On December 5, 2023, the Lane County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 to build a state-of-the-art CleanLane Resource Recovery Facility in Goshen, Oregon. (Formerly referred to as the "IMERF" or Integrated Materials and Energy Recovery Facility.) CleanLane will be the most technologically advanced waste processing facility in the country and would utilize technology and equipment designed and built by a local manufacturer, Bulk Handling Systems.
The facility will process residential garbage, commingled recycling, and organic waste to produce marketable recycling commodities and biogas for transportation. The facility will divert over 80,000 tons of material from the County’s landfill annually and can serve as a regional recycling hub for southwest Oregon.
Project features:
- Advanced materials processing equipment to recover recyclable materials from solid waste headed to the landfill
- Sorting equipment for commingled recycling to reduce long haul shipment of locally collected recycling for processing
- Anaerobic digester to convert recovered organic wastes into Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) for transportation fuel
- Visitor and Educational Center for schools, community groups and other interested residents and businesses