The Santa Barbara County, California ReSource Center processes about 550 to 600 tons/day of mixed MSW via its materials recovery, anaerobic digestion and composting facilities.
In 2009, the Santa Barbara County Department of Public Works issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a private developer to implement a resource recovery project at its Tajiguas Landfill in Goleta, California. The main project components in the RFP were a materials recovery facility (MRF) and an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility. The landfill receives waste from the South Coast and Santa Ynez Valley areas of the county, and the city of Santa Barbara — representing more than 250,000 of the county’s 450,000 residents. About 5% of all material received at the AD facility is source separated commercial organics from local hotels, restaurants, grocery stores, and the University of California, Santa Barbara. More >>