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Food Cycle Managing Surplus Organic Material

“In 10 years, sorting organic

material and hazardous waste

from our trash will be as

widespread as recycling

plastics and glass are today.”

Jessica Toth Executive Director Solana Center San Diego Union Tribune July 10, 2015

AB 1826 Requires businesses generating

a significant amount of organic

material to arrange for organics

recycling in order to keep it out

of the landfill

SB 1383 Directs the state’s recycling

agency to cut the organic waste

sent to landfills by 75% by 2025

State Recycling Laws

Solana Center for Environmental Innovation

39% of San Diego’s disposed material is organics

56% is edible or compostable (mixed organics + paper)

Occupying 706,000 tons of landfill capacity annually

Releasing 127,000 metric tons (MT) greenhouse gases annually

San Diego’s

Landfill Composition


• Grocery stores

• Coffee shops

• Juice bars

• Restaurants

• Fast food restaurants

• Food banks

• Local agriculture

• Community gardens

• Animal farms

• Landscapers

We need a way to connect supply and demand to

ultimately keep valuable material out of our landfills

Food Cycle – An Organics Exchange


SUPPLY DEMAND

Connecting surplus food with need

Food Cycle

food scrap

manure

food scrap

• food scrap

• manure

• agri waste

• bio solids

food

food scrap

bio solids

biofuels

food

food for

people compost

animal

feed Solana Center for Environmental Innovation

Restaurants & Grocers

AUDIT

the waste stream

SUPPORT

rollout with training and

signage

DESIGN

processes to minimize

waste


• Providing waste assessment, education, training, diversion opportunities

• Solutions include

• Waste prevention & reduction

• Sharing tables

• Composting school kitchen food scraps at district farm

• Composting onsite at school gardens

• Partnership with local processing & composting operations

• Donation

School Districts


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Composting food scrap onsite at special needs residential home

Ongoing

• Residents work compost pile with Master Composter volunteers

• 40 lbs food waste diverted weekly

• Home's landfill-destined waste is now 61% of previous

• 0.5 MT CO2e will be avoided annually from the material being composted

Special Needs Adults


Diversion from Switchfoot

concert & Bro-Am surf contest July 2015

• 15,000 attendees

• 3,000 lbs of waste generated

• 83% of waste diverted for recycling & composting

• 4 MT CO2e avoided

• 100 volunteers

Beach Event Food Scrap


Composting food scrap from

local food establishment November 2014 – April 2015

• 2 part-time farmers managing compost

• Soil amendment created that is 5x more nutrient-rich

• Food establishment saving $250/month on hauling

• 53 cy food scrap diverted; 30 MT CO2e avoided

Fast Food to Farm


Diversion from Botanic Garden

annual fundraiser September 2015

• Zero Waste event with 97% total diversion

• 520 lbs of waste diverted

• 73% of waste diverted was composted

• 24% recycled

• Bokashi composting technique handled all organic material, liquids, meats, sauces, paper products, & wooden utensils

Food Disposal at Gala


Oceanside residential Zero Waste education

February – April 2015

• 10-week in-home consultations

• 25 households

• Achieved average 70% diversion through recycling & composting

• Average 225 gallons per person diverted from landfill each week

Love Your Planet


Composting pre- and post- consumer food scrap at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

Planned

• Education and demonstration of alternative solutions

• Infrastructure for composting is in place

• Future vision to grow and harvest produce onsite

Composting Onsite


Benefits of Creating Food Cycle

• State laws will restrict organics from landfill

• Free up landfill space 700,000 tons / year

• Create market & jobs $2,000,000 / year

• Save local businesses $20 M total / year

• Avoid greenhouse gases 127,000 MT / year

Estimates based on County data,

Solana Center experience, & EPA metrics


Come visit us!


137 N. El Camino Real

Encinitas, CA 92024

(760) 436-7986 x713

www.SolanaCenter.org

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