Authority Expands MWM's Duties at IWPF
The decision, effective Feb.1, was by vote during a specially called meeting and gives MWM responsibility for daily operations. The Crisp authority, however, will maintain ownership of the facility.
Atlanta-based MWM designed and built the U.S.$54-million south-Georgia facility, beginning in 1992. It originally had a five-year advisory management agreement to market the materials of value extracted from the waste stream.
The Crisp facility began operation in August 1998, serving a total of 43 participating governmental jurisdictions. Roughly half of the materials diverted from landfill have been sent to the adjacent composting operation. Any unused waste has been baled and placed in the new Subtitle D balefill.
As part of the original plan, MWM has sold or created uses for all of the materials of value, John Hayes, president and CEO of MWM said. The facility is permitted to handle up to 1700 tons of waste a day. Currently, approximately 800 tons per day is entering the system.
"We need to stay on track with our plans to divert up to 80% of the waste going into our landfill, and MWM can help us do that," said Chip Wells, executive director of the authority.
The 54-acre site services more than 85,000 customers with five transfer stations and has added nearly 200 jobs in Crisp County since opening.
MWM is a design-build firm engaged in marketing and general management of turnkey projects aimed at solving the critical problems faced by the waste services industry.
Contact: Municipal Waste Management, Atlanta, GA. Tel: 800- 840-0270; E-mail: mdonohoo@muniwaste.com