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General News: Village, Town May Use New Trash Site
June 17, 2011
By Charlie B. Scirbona
Both the Town of Cornwall and Village of Cornwall-on-Hudson are considering signing with Taylor Biomass to process the town and village’s garbage – but they only have a few more days to lock in a low starting price.
A representative from the company pitched this concept at the most recent town board work session and the village board of trustees’ work session Monday. The group is currently building a gasification plant in Montgomery that its representative, James Rollins, said would come fully online in December of 2012.
Rollins offered the village board a proposal that would lower the cost of disposing waste from $80 a ton to $66 a ton; this was the same offer the town received. Future increases could occur, according to the offer. Rollins said that the transfer station in Newburgh that the two municipalities now use would also shut down when the new plant in Montgomery comes online, leaving the town and village to either sign on with Taylor Biomass or haul garbage to the nearest county-run transfer station in New Hampton. County officials are also considering long-term contracts for garbage disposals that include a possible deal with Taylor.
The village board asked few questions because of time constraints, but were interested to know how many municipalities had already signed on, as well as wondering if the town was receptive. Rollins said that as of Monday only one town in Orange County had signed up and wouldn’t say officially if the town of Cornwall had made a decision.
Rollins said that Taylor Biomass is looking for a decision from both the village and the town by the end of June.
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This is wonderful news. I fully support our leadership in pursuing this agreement with Taylor Recycling. The Taylor facility is poised to be an historic world-wide, long term solution to generating sustainable, clean energy, creating jobs, and easing dependence on foreign oil.
posted by Regina McGrade on 06/17/11 at 12:31 PM
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Yes, I would agree this may be promising news, but I would hope the town and village boards will educate themselves on this operation before making a long term commitment based solely on monetary logic. Is this company taking both organic and inorganic waste matter from us to process at this gasification plant? If inorganic material is included, what are the airborne by-products? Small cities in Europe are already doing this, but only for organic waste, and they are having a very positive result.
posted by Rick Gioia on 06/21/11 at 11:31 PM
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The way in which the electricity will be produced will be through a gasification process using a three-part integrated system that can convert the organic biomass part of mixed solid waste to power.
The facility will accept mixed solid waste where it will be sorted and separated along with woody wastes and debris such as that which comes from construction and demolition sites. Out of this it will be capable of producing a biomass-processed fuel supply that will be both stable and cost-effective. This in itself will help to reduce the landfill waste.
The biomass-processed fuel will be used to feed the gasification process where a synthetic gas will be produced which will serve a similar purpose as that of natural gas. The gasification process will then be used in the production of electricity making it a process that is truly renewable, much more environmentally friendly than conventional combustion methods and cost-effective. It will be a model that should revolutionize the way in which biomass energy is produced.
posted by Regina McGrade on 06/23/11 at 11:09 AM
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