Sam Mehta, San Francisco International Airport - Airports Going Green

SFO RECYCLING• Drivers• Policy and Goals• Approach• Tools• Results• Challenges• and Opportunities/ VISION

DRIVERS• State Law –50% Target, Penalty up to $10,000per day• City Ordinances – 75% by 2010 Zero waste(> 90%) by 2020; Mandatory sourceseparation of recyclables and compostable• Public demand• Limited landfill capacity ; City will max out by2013.

APPROACH• Waste Audit ($15K):– Visual ‐‐Compactor by compactor

APPROACH• Waste Audit ($15K):– Visual ‐‐Compactor by compactorCompactorSUMMARY TABLERecyclabl Compostae ble(%) (%)Non-Recoverable (%)A-2 35 64 1C-1 64 35 1C-2F 27 71 2E-1 32 54 14F-1 24 72 4G-1 60 38 2G-2 47 49 4G-3 51 45 4H-3 23 73 4H-4 50 44 6H-5 25 70 5IT-1 20 78 2IT-2 45 52 3IT-3 61 32 7IT-4 17 62 21AirT 38 56 6Gate 76 29 70 1FEL 44 55 1If the compostablematerials are all loaded intoone set of compactors andall other materials areloaded into another set ofcompactors, the overallrecovery rate could exceed90% (after non‐compostableserveware is eliminated).

APPROACH• Waste Audit ($15K):– Visual ‐‐Compactor by compactor• Mandates, Incentives, Inspection, Training,Outreach, and Assistance– Mandate• source separation• Green purchasing (no Styrofoam, compostable food wares )– Reduction in garbage fees– Student interns and light duty staff man thecompactors– Posters, signage– Meeting with tenants and brain storm– Solve tenants’ difficulties ( Provide paper dumpstersnext to the gate for cleaning crew)

TOOLS• Wide networks of recycling bins, dumpstersand compactors• Contracts for hauler, sorter, and composting• Contracts with tenants for compliance withthe goals and the mandates

• Hi Dave,• I wanted to write to let you know that we have finalized the first certification of aGreen Business at SFO. Osho Japanese Cuisine in the International Terminal is nowa certified Green Business. We have several more that are in the final stages ofcertification, and I expect to have a handful more for you this month. Thanks foryour continued support in helping to promote the program.• Thanks,• Danielle• Danielle Lee• RecycleWorks Programs Coordinator

RECYCLING AT SFO10090807060502004 2005 2006%RECYCLED

RESULTS ‐‐2008PeriodSolid Waste Generation, TonsMixedSourceSeparatedTotalCombinedFirstQuarter2008 2,164 559 2,723OffsiteRecyclingRate, TonsOnsiteSourceSeparationRate,TonsCombinedRecyclingRate,Tons1049 559 1,60838.52% 20.53% 59.05%SecondQuarter2008 2,096 503 2,599ThirdQuarter2007 2,143 531 2,674FourthQuarter2008 1,934 508 2,442Total 2008 8,337 2,101 10,4381020 503 1,52339.24% 19.35% 58.60%1,073 531 1,60440.13% 19.85% 59.98%1,203 508 1,71149.26% 20.80% 70.07%4,345 2,101 6,44641.63% 20.13% 61.76%

RESULTS• WARM MODEL YIELDS GHG REDUCTION OF4222 TONS• SFO CLIMATE ACTION PLAN –WILL PRESENTIN DETAILS IN FALL AT THE ACI‐NACONFERENCE IN AUSTIN– http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/about/green/index.html

GOALS AND TREND

CHALLENGES• Not a pretty picture – good and bad

OPPORTUNITIES ‐‐VISION• On an acre or two of on site land: COMPOST,FARM and FEED