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Western States Overview Climate Change Planning and the Role of Materials, Recycling, and Waste Webinar #1 West Coast Webinars on Climate Change, Waste Prevention, Recovery and Disposal 101 June 26, 2008 1 Disclaimer This presentation is

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Western States Overview

Climate Change Planning and the Role of Materials, Recycling, and Waste

June 26, 2008

Webinar #1

West Coast Webinars on Climate Change, Waste Prevention, Recovery and Disposal 101

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Disclaimer

This presentation is part of the U.S. EPA’s Climate Change Webinar Series.

  • This document does not constitute EPA policy.
  • Mention of trade names or commercial products does not

constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.

  • Links to non-EPA web sites do not imply any official EPA

endorsement of or a responsibility for the opinions, ideas, data, or products presented at those locations or guarantee the validity of the information provided.

  • Links to non-EPA servers are provided solely as a pointer to

information that might be useful to EPA staff and the public.

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Climate Change Planning in Alaska

Douglas Buteyn Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Solid Waste Program Fairbanks, Alaska (doug.buteyn@alaska.gov)

West Coast Forum on Climate Change, Waste Prevention, Recovery, and Disposal June 26, 2008

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Climate Change Planning in Alaska

Governor Climate Change Sub-Cabinet Mitigation Advisory Group Adaptation Advisory Group

Technical Work Group: Infrastructure & Transportation Technical Work Group: Health & Culture Technical Work Group: Natural Systems Technical Work Group: Economic Activities Technical Work Group: Oil & Gas Technical Work Group: Energy Supply & Demand Technical Work Group: Transportation & Land Use Technical Work Group: Forestry, Agriculture, & Waste Technical Work Group: Cross-Cutting Issues

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Forestry, Agriculture, & Waste

Potential Solid Waste Strategies

  • Biofuels production
  • Waste-to-energy programs
  • Advanced recycling and composting
  • Source reduction
  • Landfill gas energy programs
  • Biosolids for energy production
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Fairbanks Anchorage Nome Barrow Juneau Ketchikan Bethel Unalaska Adak Attu Kotzebue

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AZ Climate Change Recommendations

49 Recommendations, focused on:

  • Reducing energy demand, increasing energy efficiency and renewable

energy

  • Increasing alternative fuels and technologies for vehicles and reducing fuel

use

  • Reporting GHG emissions and giving credit for reductions; capping and

trading GHG emissions

  • Setting a state goal: reduce Arizona’s GHG emissions to 2000 level by 2020

and to 50% below 2000 level by 2040

Solid Waste Recommendation, focused on:

  • Expanding curbside recycling programs to all communities of 50,000 or

more people

  • Increasing penetration of recycling in MF housing
  • Increasing participation in existing recycling programs and creating new

recycling programs for the commercial sector

  • Providing incentives and developing markets for recycled materials
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Governor Napolitano’s Executive Order 2006-13

  • Set goal to reduce state’s GHG emissions to 2000 levels

by 2020 and to 50% below 2000 levels by 2040

  • Established Climate Change Executive Committee
  • Specific directives, including:

– Develop a GHG emissions reporting mechanism and establish a multi-state registry – Adopt the Clean Car Program – Convert state vehicle fleet to low-GHG-emissions vehicles

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Kurt Maurer Deputy Director Office of Policy, Planning and Operations Arizona Dept of Environmental Quality (602) 771-4500 Maurer.kurt@azdeq.gov www.azclimatechange.gov

Contact Information

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U.S. EPA Web Broadcast U.S. EPA Web Broadcast

Richard Varenchik California Air Resources Board June 26, 2008

AB 32 One Year Later: 2007 Accomplishments & The Road Ahead

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Transportation, 38% Electricity, 23% Industry, 20% Recycling and Waste, 1% High GWP, 3% Agriculture, 6% Commercial and Residential, 9%

ARB, “California 1990 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Level and 2020 Emissions Limit” (2007), www.arb.ca.gov/cc/ccei/inventory/1990_level.htm

California GHG Emissions California GHG Emissions California GHG Emissions

2002-2004 Average

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What I s AB 32? What I s AB 32?

