City Government Waste Reduction &
Resource Conservation
Julia ChangSF EnvironmentCity Government Recycling Coordinator
286,000 tons waste per year
Commercial52%
Municipal14%
Residential34%
Waste Generation by Sector
Over 1,000 City facilities
30,000 municipal employees
City Government Operations
Office buildings Opera House Rec Park - Stadium
Firefighters Public Health - Hospitals
Public Works - Street cleaning
City Government Waste Reduction Laws & Policies
•Resource Conservation Ordinance
•City Composting Resolution
•Precautionary Purchasing Ordinance
•75% Waste Diversion Resolution for City departments
Department of Public Works – Construction & Demolition Waste
California Academy of Science Museum
150,000 ft2 building demolished
90% of waste recycled
Public Utilities Commission (PUC) – Biosolids from Wastewater
Treatment Plant
Solids leftover
90% of wastewater solids are recycled
Composting of Rec & Park Yard Waste
On-site composting
10,000 tons/year
Sent back to parks
Yard waste from parks
Department of Public Works – Trash from Public Streets
55,000 tons of of street sweepings
Only 16% recycled
Sheriff’s Department –Composting Food Waste from Jails
500,000 pounds of food scraps Composting facility – compost sold to farmers
Administrative Offices – Recycling Paper, Bottles, Cans
• City government office buildings
• Cardboard, paper, bottles and cans
• 50% recycling rate
City Government Waste Generation
Yard and food waste7%
Wastewater solids29%
Construction and Demolition
waste46%
Paper, bottles & cans3%
Trash15%
85% Diversion Rate in 2005
Outreach to City Employees
Presentations to staff
Train custodians
Train 130 Department Recycling Coordinators
Make it easy to recycle & reduce waste
Trash, recycling, composting container next to each other
Machines automatically print double-sided
Electric hand driers
Work with City Vendors
Reduce packaging
Purchase paper with recycled content
Contracts for products and services include environmental criteria
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