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S.F. Environment Department urges new refuse-rate investments to meet 2030 zero-waste goals
Summary
Department staff told the Commission on the Environment that Recology must use its January 1 rate filing to fund reuse pilots, expanded contamination monitoring, safer battery collection and trash‑processing pilots that could recover roughly 40% of processed landfill‑bound material.
Alexa Kelty, Residential Zero Waste senior coordinator for the San Francisco Environment Department, told commissioners the city is entering a new refuse‑rate cycle and needs targeted investments through refuse rates to reach the city’s landfill‑reduction goals.
Kelty said the department expects Recology to submit its rate application on January 1 and recommended several program priorities for that filing, including expanding reuse in the bulky‑item pickup program, piloting dimensional‑lumber diversion, funding mattress drop‑off supported by the Mattress Recycling Council, increasing contamination monitoring and piloting alternative camera technology, and stepping up battery‑safety outreach for multi‑family buildings. “We’re about to enter a new refuse rate,” Kelty said in opening…
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