  • Legislation outlining plan to reduce GHGs
  • Codifies 2020 GHG limit at 1990 level

– Acknowledges that 2020 is not the endpoint

  • ARB to monitor/regulate GHG sources
  • Air Resources Board lead, but extensive

collaboration with other agencies Large new effort, but must not detract from ARB’s health-based programs

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Magnitude of the Challenge Magnitude of the Challenge Magnitude of the Challenge

ARB Emissions Inventory 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 1990 2000 2004 2020 2050

Year Million Metric Tons (CO2 Equivalent) 1990 Emission Baseline ~173 MMT CO2 e Reduction 80% Reduction ~341 MMT CO2 e

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AB 32 Timeline AB 32 Timeline

2020 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

GHG reduction measures

  • perative

GHG reduction measures adopted Publish list of early actions Publish scoping plan Mandatory reporting & 1990 Baseline Adopt enforceable early action regulations Reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels Identification/ implementation

  • f further

emission reduction strategies Adopt Scoping Plan 11/08

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Scoping Plan Scoping Plan

  • Describes how California will reduce GHG

emission levels to 1990 levels by 2020

– Address every sector of the economy

  • Provides a vision for a low carbon future - 2020

and 2050

  • Maximize benefits to California

– Criteria and toxic air pollutants reductions – Economic development (greentech)

  • Must assess economic, environmental, public

health and societal impacts in Plan

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Scoping Plan Measures Scoping Plan Measures

  • Preliminary recommendations – about 60% of

needed tons

– Car standards, low carbon fuel standard, land use, energy efficiency, renewable portfolio standard

  • Options for remaining tons

– Direct regulations – Cap and trade program – Carbon fees

  • Expect positive overall impact on co-pollutants

– Efficiency and reduced fuel use

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Landfill Methane Capture Landfill Methane Capture

  • Methane 21 times the GWP of CO2
  • Early Action Item must be in place by 1/1/2010
  • Reduce methane emissions from landfills by

requiring gas collection and control systems on landfills where these systems are not currently required

  • Establish statewide performance standards to

maximize methane capture efficiencies

  • ARB & CIWMB staff will explore opportunities to

increase energy recovery from landfill methane gas

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Landfill Methane Capture (2) Landfill Methane Capture (2)

  • Expect Annual Reduction of 2-4 Million MT CO2E
  • 22-Page Draft Regulatory Language posted on web site
  • October 2008 Staff Report Available for 45 Day

Comments

  • Nov. 2008 to Board for Adoption, Fall 2009 in Effect
  • http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm – Early Action Items –

Landfill Methane Capture

  • http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/landfills/landfills.htm
  • Renaldo Crooks rcrooks@arb.ca.gov 916 327-5618
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Commercial Composting Work Group Commercial Composting Work Group

  • ARB and Integrated Waste Board Working Together
  • Nearly 200 Ca Commercial Composting Facilities
  • Composting= VOCs (smog) and GHGs (methane)
  • Work Group is Evaluating these Emissions
  • CIWMB is studying emission life-cycle
  • http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/compost/compost.htm
  • Join e-mail list
  • Kate MacGregor 916 927-5974

kmacgreg@arb.ca.gov

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Scoping Plan Timeline Scoping Plan Timeline

  • Draft Scoping Plan release: June 26 (Today!)
  • Public workshops:

– July 8: Los Angeles Diamond Bar SCAQMD – July 14: Fresno City Hall – July 17: Sacramento Cal/EPA Building – Aug. 8: San Jose; Aug. 15 San Diego

  • Community meetings - being scheduled
  • Final draft Scoping Plan proposal October
  • Board considers plan: November (20?)
  • Must be adopted by December 31, 2008
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Contacts and More I nformation Contacts and More I nformation

  • ARB Climate Change Web Site

–http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/cc.htm –Stay informed - sign up for list serve

  • California Climate Change Portal

–http://www.climatechange.ca.gov

  • Rich Varenchik rvarench@arb.ca.gov

(626) 575-6730

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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Measure Summary

