2002 Georgia solid waste management annual report

Georgia Solid Waste Management
Report
2002
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
60 Executive Park South, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html

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60 Executive Park South, N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30329-2231
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Table of Contents

Disposal and Remaining Landfill Capacity

A-1

Per Capita Disposal

B-1

Solid Waste and Recycling Collection

C-1

Yard Trimmings

D-1

Community Solid Waste Management Systems E-1

MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees

F-1

Grants and Loans to Local Governments

G-1

Glossary of Terms

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Printed on Recycled Paper

Per Capita Disposal 2002 Solid Waste Management Update

The amount of garbage entering Georgia's Municipal Solid Waste landfills fell during Fiscal Year 2002, bringing Georgia closer to meeting its waste reduction goal. Except for a decline in FY 1996 with the implementation of the yard trimmings ban, per capita waste disposal in Georgia had either climbed gradually, or remained nearly flat.
Since FY 1993, the per capita municipal solid waste disposal rate has climbed from 5.56 lbs/person/day to 6.68 lbs/person/day. Looking at records that exclude the amount of waste disposed from out-of-state sources, the per capita MSW disposal rate has been marginally lower, climbing from 5.48 lbs/person/day in FY 1993 to 6.05 lbs/person/day in FY 2002. It should be noted that the state's 25% waste disposal reduction goal is a per capita reduction goal based upon all MSW disposed within the state. It does not exclude waste generated from out-of-state sources and disposed in landfills located within the state. Also, these rates reflect all waste entering a MSW landfill as reported to the EPD, not just MSW. According to a 2001 study conducted by R.W. Beck for the Department of Community Affairs, about two-thirds of the waste disposed in MSW landfills is actually Municipal Solid Waste. Based upon this estimate, the FY 2002 per capita MSW disposal rate, excluding waste imported into the state, is approximately 3.99 lbs/person/day.
As can be seen in the Per Capita Daily Waste Disposal graph, there is more than one way to track per-capita disposal rates. In FY 2002, the Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division (EPD) reported a total of 13,040,765 tons of waste disposed in the state. When looking at the reported total volumes of waste disposed, the per capita waste disposal rate fell to 8.52 lbs/person/day in FY 2002, down from 8.94 lbs/person/day in FY 2001. This figure represents all waste entering MSW and C&D landfills. It includes residential waste, sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants, some industrial waste, construction debris, commercial and business waste, and waste brought here from other states.
Per Capita Daily Waste Disposal Per Capita DaiFlyYW1a9st9e3D-is2p0o0sa2l FY 1993-2002

10

9

8

7

Pounds Per Person Per Day

6

5

4

3

2

1

0 1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

Total Waste

MSW

B-1

1998

1999

2000

Georgia MSW

C&D

2001

2002

Per Capita Disposal 2002 Update

The impact of out-of-state waste imports plays a role in the state achieving its 25% waste disposal reduction goal. Imported MSW is not exempt from the waste reduction disposal goal and must be factored into the overall equation. Waste disposed from out-of-state sources accounted for 9.3% of the MSW stream and 7.3% of the total waste stream disposed in the state. Imported waste has grown from representing 0.1/lb/person/day in 1998 to 0.6 lb/person/day in FY 2002.

Fiscal Year
1992

Georgia Waste Disposal and Population

FY 1992-2002

Population Total Waste Total Waste Total Waste Out of

Landfilled
(Millions of tons1)

Landfilled Disposed in State

(Pounds/ MSW Landfills Waste2

person/day)

(Tons)

(Tons)

6,649,005

8.60

7.09

N/A

N/A

Total MSW
(Pounds/ person/day)
N/A

GA MSW
(Pounds/ person/day)
N/A

1993

6,819,832

8.25

6.63

6,926,022

107,656

5.56

5.48

1994

6,990,658

8.58

6.73

7,222,291

138,946

5.66

5.55

1995

7,161,485

9.54

7.30

7,684,271

149,481

5.88

5.77

1996

7,332,311

9.78

7.31

7,222,499

160,000

5.40

5.28

1997

7,503,138

9.86

7.20

7,925,222

172,150

5.79

5.66

1998

7,673,965

10.75

7.68

9,026,078

193,819

6.44

6.31

1999

7,844,792

11.43

7.98

9,382,622

453,875

6.55

6.24

2000

8,015,626

12.71

8.69

9,724,736

511,472

6.65

6.30

2001

8,186,453

13.36

8.94

10,678,980

893,651

7.15

6.55

2002

8,383,915

13.04

8.52

10,233,692

950,779

6.68

6.05

1 Does not include waste incinerated. EPD reported 64,347 tons of MSW incinerated during FY 2002 2 Virtually all out-of-state waste is MSW.

