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Minutes Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> May 1 , 2008 <br /> Approved June 5, 2008 <br /> Pollock states that you all had suggested six possible technologies and their reality <br /> check was there are only four generic technologies out there that are worth <br /> evaluating. Mixed solid waste composting is worthless, so that' s eliminated . <br /> Vickers asks what are the four . <br /> Pollock states that they are waste to energy with a direct burn or refuse derived fuel, a <br /> biological fuel production of some unspecified nature such as an anaerobic methane <br /> or methanol approach, pyrolysis, and plasma arc . <br /> Vickers notes plasma arc is very expensive and energy-intensive . <br /> 5 . Solid Waste Management Plan Work Group Process Pollock states that we have <br /> several things that we will be looking at over the next few months . The one that is the <br /> furthest along in development is commercial recycling options . By the end of summer <br /> we will produce a report with the options . What we scoped out today with RRSI is <br /> that they are going to produce a couple of fairly specific commercial recycling options <br /> in terms of the who, the what and the how, including the financing . <br /> The other pieces follow on from the presentation on pages 8 and 9 ( of power point) . <br /> You can follow along . Financing the system will be a future issue; while we are <br /> fiscally sound now, the future of a transfer station will not provide as much cash as <br /> the landfill to support new programs . Reference tzvo pozver point slides belozv , <br /> For long-term plan . for 2009 . Not M <br /> current interim plan <br /> X Financing <br /> ■ Options to pay for expansions of services (if desired), <br /> ■ How. to integrate fees, taxes; revenue from materials sales, etc <br /> Regulatory Approaches : <br /> ■ More recycling mandates such as the existing Regulated <br /> Recyclable Materials Ordinance <br /> N Organic materials management: <br /> ■ Continue to contract and send out of County to process? OR <br /> X Develop alternatives for in-County collection and processing of <br /> food waste, etc, <br /> ■ Focus mostly on large commercial? <br /> x Consider adding residential? <br /> ■ Need to meet reduction goal and reduce methane gas emissions. <br /> 3 <br />