HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESPONSE - BID - 5875 REFUSE TRASH HAULING ANNUALTo: Ed Bonnette
From: Dan DeWaard/Don Archuleta
Re: City of Ft. Collins volumes into LCLF
Dear Mr. Bonnette,
WASTE MANAGEMENT
500 E. Vine Dr.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
(970)482-6319
(970) 482-4491 Fax
Jan. 21 ", 2005
According to the refuse hauling agreement with the City of Ft. Collins, all volume
collected from city facilities shale be disposed of at the Larimer County Landfill. As we
have discussed in the past, due to logistical efficiencies Waste Management does not
dispose of all of the "actual" volume from city containers into Larimer County, but does
offset this volume with other designated equivalent volumes. This letter is to confirm
how Waste Management diverts equivalent volume of waste to the Larimer County
Disposal Site.
For the past 5 years we have designated 2 routes as the disposal volume for the City. For
2004 the units designated were units 204339 & 205846. These will remain the same for
2005 and after, unless replaced with new equipment. The below stats are for the 2004
volume.
204339 —120 loads @ 28 compacted yards per load for 3360 total compacted yards
205846 —110 loads @ 28 compacted yards per load for 3080 total compacted yards
When every city account is active WM collects 700 loose yards per week from city
facilities. Our trucks compaction ratio averages 8 to 1. Thus 700 yards times 52 weeks
would equal 36,400 loose yards. Divide this by the compaction ratio, and the city volume
equals 4550 compacted yards. Our designated units disposed of an offsetting volume of
6440 compacted yards into the Larimer County landfill, clearly more than covering the
city required volume.
If you have any further questions on this, please feel free to call Don Archuleta (416-
3574) or myself (416-3565).
for your time and iness,
D DeWaard
Director of Operations
Waste Management of No. Colorado
A Division of Waste Management of Northern Colorado
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