Two lines are used the rest of the week so that lines can be alternated and receive maintenance. Each line has a capacity to process 1,000 tons per day. Mondays are the busiest processing days while Saturdays are the slowest. Plant contains 2 boilers. The plant operates one turbine generator.
Resource recovery includes energy, ferrous metals and aluminum.
The plant uses two dry scrubbers and two electrostatic precipitators for air pollution control. How The Plant Works MSW is unloaded onto a tipping floor by private haulers and SWA transfer trailer vehicles. The flail mill tears open the plastic bags and the garbage falls onto a conveyor line. Ferrous metal is removed from each line by an overhead magnet. RDF Storage Building - Enough fuel is stored in this building to run the power plant for two days.