  • Landfill Methane Capture - BMPs
  • Liquefied Nature Gas from Landfill Gas
  • Commercial Recycling
  • Increase Production and Markets for

Compost

  • Anaerobic Digestion
  • Extended Producer Responsibility & EPP
  • Watershed Friendly Landscape
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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Implements grant-funded projects at two landfills to demonstrate commercial-scale technologies for converting landfill gas to LNG vehicle fuel

Liquefied Nature Gas from Landfill Gas

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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

California Climate Action Network (CCAN) Institute for Local Government’s (ILG)

ILG to assist local jurisdictions in conducting inventories of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, developing action plans and pilot programs

Commercial Recycling

Focuses on using voluntary implementation approaches to increase commercial waste diversion

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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Diversion of organic material from landfills can provide a significant reduction of greenhouse gases through landfill methane avoidance and beneficial

  • ffsets.

Requires a major increase in the compost and mulch-producing infrastructure in order to meet CIWMB strategic directive goals to reduce organic materials in the waste stream by 50% by 2020.

Increase Production and Markets for Compost

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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Organic materials diverted from the waste stream can be resources utilized as feedstock for anaerobic digestion to displace fuel or energy derived from fossil fuels

Anaerobic Digestion

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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Products and Purchasing

  • Extended producer responsibility (EPR) to

achieve upstream product design changes and downstream collection & recycling

  • Environmentally preferable purchasing (EPP)

to increase demand for products that have a variety of environmental benefits, including a reduction in GHG emissions

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CIWMB Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Watershed Friendly Landscape (WFL)

The WFL guidelines:

  • Holistic approach to the design, construction, and maintenance of landscapes to protect watersheds

throughout the state

  • Are consistent with the provisions of AB 1881 which requires the California Department of Water

Resources (DWR) to update the State Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance, based on recommendations set forth in the Landscape Task Force report, by January 1, 2009

  • May be adopted by local governments;
  • The Local ordinances must be at least as effective as the State Model Ordinance by January 10,

2010 Implementation steps include:

  • Development of generic guidelines
  • Statewide outreach strategies
  • Monitoring of local adoption and environmental impacts related to implementation of the guidelines

Adoption would reduce GHG emissions by:

  • Reducing the transportation and disposal of green materials in landfills
  • Reduce fossil fuel consumption by reducing the use of landscape power equipment and minimizing

the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides

  • Helping to conserve water

www.stopwaste.org

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Climate Action Team Recycling & Waste Management Subgroup

Thank You! For more information:

Clark Williams clarkw@ciwmb.ca.gov (916) 341-6488 Teri Wion twion@ciwmb.ca.gov (916) 341-6374

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State of Hawaii Overview

92.6% of GHG sources from Energy Sector 90% of energy comes from imported oil

Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, Jan 2008

  • Reduce dependence on imported oil

70% local renewables by 2030 Energy, Act 162/2006 Short range Goal:

  • 20% renewable electricity by 2020
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City & Co. Population Kauai Co. Honolulu Maui Co. Hawaii Co. 1,362,713 75,246 942,193 172,806 172,468 5.5% 69.1% 12.7% 12.7%

Living on the “edge”

Over 90% of population live and/or work within 3 miles of our coastline

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Climate Change Impacts (rising sea level): Coastal erosion/beach loss High wave inundation Flooding on low lands Increased community vulnerability Dock and airports facilities Ecosystem impacts

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ENERGY SECTOR 1990 2005

23,952,890 25,600,209 92.6% 7.4% 6% of GHG emissions from waste management

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Waste Management Challenges

High waste generation per capita

(9.3 lbs./person/day)

Limited curbside recycling High transportation cost to recycling markets Limited product stewardship 6

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7 Waikiki Island ? January 2100

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State of Hawaii

Department of Health

June 26,2008

Steven Y. K. Chang Chief, Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch steven.chang@doh.hawaii.gov 8

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Joanna Pierce

State of Idaho

  • Dept. of Environmental Quality

Pollution Prevention 1410 N. Hilton Boise, ID 83706 Ph: (208) 373-0146 Fx: (208) 373-0342 joanna.pierce@deq.idaho.gov

