Pope Douglas Solid Waste, located in Alexandria, MN
Provides recycling services and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection to Pope and Douglas Counties and processes garbage from 7 counties in Greater Minnesota
The plant receives over 80,000 tons of garbage and recycling per year and produces clean renewable energy at its Waste-to-Energy Facility for 3M, Alomere Hospital and Alexandria Tech and Community College The HHW Facility and Recycling Center are open year- round and together service over 36,000 customers per year
The facility has grown substantially to meet state mandated programs since its original operation in 1987 and the site is very congested with no room for expansion and has daily exposure to safety risks
Organics Composting Program • In 2017 Pope/Douglas began a commercial and residential food waste organics collection program • 32 percent of garbage is food waste or soiled paper • The program has grown significantly • Grant, Stevens and Otter Tail Counties have expressed interest in organizing organics collection • There is a need for a composting facility centrally located within this region
Campus Expansion Site Renovation Project Compost Facility Construction MPCA 2020 Solid Waste Processing Facility Capital Assistance Program (CAP) Total Project Cost : $18.9 Million CAP Request : $8 Million (Pope, Douglas, Grant, Stevens, Otter Tail Counties Support)
Video Tour: Concerns with Current Operations
Our Solution (Planning for the Future) • Move the current HHW/Recycle Center and Admin Building • Construct Environmental Learning Center to fulfill these functions • Expand the Material Recovery Facility and install enhanced recovery equipment • Construct an organics composting site at the existing landfill site near Grant County
Existing Site
Existing Site Remove Existing HHW and Admin Building
Existing Site Relocate the Recycle and Reuse Center
Future Site Plan
Future Site Plan Environmental Learning Center- Recycling/HHW /Admin/Reuse/ Education Center
Environmental Learning Center • Expand the building size from 3,200 ft 2 to 10,000 ft 2 • Building will include Recycling/HHW/Admin/Reuse/Education Center • Matches space needs for current operations with room for expansion • Expanded HHW and Recycle Center allows safe storage and recovery of additional materials • Safely service customer needs in a climate-controlled environment • Heated and powered with clean renewable energy • Education Center for public outreach and training
Environmental Learning Center
Drive through design for safe and efficient operation
Environmental Learning Center- Floor Plan
Future Site Plan Material Recovery Facility
Material Recovery Facility (MRF) • Expand the tipping floor to meet current tonnage needs • Replace worn out equipment • Allow better accessibility and safety in equipment operation • Increase recovery of recyclable materials from 2.5% to 8% • Allow flexibility to process from zero up to 18,000 tons per year of Single Sort Recycling (curbside collected material) that is produced in the local region • Design for the recovery of Source Separated Organics that is co-collected with garbage • Reduce manual sorting and increase operator safety
Future MRF- Floor Plan
Organics Compost Facility Construction • Provides a regional composting site for expanding food waste recycling programs • Placed geographically centered in the 5 county partner region • Site is already a permitted landfill and can be optimized by adding the compost operation under the current permit • Site will generate high value compost for local projects
Regional Compost Facility (Stevens County) Morris: 25 miles (Grant County) Elbow Lake: 16 miles (Ottertail County) Fergus Falls: 39 miles (Pope County) Glenwood: 28 miles (Douglas County) Alexandria: 20 miles (Stearns County) Sauk Center to Site: 44 miles
Future Compost Site Plan Sized for current needs with room for expansion
Future Compost Site Plan
Campus Expansion Site Renovation Project Compost Facility Construction MPCA 2020 Solid Waste Processing Facility Capital Assistance Program (CAP) Total Project Cost : $18.9 Million CAP Request : $8 Million (Pope, Douglas, Grant, Stevens, Otter Tail Counties Support)
Pope/Douglas Board Support !! • Part of the Long Range Plan for the site for the next 30 years • Part of our MPCA Solid Waste Plan • Investing $5 Million on other plant infrastructure improvements • Passed bonding and fees to fund its portion of the project • Since 1987 Pope/Douglas has provided over $61 Million to $5.5 Million in state grant dollars (2019 Dollars) • We need some help on this project
Why you should support this project!! • Help the region meet its state recycling mandates • Replaces critical aged infrastructure • Increases site safety • Promotes new model recycling programs in Greater Minnesota • Increase recycling recovery by over 4,000 tons per year • Provides regional flexibility to match Single Sort Recycling processing to meet local needs and concerns
Thank you Help Us Put Waste in in it its Pla lace !!
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