NaturTech Facilities
Land Recovery, Inc.
Puyallup, Washington
Contact - Recycling Services Coordinator Jeff Gage 253-847-7555
Private operation at sanitary landfill site
Began operations May 1997 - Capacity 27 to 100 Tons Per Day
15 - fifty cubic yard digesters
20 - forty cubic yard curing bins
5 - twenty cubic yard biofilters
- yard trimmings
- food residuals from grocery stores and restaurants
- waxed corrugated cardboard
- food contaminated paper and tissue, and food processing by-products
- NaturTech equipment is used for initial 15 day composting with 30 day curing.
- Curing bins are tarped with Gortex fabric to capture condensate and keep out rainfall
Southern Minnesota Compost
A division of Southern Minnesota Construction
Mankato, Minnesota
Contact - CEO Dick Lundin 507-625-4848
Superintendent Mike Guillemette 507-388-3122
- Private operation at yard trimming composting site
- Began operations July 1, 1994
- Capacity 8-12 Tons Per Day
- Brush
- Soy Scraps
- Leaves
- Grass Clippings
- Animal Manures
- Animal Mortalities
- Hydrocarbon Contaminates Soils
- Food Scraps from Restaurants, Grocers, Paper Products
- Compost sold to landscapers and highway construction projects $8.00 to $12.00 per cubic yard
City of Hutchinson
Hutchinson, Minnesota
Contact - City Manager Gary Plotz 320-587-5151
Wastewater Treatment Facility Director Randy DeVries 320-234-4232
Municipal operation at wastewater treatment facility
- Began operations February 1, 1995
- Capacity 4- 6 Tons per Day
- Four forty cubic yard digesters
- One twenty cubic yard biofilter
- Aerobic Wastewater Treatment Biosolids thickened to 15% solids
- Leaves, Chipped Wood Scraps, Shredded brush, Chipped Pallets
- Animal Manures, Wood Shavings, Sawdust, Soy Scraps
- Food scraps from Restaurants, Grocers
- Paper products
- Residential source separated organics
- Compost used in city operations for parks and forestry.
- Bulk marketing at $10.00 per cubic yard or by the 40 lb. bag at $1.00 per bag
- Expansion to 20 tons per day began April, 2001
- City received expansion grant from McLeod County and State of Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance
US Naval Air Station
Whidbey Island, Washington
Contact Paul Brewer 360-257-6962
Contract awarded January 1999 - Begin operating September 1999
- food scraps from commissary, wood chips from pallets
- Source-separated organics from 5,000 residents on base
- Non-recyclable paper
- Design capacity - 6 TPD
- Five forty cubic yard digesters
- One biofilter
- Compost used on base
Cold Spring, Minnesota
Contact Brad Matuska
Phone: 320-685-7676
Contract awarded January 1999 - Began operating September 1999
- Design Capacity - 18 TPD
- Twelve forty cubic yard digesters
- Two thirty cubic yard biofilters
- Undigested biosolids from Gold'n Plump Poultry, Inc.
- Wood chips from pallets
- Wood shavings from cabinet manufacturers
- Yard trimmings
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