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San Francisco Zero Waste
Policies & Programs
Jack MacyDepartment of the Environment
City and County of San Francisco
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Zero Waste for Sustainability
Conserve Resources Need FOUR planets if every one consumed as
much as the average American.
Need TWO planets if every one consumed as
much as the average European.
Reaching peak of key resourcesoil, minerals
Protect Environment and Civilization
Reduce Climate Change Reduce Deforestation, Desertification, Soil loss
Reduce landfill and incinerator pollution
Create Jobs
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Tip of the Wasteberg Impact
MunicipalWaste
tip of the
wasteberg Upstream waste
produced is 70times greaterthan atmunicipal level
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Upstream Resource Waste
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Waste Diversion Protects Climate
Recycling reduces energy use & emissions upstream
Composting/Digestion reduces methane emissions from landfills
Compost use increases storage of carbon in soil & biomass
Compost decreases use of petro-based fertilizers and pesticides,and reduces irrigation saving energy use
www.stoptrashingtheclimate.org
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San Francisco Zero Waste Policies
75% Landfill Diversion by 2010
(Achieved >77% diversion for 2009 for ~2 millions total generation)
Zero Waste to landfill or incineration by 2020
Promote Highest and Best Use of Materials (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle,Compost/AD)
Require Consumer & Producer Responsibility (EPR)
Meet UN Urban Environmental Accords(>100 Mayors have signed Accords that include agreeing to set ZW Goal and to reduce useof disposable products by 50%)
Mandatory C&D Recovery (7/06)
Styrofoam Ban (6/07) & Plastic Bag Ban (11/07)
Mandatory Recycling & Composting (10/09)
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Highest & Best Use for Food Diversion
Edible Food Donation
Delivered to meal programs via Food Banks Animal Feed
Picked-up by farmers or via processor for feed production
Rendering
Grease & meat productsprocessed into tallow & animal feed On-site Composting
By residents, schools, colleges and universities for on-site soils
Large Scale Composting
Curbside collection to large scale processinginto compost
Digestion into Gas or Converting to BioDiesel
Collection and centralized digestion into biogas energy
FOG (fats, oil & grease) processed into Biodiesel
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San Francisco Food Bank
Edible Food Redistribution
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Produce, Brewery & Tofu
Residuals For Dairy Feed
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FOG (Fat, Oil & Grease), Meat & Bones
Rendered Into Animal Meal & Tallow
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Home Composting
Education & Bins
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Source Separation for Maximum Recovery
RecyclablePaper21%
Glass and PlasticAluminum and Steel
5%
Construction and
Demolition Waste30%
Other10%
All % numbers byweight or tons
Food Scraps
20%
Plant Trimmings5%
Compostable Paper& Fiber 10%
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Three Stream Collection Program
for Residents and Businesses
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City Partnership with Recology Companies
That Collect and Process
Public Incentive: Pay As You ThrowCustomers:
o Pay forCollection Service
like a Utility... electricity,
water or gas
Residents pay only for trash to landfill
Commercial rates use the business
diversion % as the discount on the
volume-based waste bill, i.e. one black,
one blue, one green = 66% discount
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Easy to Use Program
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Recyclable Paper, Glass Bottles, Metal
Cans, & All Rigid Plastics
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Food Scraps, Yard Trimmings and
Compostable Paper/Fiber
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Whats Left Over?
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Mandatory Recycling and Composting
Ordinance(October 2009)
Stakeholder buy-in
Applies to all sectors
Must have refuse service
Must provide compostingand recycling
Right size/color/location ofcontainers
Education for tenants andemployees
Work with janitorial staff
Front of house for foodvendors
Everyone must sourceseparate correctly
DPW fines or DPH liens
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Recyclables & Trash Collected Using
Dual Compactors Weekly For Residents
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Separate Truck for Compostables
C i l R li & C ti
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Commercial Recycling & Composting
Collection With Many Bin Options and
Frequency of Collection Up to Daily
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Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Sorts
Mixed Recyclables For Shipping to Markets
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Processing Up To 800 tons per day
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Initial Hand Sorting of Larger Material
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Angled Rotating Bar Screens Separate
Fiber and Containers
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Screened Mixed Paper Fibers
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Materials Prepared for Market End Use
Regional and Asian Markets
Kit h P il P id d C U BPI
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Kitchen Pails ProvidedCan Use BPI
Certified & Labeled Compostable Bags
or Can Use Paper, Cartons or No Liner
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Strategies to Tackle Apartment
Building Composting
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Neighborhood Door to Door Outreach Campaign
.
