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FOOD WASTE COLLECTIONS ACROSS CAMPUS DECEMBER 6, 2017 B U D F R A S E R S E N I O R P L A N N I N G & S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y E N G I N E E R C A M P U S + C O M M U N I T Y P L A N N I N G , U N I V E R S I T Y O F B R I

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FOOD WASTE COLLECTIONS ACROSS CAMPUS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

B U D F R A S E R – S E N I O R P L A N N I N G & S U S T A I N A B I L I T Y E N G I N E E R C A M P U S + C O M M U N I T Y P L A N N I N G , U N I V E R S I T Y O F B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A

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UBC CONTEXT

Vancouver Campus

  • 402 hectares

(including market housing)

  • 44,000+ students

(FTE)

  • 13,000+ staff and

faculty (FTE)

  • 20,000 residents
  • 300+ buildings
  • 60,000+ daytime

population

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UBC: A COMPOSTING EARLY ADOPTER

  • Collected food scraps from food

services/dining halls back of house, plus voluntary program for academic buildings, and student residences

  • Finished compost used for

landscaping

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FOOD WASTE COMPOSTING PROGRAM

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2013: ZERO WASTE ACTION PLAN

  • Keep food out of garbage: regional government organics disposal ban
  • Contribute to UBC’s sustainability mission
  • Economic factors and business case
  • Campus as a Living Lab: research, teaching and collaboration opportunities
  • Set a 80% diversion target by 2020, and steadily decrease landfill waste
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INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BUILDINGS

The Past: stand- alone garbage cans everywhere Now: recycling stations including food scraps at consolidated locations

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KEY ISSUE: FOOD SCRAPS CONTAMINATION

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PERFORMANCE BY LOCATION & AUDIENCE

Food Service/ Back of House Academic Buildings/ Food Service FOH Student Residences Street/ Outdoor Participation & recovery     Keeping it clean   

More challenging

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CASE STUDY: STUDENT RESIDENCE STUDY

Walter Gage Residence

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RESIDENCE BARRIERS & SOLUTIONS

Barriers

  • Somewhat transient audience, from

many different backgrounds and geographic locations: lack of familiarity

  • Inconvenience: 2-way trips to empty

pails in the green bins (sometimes long trips)

  • Yuck factor
  • Other priorities (like exams)
  • Need for carryable bags (i.e., plastic)
  • Plastic grocery bags contaminating

green bins

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CASE STUDY: RESIDENTIAL CONVENIENCE STUDY

Location: Walter Gage Residence (suite-style), 17 storey towers Experimental setup:

  • 2. Chutes open –

inconvenient; 1 tower

  • 1. Chutes closed,

basement dropoff – inconvenient; w/ varying distances

  • 3. Hallway dropoff –

convenient; 1 tower

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RESIDENTIAL CONVENIENCE STUDY - RESULTS

0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 41ft 86ft 97ft 163ft Chutes open Hallway Basement Dropoff - Inconvenient Inconvenient Convenient

Weight of compost recycling (kg/person/week)

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RESIDENCE BARRIERS & SOLUTIONS

Solutions

  • Increase convenience in design of new buildings

– Floor-based stations (best) or ground floor recycling rooms

  • Improve design and setup of recycling rooms

– Well lit, clean, ventilated – Bins & signage consistent with rest of campus – Use colours and painting to provide visual signals – Frequent transfer of food waste to loading bay to minimize odours

  • Provision of carryable, compostable plastic bin liner bags to residents
  • Engage residents in multiple ways to address participation and

contamination

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FOOD SCRAPS ON THE STREET

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WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO REACH FULL RESOURCE RECOVERY?

Infrastructure & systems

  • Simple
  • Intuitive
  • Convenient

Communications & Engagement, Incentives

~100% resource recovery

  • Human behaviour is key

(eg sorting)

  • Sorting decisions are

complex given diversity

  • f products
  • A holistic systems

approach is needed, including procurement and business practices

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INFRASTRUCTURE & SIGNAGE

Graphic & text signage

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INFRASTRUCTURE & SIGNAGE

“3D” display signage

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KEY ISSUE: CUPS & SINGLE USE CONTAINERS

  • Sorting is challenging: wide

range of container types & materials; hard to create very simple, intuitive sorting rules

  • Contributes to food scraps

contamination

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ALIGNMENT OF FOOD PACKAGING

  • Simplify and align

single use food packaging choices with infrastructure & systems

  • Requires

engagement with food service providers & procurement

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COMMUNICATIONS & ENGAGEMENT

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SUMMARY OF LESSONS LEARNED

High impact food waste program

Convenient, well designed infrastructure Multi-pronged communications & engagement Align food packaging with systems System capacity & limitations

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RESOURCES & LINKS

Recycling Infrastructure Guidelines for UBC Buildings Paper: Convenience improves composting and recycling rates in high- density residential buildings Zero Waste Squad UBC’s Compost System video UBC Food Service Ware Guideline Metro Vancouver organics ban

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Bud Fraser Senior Planning & Sustainability Engineer Sustainability and Engineering | Campus + Community Planning bud.fraser@ubc.ca +1 604 822 1501

sustain.ubc.ca