Pierce County Hidden Valley Recycling

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Pierce County Hidden Valley Recycling

• Presented By
• Lisa Haakonstad, John de Mars, Erik Gracey, Brian
  Lubeck, Nikki Scott

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Company Overview

• GENERAL
• Hidden Valley Recycling is a subsidiary of the
  LRI Landfill.
• LRI is a comprehensive solid waste management
• Company, providing full service recycling,
  composting,
• And disposal operations for pierce located in
  beautiful
• Washington State.
• LRI was founded in 1977 by the Pierce County
  Board
• of County Commissioners to privatize the County's
• solid waste disposal system.
• RECYCLING
• Privately owned business
• Customers are paid for many of the recyclables
  they
• drop off on a weight based pay scale.
• A friendly staff provides assistance and
  information
• to customers.
• Cardboard, Newspaper, Magazines, Mixed Paper,
  Glass,
• Plastics, Aluminum Cans, Tin Cans, Plastic Milk
  Jugs

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Layout (Flow Chart)
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Existing Operations

• Operations function well
• No big piles of stuff indicating a queue
• MUDA big, stray cat must be terminated (off the
  website pictures)
• No pinch points
• Nothing that bottle necks the operation
• Indications that the recycling plant has
  incorporated a pull system
• Operations create value for the customer
• Potential for flow improvement

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Flow Factor

• Current Operations are lacking flow
• Poor drop off orientation creates a disjointed
  queue
• Costumers have to pull in and back up (Change of
  direction indicates a lack of flow)
• Limited Parking disjoints Queue

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In Bounds

• Drop off orientation
• Looking to establish a new traffic flow model to
  decrease customer wait time and increase
  productivity
• Relocation of Payment operations
• Reorganization of collection piles for increased
  revenues