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Yahoo!Eight companies have been invited to submit formal proposals on how they might convert the vast reservoirs of trash piling into the Tajiguas Landfill — at a rate of 220,000 tons a year — into methane, electricity, and compost. The deal is part of a joint effort initiated last year by both the City and the County of Santa Barbara to extend the effective lifespan of Tajiguas—which will reach its capacity in 12 years—and produce green energy for local consumption. The eight semi-finalists represent three competing technologies, and all would nearly double the landfill’s current tipping fee of $60 a ton in order to cover the cost of producing energy. Some applicants claim they could divert from 85 to 100 percent of the refuse now entering the landfill. City and county trash engineers are hoping to entice Goleta and Solvang into the effort to defray costs. City bean counters estimate they and the county will incur nearly $300,000 in planning and legal costs — to be split — by the time the bids are finally submitted.
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It may be a long shot put it's worth the try. Congratulations to County Solid Waste for trying to be at the cutting edge of trash recycling and co-generation technology.
Noletaman (anonymous profile)
May 15, 2008 at 4:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Hmmmm another $60 x 220,000 tons = $13.2 million per year in additional revenue for the County.
Great way to rip off the the its citizens and delay building a Material Recovery Facility where all trash should go before any landfill.
Georgy (anonymous profile)
May 16, 2008 at 1:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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