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RETHINKP9 RECYCLING. privately -owned and operated. The MSW is delivered, shredded, and separated into three waste streams: RDF, recyclable metal and residue. The RDF is transported for combustion to Xcel Energy power plants in Red Wing and Mankato, where it is then burned to generate electricity. The ferrous and non - ferrous metals are recycled, and the residue is landfilled. The facility's permitted capacity is 500,000 tons per year. RDF is used at the Wilmarth Xcel Energy facility and at the Xcel Energy facility in Red Wing. The Elk River Resource Processina Plant and the Elk River Eneray Recovery Station facilities are an RDF processing facility and electrical generation power plant owned and operated by Great River Energy (GRE). The Elk River Resource Processing Plant processes up to 400,000 tons per year of MSW into RDF. The power plant's maximum RDF capacity is 300,000 tons per year, and while most of the energy is used by GRE, in the past, RDF from Elk River has also been sent to the Xcel Energy's Wilmarth facility. Currently, Anoka, Hennepin and Sherburne counties have separate service agreements with GRE. GRE has delivery agreements with the individual private haulers. The Red Wina Resource Recovery Facility is owned and operated by the City of Red Wing. Select haulers from Dakota County deliver MSW to the facility for processing. The facility's permitted capacity is 27,000 tons per year. Incinerated waste is used at the Xcel Energy facility in Red Wing. Land Disposal In 2010, approximately 28 percent of the Region's MSW was landfilled (846,319 tons). Residential waste contributed 55 percent of landfill disposal, while non - residential waste contributed the remaining 45 percent. Of the total MSW landfilled, 92% was delivered to in -state landfills, while 8% was delivered to Wisconsin and Iowa locations. There are two MSW landfills located in the Region; both are located in Dakota County. These landfills are privately owned and operated and both have methane recovery systems. Other landfills serving the Region include those located in Elk River, Glencoe and, as previously mentioned, Western Wisconsin and Northern Iowa. Non -MSW Management Non -MSW includes non - hazardous industrial waste, construction and demolition debris (C &D), materials banned from disposal with MSW, non- hazardous industrial waste, non- hazardous infectious waste, and many other waste streams that are not MSW or are otherwise defined or regulated as hazardous waste. Nine non -MSW facilities serve the metropolitan area, including four non -MSW landfills in Dakota County. In 2009, the Region generated nearly 1.9 million tons of non -MSW. 2011 -2030 Regional Solid Waste Master Plan Approved by the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board on December 14, 2011 Appendix V Page 19