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2017 GHG Emissions Inventory <br /> <br />Pleasanton Climate Action Plan Update 25 <br />3.4 Solid Waste Emissions <br />GHG emissions result from management and decay of organic material solid waste. Community waste <br />was calculated by determining lifetime methane emissions from solid waste generated by the <br />community in the year of the inventory, using Community Protocol method SW.447. This methodology <br />attributes 100 percent of lifetime GHG emissions from the tonnage reported in the inventory year. <br />Waste from the City of Pleasanton went to 18 landfills in 2017 according to waste data obtained from <br />CalRecycle. Data for the inventory was split between instate solid waste and alternative daily cover <br />waste, 102,316 tons and 367 tons respectively. Waste data from one landfill site was not included in <br />the inventory (Covanta Stanislaus, Inc.), because it only received a small quantity of ‘transform waste’, <br />and there was no instate waste or alternative daily cover waste reported. Activity data for the waste <br />sector of the GHG inventory is shown below in Table 13 by landfill destination. <br />Table 13 Summary of Solid Waste Activity Data by Landfill for Year 2017 <br />Source Solid Waste (tons) ADC Waste (tons) <br />Landfills <br />Altamont Landfill & Resource Recovery 2,173 143 <br />Antelope Valley Public Landfill 1 0 <br />Azusa Land Reclamation Co. Landfill 7 0 <br />Corinda Los Trancos Landfill (Ox Mtn) 4 0 <br />Fink Road Landfill 138 0 <br />Foothill Sanitary Landfill 45 0 <br />Forward Landfill, Inc. 1,158 0 <br />Guadalupe Sanitary Landfill 6 0 <br />Keller Canyon Landfill 232 135 <br />Kirby Canyon Recycle. & Disp. Facility 5 0 <br />Monterey Peninsula Landfill 258 0 <br />Newby Island Sanitary Landfill 47 0 <br />North County Landfill & Recycling Center 2 0 <br />Potrero Hills Landfill 26 0 <br />Recology Hay Road 713 0 <br />Vasco Road Sanitary Landfill 97,492 79 <br />Zanker Material Processing Facility 9 10 <br />Total Tons of Waste Disposal 102,316 367 <br />Communities are required to estimate the emissions resulting from waste disposed by the community <br />(SW.4.1)39, regardless of whether the receiving landfill(s) are located inside or outside of the <br />community boundary. Community Protocol Method SW.4.139 is summarized in Figure 3, utilizing mass <br />of waste being disposed, organic content of waste, methane capture ability of the landfill, oxidation <br />rate, and methane GWP. The 2017 emissions factor for generated solid waste and ADC waste in <br /> <br />47 ICLEI. 2012. US Community Protocol. Available: <https://icleiusa.org/publications/us-community-protocol/>. Accessed: May 1, 2020.