The Ohio Food Scrap Recovery Network A cooperative project of The Ohio Grocers Foundation and The Ohio Department of Natural Resources and collaboration with the Logan County Solid Waste Management District Northwest Ohio Food Scrap Recovery

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The Ohio Food Scrap Recovery NetworkA
cooperative project of The Ohio Grocers
Foundation and The Ohio Department of Natural
Resourcesand collaboration with the Logan County
Solid Waste Management DistrictNorthwest
Ohio Food Scrap Recovery Network MeetingJuly
17, 2012
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Agenda

• 900 am Registration/Exhibits/Networking
• 930 am Welcome and Introductions
• 935 am Logan County Recycling Efforts
• 945 am ODNR
• 1000 am Ohio Food Scrap Recovery Network
• 1015 am Presentations
• Noon Wrap and Questions
• 1215 pm Tour of Logan County Facility and Lunch

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Overview of The Ohio Food Scrap Recovery
NetworkProject Goals Develop a Managed
Network of Food Scrap Generators, Collectors and
Processors and then Optimize the System
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Its all about LOGISTICS!
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Simplified Modelof Food Scrap Recovery Network
Commodity Markets Fertilizer
Grocery
Compost Facility
Compost and SoilAmendments
Fuels
Food Biodegradable Plastics
Restaurants
Food Scraps Collectors
Anaerobic Digester
Produce terminals
Energy
Animal Feed
Schools
Other
Residuals
Landfill
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The 5 Phases of Collection

• Store to Can
• Needs to be recognized because this is a personal
  not communal cost
• Bottom line to generator drives the ability to
  grow food scrap diversion programs
• Can to Truck
• Container choice
• 65 gal? 90 gal? 3 or 6 cy ?
• Matching truck to container
• Need for standardization which is message of OGF
  project
• Truck Store to Store
• The garbage trucks next stop is next door
• The food scrap trucks next stop is across town
  or, in another city
• Building route density is goal of OGF project
• Truck Routing
• micro routing
• Using routing software once network is built
• Truck to Processor
• Distance ? Costs
• Technology? Costs
• Store goals ?

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Processor Issues

• Acceptable Materials and Contamination
• NO PLASTIC BAGS!
• Standards for bags is goal of OGF project
• Processor sets rules
• Send message back through supply chain
• This causes that personal issue at the
  beginning of the loop
• Hassle factor
• Continuous training and re-training

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OGF/ODNR Central Ohio Networking
Meeting November 10 ODNR 35 Attendees
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OGF/ODNR Hamilton County and SW Ohio Networking
Meeting January 27 Xavier University 70
Attendees
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OGF/ODNR Summit-Akron SWA and NE Ohio Networking
Meeting March 20 University of Akron 100 PM
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Presentation by Network Participants

• Introduce organization
• For Collectors
• Services offered
• Collection areas
• End uses
• Issues/problems
• For Processors
• Services offered
• End uses of material
• Issues/problems
• Is there anything that needs to be done to make
  this initiative work better?

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Input from Generators

• Introduce organization
• Goals
• Current practices
• Issues/problems
• Questions

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Input from State and Local Government

• Introduce organization
• Goals
• Issues/problems

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For more information about this project
Tonya Woodruff Director, Ohio Grocers Foundation
614-448-1631 foundation_at_ohiogrocers.org Mike
Long Resource100 LTD 614-266-4977 mike_at_resource100
.com