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!