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Billy Malone Sanitation Director

DeKalb County Sanitation SWANA TDIBR-Landfills

1970’s Landfills were primarily dumps Ø Built in Unsuitable Areas – Swamps, Airports Ø No Daily Cover Ø No Methane Detection Ø No Leachate Collection Systems Ø Minimum Groundwater Monitoring Ø Poor Liner Designs Ø Fees were based on Truckloads or Cubic Yards Ø Small Landfills – One in every township Ø Trench Designs Ø Built to level with surrounding lands

1991 New Rules were adopted Ø Built in Stable Area – Prime Property Ø Required Daily Cover – Alternate Types Allowed Ø Required Methane Detection and Destruction Systems Ø  Required Leachate Collection Systems Ø Excellent Groundwater Monitoring Systems Ø Required Liners Ø Fees were predicted to exceed $ 100 per ton Ø Average tipping fees were $ 30 per ton Ø Scales Required Ø Large Landfill – Regional Approach Ø Built Pyramidal to maximum height possible

2013 Landfills are compliant to the Rules Ø  Small Landfills take in 500 tons (Community) Ø Average Landfills take in over 1,000 tons (Large

Municipalities or Regional) Ø Mega Landfill take in over 3,000 tons (Private) Ø Average Cost to operate Small Landfills $ 25 / ton Ø Average Cost to operate Average - $ 15 / ton Ø Average Cost to Operate Mega – $ 5 / ton Ø Average Tipping Fees $ 33 / ton

Diversion of Materials Ø The Average Landfill Recycles, Reuses or Diverts

50% of the incoming Materials to avoid Disposal Ø Electronics, Metals, Tires, Drop-off Centers, Last

Chance Mercatile, Motor Oils, Lead Acid Batteries Ø Many have Composting of organics Ø Yard Trimmings, Sludges, Food Residues

Ø Many have C&D Recycling Ø Concrete, Asphalt, Bricks, Concrete Blocks, Wood, Dirt

Landfills are changing there vision Ø Landfills are using Landfill Gas to generate

Electricity, Produce Natural Gas, Power their Fleets, Direct heat source projects

Ø Landfills are developing Energy Parks such as solar farms, Algae production for drop in fuels, Gasification of various materials – Yard Trimmings, Woody Waste, Municipal Waste

Ø Recycling Processors, End use Processors Ø Increased End Use Activities to keep the Landfill

generated monies after landfilling is completed

Seminole Road Landfill Phases 3 & 4 (Active)

Seminole Road Landfill Phases 1/2/2A (Closed)

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Ward Lake Road

Linecrest Road

Approx. 1,220 acres owned by DeKalb County Purchased by Sanitation

887 Acres Permitted Landfill

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}  SWANA – TDIBR – Landfills ◦  525 active landfills flaring gas volumes of 500 to 1,000 scfm ◦  This equals 1 Billion diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) annually ◦  MSW Landfills can fuel all vehicles coming to their facility with just

1/3 of the landfill gas produced

}  EPA - Global Methane Initiative ◦  DeKalb Sanitation has hosted 16 delegations from foreign

countries; Mexico, Serbia, Georgia, Haiti, China, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Ukraine, Venezuela, Colombia, Kenya, Germany, Poland, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Puerto Rico

Contact Information

Billy Malone 404-294-2927

wcmalone@dekalbcountyga.gov

SWANA – TDIBR Landfills