The city of San Diego has $3 million more to spend on diverting food waste from the Miramar Landfill. The grant funding from the State of California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery will pay for an expansion of the composting facility at the landfill and a food rescue program.
The 74-acre composting facility at the Miramar Landfill currently processes 104,000 tons of food and yard waste each year and this will increase its capacity by 32,600 tons.
This expansion will allow the city to accept additional restaurants into its composting program. Renee Robertson, the city’s supervising recycling specialist, said that an additional 100 to 200 restaurants will be able to participate in the program due to the expansion. Restaurants interested in participating can email [email protected].
In order to meet the city’s zero waste goal by 2040, the city would need to have more composting facilities. Robertson said the city is not planning to open additional facilities and is hoping private entities will fill the void.
To read the full story, visit http://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/sep/19/san-diego-expand-its-composting-facility-3-million/.