QUESTION
What is the breakdown of landfilling, incinerating, and using for agricultural purposes of sewage sludge biosolids?
0:21:33
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Deputy Commissioner Joshua Goodman indicates that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) likely has the information on the breakdown of how sewage sludge biosolids are processed.
- The council member inquires about the distribution of sewage sludge biosolids into landfilling, incineration, and agricultural use.
- Joshua Goodman suggests that the DEP would have the specific breakdown.
- Goodman mentions an ongoing procurement process that might change the current management of materials.
- The conversation underscores the lack of immediate access to specific data regarding the disposition of sewage sludge biosolids.
Shaun Abreu
0:21:33
The the majority of organics collected in the curbside and smart bin programs is sent to Newtown Creek wastewater resource recovery facility.
0:21:41
Where it is combined with sewage for anaerobic co digestion.
0:21:44
1 of the end products is sewage, sludge, biosolids, which are then landfilled, incinerated, or used for agricultural purposes.
0:21:53
You may or may not have the breakdown here, but what's what is the breakdown of landfilling versus incinerating versus using for agricultural purposes?
0:22:01
And what other uses productive or otherwise are these solids for?
Joshua Goodman
0:22:05
I think DEP would would have that.
0:22:07
I mean, I I do I think that that's the question that gets back to that 95% that I've heard, but that's worth double check checking on.
0:22:13
And I will just say to to your the facts stated at the beginning of the question about the majority of material going there again, there's a procurement happening right now.
0:22:21
So that's data plane may not be the case in the next few months.
Shaun Abreu
0:22:25
Certainly.
0:22:25
And we would definitely love that, you know, love to have that breakdown.
0:22:30
And and to to that end, you may also not have this information.
