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GOOK � 98 P,,,f 341 <br />1.6 PLANT DESCRIPTION <br />The Central Processing Facility consists of an attractive building and an outdoor compost pad on <br />a park like setting. The CPF is designed to accept 400-500 tons per day of unsorted municipal <br />solid waste and extract recyclables, compostables, and fuel through a combination of automated <br />and manual separation. In addition, the facility accepts source separated yard waste such as grass, <br />leaves, and brush which is placed in windrows and composted. No obvious odors can be noticed <br />on the facility grounds. The CPF features heavy duty equipment for maximum uptime, <br />comfortable employee facilities, and a large conference room overlooking the processing area. <br />Waste flo, <br />In bound waste trucks stop at the scale house where all loads are weighed. Loads with source <br />separated yard waste are directed to the compost area. All other trucks are directed to the <br />building's tip area to eject their load. Large metal objects such as white goods are extracted and <br />loaded into roll off containers. The items are sold as scrap and bypassing the processing sorting <br />line. A rubber tired front end loader moves waste (---"o the infeed conveyor. Waste is then <br />metered onto an incline conveyor into the processing area to the first sorting area where bulky <br />items, wood, cardboard, newspaper, and mixed paper are removed. The sorting rooms at this <br />facility are fully enclosed and ergonomically designed for worker comfort including their own <br />heating and air conditioning systems, office style finish, and stereo system. Remaining waste <br />enters a 40 foot long trommel screen which provides three services: opens bags, tumbles the <br />material outside of the shredded bag and separates the stream removing fines and coarse material. <br />First, a specially designed bag opener rips open plastic garbage bags thus liberating its contents. <br />Next, small holes in the trommel separate fines which are conveyed to a storage bin. This material <br />is predominantly a mixed organic fraction which will be mixed with yard waste and wood chips <br />and co -composted for use as soil to sustain plant growth. <br />11 <br />il" 13, 1996 <br />