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Cuyahoga County Solid Waste Management Plan Update (December 2018) Chapter 5: Waste Reduction <br />and Recycling <br />C. Waste Reduction and Recycling Rates <br />In this Plan Update, the District demonstrates compliance with Goal 2 of the State Solid Waste <br />Management Plan, which states that the SWMD shall reduce and recycle at least 25% of the <br />solid waste generated by the residential /commercial sector and at least 66% of the solid waste <br />generated by the industrial sector. <br />Through the implementation of waste reduction and recycling programs and conducting annual <br />surveying to gather waste generation data, the District has been able to demonstrate that it has <br />consistently exceeded the 25% residential /commercial and 66% industrial waste reduction and <br />recycling rates and will continue to achieve Goal 2 throughout the 2019 -2033 planning period. <br />1. Residential /Commercial Recycling Rates <br />During the reference year (2016), approximately 30 percent of Cuyahoga County's residential <br />and commercial sector waste stream was either recycled or composted. This exceeded the state <br />goal of 25%. <br />Residential recycling consists of materials collected through curbside, drop -off and special waste <br />programs and yard waste programs in Cuyahoga County. This recycling amounted to 36 percent <br />of all residential waste generated in the reference year (2016) and approximately 57 percent of <br />all residential /commercial recycling. <br />Commercial recycling consists of materials collected through recycling and composting <br />programs in businesses, schools, hospitals and other commercial establishments in Cuyahoga <br />County. This recycling amounted to 25 percent of all commercial waste generated in the <br />reference year (2016) and 43 percent of all residential /commercial recycling. <br />Projections presented in Table 5 -1 show that the District anticipates continuing to exceed Ohio's <br />25% recycling goal throughout the planning period. The programs and activities presented in <br />this Chapter and in Appendix 1 outline how the District will continue to achieve the state goal <br />throughout the planning period. <br />1WRR = Waste Reduction and Recycling Rate <br />5 -10 <br />053 <br />