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SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL DISTRICT <br />WASTE COMPOSITION RECEIVED <br />FISCAL YEAR 1995-96 <br />SPECIAL 0.0% <br />50.0 TONS <br />C & D MATERIAL 19.8% <br />35,297.0 TONS <br />GARBAGE 44.8% <br />80,074.2 TONS <br />TIRES 0.2% <br />402.0 TONS <br />RECYCLABLES 11.2% <br />19,930.0 TONS <br />SLUDGE 2.3% <br />4,112.0 TONS <br />vtut I A I10N 21.7% <br />38,821.0 TONS <br />WASTE TONNAGE BY CATEGORY Figure 7 <br />WASTE TIRE OPERATIONS <br />A waste tire processing area consisting of a tire storage area and <br />tire shredder is located adjacent to the recycling facility. <br />Florida Administrative Code prohibits the disposal of whole tires <br />in a landfill thereby necessitating a means of cutting or shredding <br />tires before their disposal. Heavy equipment tires are cut in <br />pieces using a large shear that mounts on a backhoe. Auto and <br />truck tires can be shredded with the tire shredder, however, we are <br />now sending the tires to a private company for processing. The <br />company provides truck trailers at the tire facility and we load <br />the tires on the trailers using prisoners from the State <br />Correctional Center. The company then transports the tires to its <br />facility for shredding; then they are shipped to an industrial <br />facility for use as fuel. <br />The SWDD receives a waste tire grant from the Department of <br />Environmental Protection which more than pays for the waste tire <br />operations. This fiscal year the SWDD received a grant in the <br />amount of $59,734. The grant is non-matching and can only be used <br />to reimburse the SWDD's expenses in waste tire management. <br />7 <br />FEBRUARY 3, 1997od. <br />