SOLID WASTE Management Division

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Going beyond the 50 Diversion Goal

• Robert Gedert
• Former
• Chief of Operations
• City of Fresno

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• 6th Largest City in California
• 490,000 Population
• 106,000 Single Family Homes
• 2,400 Apartment Complexes
• 4,600 Businesses

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• AB 939 (1989)

• The Integrated Waste Management Act into law
  establishing the requirement that each city and
  county must develop a diversion plan, that was to
  include an implementation schedule showing
• 25 diversion by January 1, 1995
• 50 diversion by January 1, 2000
• through source reduction, recycling, and
  composting activities.

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• City of Fresno response to AB 939
• Three-cart residential program (2000)
• Blue for Recycling, Green for Greenwaste
• Public Education (2000)
• Newspaper, TV ads, radio ads, brochures
• School Education (2000)
• Classroom presentations
• Tours of facilities

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• City of Fresno response to AB 939
• Commercial recycling (2003)
• Businesses, offices, retail centers,
• Multi-Family complexes
• Construction and Demolition Ord. (2005)
• Mandatory recycling of construction wastes
• Mandatory Recycling Ord. (2005)
• for commercial businesses
• College Recycling Programs (2006)
• Fresno State, Fresno City College,
  Fresno Pacific

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City of Fresno Recycling Program

• We Recycle
• ALL Plastics
• ALL Paper
• ALL Metals
• ALL Wood (unfinished)
• ALL Beverage Food Cans
• ALL Glass Containers
• Used Motor Oil and Filters

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Lessons Learned

• Media / Advertising Barriers
• Instructional Not Effective
• Cute ads Slightly Effective
• Value oriented Very Effective

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Lessons Learned

• School Education Barriers
• Teacher time Must match state-
• mandated curriculum needs
• Visuals Must be visually engaging
• Child attention Kids must be
• involved hands-on

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Lessons Learned

• Apartment Complex Recycling Barriers
• Physical location of bins vs. parking
• Develop Recycling corrals
• Tenant Education transient
• Tenant meetings / info drops

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Lessons Learned

• Apartment Complex Recycling Barriers
• Facility Manager negativity
• Encourage Manager to be the Green Team leader
• Owner disinterest
• buy in through reduced fees

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Lessons Learned

• Business Recycling Barriers
• Interior collection needs
• Business priorities
• Staff training turnover

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Lessons Learned

• Business Recycling Barriers
• Waste Audit in person
• every site is different
• every business has different needs
• - different recycling proposal
• Assist Business in establishing a
• permanent Green Team

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Marketing Recycling

• College Intern Program
• Fresno State Intern Program
• Higher motivated and energetic
• Work around school schedules
• Provide extensive training
• invest time in your staff
• Incentive sales program

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• Fresno Waste Diversion Study

Curbside Recycling
Buyback Centers
Green Waste
Grasscycling
Trash - Disposal
Material Handlers
Reduction
Business Recycling
Business Composting
Biomass 5
CD
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• Fresno Waste Diversion
• Study
• Residential Diversion
• Curbside Recycling
• 40,506 tons
• Curbside Green Waste 54,437 tons
• Buyback Centers
• 12,805 tons
• Total Residential 107,748 tons

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• Fresno Waste Diversion Study

• Business/Commercial Diversion
• Apartment Recycling 73,917 tons
• Business Recycling 110,875 tons
• Business/Apt Composting 94,470 tons
• Total Commercial 279,262 tons

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• Fresno Waste Diversion Study
• Other Waste Diversion
• City Parks Grass-cycling 8,041 tons
• Scrap Metal-City 3,914 tons
• Construction recycling 226,611 tons

Total Other Diversion 238,692 tons
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Fresno Waste Diversion Study Overall Totals

• Residential Diversion 107,748 tons
• Commercial Diversion 279,262 tons
• Other Diversion 238,692 tons
• Biomass to Energy 54,489 tons
• Total Diversion 62 of Total Waste Stream

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• Fresno City Council
• Zero Waste Resolution
• June 26, 2007
• Requires 75 Diversion by 2012
• Zero Waste 90 Diversion by 2025
• Adopted by Unanimous Vote
• Next Step Zero Waste Action Plan

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• Fresno City Council
• Producer Responsibility Resolution
• June 26, 2007
• Adopted by Unanimous Vote
• Producers need to reduce toxic content
• Cradle to Cradle Responsibility

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Future Diversion Activities

• City Environmental Purchasing Policy (2008)
• Embrace Zero Waste Philosophy (2008)
• Household Hazardous Waste Facility (2009)
• Reuse Facility (2009)
• Commercial Food Waste Recycling (2010)
• Residential Food Waste Recycling (2011)

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Proposed Diversion Activities

• Expanded Commercial Office Recycling
  90 overall diversion by
  2012
• Expanded Construction/Demolition Recycling
  90 overall diversion by 2015
• Two-can Household System (2018?)
• Green for organics (50),
• Blue for recycling (40),
• Residual contamination (10)

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Zero Waste

• A Visionary Goal that Strives for
• 90 Diversion of Business Waste (2012)
• 90 Diversion of CD Waste (2015)
• 90 Diversion of Household Waste (2018)

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Zero Waste

• A Visionary Goal that Strives for
• Source Reduction at Production Facilities
  (2008-2020)
• Green Business Pairings (2010-2020)
• Green Business Park with 100 Diversion
  (2015-2025)

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Strategy 14 Position Fresno as a regional center
for Green Enterprises.
Strategy 17 Achieve 75 Diversion to Landfills by
2012 and Zero Waste to landfills by 2025.
Strategy 20 Develop and implement
Environmentally Responsible Policies and
Practices by 2009.
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Any waste as an output from a business is an
operational inefficiency. Buckminster Fuller

• For more information
• Eddie Castaneda
• Recycling Coordinator
• 621-1882