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Trash to Treasure: Central Ohio Resource Transformation Center

Trash to Treasure: Central Ohio Resource Transformation Center. Presented by: Michael D. Long, P.E. Executive Director, SWACO Presented at: Waste to Profit Collaboration Opportunities Exploratory Meeting April 12, 2007. SWACO.

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Trash to Treasure: Central Ohio Resource Transformation Center

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  1. Trash to Treasure:Central Ohio Resource Transformation Center Presented by: Michael D. Long, P.E. Executive Director, SWACO Presented at: Waste to Profit Collaboration Opportunities Exploratory Meeting April 12, 2007

  2. SWACO • Unit of local government created by Ohio General Assembly in 1988 (Am. Sub. HB 592) • 51 similar agencies across Ohio • Job is to “Reduce reliance on landfills” (ORC 3734.50) • GOALS: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle • 25% residential/commercial • 65% industrial • Certify 10 years disposal capacity

  3. In Summary • We are a steady state AT BEST • Landfill life is predictable – 25 years • Conventional thinking will not work • We will not be happy when its gone!

  4. SWACO’s Changing Mission • To own and operate one of the largest publicly owned landfills in U.S. • To reduce reliance on landfills. • To find innovative and cost-effective ways to reduce the waste stream. • To develop projects that protect the environment, produce energy, and increase economic development and employment.

  5. THE NEW GOAL:

  6. THE NEW GOAL: Moving to ZERO

  7. New goals require New thinking New tools

  8. MISSIONDemonstrate an integrated systems approach for converting waste into value through technological innovation and effective public-private collaboration

  9. New Thinking“ Industrial Ecology” • material and energy flow studies ("industrial metabolism")  • dematerialization and decarbonization  • technological change and the environment  • life-cycle planning, design and assessment  • design for the environment ("eco-design") • extended producer responsibility ("product stewardship")  • product-oriented environmental policy • eco-efficiency  • eco-industrial parks ("industrial symbiosis") • Symbiosis means co-existence between diverse organisms in which each may benefit from the other

  10. The Central OhioResource Transformation Center a SYSTEM of Eco-Industrial Park(s)

  11. the PYRAMID Resource Center @ SWACO • 232 Acres available for development • Buildings to meet LEED standards • Buildings to be “fueled” by landfill gas • Campus like setting • Freeway access within ¼ mile

  12. The Columbus “Green” Business Park

  13. Waste = FoodA powerful concept

  14. WOW! A New Computer!

  15. WASTE or FOOD?

  16. Paper Recycling Material Recovery Fluff Process Gas Cleaning System Plastic Lumber Plant Electric Power ICF Plant A Lot of Food Material Markets Paper Wastes Paper Plastics Industrial & Municipal Sources Mixed Solid Wastes Metals Food & Biodegradable Plastics SoilAmendments Food Grade CO2 Anaerobic Digester Dry Ice, Greenhouses Residential Yard Waste Organic Wastes Methane & CO2 Zoo, Racetrack & Fairgrounds Energy Markets Businesses Restaurants & Groceries H2 Fuel Pellets IC Engine,Microturbineor Fuel Cell Fuel Cell R&D Vehicles Pure Methanol BioDiesel Processing Bags Plastic Wastes Schools Natural Gas Building Materials, Furniture Residuals Landfill

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