PurchasingProcessing
Equipment and Vehicles for
Equipment
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and

Vehicles
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for

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March8,2012
Agenda
Agenda
Welcome&Introduction
Md t
M
o
d
era
t
or:
ChristinevonKolnitzCooley,SustainabilityManager,
MedicalUniversityofSouthCarolina

Speakers:
Sheela Backen,IntegratedSolidWasteProgramManager,
Cl d S Ui i
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tate
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n
i
vers
i
ty
MichaelMitchner,RecyclingandWasteOperationsManager,
Michigan State University
Michigan

State

University
Q&A
SHEELABACKEN
ISWPROGRAMMANAGER
COLORADOSTATEUNIVERSITY
FortCollins,Colorado
Recycling Vehicles

Recycling

Vehicles
Where westarted
In 1990 we started with a ½ ton truck with a cover over the box of the truck and
a lift gate We filled it with cardboard several times a day and empty It at our
a

lift

gate
.
We

filled

it

with

cardboard

several

times

a

day


and

empty

It

at

our

storage area where a bailer was located. In the afternoon the truck was filled
with cages to pick-up co-mingled containers, office paper and newspaper from
55 gal drums.
Equipment
Equipment
The recycle items were taken to our
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y
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a

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e
d
or sor
t
e
d
Outdoor Equipment
Outdoor

Equipment
F 1990 199 d
I 199 d i
F
rom
1990
to
199
5 we use
d

anything we could for outdoor
recycling bins.
I
n
199
5 we starte
d
us
i

ng
Schaffer poly-carts with
rubber wheels. We have had
some of these on campus for
some

of

these

on

campus

for

over 17 years and they are
still holding up well.
Equipment Change s
Equipment

Change s
In 1995 we bought bigger trucks and looked at better ways to pick
In

1995

we

bought


bigger

trucks

and

looked

at

better

ways

to

pick
-
up recycling. We replaced the ½ ton truck with a 16 ft cube van
and had a custom 16 yard-four compartment recycle truck made
that could lift the 95 gal recycle bins.
Equipment
Equipment
• Automationofthe
bailingprocesshelpedto
improve the time spent
improve

the


time

spent

bailingcardboard.Thisis
a
M
a
r
at
h
o
n
Ge
mini
a aat o Ge
serieshorizontalbailer
withaconveyor.
Equipment Change s
Equipment

Change s
We lost our sorting and storage area in 2003 due to a snow storm that
colla
p
sed the buildin
g
. In 2004 we bou
g

ht a 26
y
ard automated side loader
pg gy
to handle the single stream recycling pick-ups. In 2009 we bought a 13 yard
rear load truck for cardboard. These trucks improved our pick-up times and
could handle the increased quantities from single stream recycling.
BestEquipment
 Cardboardisoneofthebiggest
challenges,wehavefoundthatarear
load truck works well for this application
load

truck

work s

well

for

this

application
.
Withahydraulicliftonthebackofthis
truckitca nalsobeusedtoemptypoly‐
cartswhentheside‐loaderis down.
 Aside‐loaderworksverywelltoempty
95‐

g
al
p
ol
y
‐carts.Wehavefo undthatwe
g py
canemptythecardboardbinswiththis
truckalsowhentherearloadisdown.

A 16 to 20 ft cube van or stake
bed to

A

16

to

20

ft

cube

van

or

stake

‐
bed

to

deliver/pick‐uppoly‐cartsforeventsor
officeclean‐outsworksverywell.
Best Equipment
Best

Equipment
• ShafferCartshavebeenthe
best investment for our 95 and
best

investment

for

our

95

and

65galloncarts.
•
Somat is the pulper that is
•
Somat


is

the

pulper

that

is

usedatourdininghalls.We
havehadnomechanical
problemswiththese
machines.
Best Equipment
Best

Equipment
Rubbermaid Slim Jims work well in copy rooms, mail rooms and
classrooms. Rubbermaid 2956 - 28 qt bins work well for under the desk
recycling in offices. Public Square recycle bins work well in hallways (we
don’t use the tallest bins due to injury risk).
Questions?
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M
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M
i
tc
h
ner
Recycling/WasteManagementOperationsManager
MichiganStateUniversity
East Lansing MI
East

