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0 <br />SOLID WASTE <br />MANAGEMENT <br />CONSULTANTS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Gayle Wilson, Director, Orange County Solid Waste Management Department <br />FROM: Steve Simmons, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. (GBB) <br />Lynn Klappich, Draper Aden Associates (DAA); Harvey Gershman and Ljupka Arsova, <br />CC: GBB <br />DATE: March 23, 2016 <br />RE: Overview of Mixed Waste Processing for Orange County, NC <br />Introduction <br />Orange County's Solid Waste Management Department has requested GBB, as a sub- consultant to DAA, <br />to prepare this overview of mixed waste processing opportunities for Orange County, NC. The content of <br />this overview includes: <br />An overview of the current status of solid waste processing technologies in the U.S; <br />• Description of the Mechanical Biological Treatment (MBT) plant under construction by a private <br />company, Ensorga, in Martinsburg, West Virginia; <br />• Listing of potential end users for refuse derived fuel (RDF) in Orange County, NC; and <br />• A general description of elements of a successful mixed waste processing facility. <br />This memorandum and a separate PowerPoint presentation summarizing the information in this <br />memorandum comprise GBB's outputs for this assignment. <br />Overview <br />As communities across the globe struggle to meet constituent demands for higher municipal solid waste <br />(MSW) recycling and landfill diversion goals, one avenue gaining popularity to meet those demands is <br />mixed waste processing. Mixed waste processing incorporates a suite of unit operation technologies that <br />provides mechanisms for the recovery of recyclable materials that have been misplaced into the disposal <br />stream while producing an alternative fuel for energy recovery. This alternative fuel is commonly referred <br />Gershman, Brlckner & Bratton, Inc. <br />8550 Arlington Blvd, Suite 304 <br />Fairfax, Virginia 22031 <br />Phone: 703 -573 -5800 Toll Free: 800 -573 -5801 Fax: 703 - 698 -1306 <br />www.gbbinc.com <br />