[USCC] private/public compost site arrangements

[Matthew Cotton]

Brenda -

There are probably a dozen examples of publicly owned-privately  
operated composting facilities that I can think of (and there are  
probably more). The essence of a good public private partnership is  
when each entity does what it does best, i.e., the public entity   
provides capital and long-term planning, the private entity provides  
entrepreneurial skills, flexibility, and (hopefully) efficiency. Easy  
to say, harder to pull off sometimes in the real world. Arrangements  
I've seen run the gamut from a strict land-lease agreement to much  
more complicated and intricate. As in any partnership, the more that  
is spelled out in advance the better.

One example/model that may be useful is the Sonoma County Waste  
Management Agency, which operates the Sonoma County Central Landfill.  
The County runs the scalehouse, numerous separate entities collect  
and deliver yard trimmings to the facility and the Sonoma Compost  
Company (a private for-profit company) runs the composting site.

The contract has a number of useful provisions dealing with  
acceptance criteria, payment, production of compost, etc.  Check out  
www.recyclenow.org.  The Agency's director is Ken Wells.

I did  a presentation on this at SWANA back in 1995. I will send you  
a copy separately so as not to tie up list-serve bandwidth.

Hope this is useful.

Matthew Cotton
Integrated Waste Management Consulting, LLC
19375 Lake City Road
Nevada City, CA  95959
(530) 265-4560
Fax (530) 265-4547
matt at mattcotton.com
www.mattcotton.com

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On Jan 9, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Brenda Platt wrote:

> Can anyone share some examples of private/public compost facility
> arrangements?  Are there any with shared revenue arrangements?  Any
> good examples of county/municipalities providing the land? What do
> they get in return?  Nature of arrangements? etc.
>
> ILSR will share this info with the Carroll County Environmental
> Advisory Council (MD).  ILSR is advocating for composting in Carroll
> and Frederick Counties, MD, in lieu of a planned waste incinerator.
> For what it is worth, we are not paid consultants.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brenda
>
> -- 
> Brenda Platt
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