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A
As
story
County's
population
continues
to
grow.
We
are
always
thinking
about
ways
to
preserve
our
natural
resources
while
providing
reliable
energy.
How
can
we
reduce
our
dependence
upon
fossil
fuels
while
creating
clean
renewable
electricity?
How
can
we
recycle
more
and
stop
using
valuable
land
very
crash
when
you
take
out
the
trash?
Do
you
care
where
it
goes?
When
you
use
electricity,
do
you
care
where
it
comes
from?
A
If
you're
like
us,
you
do
that's
why
all
of
us
at
the
resource
recovery
plant,
are
working
to
create
safe,
sensible
waste
disposal,
programs
that
bring
communities
a
reliable
supply
of
clean,
affordable
energy
every
year
the
resource
recovery
plants
facilities
safely
process
waste,
while
producing
refuse-derived
fuel
for
the
power
plant.
Have
you
ever
wondered
what
happens
after
you
reduce,
reuse
and
recycle
in
your
own
home
or
office
after
you
leave
your
trash
and
recyclables
at
the
curb
or
at
the
recycling
center?
What
happens
next?
A
Well,
that's
exactly
where
the
resource
recovery
plant
comes
in
from
its
beginnings
in
the
early
1970s,
the
waste
to
energy
industry
has
developed
state
of
the
art
technology,
making
it
one
of
the
cleanest
forms
of
electricity
generation.
The
Arnold
Oh
champion
resource
recovery
plant
was
the
first
munis
fully
operated
waste-to-energy
facility
in
the
nation
built
in
1975
at
facilities
like
ours.
You
will
find
the
technology
that
separates
a
modern
resource
recovery
facility
from
incinerators
of
the
past
trash
from
Ames
and
the
surrounding
communities
in
Story.
County
is
brought
here
by
waste
haulers
and
residents.
A
Upon
arrival.
The
resource
recovery
plant,
recovers,
reusable
metals
and
refuse
metals
are
extracted
using
powerful
magnets
and
sold
to
scrap
dealers
for
recycling.
The
rest
of
the
waste
is
shredded
by
machines
and
falls
into
two
categories.
The
non
burnable
material
is
sent
to
a
landfill.
Since
it
is
shredded,
it
takes
up
much
less
volume
in
the
landfill
than
it
would
if
it
were
buried
whole.
We
believe
it
is
better
to
generate
electricity
with
our
waste
than
to
bury
it
in
a
landfill.
A
Through
this
process,
more
than
80
acres
of
Iowa
farmland
have
been
saved
from
becoming
a
landfill.
In
addition,
more
that's
4,600
homes
are
provided
electricity.
Each
year
the
burnable
portion
of
the
garbage
becomes
refuse-derived,
fuel
or
RDF,
which
is
piped
to
the
city's
power
plant.
It
is
used
as
a
renewable
supplemental
fuel
in
the
natural
gas
boilers
to
generate
electricity.
Rdf
is
blown
into
the
boilers
where
the
combustion
process
takes
place.
A
Water
is
heated
in
metal
tubes
that
form
the
walls
of
the
boiler
where
it
is
then
turned
to
steam
and
sent
through
a
turbine
continuously
generating
electricity
that
electricity
is
sent
out
to
the
grid
to
power
homes
and
businesses.
The
power
plants
distributed
control
system
ensures
efficient
combustion
in
the
boilers
at
temperatures
over
2,600
degrees
Fahrenheit.
This
is
key
to
the
power
plants
outstanding
record
of
reduced
emissions.
A
The
electrostatic
precipitator
removes
particles
in
the
flue
gas,
while
a
computer
system
continuously
monitors
the
flue
gases
for
environmental
compliance,
you
may
be
wondering
how
our
operation
differs
from
a
landfill,
and
why
does
it
matter
if
your
trash
goes
to
a
landfill?
If
you
recycle
anyway,
even
if
you
have
a
world-class
recycling
program,
your
towns,
businesses
and
citizens
will
still
produce
a
lot
of
trash,
and
that
has
to
be
disposed
of.
So
the
question
is:
what
are
you
going
to
do
with
all
the
trash
that
remains
after
recycling?
A
The
u.s.
recycling
is
always
the
preferred
first
step
for
managing
waste.
In
fact,
at
resource
recovery
we
recover
and
recycle
more
than
2000
tons
of
metal
every
year,
but
not
all
waste
can
be
recycled
and
after
recycling
you
can
either
bury
the
waste
in
a
landfill,
or
you
can
use
our
advanced
process
to
turn
that
trash
into
clean,
reliable,
economical
and
renewable
electricity.
A
Many
of
the
countries
that
lead
the
world
in
recycling
also
recognize
that
waste
is
a
valuable
resource
that
can
be
turned
into
renewable
energy
and
added
directly
to
the
electricity
grid,
and
many
of
those
countries
have
also
recognized
greenhouse
gases
as
the
leading
cause
of
climate
change.
Did
you
know
that
when
greenhouse
gases
are
released
into
the
Earth's
atmosphere,
they
trap
infrared
radiation
from
sunlight
and
that's
what
leads
to
the
increase
in
the
average
temperature
of
the
earth
when
garbage
decomposes
in
landfills?
A
It
produces
huge
quantities
of
methane
and
methane
makes
up
almost
20%
of
the
greenhouse
gases
that
cause
global
warming.
Some
landfills
now
capture
a
portion
of
methane
and
use
it
to
make
electricity.
We
think
there's
a
far
better
approach,
eliminate
the
methane
entirely
by
replacing
the
landfill
with
a
modern
energy
from
waste
facility
which
generates
no
methane
emissions
at
all
and
is
five
times
more
efficient
at
producing
electricity.
It's
estimated
for
every
one
tonne
of
waste
we
convert
into
electricity.
We
also
reduce
one
tonne
of
co2
emissions
at
resource
recovery.
A
We
say:
energy
from
waste
is
a
triple
whammy:
less
dependence
on
fossil
fuel,
fewer
landfills
and
lower
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
Here
at
the
city
of
Ames,
we
are
committed
to
renewable
sources
of
energy
generation
like
wind
and
solar
power.
We
have
wind
power
in
our
portfolio
and
offer
photovoltaic
rebates
for
solar
power
options,
and,
while
those
are
excellent
sources
of
renewable
energy,
we're
going
to
need
all
the
alternatives
to
fossil
fuel
we
can
get.
But
in
each
of
those
examples
you
can
only
create
electricity
under
specific
conditions.
A
Currently
8%
of
the
United
States
electricity
comes
from
hydro,
while
all
the
other
renewable
sources
combined
make
up
only
about
2%
at
resource
recovery.
We're
committed
to
reduce,
reuse
and
recycle
for
a
cleaner
world.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
waste
disposal
call
the
plant
at
five
one:
five,
two
three:
nine
five
one:
three
seven
or
visit
us
online
at
city
of
Ames,
org,
slash
smart
trash.