UC Berkeley’s Zero Waste Building ProgramCalifornia Higher Education Sustainability Conference (CHESC), July 10, 2019
Presented by: Izzy Parnell-Wolfe, Zero Waste SpecialistCal Zero Waste, Facilities ServicesUniversity of California, Berkeley
Session Agenda
I. Who is Cal Zero Waste?
II. UC System Zero Waste Policy
III. Zero Waste Building Program Overview
IV.Key Stakeholders
V. Bin Infrastructure
VI.Initial Walkthrough
Session Agenda
I. Custodial Assessments
II. Education & Promotion
III. Implementation
IV. Gathering Metrics
V. Looking Ahead
Cal Zero Waste: Who Are We?
Zero Waste Manager
Operations Supervisor
Operations Coordinator
Truck Drivers
Zero Waste Specialists
Zero Waste Custodians
P/T student staff
Cal Zero Waste
Administration
Facilities Services –
Campus Operations
What is Zero Waste?
• University of California System-wide goal:
Zero Waste by 2020
• The University will achieve zero waste by 2020 at all locations other than health locations. Minimum compliance for zero waste is 90% diversion of municipal solid waste from landfill.
• 90% compliance excludes incineration/burning• Policy began with the idea of only measure what is going to landfill
What is Zero Waste?
• University of California System-wide goal:
Zero Waste by 2020
• The University will reduce per capita total municipal solid waste generation at all locations other than health locations as follows:
• Reduce waste generation per capita to FY2015/16 levels by 2020• Reduce waste generation by 25% per capita from FY2015/16 levels by 2025• Reduce waste generation by 50% per capita from FY2015/16 levels by 2030
Zero Waste Building Program Overview
● Pre-implementation data
● Customer support (assessment,
review/discuss of needs)
● Operational support (coordination)
● Educational training and promotion
● Implementation
● Post-implementation evaluation
Key Stakeholders
• Building Manager
• Custodial Services (Manager, Supervisor, Leads &
Custodian)
• Fire Department
• Zero Waste Staff & Operations Team
• Building Occupants (Students, Staff & Faculty)
Bin Infrastructure
● Walkthrough of facility with building
manager
● Discuss bin placement and needs
● Document bins needing to be
removed, moved, or added
● Coordinate with Custodial Services
to determine feasibility of bin
placement and servicing schedule
● Create bin placement map & get
approval from necessary
stakeholders
Initial Walkthrough
• An inefficient waste system
is a cost of labor and
resources and works
against our zero waste
goal.
Initial Walkthrough
Custodial Assessment
• Assessing custodial staff:
–Workload
–Service Frequencies
–Efficiency
–Ergonomics
• Gathering metrics on volume
of materials
Education and Promotion
• Encourage folks to rethink
which items are purchased for
the building
• Place emphasis on products
that focus on waste reduction,
are made of recycled content &
are recyclable/compostable
Education and Promotion
Implementation
• Staggered over the course of 1-5 days (pending on the building’s size)
• Roll-out completed by Cal Zero Waste’s operations team
- Bins are delivered & removed & re-labeled
- Proper signage is delivered & installed
• Messaging provided in conjunction with roll-out
- Banners
- Display & Bulletin Board Signs
- Mini Bin Flyers
Gathering Metrics
Gathering Metrics
Gathering Metrics
Looking Ahead
• Finish campus-wide roll-out
• Certify additional buildings
to be TRUE Zero Waste
certified
• Institutionalize zero waste
into Facilities Services
• Zero Waste 2020 & Beyond
Thank you!
Izzy Parnell-Wolfe
zerowaste.berkeley.edu
510-642-3759
Cal Zero Waste
Facilities Services – Campus Operations
University of California, Berkeley