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CF – Energy Management receives joint award for renewable energy program
Reposted: June 26, 2008
Missouri Department of Corrections Division of Offender Rehabilitative Services Director Mariann Atwell, Missouri Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Management Program Director Jim Hull, MU Campus Facilities – Energy Management Director Paul Hoemann, MU Power Plant Superintendent Gregg Coffin and MoDNR Scrap Tire and Illegal Dumping Unit Chief Dan Fester accept the MWCC Outstanding Achievement - Government award from incoming MWCC president Kathy MacBeth.
The Missouri Waste Control Coalition has recognized the MU Campus Facilities – Energy Management, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri Department of Corrections for their joint, "tires-to-energy" recycling program.
The organization recognized the three agencies with an Outstanding Achievement award in the Government category during its annual conference at Lake of the Ozarks on June 24. The award recognizes the contributions of a state, local or federal unit of government, a government employee, or an elected/appointed official in resolving waste management problems. MWCC, a statewide, nonprofit organization based in Kansas City, promotes safe, effective, and economically sound waste management practices in the State of Missouri.
For the past decade, Campus Facilities – Energy Management has been burning waste tires for fuel in the MU Power Plant. The plant replaces up to 20 percent of its traditional coal fuel with shredded tires obtained through MoDNR and MoDOC. MoDNR and MoDOC clean up illegal tire dumps and shred the tires at a Jefferson City facility. The program saves MU up to $300,000 annually. MU has burned 2.9 million tires and the program has cleaned up 15 million tires from dump sites. Tires burn cleaner than coal, so this program benefits the environment in several ways.
The joint tire recycling program has been receiving honors since Campus Facilities – Energy Management initiated the program in 1995. MU received the 2000 Missouri Waste Coalition Achievement Award for contributions toward improved waste management practices with CF – EM's Tire Derived Fuel Program. It also received the 1998 Governor's Award for Quality and Productivity and the 1998 Governor's Pollution Prevention Award.
More information on CF – EM's tire-derived fuel program is available at http://www.cf.missouri.edu/energy/em_renewable/tdf.html.