CRRA2021

Principal

Evan W.R. Edgar has thirty-seven years of experience in all aspects of solid waste management as a registered civil engineer. Mr. Edgar has advocated on for green energy incentives, compost market development, greenhouse gas reductions policies, and practical regulations in front of legislative committees, regulatory agencies, and local commissions involving the collection, hauling, processing, and composting of solid waste and recyclables. Mr. Edgar has advised private industry companies, state and local government, and non-governmental organizations and on recycling and organic waste project development issues including technical feasibility, land use compatibility, site design, grant and loan funding, and business development.

Net-Zero Waste California

The World Resources Institute, among many other studies, shows that global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will need to drop in half by 2030, and then reach Net-Zero around the mid-century to avoid the worst projected climate impacts. In pursuit of reducing GHG Emission, businesses and local government leaders must measure their impact on climate change. Specifically, the solid waste industry can use the GHG impacts to determine their progress toward Net Zero GHG emissions. Net-Zero GHG. for the solid waste industry has been defined by the California Air Resource Board in their 2014 Scoping Plan and will be utilized. To meet Net-Zero GHG, one’s avoided GHG emissions must be greater than, or equal to, one’s operational GHG emissions. By analyzing the operational versus avoided emissions, it will be possible to demonstrate that the solid waste industry within California has achieved this Net-Zero GHG goal for the year 2018, years ahead of the 2045 goal. Based upon available data coupled with best practices in GHG modeling, it is estimated the solid wase industry has avoided more than two times more GHGs than have been emitted.