Public Works Budget Session Focuses on Waste Disposal Costs, Scholl Canyon, Waste to Energy Plans 3

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Glendale Public Works Director Steve Zurn discussed Scholl Canyon’s remaining life as a municipal dump, and ways (and means) to transform it into a waste-to-energy/gasification plant, during yesterday’s city council budget study session.

Zurn said Public Works is discussing the idea with three vendors and working on feasibility studies, after council member Laura Friedman asked him about federal stimulus funds available through 2010 for accepted bids on green technology waste-to-energy sites.

Zurn has also met with Los Angeles Public Works and Bureau of Sanitation staff to explore cooperating on a waste conversion project at Scholl. Working with Los Angeles to transform Scholl’s existing disposal site seems a much better approach to solving the area’s waste disposal problems than LA’s current proposal.

In meetings and follow up correspondence with Los Angeles city staff, Zurn has expressed Glendale’s opposition to a proposed LA waste disposal facility in North Atwater, due to its inherent environmental impacts and its “negative integration with the LA River revitalization project.”

3 thoughts on “Public Works Budget Session Focuses on Waste Disposal Costs, Scholl Canyon, Waste to Energy Plans”

  • Aaron

    I don’t know if this particular company is one of the three being considered for the proposed waste-to-energy/gasification plant, but I came across one company based in Canada, and they have this neat video of how the process actually works. It really seems like interesting technology, and I hope that it will become a more widespread solution to our garbage problem:

    http://www.plascoenergygroup.com/?Media_Centre#Animated-Video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YllIj_bzl5A

  • editor Post author

    I watched the youtube video; the promotional piece makes the technology sound like a dream solution to the waste disposal problem. Perhaps there are adverse environmental impacts left unmentioned?

  • Aaron

    I have browsed the company website, and I agree, it certainly seems like a dream. I would like to hope that are no adverse environmental impacts, they seem to be quite transparent with results from their test facility. It is something I will certainly keep my eye on! Perhaps these types of gasification plants are the best solution for today, until we find a way to really reduce the amount of garbage/waste we create.

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