FOOD WASTE COLLECTION City Facilities Pilot Programs February 1, 2018 Presenter: Marivic Sabillo
City Facilities Pilot Programs: • LAX • City Hall
LAX Food Waste Collection • Selected 4 Concessions to represent the different food service establishments (FSE) at the airport • Goal: Create a collection program model for each FSE type before expanding to all terminals • Pilot: Collection started on Earth Day 4/22/17
Civic Center • Focus on City Hall • Also conducted site visits of the LA Mall and the City Hall South Farmers Market • Pilot: Collection started on Food Day LA Event 10/24/17
Participating Food Service Establishments (FSEs) LAX: City Hall: • Homeboy Diner Terminal 8 • Fast food (Carl’s Jr.) • Coffee shop (Coffee Bean) • Sit down restaurant (Engine Co. 28) Terminal 7 • VIP lounge (United)
Site Visits & Training • Conducted site visits prior to implementation to identify bin locations and to get buy-in from FSE managers • Trained managers and kitchen staff using a waste sorting game ➢ LAX: 103 FSE staff ➢ City Hall: 9 FSE staff and 180 City employees & the public
Collection Containers • Primary Collection Container: 26-gallon green bins (32-gallon bin with a raised bottom) • Slim Jims • 2-gallon and 7-gallon containers
Education Material
Green Bin Service • LAX and City Facilities Recycling Program (CFRP) staff collect food waste from FSEs, Monday-Friday • Food waste is transported to CLARTS (transfer station) • From CLARTS, the food waste is sent to an anaerobic digestion facility (CR&R) for processing into renewable natural gas
Follow-Up Site Visits United VIP Lounge Carl’s Jr. Engine Co. 28 Carl’s Jr.
Follow-Up Site Visits Homeboy Diner Homeboy Diner Public Bin
Metrics • LAX: 1.3 Tons weekly average • Homeboy Diner: 22.6 Lbs. weekly average • Homeboy Diner public bin: Less than 1 Lb. per pickup
Challenges & Lessons Learned • Vendor participation Keys to Success: • • Expansion Cooperation between intra- • Re-education of new departmental and inter- FSE staff, public, City departmental organizations • staff Training • Working with operations staff • Follow-up
Questions? Marivic Sabillo LA Sanitation 213-485-5252 marivic.sabillo@lacity.org
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