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CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PHILADELPHIA PRISON SYSTEM OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER 7901 State Road Philadelphia, PA 19136-3407 (215) 685-8201 FAX (215) 685 — 8577 E-Mail: louis.giorla@prisons, phila.gov Website: www.phila.gov/prisons STEPHEN A. MADVA, Esq. Board Chairman LOUIS GIORLA Commissioner TO WHOM IT MAY CONERN: The Philadelphia Prisons houses over 9,000 inmates throughout our Northeastern Philadelphia campus, thus generating over a quarter a million dollars of solid waste a year. We have conducted food waste sorts on several of our facilities and it is estimated that we can reduce our solid waste costs as much as seventy percent, not to mention the lessening the effect on the environment. Upon generating those estimates we contacted Peter Moon of O2Composting. We felt that O2Composting had one of the best reputations in the industry. O2Composting has successfully designed the Philadelphia Prison System's newly implemented compost project. With our current pilot we are diverting over 500 lbs a day of food waste out of the solid waste stream. That is for just one facility, which currently houses approximately 600 inmates and staff. We plan to expand to our other facilities in the Spring of 2013. O2Composting has been involved in every step of the development of our compost program. Their technical support is currently ongoing. O2Composting has been very sensitive to our requirements and diligent in finding solutions necessary to deploy and satisfy our requirements while working within the constraints and challenges involved in a correctional environment. lam very satisfied with their delivered performance and | highly value their continued technical support throughout every phase of Philadelphia Prison System’s compost project. | would not hesitate to recommend O2Composting consulting services. The quality of the work, the professionalism displayed, and expertise involved has proven to be superior and invaluable to the success of our program. Sincerely, wy A | Ee a tidy (Laura R. Cassidy, er en tae Executive Assistant to the Commissioner 7901 State Road 3rd FI Philadelphia PA 19136 phone (215) 685-7887 (215) 685-7894 fax GrEEN ADVANTAGE” ENVIRONMENTAL CERTIFICATION COMMERCIAL City of S—= Philadelphia LIFE « LIBERTY + AND YOU