[GreenYes] Residential Organics Project

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

Kendall,

You raised some good questions to clarify our Residential Organics 
Project.   Please note that this project is concerned with more than 
just food scraps. In most parts of the country, food soiled paper is 
a significant portion of residential organics as well.

Q1 - Are you focused solely on vehicular collection of 
source-separated organics?

A1 - No.  As you know, some communities have chosen to collect some 
residential organics (food scraps) through their sewer system where 
they have sufficient capacity in their sewer lines and wastewater 
treatment processing capacity.  We would welcome your suggestion of 
some examples of communities in Region 9 that have made a conscious 
decision to direct food scraps in that manner as well, particularly 
if they have technical data that they can share with us.

Q2 - Processing in composting facilities that only accept food scraps 
and/or yard waste?

A2 - We ARE interested in composting facilities that only accept food 
scraps, so that we can better understand any advantages of composting 
those materials separately.  We are NOT interested in composting 
facilities that only accept yard trimmings, as that is not the focus 
of our research.

Q3 - Are you interested in energy recovery from processing operations?

A3 - We are interested in obtaining examples of energy and fuels 
recovery from processing of food scraps, or portions of food scraps 
(e.g., biodiesel production).

Gary

At 05:50 AM 10/11/2006, Kendall Christiansen wrote:
>Gary/Peter:
>
>For the purposes of your EPA project, and solicitation of "model" 
>communities, would you please define "collection" and 
>"processing"?  Are you focused solely on vehicular collection of 
>source-separated organics?  Processing in composting facilities that 
>only accept food scraps and/or yard waste?  Are you interested in 
>energy recovery from processing operations?
>
>Thanks
>
>Kendall Christiansen
>Gaia Strategies
>151 Maple Street
>Brooklyn, NY 11225
>o: 718.941.9535; cell: 917.359.0725
>

Gary Liss
916-652-7850
Fax: 916-652-0485
www.garyliss.com  

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