1. ORGANICS PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE STUDIES, CERTIFICATION, AND SUCCESS
CRRA 40th Annual Conference &Tradeshow
ORGANICS PROCESSING INFRASTRUCTURE STUDIES, CERTIFICATION, AND SUCCESS

2. TOPICS TO COVER Who we are Why GORE Covered system Our Facility
Challenges-Permitting
Collection Methods/Programs
Success

3. MID VALLEY DISPOSAL-LOCAL AND FAMILY OWNED
Established 1997
Owners and managing team have over 130 years experience combined
Family Owned and Operated
◊Jay Kalpakoff-CEO
◊Natalie Kalpakoff-Secretary
◊Joseph Kalpakoff-President
◊Jonathan Kalpakoff-Vice President
1997 -Today Mid Valley Disposal
Metropolitan Waste Disposal
Cal Waste Removal
1930’s Disposal company in LA

4. Material Recovery Facilities
Transfer Station, MRF, & Corporate HQ
15300 W. Jensen Ave.
Kerman, CA
Fresno MRF & Transfer Station
2721 S. Elm Ave.
Fresno CA

5. Service Area

6. Our Customers 3 Counties (Tulare, Kings, and Fresno)
17 incorporated cities
9 Community Districts
45,000 Residential Accounts
25,000 Commercial Accounts

7. Site Plan

9. The GORE® Covered System
Clean Composting Technology
95% retention rate of order and VOC’s
Other system attributes include small facility footprint, low energy requirements, low operating costs, short installation times, greater than 99% containment of bio-aerosols, and production of compost within 4-8 weeks

10. GORE® COVERED SYSTEM
GORE® Cover delivers In-Vessel performance without the need for buildings or roofed structures.
Capable of processing 2,000 to over 200,000 tons/year in a variety of feedstock including and not limited to; green waste, food waste, biosolids, animal manures, fish and animal waste and MSW.

11. GORE® COVERED SYSTEM
The cost to process through compost ranges from $30-$40 compared to AD processing $60-$100
Green Jobs created with our project
Grant Award from Cal Recycle

12. Construction of Facility

13. Construction of Facility

14. Our Facility Will process (amount of tonnage)
First compost facility in Central Valley to process food waste
Markets will include Agriculture application, customized fertilizer, site improvement projects, storm waster management, erosion control.

15. Permits and Certifications
How many permits did we need? Local and state?
How long did it take for us to clear all permits?
Rule 4566 (composting operations)
VOC ECR’s tons
Notice to Construct Dec 2015
Expect and prepare for delays
Additional unforeseen challenges such as new regulations adopted by the Regional Water Quality Board (RWQB)
Scheduled to begin operation late 2016

16. Commercial Organics Collection Program
City of Fresno-6000 total customers includes 1500 multi-family complexes with food waste generators (restaurants, café’s, food processors, cold storage, cafeterias, Etc.)

17. Educational Efforts

20. Results

21. Results

22. Successful Programs
Fully implemented commercial food waste recycling program within the City of Fresno in 2012.
Started with 10 accounts the first year and today we have over 200 organics commercial accounts
Establishing School pilot programs
Implemented 3 residential pilot organics recycling programs.