The composting rate has remained relatively flat over the last three years.
The City of San Antonio's composting program was passed by City Council in 2013. By measuring the capture rate in organics bins — the green bins — this measure shows how much material is recovered for composting and diverted from landfills. Learn more about what type of organics are accepted in the green bins.
Increase residential organics capture rate to 50% (50% by 2030)
Year | Value | Margin of Error |
---|---|---|
2020 | 26% | |
2021 | 30% | |
2022 | 29% | |
2023 | 30% |
Organics Bin Recapture Rate
City of San Antonio, Solid Waste Department
San Antonio
The capture rate measures how much organic material is being recovered based on how much of this material is in the waste stream. It is calculated by dividing the tons recovered from the organics bin—the green bin—by the total tons collected for all material.
After 12 years of driving progress toward a shared community vision, SA2020, the nonprofit organization, is dissolving. We believe this is the most visionary thing we can do. We made this decision with the greatest care for our organizational values of leadership, community, and accountability, and we hope you’ll read more about it on our blog.
Our website is live with our final data release, showing where San Antonio stands on reaching the shared community vision. The data release is accompanied by our final call to action—a policy agenda for City government based on our unique bird’s-eye view of San Antonio.
While SA2020’s operations ended March 28, these resources, along with the last twelve years of our research and stories, will be available to download from our website through September 2024.
– Team SA2020