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2012 Davis Integrated Waste Management Plan 3. Cost—if at all possible, food scrap collection would need to be available at no extra cost, or offered for cheaper than the cost of trash disposal, in order to incentivize businesses to separate their food waste. 4. Shared Waste Areas—many businesses located within business parks share their trash dumpsters and recycling carts with other businesses. These businesses had a hard time with the pilot because property managers often billed them separately for the food scraps carts and they did not receive a discount on their trash service. Some businesses also had issues with other businesses using and/or contaminating their food scrap carts Results from a survey of pilot participants can be found in Appendix R. Levels of service and space constraints go hand-in-hand. Many businesses, particularly those in the downtown area, have very limited space for refuse. Many have dumpsters that are emptied daily or near daily. For these businesses to participate in the pilot, collection would have to be more frequent than once a week as they do not have ample space for the number of carts needed to hold several days’ worth of food scraps. Cost was no doubt a contributing factor to the low level of participation in the pilot program. The 65 gallon carts used for the pilot cost the same as a regular trash cart. Table 4-2 provides a cost breakdown. TABLE 4-2 COST OF THE FOOD SCRAP CARTS, AS OF MAY 2011 # of 65 gallon carts Monthly Bi-Monthly 1 $97.29 $194.58 2 $182.24 $364.48 3 $254.81 $509.62 Each additional cart $72.93 $145.86 In some instances, once food scraps were removed from the trash, businesses could downsize their trash service, resulting in no net change in overall cost or a cost savings. However, many businesses share trash service with others, such as those located in a business park. These businesses do not necessarily see cost savings. In order for this program to be successful and be extended city-wide, the cost of food scraps will have to be cheaper than trash, or included with the cost of trash service, like recycling currently is. DRAFT The pilot program was originally intended to run until December 2011, but continues by request of DWR and the pilot program participants. 4.1.4 Backyard Composting Education The City offers a free, year-round Composting Correspondence Course for Davis residents in single-family homes. To enroll, residents contact the Public Works Department and request a compost packet that is mailed to their home. Residents receive the packet, read the materials inside, fill out the enclosed quiz and return the quiz to the Public Works Department. Staff reviews the quiz and contacts the resident, who can then come in to Public Works to pick up a compost bin for a $10 fee. The correspondence course is very popular, as is shown in the figure below. The decline in participation noted on the chart is attributable to a few different developments. In 2010 the company that sold the compost bins raised their prices, making it impossible for the City to continue giving out the compost bins for free. Faced Page | 4-8
2012 Davis Integrated Waste Management Plan with either discontinuing the program or charging residents a fee, the City began charging a $10 fee to offset the cost for the compost bins. 250 200 150 100 50 0 FIGURE 4-1 COMPOST CORRESPONDENCE COURSE # Packets handed out # Compost Bins handed out City staff offers composting classes in the spring and fall. These classes are about an hour and a half in length and cover backyard composting, worm composting, in-ground composting and composting with a homemade food digester. After attending a class, Davis residents can receive a starter set of composting worms and residents in single-family homes can receive a free backyard compost bin. See the figure below for class attendance. Number of Class attendees 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 FIGURE 4-2 ATTENDEES AT CITY-TAUGHT COMPOSTING CLASSES (2007 – 2012) DRAFT 11/6/2007 4/25/2008 4/26/2008 5/30/2008 5/31/2008 10/3/2008 10/4/2008 10/17/2008 10/18/2008 4/24/2009 4/25/2009 5/15/2009 6/8/2009 10/9/2009 10/10/2009 10/16/2009 10/17/2009 2/27/2010 3/5/2010 3/5/2010 3/12/2010 3/19/2010 3/27/2010 10/1/2010 10/2/2010 3/5/2011 2/25/2011 2/28/2011 3/4/2011 10/1/2011 10/3/2011 10/14/2011 2/28/2012 3/3/2012 3/5/2012 Page | 4-9
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