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WASTE DISPOSAL
TRASH/ORGANIC
GREEN/RECYCLING
William Corcoran, Associate Director, Procurement
Services, Boston College
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
• Agenda
o WASTE STREAM OF THE FUTURE
o WASTE AS A RENEWABLE RESOURCE
o WASTE TO ENERGY
o SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
o Landfill to Gas
o Organic Recycling (Composting)
o Sustainability
o Boston College Process
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Building the Waste Stream of the Future
• Traditional Linear Waste Stream Chain
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Manufacturing---Packaging &---Retail---Consumer---End of Life
Distribution
The average person in the USA generates
4.5 lbs. of waster per day, or nearly 1 ton
per year. Equates to 300 million tons/Yr/USA!
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
We need to ask ourselves
“How can we better
Manage that 4.5 lbs.?”
Building the Waste Stream of the Future
• Waste as a renewable Resource
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Waste as a valuable part of the new waste stream chain.
Waste materials are no longer the end of the supply chain but rather the beginning of another
chain.
Today’s landfills are highly engineered, environmentally sound sources of renewable,
alternative energy.
That energy can be used to heat homes or create yet more products. Products that can be
recycled again & again.
Today’s disposal facilities, then, have become a proven and productive component of a
renewable energy supply chain.
Development of new, waste-based energy should be encouraged. Including new or proven
thermal technology that can produce energy, which has the capacity to be stored.
• Waste-to-Energy
• Landfill gas to Energy
• Landfill gas to CNG
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Landfill gas to diesel
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Waste to Energy
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The waste-to-energy process safely converts municipal solid waste into clean,
renewable energy.
At BC our vendor owns & operates 16 waste-to-energy facilities in the U.S. with
capacity to process 21,000 TPD of municipal solid waste.
They state thier waste-to-energy plants generate 600 megawatts of electricity.
Enough to power 650,000 homes.
That is the equivalent of replacing 6.5 million barrels of oil or 1.7 million tons of
coal.
Their Massachusetts waste-to-energy plants process 4,500 tpd and generate 124
megawatts per hour.
Every WM waste-to-energy facility is VPP Star Certified, the highest safety
recognition granted by OSHA for exemplary health & safety performance.
According to the EPA, waste-to-energy plants “generate electricity with less
environmental impact than almost any other source of electricity.”
Waste-to-energy helps reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Single Stream Recycling
• Entire recycling stream collected together
• Tipped in one pile & then processed
• By means of various mechanized screens and
optical sorting technologies
• Single-stream programs have greatly increased the
recycling rate at Boston College
• It is estimated recovering as much as 3X the
amount of recyclable materials
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Single Stream Recycling
• Benefits of Single Stream Recycling
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(Based on one year of recycling at one Waste Management SS Facilty)
• Avoiding cutting down 2 million trees
• Saving 12.6 million gallons of gas
• Saving 2.8 billion gallons of water
• Eliminating 9.6 million pounds of air pollutants
• Saving 472 million kilowatts of electricity
• Saving 368,000 cubic yards of landfill space
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July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
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Houston, Texas
Landfill Gas to Energy
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Landfills offer a clean, renewable energy resource that is generated continuously
as waste decomposes in landfills. This resource is known as landfill gas or
methane.
Like wind and solar power, landfill gas is a resource that can be harnessed to
produce green energy and has many benefits and advantages compared to fossil
fuels and alternative energy sources.
The use of landfill gas as fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
The energy output is constant and not dependent on sun, wind or other
environmental variables.
The use of landfill gas provides a predictable, renewable energy source during
hours of peak energy demand.
University of New Hampshire
Dell Computers
Ford Motor Company
BMW
NASA’s Goddard Space Center
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Organic Recycling
• What is Organic Recycling?
Food scraps are the key component in organic recycling.
Waste that would normally be put in the garbage disposal
are composted instead. This saves money and resources
because the waste will not need to be separated from the
water at a treatment plant. Waste such as paper plates,
milk cartons, coffee filters, and food boxes are also
suitable for organic recycling. Other carbon-based
materials, such as lint, tissues, and house plants, can
also be recycled.
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Organic Recycling
• Acceptable Materials
o Food:
• By- products, Produce, Bakery, Deli/Meat, Dairy
• Rendering – Fats, Oil, grease (FOG)
• Food-soiled paper and Approved compostable
Packaging
(cardboard and paperboard)
• Plants & Flowers
• Yard Waste & Trimmings, Wood, Agricultural
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Organic Recycling
• Benefits of Organic Recycling
o Food and Organic recycling helps conserve
landfill space
o Recycling helps foster your Schools green
image and reduces your carbon footprint
o Reduces waste disposal costs
• It is normally wet waste, and weighs a lot!
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Sustainability
• Waste is a valuable resource.
• Resource management lies at the nexus of
sustainability and the economy. A more effective use
of “resources” will drive better financial & economic
results.
• Marketers, manufactures, retailers, Public Sector
(Education) disposers alike must cooperate to innovate
solutions where everyone wins.
• The Waste Industry provides the infrastructure for other
industries’ sustainability efforts, contributing to financial
& environmental well being.
Facilities Institute
July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Sustainability
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Population & Economic Development
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Increased Global Demand for Resources
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Increased Need for Sources of Power & Raw Materials
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Increased Demand for Materials that can be Reused & Recycled
Minimize impact on the Environment
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Climate change policies that demand a smaller carbon footprint
Customer Demand
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Consumers want to do Business w/ a Company who can help them
become sustainable
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Capture the Value that Exists in the Waste Stream
Growth
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Continuously Improve our Service Offering
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July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Sustainability
• Boston Colleges Goals
1. Promote Recycling and Material Management
– Particularly Single Stream & Organics
Recycling
2. Create Culture of producer & generator
responsibility for waste minimization
3. Embrace new energy policy that supports the
integration of alternative, fossil-free energy
from waste resource
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July 9-12, 2012
Houston, Texas
Boston College Bid Process
• Boston College Bid Process
• Review of RFP
• Contract Highlights
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July 9-12, 2012
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