significant amounts of commercially and/or institutionally-generated waste paper for recycling Increase diversion of significant amounts of commercially and/or institutionally-generated waste paper for recycling Increase paper mill cap. to use recycled feedstock Increase paper mill cap. to use recycled feedstock Expand value-added uses for paper mill residuals Expand value-added uses for paper mill residuals

Recycling Investment Priorities Plastics  Increase diversion and value of container plastics for recycling  Increase diversion and capacity to recycle plastic films, including bags, agricultural, marine and pallet films  Expand value-added uses for recycled films

THREE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS:  Capital (fixed assets)  R&D (on behalf of a company)  Technical Assistance (operating costs for NFPs) (operating costs for NFPs)

Investment Criteria  Competitive Program  NYS’ Return on Investment  $ Economic Benefit / $ Invested  Am’t Material Recycled / $ Invested  ROI Compared to Others in “Portfolio”  How Much NYS Support is Needed to Make Project Happen (Project Cash Flow)?

Performance-Based Contracts   Measurable, verifiable environmental improvements   Measurable, verifiable economic improvements

Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/Processes Summary of Results, Investment Area ESDInvestment Private Sector Investment TOTAL Annual Econ Benefit Annual Enviro. Improvement Air Emissions $2,535,836$20,548,917$22,684,753$11,988,008  83 TPY NOx  161 TPY SOx  233 TPY VOC C&D Debris Bldg Mat Reuse $2,679,032$4,367,831$7,046,863$13,470,570  226,570 TPY Recycling Cap. Recycling Cap. Installed Installed  485,445 TPY SW Recycled/ SW Recycled/ /Reused /Reused  54 Jobs

Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/Processes Summary of Results, Investment Area ESDInvestment Private Sector Investment TOTAL Annual Econ Benefit Annual Enviro. Improvement Paper$8,579,327$39,682,244$48,261,571$20,146,650  875,746 TPY Recycling Cap. Recycling Cap.  422,092 TPY Recycled Recycled  1,324 Jobs Tires$11,763,854$17,971227$29,735,081$21,601,501  252,910 TPY Recycling Cap. Recycling Cap. Installed Installed  148,584 TPY Recycled Recycled  170 Jobs

Investments in Recycling, Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Products/Processes Summary of Results, Invest. Area AreaESDInvest. Private Sector Invest.TOTALAnnualEcon Benefit Benefit Annual Enviro. Improvement ALL ALL$66,106,988$168,936,531$235,043,519$189,491,822  2.4 M TPY SW Prevented / Prevented / Reused / Reused / Recycled Recycled  3.3 M TPY Recycling/ Recycling/ Reuse / Reuse / Composting Composting Capacity Capacity Installed Installed  4,796 Jobs  2,367 Companies

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE  Municipalities or NFPs  Waste Prevention assistance to businesses businesses  NFPs engaged in Recycling / Reuse NFPs Recycling / Reuse NFPs

RESEARCH  Answer final questions before adopting P2 or recycling technology adopting P2 or recycling technology  No fixed assets  Costs associated with R&D

CAPITAL PROJECTS  Assists with capital costs to prevent pollution, reuse or recycle  Hard assets: M&E, shipping, installation  No working capital  Requires cash match  Contract is with a non-profit (IDA, EDC, LDC) on behalf of company

Partnerships  New York State Pollution Prevention Institute Prevention Institute  Regional Technology Development Centers/ Manufacturing Extension Partnerhsips (NYC ITAC)  NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Successes  TIRES  BUILDING MATERIALS REUSE  GLASS  INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION

Linda Jacobs Empire State Development Environmental Services Unit 30 South Pearl Street Albany, New York Questions ?