For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html.
B-2

Disposal and Remaining Landfill Capacity 2002 Solid Waste Management Update

During Fiscal Year 2002 the amount of waste sent to Muncipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills in Georgia fell by 4%, but the amount of waste entering Construction and Demolition (C&D) landfills increased by 10%. At the same time the amount of permitted landfill space continued to grow, with the state having 23.6 years of remaining permitted space. As in past years, recycling and other waste reduction efforts are reducing the amount of garbage that is buried in the state. Increasingly, the private sector controls most of the disposal capacity in the state, and receives most of the waste disposed. Larger landfills continue to replace smaller, older landfills, and the amount of waste entering older, unlined landfills continues to fall. Georgians continue to throw out too much trash to meet Georgia's 25% waste disposal reduction goal, and the amount of waste we import from other states for disposal continues to climb, undercutting local and statewide waste disposal reduction efforts to meet the goal. (See Per Capita Disposal section for more information.)

Landfill Quick Facts FY 2002

Private Public

MSW

Disposal Landfill Ownership Remaining Capacity
Years

7.04

3.19

million tons million tons

15 facilities 45 facilities

26.2

45.6

Cubic Yards 240

123

(Millions)

C&D

Most of the MSW and C&D disposed in Georgia enters private facilities, as shown in the table entitled `Landfill Quick Facts.' In FY 2002, landfill owners/operators reported 7,042,273 tons of waste entering 15 private MSW landfills, compared

Disposal
Landfill Ownership

2.44 million tons 13 facilities

with 7,002,595 tons entering 14 private MSW landfills in FY 2001. In FY 2002,

Remaining

3,191,420 tons of waste entered 45 publicly owned MSW facilities in the state,

Capacity

compared with 3,676,386 tons entering 48 public landfills the previous year.

Years

12.8

Landfill ownership has changed significantly over the last decade. From FY 19932002, the number of MSW landfills operated by cities, counties, and solid waste

Cubic Yards 22.54 (Millions)

authorities dropped by more than half, from 121 to 49. During FY 1993-2001 the

number of local governments operating solid waste transfer stations nearly

doubled, rising from 35 to 69 in FY 2001. The total number of transfer stations

operated statewide

climbed to 230 in FY

Local Government Operated Solid Waste Facilities

2002.

FY 1993 FY 2001

366,000 tons
33 facilities
16.1 9.20

According to the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (EPD), 10,233,621 tons of waste entered MSW landfills in Georgia during FY 2002. This is down 4.2% from FY 2001, when 10.7 million tons of waste entered Georgia MSW facilities. Another 76,987 tons were incinerated, also down slightly from the previous year. In FY 2002, 2,807,092 tons of waste entered C&D landfills in Georgia, approximately a 10% increase from FY 2001.

140

120

100

80

60

40

20

0 1993

1994

1995

MSW Landfill

1996

1997

1998

Inert Landfill C&D Landfill

1999

2000

Transfer Station

2001

A - 1

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

The Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources permits solid waste management facilities in the state. In the table entitled Permitted Solid Waste Management Facilities the substantial growth in the number of permitted solid waste transfer stations (127 to 230) and the decline in the number of permitted MSW landfills (95 to 60) from FY 1997 to FY 2002 is readily apparent.
Where Does the Waste Go?

The vast majority of waste disposed of in Georgia enters lined, monitored Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. Of the 13

million tons of waste disposed in permitted Georgia landfills during FY 2002, 10 million tons, or 77%, entered lined,

monitored landfills meeting federal Subtitle D requirements. Approximately 2.8 million tons, or 21.5%, entered

Construction and Demolition landfills. The remainder was divided among unlined Municipal Solid Waste landfills (1.8%)

and the state's only MSW

incinerator (0.6%).
C&D Landfills

Permitted Solid Waste Management Facilities FY 1997 20021
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Construction and Demolition landfills are permitted disposal facilities that can only accept waste building materials and rubble resulting from

Inert Landfills Collection Operations2 Transfer Stations On-Site Thermal Treatment Facilities On-site Processing Facilities Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

1,990 398 127 77 54 95

2,101 469 139 79 54 76

2,167 538 161 79 75 70

2,304 610 176 83 84 69

2,399 708 202 88 92 62

2,424 775 230 89 95 60

construction, remodeling,

Construction and Demolition Landfills

33

34

32

34

33

46

repair, and demolition

Recovered Materials Processing Facilities

3

3

5

5

5

3

operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings

Composting Facilities Waste-to-Energy Facility

2

2

4

3

3

3

1

1

1

1

1

1

and other structures. Such

Air Curtain Destructors

0

0

1

3

1

3

wastes include, but are not

Commercial Industrial Waste Landfill

1

1

1

1

1

1

1Operating as of July 1 of the indicated fiscal year

limited to asbestos containing

2Collection operations are any entity that collects waste from residential or commercial locations.

waste, wood, bricks, metal,

concrete, wall board, paper,

cardboard, inert waste landfill

material, and other

nonputrescible wastes

Tons of Waste Disposed

which have a low potential

FY 1993 - 2002

for groundwater contamination.

