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New York State Empire Development EMIG Recycling Investment Program: Funded Projects for NYC 1994-August, 1999 American Soil, Inc. Award Amount: $24,640; Total
Project Cost: $30,800. RD&D project to develop a
merchant, open-air windrow composting facility in the
Capital District. The facility will be sized to compost up
to 50,000 tons per year of yard waste, food waste and soiled
paper (primarily from supermarkets). Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association.
Award Amount: $732,870; Total Project Cost: $2,110,647. To
complete the pre-construction development work necessary for
the Bronx Community Paper Company pulp mill, to be built in
the South Bronx. Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association.
Award Amount: $90,000; Total Project Cost: $225,000.
Continuation of pre-development work associated with the
Bronx Community Paper Company to finalize implementation
plans and contracts associated with wastepaper sourcing and
sorting, marketing clay fiber by-product, and pulp
off-take. Boro Recycling, Inc. Award Amount: $100,000; Total
Project Cost: $171,327. RD&D project to determine the
composition of a contaminant identified in processed,
recovered glass and the best way to remove it. The project
will also assess markets for micronized glass. Success of
this project could result in a 100,000 ton per year glass
processing and manufacturing operation in the New York
Metropolitan Region. Boro, Recycling, Inc. Award Amount: $100,000;
Total Project Cost: $204,014. RD&D project to design a
facility capable of processing recovered, mixed cullet to be
used in high-value applications. Success of this project
could result in a marketplace for more than 100,000 tons of
glass per year and creation of 25-30 jobs. Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.
Award Amount: $75,000; Total Project Cost: $129,763. This is
an RD&D project to determine the feasibility of
organizing the Bronx's recycling-based companies into a
recycling industrial park. Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.
Award Amount: $500,000; Total Project Cost: $10,047,000.
Capital project to assist RB Rubber Products, Inc. set up a
tire reclamation and rubber product manufacturing facility
in the Bronx. This project will result in the employment of
150 persons and the utilization of four million tires per
year. Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation. Award
Amount: $308,000; Total Project Cost: $878,000. Capital
project to help Great Harbor Design Center establish a
manufacturing facility in southwest Brooklyn to
makeS102crete, a newly invented solid-surface construction
material made from 83% recycled glass and concrete. Success
of this project will result in a new manufacturing plant in
a designated Economic Development Zone that will create 47
new jobs in 2 years (63 full-time employees by the end of
year 3) and use at least 2,300 tons of recovered glass. City Green, Inc. Award Amount: $84,000; Total
Project Cost: $253,191. RD&D project to test a
Bedminster Bioconversion in-vessel composting system on
Staten Island for its ability to process a variety of
food-waste inputs and produce a quality finished compost.
The costs and logistics of source-separated collection,
waste hauling, and development of a full-scale facility will
also be evaluated. Success of this project could result in
development of a commercial scale 500 ton per day composting
facility for City wastes. The RD&D project will process
240 tons of food waste. Columbia University. Award Amount: $73,813; Total
Project Cost: $192,667. RD&D project to assist Columbia
University to determine the technical and economic
feasibility of manufacturing products made from glass and
portland cement. Success of this study could result in
60,000 to 100,000 tons per year of recycled glass. Council on the Environment for New York City.
Award Amount: $24,970; Total Project Cost: $49,941. Develop
and conduct a waste prevention conference directed at
colleges and universities. Successful waste prevention
models would be used to teach other universities how to
implement successful programs at their sites. db USA, Inc. Award Amount: $100,000; Total Project
Cot: $1,450,000. RD&D project to assist db USA, Inc.
develop process control software for its agitated bed,
in-vessel composting system. Success of the project would
result in the development of a large-scale commercial
composting facility in Onondaga County capable of composting
100+ ton per day. East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development
Corporation. Award Amount: $75,000; Total Project Cost:
$150,000. Technical assistance project to expand an existing
Recycling Investment Program project that provides waste
reduction consulting services to manufacturers throughout
Brooklyn, NY. Client firms learn how to reuse, exchange, and
recycle discarded items and materials, as well as purchase
rebuilt pallets, use recycled feedstocks, and lower waste
hauling expenses. Success of this project will result in 375
tons of waste materials diverted to reuse or recycling,
resulting in $100,000 in cost savings for client firms. East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development
Corporation (EWVIDCO). Award Amount: $105,376; Total
Project Cost: $210,858. The project will expand EV\fVIDCO's
current Industrial Waste Assessment and Reduction Program.
