The Future of Organics

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The Future of Organics?
Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC
Matthew Cotton

• NCRA Recycling Update
• March 27, 2007
• Matthew Cotton
• Integrated Waste Management Consulting

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Moving towards 3-Stream
Photo Courtesy of Roland Consulting
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Food waste- 12 Mg CO2equiv per Mg food waste
Graphic Courtesy Norseman Plastics
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The Future of Organics Collection (2)
Photo Courtesy Community Recycling and Resource
Recovery
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Commercial Composting Systems in CA (Partial)

• Static 8
• Turned Windrows 70
• Aerated Static Piles 9
• Agitated Bed 3
• In-Vessel 2
• Hybrids 1

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California Compost and Mulch Facilities
Source CIWMB
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Where Do Organics Belong?
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Feedstock Competition
ADC
ENERGY
Photo courtesy of On-Site Power Systems
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Increased Regulatory Issues

• Photo courtesy CIWMB San Diego State

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WTE Growth in CA US
Over 200 Plants proposed in CA
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Waste-to-Energy Growth in the US
Source Figure developed by the Energy
Information Administration, based on data from
Eileen B. Berenyi and Robert N. Gould, Resource
Recovery Year (New York, NY Government Advisory
Associates, Inc., 1993), pp. 229-670, updated
with 1994 and 1995 data by telephone.
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Source BioCycle and US Composting Council
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