2/19/2002 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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dd The cost is about double what l rlashpee is now paying SEMASS to burn our trash. However, when current contracts expire $ ton) and we are required to pay the full cost for that operation $1 2 -1 ton), similar to other areas, the cost will be competitive. He estimated that fees would be $75-80 ton for garbage and$ 00 dry ton ($75 vet ton for sludge around here. Their contracts are based on a fee ton with a minimum required tonnage. Some places want a% of the compost profits, others leave it to them. The Nantucket facility treats 20,000 tons of solid waste and 7,000 tons of sludge per year.on a 10 acre site (along with a"Materials Recycling Facility" and a"Take it or leave it"' slop) and is being used to digest the garbage in Nantucket's old landfill (22 of 44 acres so far). Nantucket is very strict on recycling. They require clear trash bags so reyclables can be seen and have an ordinance mandating separation of glass, tin, aluminum and-plastic. This is backed up by WIA refusing to accept mixed trash from trash collection contractors, who then enforce against their customers. The Marlboro facility treats 40 tons of garbage and 20 tons of sludge per day on a 6 acre site. The technology is sc leable down to 2-3 tons per day at a minimum. Sludge must h at least 1 -20% solids. The firm is working with a number of towns on the lower Cape and has been selected for a similar project on Martha's' vineyard. They are also looking into gassification of plastic wastes, which must now be landfilled after being screened out of the primary compost. (Then Liquid petroleum would be distilled from the gas to power an engine to generate electricity. This may be tried in Marlboro. The Commissioners thanked Mr. widell for his presentation-and Ms. Jones for arranging �t. Where being no other business, the meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Submitted by F. T. Fudala