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Josephine Miller City of Santa Monica, Office of Sustainability and the Environment

CRRA Conference: Food Recovery & Zero Waste COMPOSTABLE FOOD CONTAINERS for a Non-Recyclable Plastic Disposable Food Service Container Ban. Josephine Miller City of Santa Monica, Office of Sustainability and the Environment. City of Santa Monica Office of Sustainability and the Environment.

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Josephine Miller City of Santa Monica, Office of Sustainability and the Environment

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  1. CRRA Conference: Food Recovery & Zero WasteCOMPOSTABLE FOOD CONTAINERSfor aNon-Recyclable Plastic DisposableFood Service Container Ban Josephine Miller City of Santa Monica, Office of Sustainability and the Environment

  2. City of Santa MonicaOffice of Sustainability and the Environment

  3. What is a Sustainable City? A sustainable city meets its current economic, environmental and social needs without compromising the ability of future generations to do the same.

  4. Non-Recyclable Plastic Disposable Food Service Container Ban • Background –in 2007 Santa Monica passed a Non-Recyclable Plastic Disposable Food Service Container Ban • Primary reason– to protect the Santa Monica Bay and marine environment from plastic pollution. • Secondary reasons– zero waste strategic plan goals, petroleum issues, protection of human health, aesthetics, tourism • What is allowed?– food service containers that are recyclable or compostable • Who is covered?– City operations and all food service vendors in the City of Santa Monica 4

  5. Impact: Santa Monica Pier • Food service EPS presents unique problems: • lightweight nature • floats in water • easily blown • breaks into smaller units, but stays plastic

  6. What are city operations and food vendors supposed to buy? • Compostable containers, such as paper, Bagasse, fiber and bioplastics • Recyclable containers, such as PET plastic and aluminum • Bioplastics – there are many types of bioplastics with many types of identifying marks 7

  7. Compostable vs. Biodegradable Many things will ultimately biodegrade When we refer to composting we are referring to food containers that will biologically decompose in a composting environment (eg a garden compost heap, or commercial composting facility) Bioplastics cannot be composted in home composting settings 8

  8. Successful Outreach Campaign:positive models from successful Santa Monica business

  9. Collaboration is the Key!

  10. Distributors List: www.sustainablesm.org/containerIn 2007: 16 distributors/manufactures In 2009: 76 distributors/manufactures

  11. Workshops & presentations for food vendors

  12. Community Models: Zabie’s Restaurant

  13. Ocean Park Café:$2.99 Breakfast Special

  14. Economically Viable Choices

  15. Grateful Bread

  16. Taco Bell: New Paper Products

  17. Seven Eleven: Slurpee Paper Cups

  18. Smart & Final Outreach

  19. Smart & Final Outreach

  20. Bio Plastics: Compostable?

  21. Labels found on Bioplastics • Clear, black, brown, white • Compostable • 100% Compostable • Environmental • 100% Biodegradable • PLA (poly-lactic acid) • Made from corn • ASTM D6400 Standard • GESL logo 22

  22. SELF MAGAZINE: July 2009

  23. What will the City of Santa Monica require? Green Markings Labeled “Compostable” Certification Agency Logo 24

  24. What will we require? Cont… • Must meet compostability standards, such as: • ASTM D6400 • ISO 17088 • DIN EN 13432 25

  25. What will we require? Cont… • And be verified by 3rd party verification organization: • Biodegradable Products Institute (North America) • AIB Vincotte Inter (Belgium) • DIN Certco (European Union) • Australian Environmental Labeling Association (Australia) • Japan Bioplastics Association (Japan) 26

  26. Zero Waste ModelsCity Hall Senior Center

  27. Senior Center: Zero Waste Bin Signs

  28. For more information…contact:josephine.miller@smgov.net go to: www.sustainablesm.org/container 30

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