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<br />Disaster Debris Recycling
<br />TFR is a green industry company. The principals of TFR are proponents of recycling whenever possible and many
<br />members of management are LEED Certified. As such, TFR utilizes tub grinders, slow-speed shredders,
<br />trommels, loaders, and excavators which are used to sort, separate, and reduce vegetative debris to reusable mulch,
<br />dirt, metals, and other construction products. Following each disaster event, TFR will make every effort to locate
<br />a reusable purpose for this material such as bedding material for plants, ground cover for parks, animal bedding,
<br />and reusable energy sources such as boiler fuel for co-generation plants or production mills. In addition to
<br />vegetative recycling, every effort is made to keep the metals segregated and clean so that the Ferris and non-Ferris
<br />metals can be recycled. In cases of large quantities of mixed debris, a system of separation using a trommel, air
<br />curtain burner, picking line conveyor, and tub grinder, can be used which will allow the paper and plastic to be
<br />separated, and the clean dirt, rock & concrete, Ferris metals, non-Ferris metals, and clean vegetative debris sorted
<br />and piled for recycling.
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<br />Sources will be sought for the following recyclable material:
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<br />Asphalt Roofing Materials
<br />C&D White Goods
<br />Concrete/Aggregate Mulch
<br />Dirt Tires
<br />E-Waste
<br />Metals
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<br />TFR has vast experience employing recycling activities and maintains established relationships with recycling
<br />firms to accept various types of debris. While completing debris reduction of 2,000,000 CYD for the City of
<br />Tulsa, TFR loaded the chips on railcars and shipped the excess reduced debris to a Company-owned mulching
<br />facility in Leander, Texas. Alternative methods of disposal exist and are well documented by TFR. During
<br />Hurricane Ike, storm-generated debris from Polk County was hauled and burned at a local paper mill in Orange
<br />County, Texas. This strict commitment to recycling storm-generated debris has benefited both clients and TFR.
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<br />DMS Remediation and Restoration
<br />In the event of a natural disaster, a Debris Management Site (DMS), usually selected by the government, may be
<br />used to process debris before its final disposal. Substantial site preparation may be required such as proper access
<br />points of entry, security devices, control gates, fenced storage compounds, adequate internal haul roads, proper
<br />erosion, and sediment control fencing, and stormwater retention features, to name a few. If a DMS is required,
<br />then TFR will, upon entering each site for the first time, photo-document the existing site conditions using both
<br />a video camera and still photographs.
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<br />At the cessation of DMS operations, all sites will be restored to the satisfaction of Government
<br />Representatives/Owners with the intent of maintaining the utility of each site, leaving it unencumbered for future
<br />use and safeguarding the environment. Soil and water samples will be taken and compared to pre-work samples
<br />to ensure that TFR operations have not negatively affected the environment. Other factors that are considered
<br />during the remediation process are:
<br />• All pre-existing grades including roads, ditches, etc. will be restored to the satisfaction of the customer
<br />before the final closure of each site.
<br />• Areas where soils were excavated (e.g., ditches and retention ponds) or stockpiled (e.g., berms) will also
<br />be restored to pre-existing grade before vacating each site.
<br />• Pre-construction drainage patterns will also be restored, as well as all improvements (e.g., trailers,
<br />fencing, construction entrances, and built-up aggregate haul roads) will be removed from each DMS
<br />unless otherwise instructed by the Government’s Representative.
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<br />TFR Spotlight
<br />Bastrop County Wildfire
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<br />100% of the mulch created from
<br />grinding of trees was utilized in a
<br />beneficial reuse or was recycled.
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<br />100% of the C&D was recycled.
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<br />ITB No. 23-04-01
<br />Disaster Debris Management and Disposal Services
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