Advanced Material Recovery Facility Creating a model Greater MN unified waste diversion, recycling and composting system to meet the growing regional needs of 8 counties. Project Summary
Applicant Pope/Douglas Solid Waste Management (Government Joint Powers) Project Partners Counties of Douglas, Pope, Otter Tail, Grant, Stevens, Stearns, Benton, Sherburne Project Location Alexandria (Central Minnesota) Total Project Cost $8.9 Million Requested Bonding Amount $4 Million Local Contribution $4.9 Million Project Description This project will retrofit and expand the existing waste diversion/recycling processing facility - including problem material management and emerging waste/recycling programs.
This is a shovel-ready project designed to replace aging and undersized public infrastructure with flexibility built in to meet the needs of the community for the next 30+ years.
Material Recovery Facility Retrofit and Expand Existing Regional Front-end Materials Recovery/Waste Diversion Facility. Pope/Douglas • Facility pre-sorts/processes all incoming wastes – removing Total Phase 2 Cost Solid Waste Management recyclable and problem materials. $8.9 Million 2115 Jefferson Street • Improved safety for residents, haulers and employees. Alexandria, MN 56308 • Robotics and enhanced equipment will recover additional Total Grant Request Steve Vrchota recyclables from the incoming raw garbage. 320-763-9340 • Design for diverting 8% of raw garbage as recycling (up $4 Million [email protected] from current 2.5%). Pierre Willette Local Contribution D 651-717-4168 • Process to recover organics recycling (with special co C 612-578-7684 collection bags) from raw garbage. $4.9 Million [email protected] • Plan for flexibility to incorporate equipment upgrades. Check out our vision
popedouglasrecycle.com Regional Solution Put Waste in its Place! Materials Recovery Facility MPCA Waste Hierarchy This project supports Minnesota’s Waste Hierarchy through Expansion & Renovation recycling, waste diversion and organics composting – reducing the need for Waste to Energy processing or Project Scope landfilling of materials. • Construct a transfer station and material recovery facility in front of the existing Waste-to-Energy (WTE) facility. Reduction • Current processing facility in front of the WTE facility has Most Preferred a low recovery rate and is in need of a major equipment Reuse upgrade. • The current facility processes 85 - 90% of incoming MSW Recycling and has a recovery rate of 2.5%. The upgraded facility would have an estimated recovery rate of over 8% and have Composting the ability to recover source separated organic materials that are co-collected with MSW. The equipment will also be Waste to Energy able to recover additional plastics and problem materials. • Allow flexibility to process from zero up to 18,000 tons per Landfilling 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 MSW. • The facility is in agreement with our solid waste plan. • Multiple counties already partner/contract with Pope/ Douglas for the processing of their MSW. • Project will be supported by tipping fees, recovered material sales and solid waste fees. Details • Tons to be Processed: 72,000 and recovering 5,700 tons of Growth Timeline recycled material, not including organics. (An increase of 4,000 tons) 1987 1993 1997 2003 2010 2017 Original Household Recycling Material Waste to Energy Organics • Operating Capacity: 72,000 tons per year Waste to Energy Hazardous Drop O Processing Facility Expansion Recycling Facility Waste Center Facility (added Third Combustor) Programs Admin Building CAP Project Funding Background
$5 Million (Capital Assistance Project funding) was secured Secured 2020 Bonding Session: Phase I during the 2020 Legislative Special Session. $5 Million (CAP Funding) and $5 Million (Local Match) Construct Environmental Center (Household Hazardous Waste, Originally seeking $9 Million, Pope/Douglas broke up our Recycling, Problem Materials) Legislative ask into 2 phases to develop a phased in fiscally Construct Glacial Ridge Regional Compost Facility prudent approach to keep our planned and vetted Capital Construct Truck Scale, Scale House Assistance Projects on track to align with our Facilities Master Plan developed in 2018. Seeking 2021 Legislative Session: Phase 2 $4 Million (CAP Funding) and $4.9 Million (Local Match) Construct Materials Recovery Facility