The City of Hilliard Sustainability Plan

Hilliard Sustainability PlanECON. EXECUTIVEENERGY DEV. &SOCIAL SUMMARY WASTE EQ.REDUCTIONBurgerville CompostingIndividual chains of restaurants have already implementedsystem-wide composting efforts to complement recycling andincrease economic efficiency. In October 2007, Burgerville,a fast food chain in the Oregon and Southwest Washingtonthat markets itself as providing fresh, local, and sustainablefood, expanded its recycling and composting program to allof its restaurants. xlvi Initial waste analyses found that the fastfood chain could divert 85% of its waste, and the companyestimated that it generated 340 tons of waste each month. xlviiThen, on February 10, 2010, Burgerville began partnership withCoca Cola and the International Paper Company to provide anduse compostable and recyclable packaging. xlviii These additionsmade it the most comprehensive composting program in thefast food industry in the United States.program involving multiple businesses have also provensuccessful. See “Cleveland Businesses Coordinate aComposting Campaign” for more information. A jointcontract would allow multiple restaurants and stores topurchasing compost hauling services together, at a ratethat would be less than if each business had contractedindividually. This arrangement would benefit the individualmembers by reducing the costs of compost haulingservices, and it would benefit the contracted hauler byincreasing its number of clients and the amount received forservices rendered. Working within Kroger’s established compostingprogram would give the group the added benefit of entering asystem that already has rules, structure, and parameters regardinghow and when services would be provided. Parties responsible:The City should contact stores’ general managers and owners andbring them together in a meeting where this sustainability goal andefforts to realize it can be discussed. Ultimately, store managers andCleveland Business Coordinate a Composting CampaignOther businesses closer to home have worked together tosecure composting services. In 2009 Cleveland’s Forest CityEnterprises, Quicken Loans Arena, the Cuyahoga County SolidWaste District, waste-hauler Landmark Services, and composterSagamore Soils began a coordinated composting plan. xlix ForestCity and Quicken Loans Arena generated compostable wastethat was transported by Landmark to Sagamore Soils’ localcomposting facilities, where it is turned into soil amendmentsfor local projects. l Other, smaller downtown businesses havejoined this project, harnessing the economic efficiencies ofaggregate purchasing power. liAdditionally, the Cleveland Browns and Levy Restaurants, theteam’s catering and food service provider, have started theirown composting program. During game weeks, the contractedwaste-hauler Rosby’s collects between 18 and 24 95-gallon totesfrom the Cleveland Browns’ Stadium. lii34