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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate <br />Risk Waste Management Plan Update <br /> <br />AX0304191054PDX 6-1 <br />6. Transfer and Disposal <br />Kittitas County owns three facilities listed in Table 6-1. All three facilities are operated by a private <br />company although Kittitas County operates the compost facility at Ellensburg Transfer Station. <br />Table 6-1. Kittitas County Solid Waste Facilities <br />Facility Contact Info Services/Hours <br />Ellensburg Transfer Station <br />and Compost Facility <br />1001 Industrial Way* <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />(509) 962-7542 <br />*Moving to US 97/Old Highway 10 <br />Monday -Saturday (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM) <br />Drop-off solid waste, recycling, white goods, <br />tires, moderate hazardous waste, yard waste <br />and compost sale. <br />Upper County Transfer Station 50 - #5 Mine Road <br />Cle Elum, WA 98922 <br />(509) 674-5890 <br />Tuesday -Saturday (8:00 AM – 1:00 PM; 1:30 <br />PM - 4:00 PM) <br /> <br />Ryegrass Landfill 25900 Vantage Highway <br />Ellensburg, WA 98926 <br />(509) 962-7542 <br />Tuesday -Friday (8:00 AM – 4:00 PM) <br />Limited Purpose Landfill that accepts inert, <br />demolition and construction debris. <br />The recommended options and associated implementation actions for solid waste collection are <br />summarized in Table 6-2. <br />Table 6-2. Transfer and Disposal Summary of Implementation Actions <br />Option Summary of Action <br />Transfer <br />Replace Ellensburg Transfer <br />Station <br />Complete the design, permitting and construction phase of the Ellensburg Transfer Station <br />Replacement project. <br />Use of Transfer Stations Continue to route all MSW through facilities within the County and ensure collection of program <br />fees. <br />Expand Cle Elum <br />Operations <br />Evaluate options to expand the existing Cle Elum transfer facility and/or expand operating hours. <br />Disposal <br />Long-Term Disposal <br />Opportunities <br />Evaluate disposal opportunities like waste-to-energy (WTE) and rail transport to other landfills or <br />WTE. <br />Contractual Arrangements Evaluate landfills with lower tipping rates or long-term pricing; evaluate the escalation rate for the <br />transfer stations to manage future budgets. <br />Alternative Disposal Technologies <br />Future Consideration and <br />Feasibility Review the feasibility of developing a WTE facility in the County. <br />Alternative Energy <br />Technologies Track advancements in alternative technologies. <br />6.1 Transfer Stations <br />Waste transfer stations play an important role in a waste management system, serving as a link between <br />local waste collection programs and the final disposal facility. The primary reason for using a transfer <br />station is to reduce the cost of transporting waste to disposal facilities. <br />Consolidating smaller loads from collection vehicles into larger transfer vehicles enables collection crews <br />to spend less time traveling to and from distant disposal sites and more time collecting waste. Transfer [}) . . . . .