12,000,000 10,000,000

Like MSW facilities, the public sector owns and operates a greater number of C&D facilities in the state, but it manages only 41% of the statewide C&D disposal capacity. In FY 2002, landfill operators reported 2,440,787 tons of waste entering 13 private C&D facilities, while 366,286 tons of waste entered 33 publicly owned facilities.

8,000,000 6,000,000 4,000,000 2,000,000
0 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

MSW

Population

C&D

A - 2

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

Unlined Landfills

During FY 2002, 182,974 tons of waste was disposed in unlined MSW landfills. This represents less than 1.8% of the total waste entering MSW landfills. As of December 2002, six of these unlined MSW facilities were still operating under their original EPD-approved permits, and had not reached their closure capacity. Until they do, they must adhere to the same operating procedures and methane monitoring requirements as their more modern counterparts. When the unlined facilities close, they will be capped and monitored under Subtitle D regulations.

There is no time limit for these landfills to meet Subtitle D regulations, but they will not be granted expansion permits. It is

likely that a very small percentage

of MSW generated in Georgia will continue to be disposed in unlined landfills for years to come.

County

Unlined Landfills Accepting MSW
Facility Name Avg. Remaining Total Tons Remaining Daily Capacity Disposed Capacity

Tons

(CY)

2002

(Years)

MSW Incinerators

Bibb

Macon-Walker Road 430

2,827,209

87,457

10.3

Phase 2 (SL)

There is one incinerator operating

Decatur

Decatur Co.-S.R.

97

235,066

28,866

3.5

in Georgia accepting MSW.

309 Bainbridge Phase 2 (SL)

Located in Coastal Chatham

Franklin

Franklin Co.-

44

170,358

12,536

6.3

County, the operation is also

Harrison Bridge

known as a waste-to-energy facility. The City of Savannah

Road Phase 1 (SL)

Grady

Cairo-6th Ave. (SL)

97

524,918

19,652

10.5

Liberty

U.S. Army-Ft.

55

839,696

15,924

25.5

sends approximately 250 tons per

Stewart Main

day of waste to the incinerator.

Cantonment (SL)

There are several other types of incinerators in public and private use that accept only specialized

McIntosh McIntosh County-

51

74,493

18,538

22.8

King Road (SL)

Total

774 4,671,740 182,974

waste, such as wood waste.

Municipal Waste Composting
Another unique waste disposal operation in Georgia is Cobb County's MSW composting facility. The facility accepts more than 300 tons per day of MSW collected in Cobb County. The composting process results in a clean, beneficial soil amendment given to Cobb residents free of charge.
Waste Exports
During FY 2001, 20 local governments reported exporting waste to another state. It is difficult to track border waste exchange, and it is suspected that in most cases, it travels relatively short distances across the state border. It is unlikely any Georgia waste is exported to Florida, as that state's tipping fees are substantially higher than tipping fees charged in Georgia.

How Local Governments Dispose of their Waste

FY 1995 - 2001

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Governmentowned landfill

483 (72%)

478 (72%)

415 (68%)

371 (62%)

360 (59%)

343 (58%)

326 (49%)

Privately owned landfill

187

186

195

225

255

252

260

(28%) (28%) (32%) (38%) (41%) (42%) (39%)

Total number 670

664

610

596

615

595

586

using

landfills

Government-

10

12

8

7

5

3

6

owned

incinerator

Privately

3

6

5

4

7

4

3

owned

incinerator

Total number

13

18

13

11

12

7

9

using

incinerators

Out of State

14

13

10

6

14

19

20

Unknown

54

48

41

64

48

61

N/A

A - 3

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County
Taylor Wayne Charlton Lowndes Banks Camden Cherokee Chatham
Thomas DeKalb

Georgia Counties Receiving Out-Of-State Waste

FY 2002

Facility Name

Total FY Domain Facility

2002 Tons

Type

Disposed

from out-

of-state

Remaining Avg.

