WASTE ZERO SANTA ROSA
CELIA FURBER, WASTE ZERO MANAGER
Climate Action Subcommittee Meeting - July 13, 2022
A Little About Us
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• Serving Santa Rosa since Dec. 2017
• Provide recycle, compost, garbage,
C&D, street sweeping, and recycle
processing services
• 100% Employee Owned
• Part of Teamsters Union 665
Waste Zero
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• Recover resources &
educate!
• Decreased landfilled tons
from 94k in 2018 to 86k in
2021 (-8k tons)
• Increased recovered tons
from 69k in 2018 to 76k in
2021 (+7k tons)
Public Education
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• 89 presentations to
audiences & 117 staff
trainings in SR 2021
• Partner with Chamber,
Rotary, Sierra Club, Zero
Waste Sonoma etc.
• Student quote “Imma use
your methods in my house.”
Events
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• Host educational tables
or bring trucks to
community events
• Educate community via
receptacles at
community events
Getting the word out
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• Spring & Fall newsletters
• PD & Chamber ads
• Radio ads
• Truck wraps
• Posters
• Labels
• Compost kitchen pails
• Recology.com/SantaRosa
• Social Media
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Composting
food scraps
prevents
methane
production
& sequesters
carbon
from the
atmosphere
in the soil.
Commercial Compost
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• 1,172 commercial compost
programs in place in SR
• Achieved 100% compliance
with AB1826 - Mandatory
Commercial Compost – in SR
• SB1383 - 75% reduction in
landfilled organics by 2025
(from 2014 level)
Santa Rosa SB1383 Franchise Amendment
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• Implementation of compost programs
(incl. trucks & carts/bins)
• Color coordinated containers &
compliant signage
• Route auditing
• Education & outreach
• Tracking & reporting on all of the
above
Challenges
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Success
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QUESTIONS?