Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Waste Where are things at?

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1 Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Waste Where are things at? Coast Waste Management Association February 27, 2015

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3 Metro Vancouver Disposal (2013) ICI waste* = 44% MF Residential = 23% SF Residential = 33% SF 33% ICI 44% *Not including C&D Waste Stream MF 23%

4 ICI Waste Management Practices Primarily controlled by the private sector Core business garbage collection In most cases, Cash is King! Haulers generally selected based on price

5 Drivers for Waste Diversion Economical programs Client/customer core values Regulatory requirements

6 From Garbage to Zero Waste

7 Planning Framework

8 Consideration for ICI Waste Pre-Consumer Back-end Corporate Side Post-Consumer Front-end Front Facing

9 Granville Island: Commercial Retail Multi-purpose facility: Farmers market, Restaurants, Retail outlets, Art School, Hotel, & Residents (Houseboats) Drivers include Zero Waste goals and organics disposal ban in 2015

10 Granville Island: Pre-Consumer Evaluated waste management system and practices Developed RFP for a singlevendor service provider Developed organics collection program and contract requirements

11 Granville Island: Post Consumer Developed policies focused on waste diversion and optimizing operating costs Increased efficiency and reduced contamination by transitioning to rolling totes for organics collection Conducted surveys to assess organics program participation Polystyrene ban for vendors

12 Granville Island: Project Summary Granville Island receives over 11 million visitors per year. Zero waste project commenced on September Waste Diversion rate increased from 25% to 45% over 3 years.

13 University of Alberta Organics Diversion for University Campus Program development for HUB Mall consisting of food vendors, residents and classrooms Driver to support new organics processing facility

14 University of Alberta: Pre-Consumer Monitoring and evaluation of current practices Assessment of program options and collection scenarios

15 University of Alberta: Assessment Financial assessment showed no significant increase in operating cost with organics capture rate of 75%

16 University of Alberta: Post Consumer Pilot projects testing Policies Management Tools Operations & Infrastructure Promotion and Education Procurement process for new collection contract underway

17 City of Vancouver Greenest City Plan includes Zero Waste Goal. Facilities targeted include: City Hall Operation & maintenance yards Corporate offices Community centers Fire Departments

18 City of Vancouver: Corporate Drivers Driver to be the Greenest City and lead by example Compiled data and feedback from extensive surveys and interviews Developed baseline waste generation rates across eight facility categories

19 City of Vancouver: Best Practices Develop centralized zero waste stations in offices and public spaces Standardize colour scheme to help sort materials Establish a corporate zero waste officer position to leverage champions, service requirements, and internal communications Develop a performance-based collection contract for municipal facilities that maximize diversion and cost effectiveness Program participation celebrated with vibrant visual

20 On-site Organic Technology Guide Review of On-Site organics management technologies Consumer Report style document comparing technologies for Commercial and Institutional Sector

21 On-site Organic Technology Guide Examined: Containers Dewatering systems Onsite composters Anaerobic digestion units

22 On-site Organic Technology Guide A tool to assist businesses evaluate organics management options in addition to organics collection

23 ICI Waste Composition Assessment of 4 sub-sectors Office & business commercial Accommodation & food services Retail trade Manufacturing Represents 30% of ICI sector waste stream Did not include: hospitals, schools, grocery stores, warehouses, transportation and public sector buildings.

24 ICI Waste Composition Findings Office/Commercial Organics = 37% Retail Trade Organics = 21% 72% of the offices sampled has some sort of organics collection program Primarily from shopping malls who had organics diversion programs

25 ICI Waste Composition Findings Hotels/Restaurants Organics = 58% Manufacturing Organics = 45% Restaurants had highest organics (60%) Hotels had 45% organics Restaurants had lowest number for organics diversion at 32% 48% of facilities had organics diversion programs in place

26 ICI Waste Sector Summary Organics is the largest category (avg. 40%) Next largest categories: Paper (approx. 30%) - cardboard Plastics (approx. 18%) - primarily film plastic NOTE: Observations made in light of a pending organics disposal ban Diversion options were available, but many people did not know how to use them Education! Education! Education!

27 QUESTIONS Wilbert Yang, P.Eng WATER NATURAL RESOURCES ENVIRONMENT INFRASTRUCTURE ENERGY