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Comment 132 for Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Draft Strategy (slcpdraftstrategy-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Jack
Last Name: Macy
Email Address: jack.macy@sfgov.org
Affiliation: San Francisco Department of Environment
Subject: San Francisco support for landfill ban of organics to reduce methane emissions
Comment:
As I commented at the October 13th workshop on the SLCP Reduction Strategy, the City and County of San Francisco Department of the Environment strongly supports the plan to phase out and ban the landfilling of organics to protect our climate and build healthy soils. San Francisco initiated the first large scale urban residential and commercial composting program with food scraps starting in 2000. This program become mandatory in 2009 requiring every property and everyone to separate all organics from landfilled trash. As a result of this policy, 99% of all properties are now compliant with having service for the diversion of organics from landfill and over 700 tons per day of organics are being diverted from landfill. San Francisco has demonstrated cost effective successful diversion of organics from landfill to beneficial uses, primarily composting, with significant demonstrated climate benefits including reduced irrigation and energy use, reduced fertilizer and pesticide use and significant carbon sequestration. We support this plan that needs to include adequate funding to support the needed growth in organics processing infrastructure and the implementation of reasonable regulations that allow the growth of the organics recycling. Thank you.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2015-10-30 16:33:48
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