Capacity Daily

(CY)

Tons

Rate of Fill (CYD)

Estimated Remaining Fill Date Permitted
Capacity (Years)

Allied Services, LLC -S.R. 90/ S.R. 137 339,925 Private MSWL 40,262,253 2,428 3,237 6/21/2045

42.5

Wayne Co. - S.R. 23 Broadhurst

152,603 Public

MSWL 12,465,430 1,442 1,923 1/14/2024

22.0

Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc.

139,882 Private MSWL 10,968,419

597

853 7/30/2047

44.5

Pecan Row MSWL

137,698 Private MSWL 3,311,820 1,267 1,325 12/24/2010

8.0

Chambers R&B Landfill Site #2

103,838 Private MSWL 23,734,776 1,587 2,442 7/13/2036

33.5

Camden Co.-S.R. 110 MSWL

41,586 Public

MSWL 2,501,851

305

611 2/17/2015

13.0

Cherokee Co-Pine Bluff Landfill, Inc.

17,881 Private MSWL 54,030,062 2,598 3,997 10/1/2049

46.5

Savannah Energy Systems, Inc.

13,098 Private Incinerator

N/A

250

N/A

N/A

N/A

Superior Landfill and Recycling Center

459 Private MSWL 6,465,778

962 1,480 10/13/2017

14.5

Thomasville/Sunset Dr.

8,565 Public

MSWL 3,281,184

444

740 8/28/2018

1.07

WMI-Live Oak #2 (SL)

3,995 Private MSWL 7,655,574 3,205 4,931 9/13/2006

3.5

BFI-Hickory Ridge

125 Private MSWL 1,566,024 2,662 3,179 1/24/2005

3.0

Gwinnett Fulton Coffee Butts

BFI-Richland Creek Rd (SL) Chadwick Rd Landfill, Inc. TransWaste Services Inc. Butts Co.-Pine Ridge Recycling

2,767 Private MSWL 18,235,309 2,552 4,150 10/24/2021

18.7

1,273 Private

C&D

3,342,716 1,400 2,154 11/7/2007

4.7

1,013 Private

C&D

47,882

89

137 10/20/2003

0.7

36 Private MSWL 39,727,852 1,631 2,609 6/25/2055

52.5

County
DeKalb Taylor Gwinnett Cherokee Barrow DeKalb DeKalb Wayne Butts Banks

Top 10 Landfills in Georgia

Waste Disposed in

FY 2002

Facility Name

Total FY Domain Facility

2002 Tons

Type

Disposed

Remaining Avg.

Capacity Daily

(CY)

Tons

Rate Estimated Remaining

of Fill Fill Date Permitted

(CYD)

Capacity

(Years)

WMI-Live Oak #2 (SL)

1,172,769 Private MSWL

7,655,574

3,205 4,931 9/13/2006

3.5

Allied Services, LLC -S.R. 90/ S.R. 137 806,766 Private MSWL 40,262,253

2,428 3,237 6/21/2045

42.5

BFI-Richland Creek Rd (SL)

791,163 Private MSWL 18,235,309

2,552 4,150 10/24/2021

18.7

Cherokee Co-Pine Bluff Landfill, Inc.

743,118 Private MSWL 54,030,062

2,598 3,997 10/1/2049

46.5

Republic Waste-Oak Grove S.R. 324

734,715 Private MSWL

2,435,862

2,647 3,919 7/31/2004

1.5

BFI-East DeKalb Landfill

550,898 Private C&D

2,033,193

1,697 1,954 6/24/2006

3.5

BFI-Hickory Ridge (MSWL)

529,107 Private MSWL

1,866,024

2,662 3,179 1/24/2005

3.0

Wayne Co. - S.R. 23 Broadhurst

484,964 Public MSWL 12,465,430

1,442 1,923 1/14/2024

22.0

Butts Co.-Pine Ridge Recycling

474,818 Private MSWL 39,727,852

1,631 2,609 6/25/2055

52.5

Chambers R&B Landfill Site #2

454,975 Private MSWL 23,734,776

1,587 2,442 7/13/2036

33.5

A - 4

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update
Imported Waste
The amount of waste brought to Georgia from other states and disposed increased 491% from FY 1998 to FY 2002. The amount of imported waste rose again during FY 2002, but not as dramatically as in recent years. Waste imports rose from 894,421 tons in FY 2001 to 950,779 tons in FY 2002. Nearly all of the waste brought to Georgia from other states is MSW. While the amount of out-of-state waste imported to Georgia amounts to only 7.3% of the total amount of waste disposed in the state, the increasing disposal trend merits continued monitoring. (See Imported Waste FY 1993-2002)

Imported Waste ImportFeYd W1a9s9te3F-Y21090923-2002

1,000,000

900,000 800,000 700,000 600,000

Out-of-State Waste 7.3%
Georgia C&D Waste
21.5%

500,000 400,000

Georgia MSW 71.0%

300,000

200,000

100,000

-

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Tons

A - 5

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

Remaining Landfill Disposal Capacity
On a statewide basis, Georgia continues to have an adequate supply of permitted landfill disposal capacity. At the close of FY 2002 the state had 25.8 years of remaining permitted MSW landfill space and more than 13 years of permitted C&D landfill space. The maps below highlight the growth in the amount of permitted MSW landfill capacity in the state by Regional Development Center (RDC) area since 1994.

