City Government Waste Reduction &

Resource Conservation

Julia ChangSF EnvironmentCity Government Recycling Coordinator

286,000 tons waste per year

Commercial52%

Municipal14%

Residential34%

Waste Generation by Sector

Over 1,000 City facilities

30,000 municipal employees

City Government Operations

Office buildings Opera House Rec Park - Stadium

Firefighters Public Health - Hospitals

Public Works - Street cleaning

City Government Waste Reduction Laws & Policies

•Resource Conservation Ordinance

•City Composting Resolution

•Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance

•75% Waste Diversion Resolution for City departments

Department of Public Works – Construction & Demolition Waste

California Academy of Science Museum

                                

150,000 ft2 building demolished

90% of waste recycled

Public Utilities Commission (PUC) – Biosolids from Wastewater

Treatment Plant

Solids leftover

90% of wastewater solids are recycled

Composting of Rec & Park Yard Waste

On-site composting

10,000 tons/year

Sent back to parks

Yard waste from parks

Department of Public Works – Trash from Public Streets

55,000 tons of of street sweepings

Only 16% recycled

Sheriff’s Department –Composting Food Waste from Jails

500,000 pounds of food scraps Composting facility – compost sold to farmers

Administrative Offices – Recycling Paper, Bottles, Cans

• City government office buildings

• Cardboard, paper, bottles and cans

• 50% recycling rate

Reuse of City EquipmentVirtual Warehouse

City Government Waste Generation

Yard and food waste7%

Wastewater solids29%

Construction and Demolition

waste46%

Paper, bottles & cans3%

Trash15%

85% Diversion Rate in 2005

Outreach to City Employees

Presentations to staff

Train custodians

Train 130 Department Recycling Coordinators

Resources to City Departments

Waste audits Site visits

Signage Containers and equipment

Make it easy to recycle & reduce waste

Trash, recycling, composting container next to each other

Machines automatically print double-sided

Electric hand driers

Work with City Vendors

Reduce packaging

Purchase paper with recycled content

Contracts for products and services include environmental criteria

Enforcement

Tracking and feedback to Department heads

Support from Mayor Newsom, Board of Supervisors, and Commission on Environment