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Years in the making, a large-scale industrial project is rising in Perris that involves the unlikely union of advanced technology and trash. Testing recently began on phase one of a $100-million anaerobic digester facility, a process than designers say can take in food scraps and grass clippings, then spit out renewable natural gas and fertilizer. The facility could be fully running by the end of the year, according to Mike Silva, project manager for CR&R Environmental Services.

鈥淭his is an awesome, awesome project,鈥 said Calimesa Public Works Director Bob French, whose city was one of the first to approve a contract with CR&R to process its organic waste. 鈥淚t鈥檚 state-of-the-art, cutting-edge technology (and) our way of being able to meet our mandate on state recycling regulations. We鈥檙e very, very excited about that.鈥

In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown signed environmental legislation — AB 1826 and AB 1594 — which require businesses and residents to begin separating their food scraps and yard trimmings for composting and anaerobic digestion. The bills also closed a loophole that allowed grass clippings and other green waste used as landfill cover to qualify as recycling.
The ambitious goal is to divert about 9 million tons of material from state landfills every year. CR&R officials say that when the four-phase project in Perris is completed, it will process about 1,000 tons of organic waste each day.

Hemet, Calimesa, Temecula, Wildomar and Lake Elsinore are Inland cities which have committed to the project. San Jacinto and Riverside County are currently considering signing on, officials said. But the biggest civic entity to ink a contract with CR&R is Los Angeles. Silva said L.A. alone is expected to generate about 125 tons of organic recyclable material daily. Ratepayers from the Inland cities participating in the organic waste recycling program are being charged about $2 more per month.

During a recent tour of the site in Perris, Silva showed off the facility鈥檚 new command center building — featuring a control room, laboratory and conference rooms — and a recently constructed 40,000-square-foot sorting facility that stands adjacent to CR&R鈥檚 existing trash transfer station.

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