Remaining MSW Landfill Capacity

FY 2002

North Georgia Georgia Mountains

Coosa Valley

Atlanta

Regional

Northeast Georgia

Commission

Legend
Less than 10 years 10 - 19 years 20 - 29 years 30 years and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh

Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Middle Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee
Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

South Georgia
Southwest Georgia

Southeast Georgia

FY 2001

North Georgia

Georgia

Mountains

Coosa Valley
Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend
Less than 10 years 10 - 19 years 20 - 29 years 30 years and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh

Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Middle Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee
Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs
Source: All information pertaining to annual tonnage, remaining landfill capacity and estimated closure dates was supplied by Environmental Protection Division.

Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs Source: All information pertaining to annual tonnage, remaining landfill capacity and estimated closure dates was supplied by Environmental Protection Division.
A - 6

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

As can be seen in the Remaining Permitted Landfill Disposal Capacity graph, the challenge of insufficient landfill space that faced Georgia during the early 1990s has largely been met, with new permitted landfill space more than tripling since FY 1994.

Remaining Permitted Landfill Disposal Capacity by Type
FY 1993 - 2002 R e m a in in g L a n d f ill D is p o s a l C a p a c ity b y T y p e F Y 1 9 9 3 -2 0 0 1
5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0

Capacity, or the amount of available space in landfills to dispose of tightly compacted waste, grew from 139 million cubic yards in FY 1994 to nearly 440 million cubic yards in FY 2001. In FY 2002, capacity grew to 447 million cubic yards. To help visualize 447 million cubic yards, it would be enough space to pile 39 football fields a mile high in tightly compacted garbage. On average, there is enough waste disposed every year in Georgia to fill about two football fields one mile high. Georgia has an estimated 23.6 years of remaining landfill capacity statewide. A regional breakdown, by RDC, can be found in the back of this section. The projection of remaining capacity is based upon current disposal rates and disposal capacity permitted by the Georgia EPD.

Remaining Capacity, in cubic yards

4 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 2 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0
5 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 -

1993

1994

1995 1996 MSW L

1997 SL

1998 1999 2000

C & D /L

T otal

2001

2002

The increases in landfill disposal capacity are the result of a solid waste management trend that emerged in the mid-

1990s, a trend that is largely driven by the economics of landfill design and operation. While the state has more disposal

capacity today than it had in the past decade, this capacity is contained in fewer landfills. Since 1997, there has been a

17% reduction in the total number of landfills in the state. The number of MSW landfills dropped 37% from FY 1997-FY

2002, but the number of C&D landfills remained fairly static before rising to 46 in FY 2002. In FY 1999, nearly half of the

state's total disposal capacity could be found in eight landfills. For FY 2002, more than half of the state's total remaining

capacity sits in just seven facilities. And nearly one-third of Georgia's total remaining capacity sits in just three facilities.

Total Number of Permitted Landfills

These gains in remaining disposal capacity have occurred while smaller or

FY 1997 - 2002

older landfills are closed and enter

lengthy post-closure care monitoring

100

periods. The table entitled `Georgia

90

Landfills with Most Remaining Disposal

Capacity FY 2002' ranks the top ten

80

landfills in the state by remaining disposal

70

capacity.

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

MSW C&D

A - 7

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County
Cherokee Taylor Butts Forsyth Banks Gwinnett Wayne Charlton Gordon Crisp

Facility Name

Georgia Landfills with Most Remaining Capacity

FY 2002

Total Tons Domain Facility Remaining Avg.

