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TEL: Nov 14 94 15:30 No.004 P.05 Proposed ProJUl This projCCt offen; an opponunity for lbe partner communi lies 10 work togdl1er on a mulual problem. Reusing lbese . roadway materials would teducc costs for each partner community. However, these materials necd to b. clcaned in order 10 b. reu.ed, By reclaiming a portion of thc matedals each year, less material and fower dollars would be needed on an aflllual ba.is. This project will also abate this material from municipal1andJills and thus provide .pace for more appropriate mixed wa.te over a longer time pcriod, The COSI benefit infOJlDlltion of this applic31ion in Table 2 clearly shows lllallbere can be a substanrial savings to COIDlDunities (and taxpayers) for n:cIaimiog the DllILcri.l. 'fllis project takes ,he current woddng Lcdmology and m.1kes it availabl. to .several smaller, neighboring communities. Recycling COsts fat Road Maintenance Malerials Dased on CUrrent lahar, equipment and overhead rates, the estimalCcl ""'1 per ton lO recycle road maiorenance malerial is Ic.<s than purehllliing virgin malerial. The first year estimate for ice ""nuol sand i. approximalcly $3 RIld $4 per Ion aud for seal-coal chips is less Ihan Sl per IOn. Comp06led soli material is eslilll3led at between $2 and $4 pCT IOn. At the preSCnt lime, the best available data on quantities are for ice control und, and forms the ba.i. of the eosl~"'efit analysis. These estimales. higher than Bloomington reponed. retleclthe fact lbm there will be a learoing period before the process becomes lligllly efficieot. Dascd On lhe average tonnage of the parmer communities IistcU above, the normal .and use is approximately 37 .02.~ Ions )ler year. Using 65 perce.ol pick-up from roadways for ci.li.. and;o)lCrcent for dIe ""unlY, would yield 20.466 lOll> to be recycled. This projecr uses a estimate of $66 pC"r hom to recycle this material, yiclding an estimate of approximately $67.539. AddilionaJ in-kind funds would be provided by the partner eommunities to begin the program. Based on these estinl.1tes. lhe LOlal ""sf savings over the purehase 00 new sand alone i. eslimared to be $6,057 lWlually. Costs SavingsooRccyeling versus landfilling Cost saving. are based on Ibe fael dlat partner comomnities will, or have, run Out of publicly owned space to dump their sweepings and their only oplion would he to haollhcm to landfills, As Ibis b_mea the standard di'P06aJ method. the municipal com for road nwnlClliInce will &1:yroclcel. Table 2 9l10wa COSI differences between J.'lJldfilling and . rccyeling/Tcduced allJlual purchase of new maLeri.ls fOt, ice control sand only. Adclitionlll savings will be incurred for scaJ-COal aggregale and composlCd soil products as mentioned ahove, bUI withoul 60lid dala on annual amounts. data for saving, would only be a guess. Tabl. 2 shows lbrec levels of costs and ..viog.. Sub-Total I represents costs and savings for those couunwliti.. which now have landfilling as their only option for disposal of streel sweeping. Sub-Total 2 shows the addition of White llear Town.hip, While Bear I.ake and Rosevillc which would have to landfill in the near future. Finally. Iho bOllom line Tmal shows tile addition of Ramsey County which would oeeur by ,he year 2000. However, Rosevill.. Whjte llear L3kc and Ramsey County would be commilLcd to begill1li.ng lheir recycling dfon immediately upon Ihe sian of tbis project and White Bear Township would participate Oil a limiled basis initially, The far left column in Table 2 .hows lolal savings based on Lhe premise that street sweeping lDateriais wouid be diverlCli horn landfills. there would be an approxinl.1lely 50 percent reduction in annual costs for ice control sand and the co.1S of proecuing the sweepings would be added in ... a eosl. Therefore, columns marked A, B, and C would be com and D would be a savings. Funhennore. dIe parlieipating communities tecogni;o.c Lhat although they may not need 10 find .lternatives to thclr present disposal program, they see this need in the very nCilr future. Thus. by anticipating ,hi. change and d.. establlsbmem of an aIlCm.live ptogram before it heeomes a crisi.. it would allow them time 10 work out any bugs in the system. . Gram Proposai Page 3