Through the program, a total savings of $171,000 annually is
anticipated in avoided disposal costs. East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development
Corporation. Award Amount: $39,180; Total Project Cost:
$67,580. Technical assistance investment to implement a
business waste prevention and recycling program in an
industrial zone in Brooklyn. The project would produce 15
waste assessments and establish a waste exchange that would
be interactive with Long Island City's program. Great Forest, Inc. Award Amount: $25,500; Total
Project Cost: $32,075. The project will research the
economic feasibility of recovering commercial food waste for
on-site or off-site processing in New York City. It is
anticipated that 300 tons will be composted during the
project. Greater Jamaica Development Corporation. Award
Amount: $5,500; Total Project Cost: $11,000. Capital project
to permanently install an on-site, in-vessel composting
system at Jamaica Food Court. Success of this project will
result in the creation of 25 tons per year of new food
residuals compost capacity at the Food Court, producing
approximately 15 tons of finished compost that will be
utilized by local community gardens and other Corporation
properties. Institute for Community Living, Inc. Award Amount:
$57,360; Total Project Cost: $114,720. Technical assistance
project to assist the Institute for Community Living, Inc.
provide comprehensive recycling training to businesses and
institutions in Brooklyn. The success of this project could
result in a savings of more than $86,000 in annual waste
disposal costs, and creation of 12-20 new jobs for disabled
individuals. Jamaica Economic Growth Corporation. Award Amount:
$250,000; Total Project Cost: $945,000. Capital project to
assist Tire Disposal Services install machinery and
equipment for the purpose of producing fine mesh ground tire
rubber. Funding of this project could result in 1.2 million
tires recycled per year and a creation of 18 new jobs. Long Island City Business Development Corporation.
Award Amount: $51,300; Total Project Cost: $67,670. RD&D
project to assist Long Island City Business Development
Corporation research cost effective strategies for
increasing the amount of wood waste that is diverted from
disposal for reuse or recycling. Success of this project
could divert wood waste from 200-250 generators, resulting
in an annual avoided disposal cost of $12,000 for each
generator. Long Island City Business Development Corporation.
Award Amount $128,800; Total Project Cost: $377,550.
Two-year technical assistance project to provide hands-on
waste assessment and materials exchange services to
businesses through the Industrial Waste Recycling and
Prevention (INWRAP) Program. Success of this project will
result in 1,800 tons of materials exchanged or diverted from
disposal, saving business $300,000 in disposal and
purchasing costs. Long Island City Business Development Corporation
(LICBDC). Award Amount: $85,000; Total Project Cost:
$316,500. Support for continuation of the INWRAP (industrial
Waste Recycling and Prevention Program) to provide firms in
the greater Long Island City and Greenpoint areas with
assistance in reducing their solid waste management costs,
through custom technical assistance and operation of a
materials exchange. McNelly Group (The). Award Amount: $65,000; Total
Project Cost: $81,250. RD&D project to determine the
technical and economic feasibility of developing a
commercial composting facility utilizing inter-modal
shipping containers at an industrial property on the
waterfront in NYC. Success of this project could result in
the creation of 50,000 tons per year of new food residuals
compost capacity in NYC, which would be the largest facility
in NYS. Metropolitan Transfer Station, Inc. Award Amount:
$94,650; Total Project Cost: $167,650. An RD&D project
which will examine the technical and economic feasibility of
establishing an in-vessel composting system at Metropolitan
Transfer Station, Inc.'s (MTS) solid waste transfer station
in the South Bronx. National Audubon Society. Award Amount: $19,650;
Total Project Cost: $39,769. The outcome of the project will
be an inventory of potential, suitable sites for development
of privately-operated composting facilities in New York
City. New York City Industrial Development Agency. Award
Amount: $300,000; Total Project Cost: $1,746,000. This
project will assist Visy Paper on Staten Island with the
purchase and installation of an overhead crane/grab system
to off-load loose paper from barges and to fill the pulper.