Disposed

Type Capacity Daily

FY 2002

(CY)

Tons

Rate of Fill
(CYD)

Estimated Fill Date

Cherokee Co-Pine Bluff Landfill, Inc. Allied Services, LLC -S.R. 90/ S.R. 137 Butts Co.-Pine Ridge Recycling Eagle Point Landfill Chambers R&B Landfill Site #2 BFI-Richland Creek Rd (SL) Wayne Co. - S.R. 23 Broadhurst Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc. Gordon Co.-Redbone Ridge Rd. Crisp Co.-U.S. 41S

743,118 Private 806,766 Private 474,817 Private
49,781 Private 454,975 Private 791,163 Private 484,964 Public 149,273 Private
62,804 Public 81,561 Public

MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

54,030,062 40,262,253 39,727,852 28,015,469 23,734,776 18,235,309 12,465,430 10,968,419 10,871,582 10,695,450

2,598 2,428 1,631
800 1,587 2,552 1,442
597 213 315

3,997 10/1/2049 3,237 6/21/2045 2,609 6/25/2055 1,333 12/19/2075 2,442 7/13/2036 4,150 10/24/2021 1,923 1/14/2024
853 7/30/2047 313 6/3/2111 618 3/20/2071

Remaining Permitted Capacity
(Years) 46.5 42.5 52.5 73 33.5 18.7 22.0 44.5
108.5 68.3

During FY 2002, an additional 11 MSW landfills and four C&D landfills were issued closure certificates, and one unlined landfill ceased accepting MSW. During the same period, permits were issued for two publicly owned C&D landfills and one private C&D landfill. As of July 1, 2002, 156 solid waste disposal facilities were in post-closure care.

Disposal Capacity by RDC

C&D and MSW Landfills Combined

Regional Development Center
Atlanta Regional Commission Central Savannah River Area Chattahoochee Flint Coastal Georgia Coosa Valley Georgia Mountains Heart of Georgia-Altamaha Lower Chattahoochee McIntosh Trail Middle Flint Middle Georgia North Georgia Northeast Georgia South Georgia Southeast Georgia Southwest Georgia Statewide Total

Total Tons Disposed FY 2002
5,919,823 461,633 111,118 526,660 387,389 773,300 623,425 82,480 569,743 888,327 646,045 169,037 915,738 405,241 237,414 323,340
13,040,713

Remaining Capacity (CY)
115,464,521 22,298,044 3,399,101 11,228,496 20,202,710 62,325,527 17,287,639 5,620,161 40,451,706 57,272,703 24,828,776 11,384,072 18,567,455 15,483,385 11,495,610 9,342,697
446,652,603

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)
20.1 47.3 17.5 15.4 19.3 44.6 23.1 38.9 48.3 57.1 26.0 30.6 8.2 33.3 37.2 19.4 23.6

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Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

Disposal Capacity by RDC

Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills

Regional Development Center
Atlanta Regional Commission Central Savannah River Area Chattahoochee Flint Coastal Georgia Coosa Valley Georgia Mountains Heart of Georgia-Altamaha Lower Chattahoochee McIntosh Trail Middle Flint Middle Georgia North Georgia Northeast Georgia South Georgia Southeast Georgia Southwest Georgia
Statewide C&D Total

Total Tons Disposed FY 2002
2,122,347 177,604 16,266 47 45,903 157,977 21,785 0 22,255 0 128,985 0 65,721 9,108 34,590 4,504
2,807,092

Remaining Capacity (CY)
18,962,351 2,670,910 403,683 2,482 520,247 2,934,632 1,766,798 0 142,637 0 4,189,581 0
12,647,025 153,375 47,882 575,017
45,016,620

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)
7.7 23.2 15.7
9.5 7.7 12.0 33.1 N/A1 38.8 N/A1 22.3 N/A1 121.6 5.9 1.3 41.0
13.4

Disposal Capacity by RDC

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Regional Development Center

Total Tons

Remaining

Remaining

Disposed

Capacity (CY)

Permitted

FY 2002

Capacity (Years)

Atlanta Regional Commission

3,797,476

96,502,170

19.0

Central Savannah River Area

284,029

19,627,134

55.0

Chattahoochee Flint

94,852

2,995,418

17.8

Coastal Georgia

526,613

11,226,014

15.4

Coosa Valley

341,486

19,682,463

20.0

Georgia Mountains

615,323

59,390,895

51.6

Heart of Georgia-Altamaha

601,640

15,520,841

22.3

Lower Chattahoochee

82,480

5,620,161

38.9

McIntosh Trail

547,488

40,309,069

50.4

Middle Flint

888,327

57,272,703

57.1

Middle Georgia North Georgia

475,254

16,100,326

21.6

169,037

11,384,072

30.3

Northeast Georgia

850,017

5,920,430

2.8

South Georgia

396,133

15,330,010

34.9

Southeast Georgia

202,824

11,447,728

41.9

Southwest Georgia

318,836

8,767,680

18.8

Statewide MSW Total

10,233,621

401,635,983

25.8

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Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County Facility Name

Total Tons Domain Facility Remaining Average

Disposed

Type Capacity Daily

FY 2002

(CY)

