City of San Diego Commercial Food Waste Diversion Program

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1 City of San Diego Commercial Food Waste Diversion Program Ana Carvalho, Environmental Specialist CRRA August 2017

2 Current Situation Our Program Our Approach Source Reduction & Food Donation Already Happening The Results

3 Current Situation

4 City of San Diego Population ~1.4 million (44% County population) City of San Diego County of San Diego Population ~ 3.2 million Food Insecure Population 12% Cost of living Index (average USA is 100) Data from March 2016 Sources: Feeding America Map the Meal Gap 2017 City-data.com

5 Feeding People San Diego County 12% food insecure population Extrapolation for the City of San Diego 168,000 Food Insecure Needing ~ 184 million meals /year (1.2 lbs./meal) Sources: Feeding America Map the Meal Gap 2017 ~111,000 tons food donation/year

6 2012/2013 City of San Diego - Waste Composition Study City of San Diego Food Waste Generation Per Segment 26% 30% 42% 2% Commercial Military Single Family Mul9 Family 15% food waste ~190,000 tons

7 Environmental Services Department City of San Diego Goals Climate Action Plan Decrease GHG Emissions Baseline 2010 Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide (MMTCO2) Zero Waste Plan <15% 2020 <40% by 2030 <50% by 2035 Diversion Goal 75% by % by 2035 Zero Waste by 2040

8 Environmental Services Department Food Waste Diversion & Avoidance of GHGe Food Donation Avoid 1.53 MTCO2e per ton food waste rescued Food Composting Avoid 0.42 MTCO2e per ton food waste composted Source: CARB GHG Inventory

9 Potential Commercial & Military Food Waste Diversion Potential Food Waste Diversion from ~ 84,000 tons Source Reduction, Feeding People, Feeding Animals Potential to donate ~12,600 tons Generating ~21 million meals/year Overall Commercial Food Waste 80,000 ~84,000 tons tons Potential 5 % Source Reduction 4,000 ~4,200 tons tons Potential 15% 10% Food Donation to People ~12,600 12,000 tons Potential 10% Food Donation toanimals ~8,400 12,000 tons Reducing ~44,000 MTCO2e**** Reducing in ~30% the need for processing infra-structure Cost effective to businesses * Source: LeanPath 4 to10% food waste could be avoided ** Source: Food Recovery in San Diego, by Ana Carvalho, BioCycle Magazine - March 2013 *** Wild guess *** Source: CARB GHG Inventory food donation reduces 2.0 MTCO2e per ton composted

10 Our Program

11 Our Composting Facility Composting facility ~ 2 miles from residences & businesses Next to an airport runway Only full permitted commercial food waste composting facility Reaching food waste capacity on current system Open windrow system No pre-screening Composting yard waste, clean wood & food waste 1% contamination threshold

12 Participants 19 Single Generators *** 4 Routes ~8,000 Tons/ Year

13 Our Approach

14 Our Approach Residen9al Backyard Compos9ng Large Commercial Compos9ng Facility Feed Soil Feed People Feed Animals Source Reduction

15 Constant Interaction/Education Outreach School District Private Sector Food Banks/ Charities ` School District Military ` Policy Makers ` Non Profit/Grass Root/Alliances `

16 Constant Interaction/ Education Outreach Efforts Offer Tours of Greenery & landfill

17 Constant Interaction/ Education Outreach Efforts Group s Successful stories Resources Opportunities to learn from peers Recognition

18 Source Reduction Sponsor of EPA s Food Waste Reduction & Prevention

19 Source Reduction & Food Donation - Already Happening

20 Source Reduction Case Study Large Hotel in SD Reduced 63% pre-consumer food waste (~ 13 tons/year) Avoided 9.74 MTCO2 (= removing CO2 emissions from 1,092 gal of gasoline) Saved ~$29,000 /year on food purchasing Trayless Small University Campus Decreased 22% tons/week Additional saving on hauling & tipping fee costs

21 Source Reduction Consumer Education Campaigns From 1943!!

22 Source Reduction Gleaning In San Diego Since 2009 ~300,000 lbs = 900,000 serving of fresh fruits > 25,000 lbs 2017 Gleaning from Farmers Markets >50,000 lbs ` Source: CropSwap, June 2016

23 Source Reduction ` Ø ~ 2,500 lbs./month in SD Ø ~ 15 tons/year Ø ~ 10% cheaper than regular produce Examples in San Diego ` School District Military Bases Stadium Corporations 10 to 25% of their produce Ana Carvalho IEA, October 2016

24 Feed People Food Donation Program - Retailer Distribution Center APRIL 2017 Mix 42% Bakery 6% [CATEGORY NAME] [PERCENTAGE] Meat 1% Nonfood 0% Beverages 4% Prepared / Perishable 5% Dairy 27% TOTAL POUNDS TOTAL MEAL 12,235/mos. 10,196/mos. Source: Feeding San Diego Monthly Report to Site

25 Feed People Food Donation Program - Large Hotel Donating ~4,800 lbs./mos. ~4,000 meals/ mos.

26 San Diego Unified School District Food Recovery/Rescue Program from 171 Schools ~32,000 lbs./mos. = ~ 26,000 meals/mos. ~ 185 lbs./school/mos. ~2,000 lbs. for food waste to compost/month (pilot at 1 school)

27 Feed Animals Some Local Examples Konyn Dairy Farm - 1,600 cows ~ 155tons/week from local business bakery products brewer grains fruit peels Breweries - spent grains to feed animals

28 Other Diversion Efforts

29 City of San Diego Residential Compost Bin Voucher Program Ø ~40% discount Ø Includes vouchers for 1 lb. of red wiggler worms Ø ~850 vouchers/year Ø Master Composter Classes (through contractor Solana Center for Environmental Innovation)

30 Commercial & Multi-family Composting On-Site

31 Partnership With Kitchens For Good Increase food diverted to feed people & Create jobs Ø Recovering food & purchasing uglies Ø Culinary job training Ø Healthy meals provided to hunger relief

32 The Results

33 2017 Survey of Larger Participants in the Food Scraps Composting Program (excluding the school district) 34 Largest Sites Percentage of Purchasing and Food Waste Diversion Policies Sites 100% Composting Food Waste 78% Buying Local 53% Buying Organic 53% Donating to People 42% Participating in an Imperfect Delicious Produce Program 9% Growing Food on Site 1% Donating to Animals 156 Kitchens ~8,0000 Meals Donated/ week

34 Growth in Food Donation Food Donations Only to Feeding San Diego from Retailers within the City of San Diego Fiscal Year Total Pounds ,023, ,224,583 ~2,520,000 meals/year ~2,700,000 meals/year + 6.5% Donation Program (only from large venues, hotels, restaurants & grocery stores) Source: Feeding San Diego July 2017

35 Next SB1383

36 Reduce or Recover for Human Consumption 20% Edible Food How much is that? Generation per industry? One size doesn t fit all even within industry Collection, storage & distribution infrastructure?

37 City of San Diego Commercial Food Waste DiversionProgram Thanks! Ana Carvalho, Environmental Specialist CRRA August 2017