ReThinking Waste: Future Waste Reduction, Recycling & Composting Policies, Programs & Technologies to Achieve 75% Reduction Goal Emily Hanson, Director of Business Development, GreenWaste Recovery November 6, 2014 Michael Gross, Director of Sustainability, Zanker Recycling
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GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Collection Evolution Align Collection & Processing Programs
GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Collection Evolution
GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Recovery Facility 1991 ~ San Jose Transfer & Processing C&D Hand Sorting Operation Yard Waste Chip & Grid Operation 1997 ~ Permit Expansion & Construction Z-Best Composting Begins Operations Yard Waste Processing & Transfer 2008 ~ New Side-by-Side Processing Lines Single-Stream Recyclables Line Municipal Solid Waste/Dirty Line Organic Fraction Transferred to Z-Best Recyclables = 95-98% Recovery Garbage = 72-75% Recovery
GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Recovery Facility
GreenWaste Recovery, Inc. Material Recovery Facility
Zanker Road Resource Management Facility Development & Upgrades Zanker Road Landfill (ZRRROL) 1985 Operations Begin 1986 1 st Demolition Floatation System in the US 1989 1 st Concrete Recycling Facility in CA 1989 1 st Automated Demolition Recycling in US. Zanker Materials Processing Facility (ZMPF) 1999 Operations Begin 2007 Installation of New C&D Sorting Line 2013 Installation of Secondary C&D Sorting Line Z-Best Composting Facility (Z-Best) 1997 Operations Begin 2002 Permitting for MSW/Food Waste Composting 2014 Permitting Underway for Expansion
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF Zanker Road Resource Recovery Operation & Landfill (ZRRROL) Zanker Materials Processing Facility (ZMPF)
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Zanker Road Landfill & ZMPF
Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility
Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility
Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility
Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility
ZANKER - ZMPF and ZRRROL Zanker Road Resource Management Z-Best Composting Facility Open Windrow Composting Clean Yard Trimmings Product = Organic Compost Closed In-Vessel Composting Processed Garbage Compostables & Food Scraps Product = Non-Organic Compost BUT What about the Energy?
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Zanker Road Resource Recovery Operation & Landfill ZWED AD Project Zanker Materials Processing Facility
Zero Waste Energy Development Company High Solids Organics-to-Energy Facility Dry Fermentation Anaerobic Digestion First Large Scale Commercial Facility in the US Capable of Processing 270,000 tpy Over 5.2 MW of Renewable Energy (24/7) Enough to Power 3600-4500 Homes Annually San Jose AD Facility
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Site Development (Completed Oct. 2012) CEQA Clearance (City of San Jose) Special Use Permit (City of San Jose) Post-closure Land Use Change (LEA) Public Improvement Plan (City of San Jose) Grading Permit (City of San Jose)
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Facility Construction (Completed Nov. 2013) Authority to Construct Permit (BAAQMD) Alt. Materials & Methods (City of San Jose) Building Permit (City of San Jose) Industrial Waste Discharge Permit (RWQCB)
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Facility Grand Opening November 22, 2013
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Facility Operations Commence (Dec. 2013) Solid Waste Facilities Permit (Nov. 22, 2013) Transfer/Processing Report (TPR) Report of Composting Site Info. (RCSI) Commercial Operations Began (Dec. 16, 2013) Both Modules Active 16-digesters @ 350 Tons Each
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility Operational Update (As-of Oct. 31, 2014) Tonnages Received from Republic ~120 tpd (Direct Haul & Transfer) ~ 2% tpd (OS 1: <5% Contamination) ~98% tpd (OS 4: >20% Contamination) Gas Production = 60% Methane in Biogas
Zero Waste Energy Development Company San Jose AD Facility
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