ReThinking Waste: Future Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Policies, Programs & Technologies to Achieve 75% Reduction Goal

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1 ReThinking Waste: Future Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Policies, Programs & Technologies to Achieve 75% Reduction Goal Emily Hanson, Director of Business Development, GreenWaste Recovery November 6, 2014 Michael Gross, Director of Sustainability, Zanker Recycling

2 Our Family of Companies Vertical Integration Supports Innovation Material Recovery

3 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Collection Evolution Align Collection & Processing Programs

4 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Collection Evolution

5 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Recovery Facility 1991 ~ San Jose Transfer & Processing C&D Hand Sorting Operation Yard Waste Chip & Grid Operation 1997 ~ Permit Expansion & Construction Z-Best Composting Begins Operations Yard Waste Processing & Transfer 2008 ~ New Side-by-Side Processing Lines Single-Stream Recyclables Line Municipal Solid Waste/Dirty Line Organic Fraction Transferred to Z-Best Recyclables = 95-98% Recovery Garbage = 72-75% Recovery

6 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Recovery Facility

7 GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Recovery Facility

8 Zanker Road Resource Management Facility Development & Upgrades Zanker Road Landfill (ZRRROL) 1985 Operations Begin st Demolition Floatation System in the US st Concrete Recycling Facility in CA st Automated Demolition Recycling in US. Zanker Materials Processing Facility (ZMPF) 1999 Operations Begin 2007 Installation of New C&D Sorting Line 2013 Installation of Secondary C&D Sorting Line Z-Best Composting Facility (Z-Best) 1997 Operations Begin 2002 Permitting for MSW/Food Waste Composting 2014 Permitting Underway for Expansion

9 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF Zanker Road Resource Recovery Operation & Landfill (ZRRROL) Zanker Materials Processing Facility (ZMPF)

10 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

11 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

12 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

13 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

14 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

15 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

16 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

17 Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF

18 Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility

19 Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility

20 Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility

21 Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility

22 ZANKER - ZMPF and ZRRROL Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility Open Windrow Composting Clean Yard Trimmings Product = Organic Compost Closed In-Vessel Composting Processed Garbage Compostables & Food Scraps Product = Non-Organic Compost BUT What about the Energy?

23 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Zanker Road Resource Recovery Operation & Landfill ZWED AD Project Zanker Materials Processing Facility

24 Zero Waste Energy Development Company High Solids Organics-to-Energy Facility Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion First Large Scale Commercial Facility in the US Capable of Processing 270,000 tpy Over 5.2 MW of Renewable Energy (24/7) Enough to Power Homes Annually San Jose AD Facility

25 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility

26 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Site Development (Completed Oct. 2012) CEQA Clearance (City of San Jose) Special Use Permit (City of San Jose) Post-closure Land Use Change (LEA) Public Improvement Plan (City of San Jose) Grading Permit (City of San Jose)

27 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Facility Construction (Completed Nov. 2013) Authority to Construct Permit (BAAQMD) Alt. Materials & Methods (City of San Jose) Building Permit (City of San Jose) Industrial Waste Discharge Permit (RWQCB)

28 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Facility Grand Opening November 22, 2013

29 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Facility Operations Commence (Dec. 2013) Solid Waste Facilities Permit (Nov. 22, 2013) Transfer/Processing Report (TPR) Report of Composting Site Info. (RCSI) Commercial Operations Began (Dec. 16, 2013) Both Modules Active 350 Tons Each

30 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Operational Update (As-of Oct. 31, 2014) Tonnages Received from Republic ~120 tpd (Direct Haul & Transfer) ~ 2% tpd (OS 1: <5% Contamination) ~98% tpd (OS 4: >20% Contamination) Gas Production = 60% Methane in Biogas

31 Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility

32 Thank you!

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