SOLID WASTE Management Division

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SOLID WASTE Management Division
Going beyond the 50 Diversion Goal

• Robert Gedert
• Chief of Operations
• City of Fresno
• robert.gedert_at_fresno.gov

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SOLID WASTE Management Division

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

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SOLID WASTE Management Division

• 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
• Tenant Education transient
• Facility Manager negativity
• Owner disinterest

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Lessons Learned

• Business Recycling Barriers
• Interior collection needs
• Business priorities
• Staff training turnover
• Establish a permanent
• Green Team

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Moving Forward

• College Intern Program Recycling Marketing
• 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
• HDR/BVA Study results 62 Diversion
• ?625,700 tons diverted
• ?463,807 tons of disposal
• ? 54,489 tons of biomass

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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
• Business Source Reduction 5,569 tons
• Material Handlers 156,394 tons
• Business Recycling 22,829 tons
• Business 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 10
• Commercial Diversion 279,262 tons 25
• Other Diversion 238,692 tons 22
• Diversion 57
• Biomass Credits 5
• Total Diversion 62

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• Comparison to other Cities
• San Francisco 67
• Fresno 62
• Los Angeles 62
• San Jose 62
• Long Beach 62
• Oakland 55
• Sacramento 49
• San Diego 45

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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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Proposed Diversion Activities

• City Environmental Purchasing Policy (2007)
• Embrace Zero Waste Philosophy (2007)
• Household Hazardous Waste Facility (2008)
• Reuse Facility (2008)
• Commercial Food Waste Recycling (2008)
• Residential Food Waste Recycling (2009)

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Proposed Diversion Activities

• Expanded Commercial Office Recycling
  (90 diversion by 2012)
• Expanded Construction/Demolition Recycling
  (90 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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SOLID WASTE Management Division
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 zero waste to landfills.
Strategy 18 Implement user-friendly recycling
and composting programs, with the goal of 75
reduction of solid waste disposal to the landfill.
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Any waste as an output from a business is an
operational inefficiency. Buckminster Fuller

• Robert Gedert
• Chief of Operations
• City of Fresno
• robert.gedert_at_fresno.gov