The bagger will allow Public Works to bag compost they are required to provide to county residents as part of a state initiative, instead of leaving a pile for residents to shovel into buckets.
Chuck Magee, Public Works Manager for Kern County, tells 23ABC that the air burner allows the landfill to take waste that was previously left to rot in the landfill and turn it into electrical energy.
The cost to build the facility is estimated at $27 million, however Public Work's manager Chuck Magee believes the project is a prime candidate to receive a $10 million dollar grant.
On October 7th, county residents can take up nine standard vehicle tires without rims to either the Shafter-Wasco or the Taft landfills and dump them for free.
The proposed composting facility, which would be next to the Shafter-Wasco Landfill, is expected to reduce pollution by reducing the amount of organic-waste methane emitted from the landfill.