CURRENT MSW SITUATION 600 t/day generated 35 % recycled, LBEP “clean MRF”
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CURRENT MSW SITUATION
600 t/day generated
35 % recycled, LBEP “clean MRF”
65% to NRLF (Union Co) @ ~$45/ton
Yard Waste: Wood Resource Recovery,chips for fuel, or compost
Three pickups:Recyclables, yard waste, everything else
OBJECTIVE: 75% diversion by 2013
Biggest band for buck short of banning cars and AC:
Reduce CO2 by 200 million lbs/year
~2 million CFL’s, or -20,000 cars
Anaerobic digestion of wet-stream=10 MW another 180 million/year CO2 reduction
1,000 jobs, $7 million/year disposal savings
YES, WE CAN DO IT
• Adjust 3-stream collection:-Recyclables-Source separated organics-Other stuff
• Commercial (includes MFR=apts/condo), already mandatory, needs effective enforcement
• WEIS 3 primary recommendations