1. “Use of Resources” Climate Change Workshop CIWMB Early Action Measures “Use of Resources” Climate Change Workshop CIWMB Early Action Measures Evan W.R. Edgar, Engineer Edgar & Associates, Inc. for the California Refuse Removal Council Sacramento, California

2. AB 939 Resource Hierarchy  Follow the AB 939 Hierarchy – source reduction, recycling, composting, transformation, and safe landfilling  AB 939 Huge Success Story  The 12 Strategic Directives adopted by the CIWMB in Feb. 2007 embrace the AB 939 resource hierarchy, and support the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.  Strategic Directive No. 6 calls for a 50% reduction of organic resources in the waste stream by 2020

3. CRRC Initiatives  CRRC supports “MRF First” by building on AB 939 Infrastructure with the expansion of residential, multi-family, and commercial curbside recycling  CRRC supports additional compost, recycling, and BioEnergy production while recognizing the capacity limitations and opportunities of the diversion infrastructure

4. Resource Potential  26.7 Million Tons of Organics in Landfills in 2005 – UC Davis, ‘Biofuels from MSW – Background Paper” equals about 70 million barrels of crude oil  Reduce organic resources by 50% by 2020 – SD No. 6 – 13 million tons over 13 years  With AB 32 Early Action by 2010, organic reduction could mean reducing an incrementally increasing 1 million tons per year – or 3 million tons of organic resources reduction in 2010

5. Resource Plan for Organics Reduction – 2010  Bio-Energy Action Plan Executive Order S-06-06: Executive Order S-06-06: For Biomass to electricity, the state shall meet a 20% target within the established state goals for renewable generation in 2010 For Biomass to electricity, the state shall meet a 20% target within the established state goals for renewable generation in 2010 Recommendations for the BioEnergy Plan for California determined Biomass-to-Energy contributing 350 MW of re-power or new power to meet the 20% target Recommendations for the BioEnergy Plan for California determined Biomass-to-Energy contributing 350 MW of re-power or new power to meet the 20% target

6. Green Energy Market Tons  26 Biomass-to-Energy plants producing 550 MW using about 1 million tons/year of urban waste, with 217 MW idled  In 2003, 3.88 Million tons of lumber was buried  By 2010 – new 350 MW of BioEnergy to meet the RPS acceleration goals which would translate into about a 1 million tons of urban lumber with the on-slaught of C&D Ordinances passed in California

7. Biofuels Market Tons  Executive Order S-01-07 to reduce the carbon intensity of fuels by at least 10% by 2020.  Executive Order S-06-06 for Biofuels, the state shall produce a minimum of 20% of its biofuels within California by 2010  1 Billion gallons of ethanol used in CA in 2005 – 20% in-state reduction by 2010 – 200 million gallons from 2.5 million ton of organic waste

8. Compost Market Tons  CALTRANS used about 70,000 Tons of compost in 2003. CALTRANS has new compost specifications.  Studies shows CALTRANS could use 1.5 million to 2.7 million tons of finished compost per year, or 3.0 to 5.5 million tons of raw feedstock to make the compost  2010 Possible use – 500,000 TPY of compost in 2010, using 1 million tons of raw green waste.

9. Expansion of Curbside Recycling  CRRC supports the expansion of curbside recycling in the residential, multi-family, and commercial sectors  CRRC support the MRF First! concept to build on AB 939 infrastructure  By 2010, the expansion could recover 1 million tons of the 8.5 million tons of paper waste being landfilled  Recognize the multi-media challenges to expand the MRF to meet the challenges

10. Potential Use of Resources by 2010  Strategic Directive No. 6 could reduce organics by one million tons per year diverted from 2007 to 2010, or 3 million tons 1 MTY Lumber to BioEnergy 1 MTY Lumber to BioEnergy 2.5 MTY Organics to Ethanol 2.5 MTY Organics to Ethanol 1 MTY Green Waste to Compost 1 MTY Green Waste to Compost 1 MTY Paper Collection from Business/Multi-Family 1 MTY Paper Collection from Business/Multi-Family  22 million tons still being buried

11. AB 939 Infrastructure Expansion and Development Challenge  Multi-media permitting challenges for current Material Recovery Facilities  Multi-media permitting challenges of expanding and new compost facilities by Air Boards and Water Board  Lack of certainty of regulating conversion technology facilities  Infrastructure Assessment to determine the capacity to divert resources to viable markets

12. Infrastructure Assessment  Regulatory Challenges have been recognized  Role of state agencies to assist in developing “siting criteria” of diversion facilities to accommodate NIMBY concerns  How many more MRF, compost, or CT facilities are needed for efficient use of our resources

13. Early Action Measures  Support the BioEnergy Action Plan for green energy and bio-fuels  Support Measure 5, 6,and 7 concepts on expanding curbside recycling fro residential, multi-family, and commercial  Support Measure 8 concepts on economic incentives for GHG Emission Reduction projects

14. Early Action Assistance  Support “siting criteria” oversight by state agencies for composting and CT facilities  Support AB 939 assessment of current and future AB 939 facilities to develop and maintain a scientifically credible allocation of resources