Economic Development
SRPC staff recently launched a new story map on its ArcGIS Online platform about “Understanding Regional Waste Disposal and Recycling Systems.”
The map concept was an outcome of SRPC’s monthly Recycling Roundtable, where members discussed how a centralized source of recycling/waste data would be helpful for communities in their collaboration and communication efforts. The goal of this map is to examine the efficiency of waste disposal networks in the region, state, and into bordering states, to investigate municipal partnerships that could be developed based on this information.
The map highlights three key areas:
- transfer station activities and costs
- recycling processes
- composting availability
The data collection for this map included analyzing how waste is collected by municipalities, what services are available to residents, the costs associated with disposing of this waste, and where the waste goes once it leaves a municipality. This information was gathered through various conversations with municipal staff and through online data collection. To supplement this data, SRPC staff also complemented focus interviews to collect success stories from our region’s communities regarding waste and recycling in recent years.
Pieces of Interest