Lansing
,
MI
SurplusandRecycling Vehicles
6Serviceboxtrucks
5 front load trucks
5

front

load

trucks
3roll‐offtrucks
1 flatbed truck
1

flatbed


truck
1semi‐tractor
1 bkh /f t
d ld
1

b
ac
kh
oe
/f
ron
t
‐en
d

l
oa
d
er
FrontloadTrucksSer v ice
•
P
aper
P
aper

• Trash
Pl ti

•
Pl
as
ti
c
• Householdmetal
• Cardboard
AutoCarChassis/Heil HalfPack
/ $
44YardFrontLoad
–
W
/
scale
$
253,000
Costofaddingon‐boardscaletoex istin gfleet‐ $13,000perF/Ltruck
Roll‐off
T
ruck
•
Cardboard
•
Cardboard
• Metal
• Trash
• Constructionanddemolition
• Organics/pulpedmaterial
ServiceBoxTruck
E

terior re lin and
U
niversity reuse items
E
x
terior

rec
y
cling

and
miscellaneousitems
U
niversity

reuse

items
‐ Officefurniture
‐ Labs
‐ Tonercartridges
‐
F
luorescent tubes
‐ Housing
‐ Athletics
‐ Farmequipment
F
luorescent


tubes
‐ Pallets
‐ Securitydocuments
‐ Officecleanouts
Split body front load
Split

body

front

load
• Placedintoser viceJanuary2011
•
Gained
effic iencies:
•
Gained

effic iencies:
– Eliminated2.5truckroutes
– Saved15laborhour/weekinMaterialRec overyFacility(MRF)operation
AutoCar Chassis/Ka hn SplitBodyDualPack,w/scale$271,000
Technolo
gy

gy
• Onboardtruckscales
–

Provides by
‐
building data for all material
• iPads
– Allowspaperlesscollectionofdatainrealtime
Provides

by
building

data

for

all

material
– 2008VulcanScalemodelV600
– FileMakerdatabase
• Supportsby‐buildingreportsfortheentirecampus
NewProcesses
•
Full
size certified truck scale
•
Full
‐
size

certified


truck

scale
– Allloadsareweighedbeforegoin gtothe
landfill
–
Outbound loads are weig hed for accuracy
Outbound

loads

are

weighed

for

accuracy
– Othercampusdepartmentsandcommercial
truckingcompaniesutilizethescale
–
Efficiencies gained:
Efficiencies

gained:
• Increasedlandfillloads(weightswentfrom
18,000lbs.to22,500lbs.)
• Weeklylandfilltripswerereducedfrom20
to12

NewProcesses
• Recyclingorganicmaterialsfromthecampusfoodsystem
‐ BrodyComplexpulper diverts10,000‐12,000lbs.offoodwaste aweekto
AbiDi t h f ilit
A
naero
bi
c
Di
ges
t
erresearc
h

f
ac
ilit
y
‐ StudentOrganicFarmvermicompostingdiverts1,500lbs.offoodwasteaweek
SelfContainedRoll‐offUnits
• Roll‐offtrucksareusedtoservicehighvol umecardboard
facilities
,

(p
rimaril
y
reside ntialhalls
)


,
(p y
)
• MSUutilizesastr ategiccominglingprocess
FrontLoadCompactors
• Usedforcardboardandlandfill
• Highvolu meresidentialbuildings
•
Large university buildings
•
Large

university

buildings
• Athleticvenues
• Pricingrangesfrom$18,000to$25,000perUnit
Docks
• Corrugatedcardboard
• Sortedwhiteledger
StandardCurbCarts
• Mixedofficepaper
• Oldnewspaper
• Plastic
• Household metal
fd ld
35,65,and95gallon
• Con
f
i

d
entia
l

d
ocuments
• Styrofoam
• Glass
• TonerCartridges
l b
TipCarts
1and2yard
• F
l
uorescentTu
b
es
Hampers
½ and ¾ yard
Varietyofbrandsused:
Toter,Schafer,Dandux,Cascade,Poly‐Trux
½

and

¾

yar d