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Mandatory Recycling Developments in Commercial Recycling and Commercial Organic Recycling

Mandatory Recycling Developments in Commercial Recycling and Commercial Organic Recycling. Kern County Waste Management Department Douglas E. Landon, Director. California’s Quest to Increase Recyclin g. Recycling Goal of 75% by 2020 Commercial Mandates 32% of Trash is “Organic”

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Mandatory Recycling Developments in Commercial Recycling and Commercial Organic Recycling

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  1. Mandatory RecyclingDevelopments inCommercial Recycling and Commercial Organic Recycling Kern County Waste Management Department Douglas E. Landon, Director

  2. California’s Quest to Increase Recycling • Recycling Goal of 75% by 2020 • Commercial Mandates • 32% of Trash is “Organic” • 15% of Trash is “Food Waste” • State Goal Would Require 100New Organic Facilities

  3. California’s Quest to Increase RecyclingThe Legislation • AB 32 – Chaptered 09/27/2006 • AB 341 – Chaptered 10/06/2011 • AB 341 Implement July 1, 2012 • AB 1826 – On the Governor’s Desk • With implementation 2/2016

  4. What has Changed?New Facilities - MRFs

  5. What has Changed?Inside

  6. What has Changed?Outside

  7. Compostable Organic WasteThe Next Challenge • Green Waste • Wood Waste • Food Waste

  8. New ChallengesOrganics

  9. Diverse Uses for Organic

  10. Composting Source: City of Bakersfield

  11. Organic Facilities in Kern County • Private • Synagro – Greenwaste Only • Liberty – Biosolids Co-composting • Community Recycling • Public • Mt. Vernon – Greenwaste and Foodwaste • Shafter-Wasco Landfill -

  12. Compost Facility Challenges(regulatory, economic, and environmental issues) • Reduce VOC Air Emissions • Electrify Diesel Equipment • Compost More with Less Space • Add Food Waste (without Vectors) • Save/Conserve Water

  13. Moving Bulk Materials…

  14. How toElectrify Windrows? Load 100,000 Tons/Year Drive 40,000 Miles per Year In and Out of Windrows Source: City of Bakersfield

  15. Space Savings – Windrow vs. ASP 20’ 8’ Large Windrows 22,500 Cubic Yards / Acre / Year 35’ 12’ Extended Aerated Static Piles 71,000 Cubic Yards / Acre / Year Source: City of Bakersfield

  16. Compost Cap Over Feedstock - ASP Compost Layer Feedstock Pile Wood Chips

  17. Aeration and VOC Emissions Testing

  18. New Methods of Water Distribution… Source: City of Bakersfield

  19. Sprinklers – Keep Compost Cap Moist Cheaper than Water trucks Three sprinklers per pile with automatic timer Water 6 minutes per hour 12 times per day in blazing summer Compost cap kept consistently moist

  20. VOC Emission Reductions

  21. Screening Plastic from Compost

  22. Capturing Plastic Film with Air Flow

  23. Electric Conveyors for Finished Compost(Copied from mining industry) Trommel Screen Old Tractor Run Source: City of Bakersfield

  24. Finished Product

  25. Compost Facility Challenges(regulatory, economic, and environmental issues) • Reduce VOC Air Emissions • Electrify Diesel Equipment • Compost More with Less Space • Add Food Waste (without Vectors) • Save Water

  26. Questions?

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