With this system, 275,000 tons per year of old corrugated
containers and mixed residential wastepaper will be
converted into 250,000 tons of linerboard. New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens. Award
Amount: $23,000; Total Project Cost: $62,669. RD&D
project to ascertain the economic costs/benefits of on-site
composting. As part of the project, 70 tons per year of food
waste will be composted. Open Road of New York, Inc. Award Amount: $21,725;
Total Project Cost: $61,225. RD&D project to evaluate
on-site composting using two small-scale in-vessel
composters. Success of this project could result in 25 tons
per year of food waste composted in New York City. Outstanding Renewal Enterprises, Inc. Award
Amount: $50,000; Total Project Cost: $64,895. RD&D
project to assist Outstanding Renewal Enterprises, Inc. .
(ORE) field test a cellulose lined kraft paper bag for
collection of source separated organic wastes. As a licensed
hauler of commercial waste, ORE wants to determine the
economic feasibility of expanding its collection services
through a focus on small food establishments in the East
Village of New York City. Outstanding Renewal Enterprises, Inc. (ORE). Award
Amount: $74,700; Total Project Cost: $311,300. This project
will research the feasibility of expanding ORE's current
vermicomposting operation. The project will expand its
current vermicomposting operation from 1,00& pounds per
week to 12, 000 pounds per week. Polyblends, Inc. Award Amount: $95,200; Total
Project Cost: $151,850. RD&D project to assist
Polybiends, Inc. determine the configuration of a production
facility that would economically produce densified ground
rubber. Success of this project could result in a full
commercialization of this business and a market potential of
95 million lbs. of rubber. Polybiends, Inc. Award Amount: $30,000; Total
Project Cost: $53,823. RD&D project to determine the
feasibility of utilizing tire derived crumb rubber in rubber
compounding applications. South Bronx 2000 Local Development Corporation.
Award Amount: $28,051; Total Project Cost: $51,960. The
project will investigate the adaptability of a composite
manufacturing technology to waste wood and post-consumer
plastic feedstocks. South Bronx 2000 Local Development Corporation (Bronx
2000) Empire State Center for Recycling Enterprise
Development (ESCRED). Award Amount $50,000; Total
Project Cost: $403,121. This project will assist Bronx 2000
in testing the logistical and economic feasibility of
commercializing carpet and rug recycling facilities. The
project anticipates a reduction of 1.5 million pounds of
carpet waste during the pilot period, and an estimated 50
million pounds if a full scale facility is implemented. St. Barnabas Hospital. Award Amount: $61,250;
Total Project Cost: $122,500. This project, with the
purchase of an in-vessel composting system, will expand
on-site capacity to process 527 tons per year of food waste,
avoiding $25,000/year in disposal costs. United Talmudical Academy. Award Amount: $200,000;
Total Project Cost: $1,354,000. This capital project will
enable United Talmudical Academy to purchase equipment on
behalf of R.AW Tires, contributing to its $1.3 million plan
to expand its business of remanufacturing truck tires.
Success of this project will result in additional
remanufacturing capacity of 58,500 tires per year (3,510
tons per year), leading to the creation of 26 new jobs. Upper West Side Recycling Center, Inc. Award
Amount: $25,800; Total Project Cost: $51,700. Technical
assistance project to assist Upper West Side Recycling
Center, Inc. to set up commercial routes for collecting
source separated organics from a number of hotels in
Manhattan. Success of this project could result in the
diversion of 6,000 tons per year of source separated food
waste to beneficial use facilities in the Metropolitan New
York area. USA Waste of New York City. Award Amount: $99,281;
Total Project Cost: $265,688. RD&D project to assist USA
Waste of New York City to determine the technical and
economic feasibility of de-watering ICI food waste from
generators in New York City. Success of this project could
result in the development of an additional 100 tons per day
of capacity to process source separated food waste which
could be transported to beneficial use facilities in New
York City. Visy Paper, Inc. Award Amount: $50,000; Total
Project Cost: $98,900, Funding is for the support of Visy's
Staten Island mill expansion project to assess the economic
and technical feasibility of at least four different mill
residual beneficial use technology options. |
