Reducing Energy Costs at a California Waste Facility

Waste Connections, Inc. is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal, and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. They serve over two million residential, commercial, and industrial customers from a network of operations in 29 states. The company is headquartered in Folsom, CA and its Cold Canyon Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in San Luis Obispo, CA processes about 650 tons of curbside and commercial recycling per week — separating various plastic, glass, metal, and paper materials and baling them for shipment to market.