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Transfer/Processing Report Tracy Material Recovery& Transfer Facility 30703 S. MacArthur Drive, Tracy, California 95377 material will be temporarily stored and eventually transported off-site to markets. The residual material that has no secondary value will be conveyed to the floor of the transfer station and transferred for disposal to a permitted solid waste disposal facility within the region. The Material Recovery Facility processes recyclables from commercial sources. Select commingled recyclables deliveries containing loads of recyclable material that may vary from 50% to 90% recyclable will be dumped in Material Recovery Facility. Material that will be recycled includes aluminum cans, ferrous metals, plastic, newspaper and magazines, plastic, paper, cardboard and glass. The separated material will then be baled and delivered to wholesalers. Material will be added or deleted from the recyclable stream as the market conditions dictate. Wheel loaders operating in the Material Recovery Facility push the unprocessed recyclables into the feed hopper of the sorting system. From the feed hopper, material will be conveyed to the sorting line. Newspaper, cardboard, glass, aluminum, ferrous, and plastic containers will be sorted and dropped into bays under the sorting conveyer. Materials to be baled will be pushed onto a conveyor belt feeding into the baler or be pushed directly to the baler as appropriate. Glass materials will be dropped into bins for transport to the recycle market. Full bins will be carried by forklift outside of the building for temporary covered storage along the west side of the MRF building. Residual wastes that cannot be recycled will stay on the sorting line where another conveyor belt will drop the residuals on the Transfer Station floor for transfer and disposal. The primary Material Recovery Facility stationary equipment will consist of: • In-ground and elevated conveyor belts • Screens • 80 foot Elevated Sort Line • Baler Food Waste Processing The food waste processing equipment, a Scott Equipment Turbo Thor, is located inside the Material Recovery Facility building onsite. The Scott equipment includes a hopper, hammer mill grinder, grinder discharge conveyor and stacking conveyor for loading into bins or a truck to transport separated food waste mash to a composting or anaerobic digestion facility, including to the onsite composting operations. Source separated food waste from commercial, industrial, or residential locations would be delivered to the indoor food waste processing area where it would be tipped directly into the hopper or stored in stockpiles or containers awaiting processing. All food waste would be processed within 48 hours of receipt; residual 12