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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Strutz, William F.     Subjects     Refuse and refuse disposal     Sewage disposal plants     Organic wastes     Urban ecology (Biology)     MSEV Project.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Strutz, William F.       by title:      Evaluating costs and...         MARC Display

Evaluating costs and benefits to the City of Racine, Wisconsin of systematically diverting food waste from the solid waste stream to the wastewater treatment system / William F. Strutz. by Strutz, William F. Subjects Refuse and refuse disposal   Sewage disposal plants   Organic wastes   Urban ecology (Biology)   MSEV Project. Description:  53 leaves : figures, tables ; 29 cm. Contents:  Advisor: Dr. Carol Diggelman Committee members: Dr. Francis Mahuta, Kenneth Kaszubowski Nomenclature -- Introduction and background -- Literature review -- Methodology -- Results and discussion -- Technical performance: Food waste Into municipal solid waste -- Food waste processed at the POTW -- Food waste processing at the POTW -- Economic impact/Cost analysis: Analysis for the POTW -- Municipal solid waste analysis -- Related issues -- Conclusions and recommendations. The overall goal of this study was to quantify costs and environmental impacts from a policy to require 100% of the households and businesses to process food waste through a Food Waste Disposer (FWD) for the city of Racine, WI. The current (baseline) situation is that approximately 60 percent of Racine’s households have a FWD. The major objectives of this study were: to determine the impacts if the solid waste collection frequency was reduced to every other week from weekly; estimate the costs and or cost benefits to the city of Racine; determine that impacts of the additional food waste at the wastewater treatment plant; and compare the environmental effects if every home and business had a food waste disposer. The city of Racine DPW Solid Waste and Wastewater Utility managers were contracted to obtain operational parameters and costs for the present situation in Racine. This data was compared to national data from other sources including Franklin Associates, US EPA, BioCycle and others. Hypothetically, if all of Racine’s homes had a food waste disposer installed, the solid waste collection frequency could be reduced from every week to every other week. The reduced collection frequency, employee reduction, reduced mileage and fuel costs would reduce the solid waste collection costs by $335,573 per year for the city. This reduced mileage would reduce truck emissions by 26 percent, resulting in 429,868 pounds or 215 tons of reduced air emissions. Routing the additional food waste to the POTW, considering increased operational costs, which would be offset by increased biogas production, would result in a net cost increase at the POTW of $56,723. The overall resultant cost savings to the city of Racine would be $278,850 annually.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Walter Schroeder Library Master's Theses AC805 .S779 2001 Available Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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