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BOOK 98 F'a r..34 Glass Our Medina operation handles glass in a slightly different manner than most operations. Instead of having our workers sort through broken pieces of glass we have twelve drop-off "igloo" centers throughout the County. Residents can drop off their glass containers when they go food shopping or other related activity. The program has worked efficiently for Medina County. Currently we are recovering over 70% of the glass through our igloo drop off centers and our workers are not exposed to dangerous working conditions. Another added plus for the glass drop off program is to insure good quality control of our recovered paper. PCA has indicated to us that broken glass fibers cause extensive quality control problems in their operation. Eliminating, or reducing the percentage of broken glass helps insure our quality control for recyclable paper. Lead Acid Batteries Our program in Medina County accepts lead acid batteries at no charge to the residents. We are proposing a similar program to your community assuming that there is a market for lead acid batteries. Compost Operation The program we have established for Medina County accepts source separated yard waste free of charge. Incoming loads of yard waste are delivered directly to the compost pad adjacent to the CPF and avoid the mixed waste processing line altogether. Yard waste is unloaded and formed into windrows. The windrows are turned as necessary to maintain aerobic conditions and stable compost is created in about 34 months. The final product is be screened, bagged, and sold to area residents for $1.00 per ten lb. bag. The compost has become so popular that sales are limited to 4 bags per resident. The material produced is an excellent class Y compost that can be used to enrich soil. The compost operation in Medina County is odorless and meets all of the EPA requirements. Norton Environmental is proposing the same concept for Indian County. We would require approximately 4 acres for our compost operation. Markets for Class Y compost: Like Medina County, compost can be bagged and sold to the general public. Compost can also be sold to area landscaping companies in bulk. Price for the compost will depend on supply and demand. Norton plans to conduct a thorough marketing plan if it becomes the vendor of choice for Indian County. Since we are out of state we will conduct more conclusive marketing research for the compost market and provide a marketing plan if we are selected as the successful bidder. Mixed Organic Compost Norton has another source of material which is suitable for composting; trommel fines. The trommel fines are a 2" minus product containing approximately 40% dirt, leaves, grass, food waste, yard waste, small paper items, and some inorganic material such as broken glass, bottle caps, batteries and fine plastic. The trommel fines are homogeneously mixed at predetermined 15 JUNE 139 1996 r