Below are the estimated start-up costs for several of the programs demonstrated under NERC’s project.
		Community Program Design Staff Time Hard Costs Waltham, MA Pick-up 32 hours/month for 12 months $500 Pittsfield, MA Pick-up 70 hours/month for 12 months $375 New Britain, CT Drop-off 50 hours/month for 12 months $6,100 Southbury, CT Drop-off 23 hours/month for 12 months $5,700 Averages w 44 hours/month for 12 months $3,169
		Note that hard costs incurred by program coordinators for the drop-off programs where significantly higher than those incurred for pick-up programs. These additional hard costs are due primarily to higher costs for equipments such as collection bins for individual participants, toters for consolidating materials, and the dumpsters used at collection sites. For most drop-off programs, these costs are covered by the program coordinator. For pick-up programs, collection bins and toters are typically supplied by the service provider. Unfunded cooperatives: staff time Unfunded cooperatives will depend on time donated by volunteers. Volunteer time can come from the Advisory Committee but there are also a number of local organizations that may provide free or inexpensive service. For example, civic organizations, college interns or volunteers are often looking for community service projects and can help with initial surveys of businesses, recruitment of businesses to participate, or even paper collection at dropoff programs. High schools often have environmental organizations that will be willing to work with the Advisory Committee. Municipal recycling programs may be able to dedicate a staff person to working with the Advisory Committee to provide technical assistance.