GREAT WESTERN RECLAMATION, INC. TECHNICAL PROPOSAL PART 1

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corner of the facility. With all public service functions located together at the south end of the site, residents will be able to conveniently drop off recyclable, waste, and B.O.P. items. Paint will be reprocessed by a paint manufacturer and returned and made available free of charge to Santa Ana residents and businesses for use in graffiti removal. Weighing of Materials The weighing of materials diverted and disposed is a critical element of the City of Santa Ana's ability to meet AB 939 mandates. The SAMRF will be equipped to provide clear, accurate weights for the City based on the actual amounts diverted and disposed. This differs from, and is more accurate than, other approaches which take averages based on SRRE data or periodic sorting of loads to get template compositions. The SAMRF will track material diversion and disposal from the City of Santa Ana by physically segregating the City's wastestream from that of other participating cities. This method will provide an exact accounting of the amount of material received, diverted and disposed by material type for the City. For residential, commercial, arterial and City government waste, two sorting lines will be dedicated for the City of Santa Ana in the Mixed Solid Waste Processing Building. Incoming trucks from the City will be weighed at the east gate for a total weight and proceed to tip their loads in proximity to the designated sorting lines. Waste will be segregated from other cities by portable concrete barriers. All material recovered across the sorting lines will be dropped through chutes into City-designated roll-off or tilt bins. When a bin fills with material, it will be replaced by an empty Santa Ana bin, taken to the Recyclable Material Processing Building, weighed and recorded and prepared and shipped to market. The quantity and type of material 53