Shows how the Palo Alto Green Energy and Compost Initiative save money and generates green energy.

2. Palo Alto’s dump has closed

3. Our composting operation could cease Palo Alto’s organic waste would get trucked to Gilroy.

5. Zero Waste Initiative 90% diversion by 2021 vs. Climate Protection Plan 15% CO2 reduction by 2020

8. Each year Palo Alto’s organics could fill a football field the height of City Hall 130,000 Cubic Yards

10. Yard & Food Biosolids Generator 13,500 tons garden & farm compost 5,600 tons commercial compost 21,000 tons Yard Trimmings & up to 22,000 tons Food & Compostables 16,000 tons Wastewater Biosolids Methane Green electricity for 1,400 homes Usable heat For wastewater processes Anaerobic Digestion Waste Transformation AD would reduce our greenhouse gases by 20,000 tons/year

11. Locally-generated energy would be available even when the grid goes down East Palo Alto Plane Crash - February 2010

12. The only possible site is at the landfill next to the Wastewater Treatment Plant

13. The facility would require undedication of 10 acres (8%) of the 126-acre landfill

20. An equal amount of parkland could be dedicated elsewhere in Palo Alto Former Los Altos Water Treatment Plant site

21. Savings from an AD facility could help maintain our world-class parks Foothills Park

22. Or complete 92% of Byxbee Park (no funds currently exist)

23. To qualify the Initiative for the ballot we needed 4,356 valid signatures We submitted 6,023 signatures, 5,128 were valid

25. Alternative Yard Food Biosolids 1a DAD - PA DAD - PA DAD - PA 2 Gilroy DAD - SJ Incineration 2a Gilroy DAD - SJ WAD - PA 3 Gilroy Gilroy Incineration 3a Gilroy Gilroy WAD - PA Likely Alternatives

29. Under Scenario 1, DAD would save $30-80 million over the first 20 years

30. Alternative Year 1/ton Year 20/ton 20 Year Total 1a $86 $50 $71,993,438 2 $93 $486 $139,527,960 2a $89 $477 $134,349,833 3 $103 $129 $94,312,261 3a $97 $121 $89,266,458 Under Scenario 2, DAD would save $18-68 million over the first 20 years