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Achievements

• Goals of 75 percent diversion from landfill by 2010 and zero waste to landfill or incinerators by 2020 established by SF Environment were approved and adopted by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors


• Diverted 67 percent of San Francisco waste-more than 1 million tons-from landfill in 2003


• Reduced landfill disposal from San Francisco to lowest level in 20 years


• Established collection of commingled (also known as "single stream") fiber and container recyclables from all residents (except some large multifamily buildings) and small businesses, with materials efficiently sorted at a San Francisco facility


• Established largest U.S. city collection of food scraps and other compostables from 150,000 households and 2,000 businesses citywide, with resulting compost used by regional farms, vineyards, and landscapers


• Established facilities for sorting and marketing mixed recyclables, sorting and recovering construction and demolition debris, and transferring compostables to regional composting facility

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Legislation & Initiatives

• San Francisco Resource Conservation Ordinance


• Zero Waste Resolution


• City Department Composting and Use of Compostable Products Resolution


• San Francisco Unified School District Resource Conservation and Waste Diversion Resolution

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Agencies

• SF Environment, Zero Waste Program


• Norcal Waste Systems, Inc.


• Other city and county departments, including Public Works and Public Health


• California Integrated Waste Management Board

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Partnerships

• Norcal Waste Systems San Francisco's exclusive service providers working in partnership with the city to develop a variety of recycling and composting programs to help achieve San Francisco's diversion goals


• Grants to nonprofits SF Environment grants of up to $1 million per year total to support innovative reuse, recycling, market development, and education that increases waste diversion


• San Francisco Regional Bay Area Junk Mail Campaign joint media and outreach project with many Bay Area cities and counties to encourage the public to act to reduce the amount of junk mail they receive


• Clean City Coalition

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Priorities

• To increase program participation through outreach, and to increase awareness of financial incentives to businesses and other large waste generators


• To require consumer and producer responsibility, including targeting disposable materials (such as food service ware) and instituting mandatory program participation (such as compulsory construction and demolition debris recycling)


• To support local material processing and recycled product market development, including "eco-park" industrial development that includes the production and use of biodiesel from vegetative waste to reduce toxic emissions, especially in southeast San Francisco


• To achieve 75 percent waste diversion by 2010 and zero waste by 2020

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