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Covers municipal solid waste, construction and demolitions, and trash disposal in Georgia. Given to the Walker School as a presentation on January 29th, 2008.
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Disposal of Georgia MSW
Interview with Waste Industries
Date: January 29th, 2008
What is Municipal Solid Waste?
• any solid waste derived from households, including garbage, trash, and sanitary
waste in septic tanks and means solid waste from single family and multifamily
residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, campgrounds, picnic grounds and day use
recreation areas. The term includes yard trimmings and commercial solid waste but
does not include solid waste from mining, agricultural, or silvicultural operations or
industrial processes or operations.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
What is Garbage?
• discarded animal and vegetable matter as from a kitchen - refuse.
What is Trash?
• anything worthless, useless, or discarded – rubbish.
COMPOSITION OF MSW
Plastic Containers 15.3%
Food Waste 14.2%
Yard Waste 13.6%
Metal Items 4.6%
Wood Products 3.9%
Textiles 2.6%
Glass 1.9%
Paper Products 43.9%
Residential
Commercial
Institutional
Construction & Demolition
Industrial
TYPES OF SOLID WASTE
WASTE STREAM FLOW
TRANSFER
STATION
Recycling Pit
MSW and C&D Pit
RECYCLING FACILITY
Residential Waste & Recycling
Commercial & Industrial
Construction & Demolition
SUBTITLE – D
MSW LANDFILL
TRANSFER STATION
What is a transfer station?
• Facility used to transfer waste from a small truck to a large trailer.
• Transfer stations accept C & D waste and or Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
C & D Verses MSW
Construction & Demolition
Transfer Station Operations
Municipal Solid Waste
Transfer Station Operations
• Inspected Regularly by EPD.
• Requires transfer within 30 days
• No leachate requirements
• Less vector responsibility
• Inspected Regularly by EPD.
• Requires same day transfer
• Leachate containment system
• All vectors must be controlled
• Dust & Mud
• Smell
• Noise
• Litter
FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS
Important Guidelines
• Erosion Control
• Vector Control
• Flag Control
• Storm Water Management
• Leachate Collection
• Ground Water Monitoring
• Gas Containment
2 ft. Clay – 1x10 Permeability
HDPE Liner 60mil
-7
Bio-Medical Waste
UNACCEPTABLE WASTE
Hazardous Waste
REGIONAL LANDFILLS 2007
County Facility Type Dominion Tons/Day Life in Years
Bartow MSWLF Public 323 6.0
Butts MSWLF Commercial 3164 31.0
Cherokee MSWLF Commercial 4371 29.0
Clayton MSWLF Public 313 16.0
DeKalb MSWLF Public 1514 78.0
Floyd MSWLF Public 274 32.0
Forsyth MSWLF Commercial 1958 24.0
Fulton MSWLF Commercial 70 3.0
Gordon MSWLF Public 142 178.0
Gwinnett MSWLF Commercial 2956 13.0
Hall MSWLF Public 257 36.0
Murray MSWLF Public 421 5.0
Newton MSWLF Public 171 11.0
Polk MSWLF Public 1200 55.0
Whitfield MSWLF Public 566 29.0
The Atlanta market area has a surplus of disposal capacity.
Listed below are Subtitle D compliant facilities that are
currently in operation as well as their anticipated remaining
capacity.
NATIONAL DISPOSAL FEES
$34
$74
$125$65
$72
$90
$40
$38
$60
$110
This map illustrates the deflated tipping fees in Georgia and shows the comparison of other markets
with 1 Million + populations. Even with high volumes of waste entering their landfills these markets
yield a much higher gate rate than the Atlanta MSA.
County Facility Type Dominion Tons/Day Life in Years
Cherokee MSWLF Commercial 4371 4
Whitfield MSWLF Public 566 4
Butts MSWLF Commercial 3164 6
Floyd MSWLF Public 274 32
Hall MSWLF Public 257 11
Polk MSWLF Public 1200 12
DeKalb MSWLF Public 1514 53
Gordon MSWLF Public 142 153
If all expansion were to cease in 25 years the market will
look significantly different then it does today. Of course, we
are all expecting the pioneers of technology to create
alternatives to landfilling i.e., Composting, Fuel
Alternatives, Bio-Technologies, etc.
REGIONAL LANDFILLS 2032
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!