SF Environment Staff
and Volunteers offer
kitchen pail type and bag
options and education
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Commercial & City
Department Assistance
On-site waste assessments andconsulting
Multi-Lingual staff and managementtraining (inc. tenants, janitors)
Sorting containers (deskside to 23 gal),signs and stickers
Compliance tool kit of web & printed info
Collection up to daily with wide range ofcollection containers (32 gal to 30 yard)
Performance audits and diversionreporting
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3 Stream Color-coded Sorting
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Combining, Lining, Tipping & Cleaning
Sorting Containers
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Office Building Kitchen Collection
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Office Building
Restroom PaperTowelCompostingCollection
(99% is paper waste,while separatenappies and
sanitary productsput in separatetoilette stall bins)
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Front of the House:
At Starbucks and at Burger King
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Food Ware Accepted as Compostable
Paper or Plant Pulp/Fiber
Recycled Paper
Bagasse/Sugarcane
Poly coated paperallowed for now (PLAcoated better)
Compostable Plastics mustmeet ASTM D6400 and be
labeled compostable,
preferably with green print or
green band or green sticker.
U i C t bl F d S i C Di t
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Using Compostable Food Service Can Divert
Up to 90+% at Public Events
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Public Event Collection Station
But Without Adequate Signage
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Useful Sign Container Tops
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Public Indoor Sorting Station at Ferry Building
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Hospital Cafeteria Sorting Station
SignageEasier If Containers Are All
Compostable or All Recyclable
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Working Creativity with Space Constraints
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School Source Separate for
Composting & Recycling
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Monitoring Contamination, Give Feedback
And Assistance To Ensure Quality Control
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Recology Company Composting Facility allows
600 tpd on 15 acre site
Engineered Compost Systems (ECS)
Recei e Shred Screen and Man all Sort
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Receive, Shred, Screen and Manually Sort
Out Contaminants from Feedstock
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Plastic Bags Primary Contaminant
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CompDog & Pile Building
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AC Cover
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Perforated Cover to Pull Air
Through Pile into Duck Work
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Aeration System
Damper
DuctFansBiofilter
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Custom Blending For Specific Markets
and Organic Certified
C t U d F L d i &
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Compost Used For Landscaping &
Golf Courses
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Compost Used On Organic Farms And
Vineyards To Build Healthy Soils
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Organic Produce Being Marketed
Back to San Francisco
Di ti F d d Oth C t bl
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Diverting Food and Other CompostablesFrom Landfill Sustains Soils and Closes
Carbon & Nutrient Loop
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Regional WWTP
Food AD Pilot
Food from restaurantsshredded and screened for
anaerobic digestion Food digested produces 3.5x
energy than sludge
The biogas used to produceelectricity to power the WWTPplant
Provides a CO2 & Energycompliment to composting forfood rich organics
Expanding role of digestion forbiogas
Mandatory C&D Diversion with Metal,
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y ,
Sheetrock, Wood, Concrete & Inerts
Recovered From C&D at Registered MRFs
B lk El i d T i W
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Bulky, Electronic and Toxic Waste
Collection Programs
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Disposal Decreased by Since 2000
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100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
1,000,000
Disposal
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Future Zero Waste Facility
(MBT no burning)
San Francisco Zero Waste for Everyone
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San Francisco Zero Waste for Everyone
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Thank You!
Jack Macy
San FranciscoDepartment of the Environment
www.sfenvironment.org
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]