1. WELCOME TOTHECity Of Redding GREENWASTE COMPOSTINGFACILITY

3. TRANSFER STATION/COMPOST FACILITY • FACILITY BUILT IN 1994/95 • GRAND OPENING 6/21/95 • 4.5 ACRES UNPAVED • METHOD OPERATION-OPEN WINDROWS • MATERIAL PROCESSED • YARD WASTE • BRUSH • LEAVES, LAWN TRIMMINGS • UNPAINTED, UNTREATED WOOD WASTE

4. ODORS • FIRST ODOR COMPLAINTS SOON AFTER OPENING • ODOR MITIGATION EFFORTS • USE OF ODOR CONTROL ENZYMES • RESEARCHED MASKING AGENTS,FANS, EUCALYPTUS TREES • EVALUATED PAVING OF COMPOST SITE • EVALUATED PURCHASING NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES FOR BUFFER ZONE

5. ALL WEATHER OPERATION • FACILITY PAVED IN 1997 • OFFER TO PURCHASE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY REJECTED • COMPLAINTS CONTINUED

6. AG BAG COMPOSTING • STAFF DISCOVERS AG BAG COMPOSTING SYSTEM (1999) • INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM AG BAG • FIELD VISIT TO NORCAL/VACAVILLE FOOD/YARDWASTE COMPOSTING FACILITY

7. COMPARED OPERATING COSTS • WINDROW COMPOSTING • HIGHER LABOR COSTS • FREQUENT TURNING OF ROWS • FREQUENT WATERING IN WARM WEATHER • ROWS CAN BECOME SATURATED • ODORS CAN BE OFFENSIVE • GREATER SPACE REQUIREMENTS • RESIDUAL WATER MUST BE TREATED AND COLLECTED • MUST REACH 131o F FOR 15 DAYS REQUIRING CONSTANT MONITORING

8. COMPARED OPERATING COSTS • AG BAG COMPOSTING • LESS LABOR COSTS (TURNING & WATERING) • PATHOGEN REDUCTION PERIOD IS LESS (3 DAYS AT 131o F) • ODORS ARE LESS SIGNIFICANT • BETTER UTILIZATION OF SPACE • BAGGING MACHINE COST $110,000 • BAGS COST $1300 EACH (USED ONCE)

9. MORE RESEARCH • SECOND FIELD VISIT TO NORCAL / VACAVILLE FACILITY (LATE 2000)

10. NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT HELPS US DECIDE • CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SPORTSPLEX CONCEPT (LATE 1999) • CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED PROPERTY ACQUISITION (Feb. 2000)

11. IMPLEMENTATION OF AG BAG COMPOSTING METHOD • CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED PURCHASE OF EQUIPMENT (FEB. 2001) • EQUIPMENT ARRIVED MAR. 2001 PROGRAM IS IMPLEMENTED

12. CURBSIDE GREENWASTE COLLECTION EXPANDS • COLLECTION METHOD CHANGES TO AUTOMATED FROM MANUAL (MAY 2001) • PARTICIPATION INCREASED BY OVER 100% • FIRST YEAR TONNAGES INCREASE BY 94%

13. NEW RECORDS SET IN 2002

14. WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? • 984 TONS – SELF HAUL RESIDENTS • 2,006 TONS–COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS • 11,555 TONS – CITY COLLECTED GREENWASTE PROGRAM

15. WHERE DOES IT GO? • 1,400 TONS – BIOMASS • 2,619 TONS – ADC • 3,514 TONS – LAND APPLIED • 3,468 TONS – COMPOST

16. POTENTIAL PROBLEMS • PESTICIDES • LAB ANALYSIS SHOWS RESIDUAL PESTICICES IN FINISHED COMPOST ARE MINIMAL • CLOPYRALID • DISEASES FOUND IN FEED STOCK MATERIAL (SUDDEN OAK DEATH)

17. MANAGING MATERIAL ON A SMALL SITE • IT’S A JUGGLING ACT • DIVERSIFY END SOURCES • COMPOST SALES • RESIDENTIAL • WHOLESALE • RE-VEGETATION (LANDFILL CLOSURES) • LAND APPLICATION (WHERE ALLOWABLE) • BIOMASS • ADC • DON’T RELY ON A SINGLE SOURCE

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