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Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings

Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings. Jon Gire Alameda County GSA. Talking Trash. Trash is significant Amount and $ Opportunities Do the rot thing It’s the Law AB 341 StopWaste.org Ordinance RecyclingRulesAC.org. Compost & Mixed Recycling. Compost.

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Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings

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  1. Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings Jon Gire Alameda County GSA

  2. Talking Trash • Trash is significant • Amount and $ • Opportunities • Do the rot thing • It’s the Law • AB 341 • StopWaste.org Ordinance • RecyclingRulesAC.org

  3. Compost & Mixed Recycling

  4. Compost

  5. Compost and Mixed Recycling Goal Setting & Feasibility Costs & Rate Structures Information Gathering & Assessments Processing Facility Requirements County Goals, Requirements, & Behavior Planning & Proposals Hauler Requirements & Behavior Outreach & Training Customers & Buildings: Characteristics, Context, & Setting Rollout Bins & Signs Monitoring & Reporting

  6. Hauler Coordination

  7. Right-size Waste Service Mixed Materials in Trash 12 CY Recycling 2 CY Before After Recycling 3 CY Compost 6 CY Trash 6 CY

  8. Janitorial Coordination

  9. Bins in Action

  10. Employee Outreach

  11. A Compost Story

  12. Will it work?

  13. It worked!

  14. Metrics – Volume to Weight Mixed Recycling: increase in cubic yards Mixed Recycling: increase in tons Multiply by tons/cubic yard Compost: Increase in cubic yards Compost: increase in tons • Multiply by • tons/cubic yard

  15. Metrics – Weight to GHGs Equivalency Model (EPA WARM) Mixed Recycling: tons Mixed Recycling: GHG emission reductions Compost: tons • Equivalency • Model • (EPA WARM) Compost: GHG emission reductions

  16. EPA WARMwww.epa.gov/warm

  17. www.acsustain.org jon.gire@acgov.org

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