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8.D. - Page 89 Government-Generated Solid Waste Many local governinent operations generate solid waste, much of wizich is eventually sent to a landfill. Typical sources of waste in local governinent operations include paper and food waste from offices and facilities, construction waste from public wvrks, and plant debris from parks deparhnents. Organic materials in governinent-generated solid waste (including paper, food scraps, plant debris, textiles, w�od waste, etc.) generate methane as they decay in the anaerobic environment of a landfill. E missions from the waste sector are an estimate of inethane generation that will result from the anaerobic decornposition of all organic waste sent to landfill in the base y�ar. It is ii�ortant to note that although these ei�ni�sions are attributed to the inventory y�ar in wizich the waste is generated,the emissions themselves will occur over the 100+ y�ar timeframe tl�at the waste will decompose. Due to changes in contract waste haulers,2011 solid waste data was provided by Recology as a proxy for 2010 data that was not available. Using 2011 data,this sector ranks sixth out of seven sector in the mLmicipal inventory with 700 tons of governinent-generated solid waste estimated to be landfilled, accoLmting for approximately 142.99 inetric tons of COze,in the form of inetl�ane from decomposing matter.This represents about 2 percent of the Cit�s total erni�sions. Figure 9: Government Waste Emissions by Subsector Community Ce n�ers 3?��,; MSC 36% PoliceFacility Cityf'arlcC�ns 5° Libraries FlruStatlons CItyH:�ll 79i� 13'%a 3% �ti Table 20: Government Waste Emissions by Subsector �- . _ - - . • - City Hall 5.28 Fire Stations 4.11 Libraries 18.21 Police Facility 7.05 Community Centers 46.06 MSC 51.84 City Park Cans 10.45 . I I ' � ii i 1 i i i i