When: Friday, May 1, 2015
Time: 10:30 am - 2:15 pm (EST)
Where: Lee (5500 Church Road, Felda, FL 33930) and Charlotte County (29751 Zemel Road, Punta Gorda, FL 33955) *Directions to Lee County Facility: 5500 Church Rd. From SR 29, after passing through Labelle, turn right onto Church Rd just before Felda. 6 miles and turn right at the stop sign. From the west, SR 82 from I-75 towards Immokalee, turn left on Church Rd (turn at cell phone tower), 3 miles north, gate directly in front of you at stop sign.
Registration fee: $35 for RFT Members; $50 Non-RFT Members
Tour Itinerary 10:30- 11:30 a.m. - Lee County Composting Facility Tour. 11:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch to be provided by RFT and travel to Charlotte County Landfill 1:30 – 2:15 p.m. - Synagro’s Charlotte County Composting Facility Tour.
What can attendees expect to experience: Attendees will be able visit Lee County to tour the facilities material receiving, pile construction, monitoring and testing, quality control practices and final product finishing. After lunch, attendees will continue the tour to see grinding operations of yard waste to mulch, receiving of bio-solids, mixing/creation of windrows, and final screening operation to produce compost product at Synagro's Charlotte County Composting Facility. In addition, County personnel will be on hand to answer any other questions about the landfill, C&D operation or baling operation there on the compound. About the sponsors: Lee County Solid Waste - Lee County began operations in 2010. Since then the facility has processed over 60,000 tons of biosolids. Most material is distributed to local agriculture. The tour will focus on the daily operations at the facility including: material receiving, pile construction, monitoring and testing, quality control practices, and final product finishing. Synagro - At Synagro, we harness the power of proven technologies to create sustainable solutions for the natural waste challenges generated by civic and commercial growth. Welcome to Synagro, where the pursuit of synchronization helps people and the planet thrive. Thank you Event Sponsor
What can attendees expect to experience: Attendees will be able visit Lee County to tour the facilities material receiving, pile construction, monitoring and testing, quality control practices and final product finishing. After lunch, attendees will continue the tour to see grinding operations of yard waste to mulch, receiving of bio-solids, mixing/creation of windrows, and final screening operation to produce compost product at Synagro's Charlotte County Composting Facility.
In addition, County personnel will be on hand to answer any other questions about the landfill, C&D operation or baling operation there on the compound.
About the sponsors:
Lee County Solid Waste - Lee County began operations in 2010. Since then the facility has processed over 60,000 tons of biosolids. Most material is distributed to local agriculture. The tour will focus on the daily operations at the facility including: material receiving, pile construction, monitoring and testing, quality control practices, and final product finishing.
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