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Pope Douglas Solid Waste, located in Alexandria, MN

Provides recycling services and Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) collection to Pope and Douglas Counties and processes garbage from 7 counties in Greater Minnesota

The plant receives over 80,000 tons of garbage and recycling per year and produces clean renewable energy at its Waste-to-Energy Facility for 3M, Alomere Hospital and Alexandria Tech and Community College The HHW Facility and Recycling Center are open year- round and together service over 36,000 customers per year

The facility has grown substantially to meet state mandated programs since its original operation in 1987 and the site is very congested with no room for expansion and has daily exposure to safety risks

Organics Composting Program

• In 2017 Pope/Douglas began a commercial and

residential food waste organics collection program

• 32 percent of garbage is food waste or soiled paper
• The program has grown significantly
• Grant, Stevens and Otter Tail Counties have expressed

interest in organizing organics collection

• There is a need for a composting facility centrally

located within this region

Campus Expansion Site Renovation Project Compost Facility Construction

MPCA 2020 Solid Waste Processing Facility Capital Assistance Program (CAP) Total Project Cost : $18.9 Million CAP Request : $8 Million (Pope, Douglas, Grant, Stevens, Otter Tail Counties Support)

Video Tour: Concerns with Current Operations

Our Solution (Planning for the Future)

• Move the current HHW/Recycle Center and Admin

Building

• Construct Environmental Learning Center to fulfill

these functions

• Expand the Material Recovery Facility and install

enhanced recovery equipment

• Construct an organics composting site at the existing

landfill site near Grant County

Existing Site

Existing Site

Remove Existing HHW and Admin Building

Existing Site

Relocate the Recycle and Reuse Center

Future Site Plan

Future Site Plan

Environmental Learning Center- Recycling/HHW /Admin/Reuse/ Education Center

Environmental Learning Center

• Expand the building size from 3,200 ft2 to 10,000 ft2
• Building will include Recycling/HHW/Admin/Reuse/Education

Center

• Matches space needs for current operations with room for

expansion

• Expanded HHW and Recycle Center allows safe storage and

recovery of additional materials

• Safely service customer needs in a climate-controlled

environment

• Heated and powered with clean renewable energy
• Education Center for public outreach and training

Environmental Learning Center

Drive through design for safe and efficient operation

Environmental Learning Center- Floor Plan

Future Site Plan

Material Recovery Facility

Material Recovery Facility (MRF)

• Expand the tipping floor to meet current tonnage needs
• Replace worn out equipment
• Allow better accessibility and safety in equipment operation
• Increase recovery of recyclable materials from 2.5% to 8%
• Allow flexibility to process from zero up to 18,000 tons per year
• f Single Sort Recycling (curbside collected material) that is

produced in the local region

• Design for the recovery of Source Separated Organics that is

co-collected with garbage

• Reduce manual sorting and increase operator safety

Future MRF- Floor Plan

Organics Compost Facility Construction

• Provides a regional composting site for expanding food waste

recycling programs

• Placed geographically centered in the 5 county partner region
• Site is already a permitted landfill and can be optimized by

adding the compost operation under the current permit

• Site will generate high value compost for local projects

Regional Compost Facility

(Stevens County) Morris: 25 miles (Grant County) Elbow Lake: 16 miles (Ottertail County) Fergus Falls: 39 miles (Pope County) Glenwood: 28 miles (Douglas County) Alexandria: 20 miles (Stearns County) Sauk Center to Site: 44 miles

Future Compost Site Plan

Sized for current needs with room for expansion

Future Compost Site Plan

Campus Expansion Site Renovation Project Compost Facility Construction

MPCA 2020 Solid Waste Processing Facility Capital Assistance Program (CAP) Total Project Cost : $18.9 Million CAP Request : $8 Million (Pope, Douglas, Grant, Stevens, Otter Tail Counties Support)

Pope/Douglas Board Support !!

• Part of the Long Range Plan for the site for the next 30 years
• Part of our MPCA Solid Waste Plan
• Investing $5 Million on other plant infrastructure improvements
• Passed bonding and fees to fund its portion of the project
• Since 1987 Pope/Douglas has provided over $61 Million

to $5.5 Million in state grant dollars (2019 Dollars)

• We need some help on this project

Why you should support this project!!

• Help the region meet its state recycling mandates
• Replaces critical aged infrastructure
• Increases site safety
• Promotes new model recycling programs in Greater Minnesota
• Increase recycling recovery by over 4,000 tons per year
• Provides regional flexibility to match Single Sort Recycling

processing to meet local needs and concerns

Thank you Help Us Put Waste in in it its Pla lace !!