Refuse Separation Compliance Ordinance
PRESENTATION TOPIC
ORGANICS
POLICY
REUSE/REDUCE
ZERO WASTE PLANS
Session Description
Refuse Separation Compliance Ordinance (RSO)
A San Francisco law designed to increase additional compliance to support San Francisco’s Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance. SF has approximately 300 Large Refuse Generators (LRG) which is defined as accounts with a roll-off compactor or accounts with at least 40 cubic yards or more of uncompacted compost, recycle and trash service per week.
LRG’s are audited once every three years and compliance with the RSO means Large Refuse Generators must not exceed set contamination thresholds of 5% for compost, 10% for recycle and 25% for trash. An LRG that fails an audit with contamination above set limits in any of the three streams are required to engage in services of a Zero Waste Facilitator to ensure adequate separation for refuse being collected.
Come see the results of how this new law pushes additional source separation action to help move San Francisco toward Zero Waste!
Speakers
Steven Chiv, SF Department of the Environment, SFE, and SF Environment
Title
Zero Waste Specialist
Speaker Biography
Steven Chiv is a Zero Waste Specialist with the San Francisco Department of the Environment. Steven’s work in the commercial sector is focused on increasing awareness and participation in recycling and composting. He believes Zero Waste is the gateway to Environmental Action! Zero Waste CAN be achieved in communities that provides programs to participate in source separation with a focused messaging on reduction and reuse before recycling and composting.
Abstract Title
Refuse Separation Compliance Ordinance
Speaker Abstract
The Refuse Separation Compliance Ordinance (RSO) is a San Francisco law designed to increase additional compliance to support San Francisco’s Mandatory Recycling and Composting Ordinance. SF has approximately 300 Large Refuse Generators (LRG) which is defined as accounts with a roll-off compactor or accounts with at least 40 cubic yards or more of uncompacted compost, recycle and trash service per week.
LRG’s are audited once every three years and compliance with the RSO means Large Refuse Generators must not exceed set contamination thresholds of 5% for compost, 10% for recycle and 25% for trash. An LRG that fails an audit with contamination above set limits in any of the three streams are required to engage in services of a Zero Waste Facilitator to ensure adequate separation for refuse being collected.
Come see the results of how this new law pushes additional source separation ACTION to help move San Francisco toward Zero Waste!