ARCHIVED REPORTS_MAY & JULY 2014-TPR

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3-5 comingled curbside residential and green waste wood , followed by cardboard and meta ls. However, the types and quantities of materials recovered are dependent upon such factors as the composition of the incoming commercial and industrial waste stream, the local economy, supply and demand for these recovered materials by the secondary markets, and the price paid by the secondary market buyer for a specific material. The RRF workers are trained to identify different materials according to their secondary materials market. 3.1.5.1 Materials Separation Process i ng and Sorting Current operations at the RRF include green and wood waste processing and the transfer of mixed recyclables ~ is being added to the current operations. Past operations have included recyclables separatio n and sorting. The H ollowing is a description of the current operational wood waste separat ion procedures. Additiona ll y, procedures for recyclab les sorting is a lso included since these operat ions may be reinstated at the RRF based on mar l ~et conditions and future refuse hau li ng contracts . Wood Sorting Operation Wood waste, l umber, and/or brush are placed in the wood waste stocl~p i le sorting area .JQ remove an y residual waste and then it is moved to the grinding area.; The material is ground and processed in the wood grinderchipper and utilized for compost material loaded directly i nto 120 cy , and larger, trailers until so ld at marlwt. The wood stockpiles are limited to a 100- foot by -:1§G40 -foot area, 12 feet high, as specified by the local fire department. The wood chipping grinding operations are a minimum 100 feet from the RRF building. Recyclables Sorting Operation At this time . no rec yclables sorting operations are performed at the RRF. However . if WRen the recyclables sorting operation is implemented again then being conducted , wood, cardboard , plastic, paper and newspaper, glass, and metals will be segregated from the waste stream. Mechanized sorting may be done to process/separate the recyclables. Currently, no sorting equipment is in-place within the RRF building. When a full shipment of a specific material is ready, it will be loaded onto a large transfer trailer for hauling to a permitted rec ycler transported to a seoondary materia ls marl<et. The remaining unrecyclable residual wastes will be loaded into drop boxes the MSW bins and transported to Forward Landfill tAe landfil l for disposa l. None of the material recovery transfer activities will interfere with the RRF other operation ~ or the traffic flow. The materials will be sorted as follo'Ns: Cardboard The cardboard 'Nill be separated out, f lattened, baled, and stored inside the RRF bu i ld ing or outs ide on t he southern s ide of t he RRF bu il ding for transport to De lta Paper Stocl<. Plastio Plast ic #1 (polyethylene terephtha late [PET]) and #2 (high dens ity polyethylene [HOPE)) will be sorted out and stored on t he north s ide of t he RRF bui lding in 'farious sizes and types of Forward Resource Recovery Facility SWT Engineering Transfer/Processing Report -May 2014 z:\projects \alli ed waste \forwardVesource recovery facility\5 yr perm it rvw 2013·14 \tpr 2014\text \rev tra ck\se c3-rev tr.doc