Tons

Atlanta Regional Commission

C&D

Cherokee Cherokee Construction And Demolition Landfill

Cherokee Cherokee Co-Swims-SR 92 Ph 4

DeKalb

Phillips-Scales Rd C&D (L)

DeKalb

BFI-East DeKalb Landfill

DeKalb

APAC/Ga-Donzi Ln Ph 5a (L)

DeKalb

Rogers Lake Road C&D

16,433 Private C&D 64,688 Private C&D 98,605 Private C&D 550,898 Private C&D 453,006 Private C&D 379,245 Private C&D

3,298,500 253,500 100,943
2,033,193 3,895,616 2,380,211

200 207 517 1,697 1,476 1,831

Rate of Fill
(CYD)

Estimated Remaining Fill Date Permitted
Capacity (Years)

381 10/28/2032

29.5

43 1/27/2007

5.0

725 8/25/2003

0.7

1,954 6/24/2006

3.5

1,114 12/5/2013

11.0

1,745 11/26/2006

3.7

DeKalb

Dekalb Co-Seminole Rd

Ph 2 (Sl)

Douglas Douglas Co-Cedar

Mt/Worthan Rd Ph 1 (SL)

Fulton

Safeguard Landfill

Management C & D

Fulton

Chadwick Rd Landfill,

Inc.

MSW

Cherokee Cherokee Co-Pine Bluff

Landfill, Inc.

Clayton

Clayton Co-Sr 3 Lovejoy

Site # 3

DeKalb

DeKalb Co-Seminole Rd

Ph 2a,3&4 (SL)

DeKalb

WMI-Live Oak #2 (SL)

DeKalb

BFI-Hickory Ridge (MSWL)

Fulton

Chambers-Bolton Rd (SL)

Gwinnett

BFI-Richland Creek Rd (SL)

Central Savannah River Area

C&D

Burke

Burke Co.-Clarke Rd.

Columbia Columbia Co-Sample &

Son (C&D)

Jenkins

Jenkins Co.-CR 54

Richmond US Army-Ft.

Gordon/Gibson Rd.

MSW

67,204 Public 32,634 Public 89,630 Private 370,004 Private
743,118 Private 75,091 Public
402,269 Public 1,172,769 Private
529,107 Private 83,959 Private
791,163 Private
4,419 Public 156,219 Private
7,972 Public 8,994 Public

Columbia Columbia Co-Baker

109,309 Public

Place Rd (Sl), Ph 2

Jefferson Jefferson Co. -CR138

10,321 Public

McDuffie McDuffie Co.-

Under

Public

Wrightsboro Rd./Moore Construction

Rd.

Richmond Richmond Co.-Deans

150,336 Public

Bridge Rd.

Screven Screven Co.-Rocky Ford Under

Public

Rd. MSWL

Construction

Washington Washington Co.-Kaolin

14,063 Public

Rd.

Wilkes

Wilkes Co.-CR 40 MSWL Built in FY

Public

2001, Not

taking waste

Chattahoochee Flint

C&D

Coweta

Coweta Co.-Ishman Ballard Rd. Landfill

8,552 Public

C&D C&D C&D C&D

547,261 578,837 2,531,574 3,342,716

MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

54,030,062 3,755,844
10,197,698 7,655,574 1,866,024 761,659
18,235,309

C&D C&D
C&D C&D

94,163 1,621,678
776,979 178,090

MSWL
MSWL MSWL

197,116
1,490,028 10,571,161

MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

973,032 2,986,503 1,267,973 2,141,321

C&D

244,514

A-10

216 125 411 1,400
2,598 243
1,355 3,205 2,662
364 2,552
15 157
29 38
236 62 0
490 0
56 0
24

216 8/19/2010 281 4/29/2009 822 5/28/2013 2,154 11/7/2007
3,997 10/1/2049 486 6/24/2027
2,258 1/20/2017 4,931 9/13/2006 3,179 1/24/2005
560 10/13/2007 4,150 10/24/2021
71 3/6/2007 237 8/28/2024
59 10/13/2053 76 6/21/2017
319 7/31/2004 124 9/5/2045
0 N/A
816 4/15/2006 0 N/A
113 8/6/2045 0 N/A
48 9/5/2016

7.5 6.3 11.5 4.7
46.5 24.5
15 3.5 3.0 4.7 18.7
4.3 21.5 50.8 14.5
1.5 42.5 N/A
3.3 N/A 42.7 N/A
13.5

Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County Facility Name

Total Tons Domain Facility Remaining Average

Disposed

Type Capacity Daily

FY 2002

(CY)

Tons

Chattahoochee Flint (cont'd)

Troup

Troup Co.-S.R. 109

Mountville

MSW

Troup

LaGrange-I 85/ S.R. 109

Troup

LaGrange-I 85/ S.R. 109

Coastal Georgia

C&D

Liberty MSW

U. S. Army Ft. Stewart Main Cantonment

Camden Chatham
Chatham
Liberty

Camden Co.- S.R. 110 Savannah-Dean Forest Rd. Superior Landfill & Recycling Center U. S. Army Ft. Stewart Main Cantonment

McIntosh McIntosh Co.-King Rd.

