Manteca has a plan to turn green waste into green backs.
And in doing so they’ll be able to reduce future pressure to raise monthly solid waste collection charges.
Public Works Director Mark Houghton gave a quick rundown of the proposal during Thursday’s mid-year assessment City Council meeting.
Currently Manteca pays a firm to take yard waste the city collects from green Toters. The firm in turn converts yard waste into compost and sells it.
Yard waste is hauled to a site about six miles north of Manteca on Austin Road near the regional landfill.
The proposal calls for Manteca to establish its own composting on 300 acres in the southwest portion of the city where Manteca ultimately hopes to pipe treated wastewater for storage.
They would be able to generate composting for the city’s use plus sell to residents and possible wholesale sales as well.
It would also reduce mileage on the refuse trucks by cutting mileage to and from the bulk of the city and the composting facility by 80 percent.
Manteca would no longer have to pay for the disposal of yard waste. In addition they would realize revenue from the sale of compost.
In addition, it would also help keep sewer rates down as the composting would utilize dried sludge collected from the wastewater treatment plant and mix it with yard grindings to make compost. Currently the city pays a hefty fee to have the sludge buried at a landfill.
And in doing so they’ll be able to reduce future pressure to raise monthly solid waste collection charges.
Public Works Director Mark Houghton gave a quick rundown of the proposal during Thursday’s mid-year assessment City Council meeting.
Currently Manteca pays a firm to take yard waste the city collects from green Toters. The firm in turn converts yard waste into compost and sells it.
Yard waste is hauled to a site about six miles north of Manteca on Austin Road near the regional landfill.
The proposal calls for Manteca to establish its own composting on 300 acres in the southwest portion of the city where Manteca ultimately hopes to pipe treated wastewater for storage.
They would be able to generate composting for the city’s use plus sell to residents and possible wholesale sales as well.
It would also reduce mileage on the refuse trucks by cutting mileage to and from the bulk of the city and the composting facility by 80 percent.
Manteca would no longer have to pay for the disposal of yard waste. In addition they would realize revenue from the sale of compost.
In addition, it would also help keep sewer rates down as the composting would utilize dried sludge collected from the wastewater treatment plant and mix it with yard grindings to make compost. Currently the city pays a hefty fee to have the sludge buried at a landfill.
