Dive Summary:
- Stricter state greenhouse gas and solid waste regulations is forcing Napa Recycling & Waste services to make upgrades throughout its operations.
- Potential upgrades include changes to waste water processing, composting, and conversion of its fleet to CNG.
- The expected cost of the upgrades is $20 million. The company is still determining funding the project. It may come from private financing, California Pollution Control Bonds, or grants from the California Energy Commission.
From the article:
The garbage collector for Napa and unincorporated areas of southern Napa Valley is putting the finishing touches on a new master plan for its main recycling and composting facility at the end of Tower Road, adding reuse of water, conversion of waste to wattage and reduction of compost gas emissions.
Those projects are all part of intertwined efforts to hit city and state targets for reducing greenhouse, noxious and diesel engine emissions; trimming the tally of trash ending up in landfills and keep more rainwater and treated process waste water on site, according to Greg Kelley, general manager of Napa Recycling & Waste Services and Napa County Recycling & Waste Services. The estimated cost for all the upgrades is about $20 million.
