Equipment condition and repair cost over time The Inland Empire Regional Composting Facility is thenation's largest fully enclosed facility, processing over200,000 tons/year of biosolids, yard trimmings and woodwaste in aerated static piles. Develop A Maintenance Plan Preventive Maintenance (PM) A PM plan is just that -- performing routine and regularmaintenance tasks to lessen the likelihood of failure. COMPOSTING, OPERATIONS Composting facilities can develop a maintenanceplan to ensure that the right resources are being used atthe right time, minimizing surprises Composting facilities can utilize a variety of proactivemaintenance strategies and tools to help reduce costs andincrease uptime -- avoiding unexpected breakdowns thatcan interrupt production. The matrix with the asset, task lists, and time demandscan be summarized providing a total time requirement toperform PM tasks for the entire facility. [Extracted from the article]