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Name
Clark Ajwani
Title
Civil Engineer, Los Angeles County Public Works
Bio
Clark Ajwani, a licensed Professional Civil Engineer in California, has provided strategic planning and project management of environmental sustainability projects since 2008 with the County of Los Angeles. Clark was a leader in developing the County's Zero Waste Roadmap and now oversees various programs and policy efforts to achieve zero waste. Clark earned a B.S. from the University of Colorado-Boulder and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and continues to develop innovative solutions for environmental issues in California.
Integrated Solutions for Organic Waste Recycling
To achieve the requirements of the Senate Bill 1383 (2016) regulations, Los Angeles County is hard at work developing solutions for organic waste recycling. This includes planning for mandatory organic waste collection services for over 1 million residents and 20,000 businesses and multi-family buildings. It also includes developing an infrastructure plan for the entire County and its 88 cities, which house over a quarter of the state's population and are estimated to have a combined organic waste recycling capacity shortfall of over 3.5 million tons per year.
An SB 1383 compliance strategy for a large and complex jurisdiction such as Los Angeles County requires an integrated solution to maximize the recovery of organic waste. This strategy incorporates anaerobic digestion to create energy and fuels in addition to composting to process digestate. The County is also working to address issues surrounding compostable food-service ware, including working with researchers at UCLA to complete a study on alternatives to single-use plastics. In addition, the County is conducting an analysis to determine the best pathways to achieve the SB 1383 local jurisdiction procurement target for recovered organic waste products, including the use of renewable natural gas transportation fuel for waste hauling vehicles to create a sustainable closed-loop organic waste recycling system in the County.
Integrated Solutions for Organic Waste Recycling
To achieve the requirements of the Senate Bill 1383 (2016) regulations, Los Angeles County is hard at work developing solutions for organic waste recycling. This includes planning for mandatory organic waste collection services for over 1 million residents and 20,000 businesses and multi-family buildings. It also includes developing an infrastructure plan for the entire County and its 88 cities, which house over a quarter of the state's population and are estimated to have a combined organic waste recycling capacity shortfall of over 3.5 million tons per year.
An SB 1383 compliance strategy for a large and complex jurisdiction such as Los Angeles County requires an integrated solution to maximize the recovery of organic waste. This strategy incorporates anaerobic digestion to create energy and fuels in addition to composting to process digestate. The County is also working to address issues surrounding compostable food-service ware, including working with researchers at UCLA to complete a study on alternatives to single-use plastics. In addition, the County is conducting an analysis to determine the best pathways to achieve the SB 1383 local jurisdiction procurement target for recovered organic waste products, including the use of renewable natural gas transportation fuel for waste hauling vehicles to create a sustainable closed-loop organic waste recycling system in the County.
