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Food Scraps Diversion Update and Full Phase 2 Implementation Presentation to Standing Committee of Council on Planning, Transportation and Environment October 17, 2012 1 Outline Context Vancouver s Progress S ingle

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Food Scraps Diversion Update and Full Phase 2 Implementation

Presentation to Standing Committee of Council

  • n Planning, Transportation and Environment

October 17, 2012

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Outline

  • Context
  • Vancouver’ s Progress
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ingle Family food scraps recycling program

– Pilot proj ect – City wide program expansion

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ummary/ next steps

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Why divert food scraps from garbage?

  • Metro will ban disposal of all compostable
  • rganic waste (including food scraps) by 2015

– Metro Vancouver Regional IS WRMP

  • Greenest City 2020:

– Zero Waste Target – Greenhouse gas emissions target

  • Diverting all food scraps and compostables

from all sectors from landfill disposal would reduce greenhouse gases equivalent to taking about 10,000 cars off the road

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GCAP 2020 Zero Waste Target:

Reduce solid waste to landfills and incinerators by 50% from 2008 levels, from 480,000 to 240,000 tonnes

  • 50,000

1 00,000 1 50,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 350,000 400,000 450,000 500,000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

TARGET: 50% LESS SOLID WASTE TO LANDFILL OR INCINERATOR

Compostables (21% reduction)

EPR (8% reduction) Recyclables (6% reduction) Construction & demolition (11% reduction) Closed loop economy (4% reduction)

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Vancouver’ s Progress to Date Phase 1 – Basic Compost

April 2010 all houses in city

  • Raw fruit/ veg with yard trimmings
  • No collection changes

Phase 2 – Expanded Compost

  • all foods and food-soiled paper

– Phase 2A – Pilot: Fall 2011 2000 houses

  • weekly organics, every-other-week garbage

– Phase 2B – Full Compost City-wide: Sept 2012 – Phase 2C – Collection Frequency Switch: Spring 2013

  • weekly organics, every-other-week garbage

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46% of household garbage can become compost

S ingle Family Food S craps Recycling Program Vancouver was one of the first cities in the region to start collecting food scraps from houses

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Expanded Compost Pilot

Launched Fall 2011

  • 2000 homes in S

unset and Riley Park

  • All food and food-soiled

paper

  • Collection frequency change:

weekly green bin and biweekly garbage

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What We Found - Effect on Waste

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~39% ~ 2,000% ~ 10%*

*requires further monitoring

increased from 0.12 to 2.31 kg/ hh/ wk

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What We Found

Key driver to maximizing diversion:

  • Every week green bin

collection

  • Every-other-week garbage

S upported by a comprehensive communications program.

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Estimated Diversion Rate With Expanded Program

Based on pilot results

Collection Service Change 2013

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Vancouver Blue Box Recycling Trend

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Blue Box Diversion

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Food S craps Recycling Program Expanded Compost Final Phase

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Phase 2 – City-Wide Food S craps Collection

S eptember 2012: - All food scraps in green bins Winter 2013: - Communications and engagement

Comprehensive multi-language

May 2013: Collection switch begins

2 weeks per collection zone (green bin weekly, garbage every other week)

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City-Wide Implementation Plan – Communications

  • Comprehensive community-based social

marketing program

  • Multi-language
  • Built on success of pilot
  • Kitchen containers key tactic
  • Additional support for 311

– Increase in call volumes – Over 20,000 garbage cart and green bin change requests expected (based on Pilot)

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City-Wide Implementation Plan - Operations

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Collection Transfer Processing

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City-Wide Implementation Plan – Collections

Collections

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City-Wide Implementation Plan - Transfer

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Organics Transfer Facility ($3-5 Million)

  • More space needed
  • Load receiving and inspection
  • Contaminant removal
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afely manage volumes

  • Odour control
  • Run-off control
  • Adj acent to VS

TS

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City-Wide Implementation Plan – Processing

  • Current processor is

Fraser Richmond S

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& Fibre

  • Need for additional

capacity

  • Exploring options

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Proj ected Preliminary Budget (pending response to RFPs)

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Estimated Cost One-time Operating Costs:

  • Additional Cart Supply

$568,000

  • Cart Change Transactions Temp Staff & Equipment

$830,000

  • Collections Transition Temp Staff & Equipment

$717,000

  • Project Coordination Temp Staff

$80,000

  • Field Inspection & Enforcement Temp Staff

$427,000

  • Communications Plan Development & Execution

$800,000

  • Kitchen Container Supply & Distribution

$720,000

  • Distribution of Communications Materials (incl. staff)

$300,000

  • 311 Contact Centre – Temp Staff & Equipment

$466,000

  • 10% Contingency

$490,000

Subtotal $5,398,000 One-Time Capital Cost: Transfer Capacity $5,000,000 Total $10,398,000

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Proj ected Impact on Typical Year Annual Operating Costs Approximate Overall Budget Impacts (millions$) Program: Current Forecast Change Garbage $13.5 $10

  • $3.5

Compostables $5 $11.5 +$6.5 $18.5 $21 +$3

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Estimated Financial Implications

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Approximate Solid Waste Utility Fee Impacts

Current Estimated Future Change Average combined garbage and green bin cart fees $209 $237 $28

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Food S craps Disposed in Garbage

S ingle-Family Residential 26% Multi-Family Residential 24% Commercial 50%

110,000 tonnes per year total, or about 35%

  • f all garbage

going to landfill in Vancouver

Private sector collection City collection Primarily private sector collection 23

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Vancouver’ s Next S teps

Phase 3 - Multi-family (MF) and Commercial sectors

  • Enthusiasm and interest from commercial sector and MF

residents

  • Voluntary uptake to date in MF and Commercial uncertain
  • Unique challenges with MF in Vancouver (density):

– S pace constraints within buildings – Dumpsters in lanes

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Vancouver’ s Next S teps

Phase 3 – Multi-Family/Commercial

  • Initiate process to introduce mandatory recycling
  • f compostable organic wastes from all sectors
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trong signal to prepare for 2015 ban of organics

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  • Develop strategy to accelerate

uptake from commercial / MF

  • Working with Metro, BIAs, stratas

and haulers

  • Report back to Council in 2013
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Conclusion

  • Final phase of S

ingle Family compost program is a huge opportunity to ramp up overall diversion

  • Complex, taken longer than anticipated
  • Unique challenges in Vancouver
  • Real progress, moving us closer to

meeting GCAP 2020 targets

  • Next focus is MF/ commercial sectors

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Questions?

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