Contact Information

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Climate Change - Nevada

Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

(NDEP) is anticipating the eventual passage of legislation, and we’re making preparations for Nevada’s involvement

  • Governor’s Climate Change Advisory Committee
  • Western Climate Initiative observer
  • Implementation of a greenhouse gas registry
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Climate Change - Nevada

Climate Change Advisory Committee

  • Made up of members of academia, government,

environmental advocates, and business leaders

  • They have been asked to evaluate the implications of

climate change on Nevada and make recommendations to the Governor on steps that can be taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the state

  • Recommendations will soon be available for public

comment, and will be posted on the State Energy Office website at: www.energy.state.nv.us

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Climate Change - Nevada

  • SB 422 was passed in the last Legislature, and signed

by the Governor in June 2007

It requires that electric generating units 5MW or greater

report their greenhouse gas emissions, and requires the development of a greenhouse gas emissions inventory that will be updated every 4 years

It will allow us to understand and quantify the emissions –

the first step in addressing the greenhouse gas issue

  • Nevada does not have specific Climate

Change/Solid Waste legislation measures to date

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Contact Information

Colleen Cripps, Ph.D.

Deputy Administrator Nevada Division of Environ. Protection 901 South Stewart Street, Suite 4001 Carson City, Nevada 89701 775-687-9302 cripps@ndep.nv.gov

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West Coast Forum on Climate Change, Waste Prevention, Recovery, and Disposal

Climate, Materials and Waste: Recent Oregon Initiatives

David Allaway, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (503) 229-5479 allaway.david@deq.state.or.us June 26, 2008

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Oregon Governor’s Advisory Group on Global Warming (2004)

  • Charge to 7 Technical Subcommittees:

– Forecast emissions to 2025 under a “business as usual” scenario

  • Oregon forecast life-cycle emissions (as opposed to disposal-
  • nly emissions)

– Identify policy and program options to reduce emissions

  • Estimate greenhouse gas impacts of these options
  • Estimate cost and other impacts of these options

See www.oregon.gov/ENERGY/GBLWRM/Strategy.shtml

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Other Activities

  • Referencing GHGs in public messaging (benefits of recovery)
  • E-commerce packaging study

http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/packaging/resources.htm

  • Local waste diversion program planning and development

Under development or starting soon

  • Development of an updated, supplemental GHG inventory for

Oregon

– Clearly illustrate the impacts of materials – Consistent treatment of materials and energy consumption (add imports, subtract exports)

  • Waste Prevention Strategy

http://www.deq.state.or.us/lq/sw/wasteprevention/wpstrategy.htm

– Green building initiative – Prioritization of public messages – Water bottle/drinking water LCA – Bioplastics research

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Washington State Beyond Waste Implementation Working Group

Goal

  • Significantly expand source reduction, reuse, recycling and

composting

Increase organic and technical materials recycling; Reduce use of virgin materials and fossil energy in product

manufacturing; and

Reduce landfill gas emissions

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Tasks

  • Optimize the collection and processing infrastructure;
  • Expand, recruit or develop in-state users of recyclable materials;
  • Remove organics from the disposal stream for beneficial use;
  • Create product stewardship framework legislation focused on producer

responsibility;

  • Expand byproduct synergy, zero waste practices, design for the environment,

etc.;

  • Develop new environmentally preferred purchasing policies that will result in

reduced GHG generation; and

  • Support and expand consumer product reuse and related business activities.
  • Achieve waste stream reductions in all sectors.
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Workgroup Co-Leads and Contact Information

Sego Jackson Snohomish County Solid Waste Management Division 425-388-6490 sego.jackson@co.snohomish.wa.us Jay Shepard Washington Department of Ecology 360 407-7040 jshe461@ecy.wa.gov Jody Snyder Pierce County Recycling, Composting and Disposal, LLC 253-927-6810 jody.snyder@comcast.net Webpage: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/climatechange/2008CAT_iwg_bw.htm