HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 9Granting of a Food and Green
Waste Franchise Agreement to
San Luis Garbage Company
October 20, 2015
Organics Diversion Program
Recap…
•Closure of Cold Canyon Composting Facility – 2010
•Research, field trips and more research
•Mandatory commercial food waste diversion starting
2016
•Waste Connections releases a RFP soliciting
proposals to provide food and green waste
composting services
•Conceptual approval of program at the August 18th
meeting.
Organics Diversion Program
Interim Phase – January 2016
Organics transported to a permitted Santa
Maria Facility…
•Residential Food Waste – January 2016
•Commercial Food Waste in the Spring
Organics Diversion Program
Permanent Phase – 2017
Kompogas Technology
Organics Diversion Program KOMPOGAS ®
system?
Bio waste (green bin)
Yard waste
Commingled food
waste (supermarket) Market and
vegetable waste
Commercial
(catering, kitchen)
Kompogas PF1500 digester
at Chavornay (Switzerland)
Tree clippings
Nearly all organic feedstock can be
treated: think ‘solids’ 5 San Luis Obispo
Good match for SLO
organic waste
Products and By-products Produced
Biogas
Digestate
Quality
Compost
Liquid Fertilizer
Gas Engine
either
HEAT
Gas Upgrading
…or
CO2 CH4
6 San Luis Obispo Anaerobic Digestion Project 2015
Organics Diversion Program
New Food & Green Waste
Franchise Agreement
•Long term agreement needed to secure
financing for the project
•If facility is not built, the agreement will
not be extended & material would
continue to go to Santa Maria facility
•The amended agreement includes food
waste
Staff Recommendation
Introduce an ordinance granting a
franchise agreement to San Luis Garbage
Company for food and green waste
services.