Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings
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Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings Jon Gire Alameda County GSA
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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Compost & Recycling at Alameda County Buildings
Jon GireAlameda 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
Goal Setting & Feasibility
Compost and Mixed Recycling
Information Gathering & Assessments
Planning & Proposals
Outreach & Training
Monitoring & Reporting
Processing Facility Requirements
Hauler Requirements & Behavior
County Goals, Requirements, & Behavior
Costs & Rate Structures
Customers & Buildings: Characteristics, Context, & SettingRollout Bins & Signs
Hauler Coordination
Right-size Waste Service
Mixed Materials in Trash12 CY Recycling
2 CY
Recycling3 CY
Before
After
Trash 6 CY
Compost 6 CY
Janitorial Coordination
Bins in Action
Employee Outreach
A Compost Story
Will it work?
It worked!
Metrics – Volume to Weight
Mixed Recycling: increase in cubic yards
Compost:Increase incubic yards
Mixed Recycling: increase in
tons
Compost:increase in
tons
Multiply bytons/cubic yard
Multiply bytons/cubic yard
Metrics – Weight to GHGs
Mixed Recycling: tons
Compost:tons
Mixed Recycling: GHG emission
reductions
Compost:GHG emission
reductions
EquivalencyModel
(EPA WARM)
EquivalencyModel
(EPA WARM)
EPA WARMwww.epa.gov/warm
