Item 10 - Visual slideshow presented by EDCO at meetingOn the Road to Zero Waste
Commingled Organics
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•AB 1826 -Mandatory Commercial Organics Recycling
•AB 1594 -2020 ADC No Longer Counts as Diversion
•SB 1383 –Short Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP): Organic Waste
Methane Emissions Reductions
-2020 -50% Reduction in Landfilled Organics
-2022 -Regulations Take Effect
-2025 -75% Reduction in Landfilled Organics / Residential &
Commercial / 20% Increase in Recovery of Disposed Edible Food
California State Mandates
•Expand Green Waste Service to Include Food Waste
•Easy & Convenient / Increase Participation
•Residential & Commercial
•Residential Kitchen Caddie Offered
-Dishwasher Safe / Odor & Bug Resistant
Commingled
Organics Collection
Organic Waste
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State-of-the-Art Anaerobic
Digestion (AD) Facility
•Produces Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)
•Assists Jurisdictions to Meet State Mandates
•Carbon Neutral Fleet
•Begin Serving Customers in January 2021
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Coming Soon; New Anaerobic Digestion Facility
https://youtu.be/iSPxQXcUkUE
What is Anaerobic Digestion
•Biological Process
•Microorganisms Breakdown Material
•Biogas Upgraded into Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)
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The Process
•Three Week Process
•Rotating Paddle Mixes Digestate / Bio Gas Released
•Solid & Liquid Digestate Used as Organic Fertilizer
•Raw Gas Upgraded into RNG / Injected into Pipeline
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Public Education
•Commercial Site Visits / Meetings
•Direct Mail Piece / Environmental Times Newsletter
•Email Notifications / Web Page Information
•Point of Delivery Cart Tags / Follow-up Postcards
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Digester One and Digester Two framing rings are up
and the screen wall is advancing. Pictures as off January 13, 2020.
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Questions