Zero Waste Action Plan
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Zero Waste Action Plan For the City of Glendale, California Zero Waste Associates A partnership of Richard Anthony Associates and Gary Liss & Associates with Support from Hidden Resources and Earth Resource Foundation December 1, 2010 Zero Waste Action Plan for the City of Glendale, California 1 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 1A. EXISTING SYSTEM............................................................................................................................................................................ 4 1B. ZERO WASTE RECOMMENDATIONS .................................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Background and Existing System ............................................................................................................................................ 7 2A. SCOPE OF WORK .............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 2B. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 TABLE 1: BUSINESSES AND NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES BY SECTOR IN CITY OF GLENDALE ...................................................................... 7 2C. EXISTING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RECYCLING AND LANDFILLING SYSTEM ............................................................................... 8 3. Analysis ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 3A. EXISTING DISCARD STREAM IN MARKET CATEGORIES .................................................................................................................. 10 TABLE 2: COMMODITY BY PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL AND TONS ............................................................................................................ 10 3B. SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................. 10 TABLE 3: PRODUCT AND MATERIALS MARKET INVENTORY ................................................................................................................ 11 3C. PROGRAM AND FACILITY ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................. 13 TABLE 4: CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH MORE DIFFICULT TO HANDLE DISCARDS ......................................................................... 13 3D. COMMODITIES ANALYSIS .............................................................................................................................................................. 14 TABLE 5: ESTIMATED MARKET VALUE OF GLENDALE’S DISCARDS .................................................................................................... 14 3E. ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS FROM RECOVERY OF RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 15 TABLE 6: EPA WARM MODEL SUMMARY: RECYCLING/COMPOSTING VS. LANDFILLING .................................................................. 15 3F. RESULTS OF STAKEHOLDER SURVEYS ........................................................................................................................................... 15 3G. OUTCOME OF WORKSHOPS TO ENGAGE STAKEHOLDERS ............................................................................................................. 17 4. Zero Waste Recommendations ............................................................................................................................................... 19 4A. ZERO WASTE POLICIES ................................................................................................................................................................... 19 4B.MANDATORY COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ......................................................................................................................................... 21 4C.RECOVERING ENERGY AND COMPOST FROM ORGANIC DISCARDS .................................................................................................... 23 TABLE 7: OVERVIEW OF TECHNOLOGY/HANDLNG OPTIONS AND BALLPARK COSTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPOSTING AND ENERGY GENERATION AT SCHOLL CANYON LANDFILL………………………………………………………………………………………….25 4D. COMMERCIAL WASTE REDUCTION INITIATIVE……………………………………………………………………………………..26 CHANGING THE CULTURE THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ........................................................................................................ 27 HIERARCHY OF OPTIONS FOR FOOD SCRAPS .......................................................................................................................................... 30 TABLE 8: HIERARCHY OF OPTIONS FOR FOOD SCRAPS .......................................................................................................................... 31 SOURCE REDUCTION STRATEGIES FOR THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY…………………………………………………………………31 4E. OTHER WASTE REDUCTION RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 33 GREEN BUILDING REQUIREMENTS ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 REUSE PROGRAMS ................................................................................................................................................................................ 33 REGULATED AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HANDLING ........................................................................................................................ 34 DESCRIPTION AND FEASIBILITY OF A RESOURCE RECOVERY PARK ........................................................................................................ 35 5. Implementation ............................................................................................................................................................................. 37 5A. FISCAL IMPACT .............................................................................................................................................................................. 37 5B. FIVE-YEAR IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE ....................................................................................................................................... 37 5C. BUDGET (SUMMARY OF COSTS AND REVENUE) ............................................................................................................................. 38 Appendices .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 40 APPENDIX A: SAMPLE ZERO WASTE RESOLUTION (FOR FORMAL ADOPTION) ...................................................................................... 40 APPENDIX B: SAMPLE PLASTIC BAG RESOLUTION............................................................................................................................... 42 APPENDIX C: DRAFT MANDATORY COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ORDINANCE ....................................................................................... 47 APPENDIX D: EXTENDED PRODUCER RESPONSIBILITY RESOLUTION ................................................................................................... 48 Zero Waste Action Plan for the City of Glendale, California 2 Supplemental Documents Included with this Zero Waste Action Plan Supplemental Document 1: Compostable Organic Discard Collection and Processing Evaluation Supplemental Document 2: Evaluation of Mandatory Recycling Ordinances Supplemental Document 3: Results of Stakeholder Surveys and Outcome of Workshops to Engage Stakeholders Analysis Zero Waste Action Plan for the City of Glendale, California 3 Executive Summary 1A. Existing System The City of Glendale (the “City”) provides collection services for all single-family residences (1-4 units), 80% of apartment buildings with 5 units or more, and 15% of businesses (mostly small ones). All 1-4 units have recycling. Only 45% of 5-unit multifamily dwellings (MFDs) have recycling bins. All recycling collection services are provided by Glendale for free. Sixty-two private haulers provide 85% of commercial collection within the City. This is an openly competitive system, with five large companies - Athens, Southland, Crown, Waste Management and Consolidated - possessing more than 80% of the business. Some provide recycling services for free, and some charge. The majority of refuse collected is hauled to the Scholl Canyon Landfill. In addition to Glendale, six other jurisdictions use Scholl Canyon. They include La Canada Flintridge, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, Sierra Madre, and the adjacent unincorporated parts of Los Angeles County. Tip fees are currently $48.99/ton, and estimated to increase to $90/ton after the Landfill closes and rail haul is established. Glendale’s Environmental Management Division estimates that