Trash processing and recycling using the zero landfill solution
Each person in the US produces approximately one ton of trash per year. The environmentally friendly municipal trash processing and recycling complex used for illustrative purposes in this paper is designed and sized to handle trash from typical municipalities ranging from 500,000 to 750,000 populations. This translates into a nominal 2,000 ton per day (TPD) facility. A typical component breakdown of municipal solid waste is shown in appendix A. The layout of the complex is shown in appendix B. Today`s municipal trash processing and recycling center should be designed to serve the needs of the municipality for at least the next 20 to 30 years. It should also be designed in such a way as to allow any new technology advancements to be added easily and in a cost effective manner to extend the useful service life of the facility almost indefinitely. 100% of the trash will be recycled. There will be no need for a dump, landfill, or disposal site at all. No curbside separation is required.
- OSTI ID:
- 124534
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940499-; ISBN 1-56590-014-6; TRN: IM9548%%124
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Federal environmental restoration and waste minimization conference and exhibition, New Orleans, LA (United States), 25-29 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 Federal environmental restoration III and waste minimization II conference and exhibition: Proceedings. Volume 2; PB: 858 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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