Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project

2. Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project Planning Commission Informational Briefing

3. The Purpose of Today’s Meeting: • Provide background on the County’s waste management system and programs • Provide an overview of the proposed Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project

4. The Purpose of Today’s Meeting: • Provide an overview of the Draft Subsequent EIR for the Project • Receive input from the Planning Commission • Note: Public Hearing on Draft SEIR, September 4th

5. About the Project… How did we get here?

6. Background • County Board of Supervisors approved the Tajiguas Landfill expansion in 2002 • Directed staff to research alternatives to landfilling and increase reuse and recycling of materials

7. Background Communities served by Tajiguas Landfill: • County of Santa Barbara • City of Santa Barbara • City of Goleta • City of Solvang • City of Buellton

8. Background Background The County Department of Public Works • Operates the regional landfill (Tajiguas Landfill) • Operates 3 regional transfer & recycling facilities • 90 FT staff members

9. Background County manages three bin collection system for the region served by Tajiguas • Blue Can – Transferred by County to Ventura for processing • Green Can – Sent to County Facility for mulching • Brown Can – Sent to Landfill

10. Background The County is current rolling out a new organics program • Food Forward • Food reuse and recycling program

11. Background • Organics Recycling • Tajiguas Landfill green waste mulching operations and marketing programs • Backyard composting program

12. Background • Hazardous Household Waste collection, reuse, recycling, and disposal • County Collection Facility at UCSB Campus • Collection Days in Santa Ynez

13. Background • Operation Medicine Cabinet • Disposal of Medicationsat 9 County Sheriff Stations • Disposal of Used Sharps (hypodermic needles) at 5 County Health Clinics

14. Background • School Recycling • Business Recycling • Green Business Program • Education Campaigns LessIsMore.org

15. Successful Diversion Programs • Dozens of other successful regional programs have also been implemented since the passage of AB939

16. Change in Diversion Jurisdictions served by Tajiguas divert more than 70% of their waste from the landfill 75%

17. Change in Disposal

18. The Waste Management HierarchyEPA & international scheme Most Preferred Source Reduction & Reuse Recycling/ Composting Energy Recovery Disposal Least Preferred

19. The Next Step in Getting to Zero Waste Existing Programs Source Reduction & Reuse New Programs & Facilities 70% Diversion Recycling/ Composting 80% to 85% Diversion Energy Recovery 30% landfilled Disposal 15% to 20% landfilled

20. What we need … a way of managing the 170,000 to 200,000 tons per year in the trash can that is still being buried. But not a replacement for existing or planned recycling programs.

21. Sought Out Community Input Comprehensive and transparent outreach effort started at the beginning • Over 100 presentations in the last 7 years to area stakeholders

22. Original Project Goals • Increase diversion of our trash • Reduce environmental impacts of landfilling • Provide financial feasibility and sustainability

23. Original Project Goals • Production of green energy and other marketable products • Provide a humane work environment • Result in a long-term waste management plan (20 years)

24. Original Project Goals Emphasis on: • Reducing Landfill volumes and • Not affecting existing or planned recycling programs

25. Milestones 2007: Subgroup formed of all participating jurisdictions 2009: Released Request for Proposals 2010: Received Responses 2011: Completed Review of Proposals 2012: Selected Project/Vendor 2013: Notice of Preparation of SEIR 2014: Draft SEIR Released

26. Proposed Project The facilities and what they do

27. Resource Recovery Project Mustang Renewable Power Ventures: Dewey Group & Rossi Enterprises Participating Firms:

28. Resource Recovery Project Comprised of 3 facilities proposed at Tajiguas Landfill: • State of the art material recovery facility • Anaerobic digester to process organics • Landfill remainder (less than 50%) thus doubling life of the landfill

30. MRF = Materials Recovery Facility Sorting waste into the three streams

31. Current MRFs in Area

32. State of the Art MRF – Optical Sorting

33. State of the Art MRF - video

34. Proposed MRF – Less Labor

37. AD = Anaerobic Digestion Processing organic material into compost and energy

42. Project benefits Recovering resources & minimizing impacts

43. Economic Benefit Public/Private Partnership • Over $60 million invested in local economy through private investment • ~40 construction jobs • >50 permanent jobs for operation of facilities • Property tax generation

44. Cost-Effective • All “no-project” alternatives include increased costs • The proposed project has a minimal impact to ratepayers

45. Long-Term Solution • State requirement: CalRecycle requires 15 years of planned capacity for all jurisdictions • 20 year regional solid waste management plan

46. Environmental Benefits • State requirement: AB 341 goal of 75% in 2020 • Projected to raise region’s diversion level to 85%+

47. Environmental Benefits • State requirement: SBX1 2 – 33% renewable energy • Generates renewable energy(an additional net of 1 megawatt) • Also aids community with Distributed Electricity Generation

48. Environmental Benefits • State requirement: AB 32 – greenhouse gas reductions by 2020 • Lowers greenhouse gas emissions by more than 130,000 MTCO2 (~22,000 cars off of the roads)

49. Environmental Benefits • State requirement: AB 1826 (pending) – requires businesses generating 8 or more cubic yards/week of organics to recycle organic waste by 2016 • Captures and recycles >98% of organic waste

50. Tajiguas Resource Recovery Project Draft Subsequent EIR