Waste Stream Management
Waste Stream Management
Objective: Maximize Recycling – Minimize Need for Lined Landfill Space Trash
Trash
LJP Picks Up and Transports
- Trash Compactors
- 1 Julia Sears -40yd
- 1 Student Union -35yd
- 1 Taylor Center Dock -35yd
- 1 University Dining -35yd
Open Trash Dumpsters
- 1 Alumni Foundation Center – 3yd
- 1 Andreas Black Box Theater – 6yd
- 2 Armstrong Hall – 8yd
- 1 Blakeslee Stadium – 4yd
- 1 Blakeslee Stadium – 8yd
- 2 Blakeslee Stadium/Lot 20 - 8yd
- 3 Blakeslee Stadium/Lot 20 - 2yd
- 1 Memorial Library – 8yd
- 1 Nelson Hall/Courtyard - 8 yd
- 1 Performing Arts – 8yd
- 1 Performing Arts –30yd open top
- 1 Sports Dome - 8yd
- 1 Trafton Center – 8yd
- 1 Wiecking Center – 8yd
- 1 Wiecking Center – 30yd open top
Minnesota Waste Processing Company
- Managed by LJP Enterprises (Mankato)
LJP - Third Avenue Site in Mankato
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Large objects separated with magnets or by hand.
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Bottles, plastics, and other refuse trash heated and converted to RDF (refuse derived fuel)
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RDF used by Xcel Energy & burned at energy plants.
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Leftover ash put in lined landfill (2-3%)
Recycling
LJP Picks Up and Transports
Roll-off Lidded Recycling Dumpsters
- 2 Armstrong Hall (1 cardboard, 1 co-mingled -20yd
- 2 Julia Sears/Utility Plant (co-mingled -30yd) 1University Dining (co-mingled -30yd)
- 8-yard Dumpsters
- 1 Julia Sears (cardboard)
- 1 Memorial Library (cardboard)
- 1 Taylor Center (cardboard) 1 Wiecking Center (cardboard)
- 4 Yard Dumpsters
- 4 Student Union (cardboard)
Cardboard Compactors
- 1 Trafton Center (cardboard -40yd RecBox)
- 1 University Dining (cardboard -40yd)
Co-Mingled (Glass, Plastic, Aluminum) Rolling Bins
- Each Residence Hall Floor, Lobby and Kitchen
- Student Union
- Academic Buildings
Office Recycling Boxes
- Residence Halls
- Student Union
- Academic Buildings
Paper/Cardboard Recycling Rolling Bins
- Each Residence Hall Floor, Lobby and Kitchen
- Student Union
- Academic Buildings
Compost
LJP Picks Up and Transports
Food Composting
- 27 University Dining 48-gallon carts
SMSC Shakopee (Good Thunder, MN)
Waste & Recycling Flow Chart
Trash
MN WASTE PROCESSING CO., Mankato, MN
Large objects (mattresses, carpets, furniture, etc.) are seperated. The remaining materials are considered to be RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel). RDF is sent to WILMARTH POWER PLANT in Mankato, MN to produce electrical energy. Typically 9% or less is non useable and placed in landfill.
Recycling
Co-Mingled
BLUE EARTH CO RECYCLING CENTER Mankato, MN (no sorting, transport by semi-truck)
DEM-MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY (MRF) Shakopee, MN. Sorted & baled to be sold to end markets to be reused into new items. Unwanted items are considered contaminants and are incinerated.
Paper/Cardboard
LJP North Mankato, MN
Compress cardboard into larger bales. Transport to different fiber mills, where cardboard is shredded, pulped & transformed into new cardboard materials.
Compost
SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY (SMSC) - Organics Reycling Facility Shakopee, MN
Recycle organic materials like paper, food & yard waste.
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Recycling @ Minnesota State Mankato
Encouraging responsible stewardship of our resources on and off campus.