7,714 Public
13,250 Public 81,602 Public
47 Public
92,333 Public 127,058 Public 272,760 Private
15,924 Public
18,538 Public

Coosa Valley

C&D

Bartow

Bartow Co.-S.R. 294

26,984 Public

Emerson

Floyd

Floyd Co. Rome Walker

18,611 Public

Mtn. Rd.

Paulding Paulding Co.-Gulledge

199 Public

Rd.

Walker

LaFayette-Coffman

109 Public

Springs Rd.

MSW

Bartow

Bartow Co.-S.R. 294

87,520 Public

Emerson

Catoosa Catoosa Co.-S.R.151,

27,795 Public

Floyd

Rome Walker Mtn. Rd.,

90,316 Public

Gordon

Gordon Co.-Redbone

62,804 Public

Ridge Rd.

Polk

Polk Co.-Grady Rd.

73,051 Public

Walker

Walker Co.-Marble Top Under

Public

Rd. MSWL

Construction

Georgia Mountains

C&D Hall
Rabun
Stephens MSW

Reliable Tire Service, Monroe Dr. Rabun Co. Boggs Mountain Rd. Stephens Co.-S.R. 145

151,019 Private 4,879 Public 2,079 Public

Banks
Forsyth Habersham Hall
Franklin

Chambers R&B Landfill Site #2 Eagle Point Landfill Habersham Co.- S.R.13 Hall Co.-Candler Rd. (S.R. 60) Franklin Co.-Harrison Bridge Rd.

454,975 Private
49,781 Private 32,189 Public 65,842 Public
12,536 Public

C&D
MSWL MSWL
C&D
MSWL MSWL MSWL Unlined MSW Landfill Unlined MSW Landfill
C&D C&D C&D C&D
MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL
C&D C&D C&D
MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL Unlined MSW Landfill

159,169
266,618 2,728,800
2,482
2,501,851 654,060
6,465,778 862,832
741,493
94,500 325,295
3,248 97,204
1,250,000 349,125
6,198,694 10,871,582
163,562 849,500
2,614,740 299,850 20,042
23,734,776 28,015,469
1,086,672 6,383,620
170,358

25
50 358
1
305 248 962
55
51
90 51
1 1
309 200 220 213 1,000
0
575 18 6
1,587 800 81 210 44

Rate of Fill
(CYD)

Estimated Remaining Fill Date Permitted
Capacity (Years)

51 7/18/2012

9.5

63 2/26/2016

13.2

583 6/23/2017

14.5

1 7/31/2027

24.5

611 2/17/2015

13.0

496 7/2/2006

3.5

1,480 10/13/2017

14.5

111 7/31/2028

25.5

102 10/25/2025

22.8

180 5/29/2004 78 1/30/2016 1 1/28/2011 1 8/22/2448

1.4 14.0
9.0 Exempted

618 8/29/2009
400 5/19/2005 440 8/27/2048 313 6/3/2111
2,000 9/20/2002 0 N/A

6.5
2.5 45.5 108.5
0.0 N/A

885 10/13/2012

9.8

42 9/1/2028

25.5

13 6/24/2006

3.5

2,442 7/13/2036

33.5

1,333 12/19/2075

73

147 8/19/2026

23.5

420 8/23/2050

47.5

89 3/11/2009

6.3

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Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County Facility Name

Total Tons Domain Facility Remaining Average

Disposed

Type Capacity Daily

FY 2002

(CY)

Tons

Heart of Georgia-Altamaha

C&D

Appling

Appling Co.-Roaring Creek

4,597 Public

Evans

Evans Co.-Sikes Branch Claxton

5,305 Public

Jeff Davis Jeff Davis Co.-CR 20 C&D Landfill

Under Construction

Toombs

Toombs Co. S1898

11,883 Public

MSW

Candler

Candler Co.-S.R. 121

12,504 Public

Laurens

Laurens Co.-Old Macon 41,245 Road

Public

Telfair

Telfair Co. CR 144

18,252 Public

Toombs

Toombs Co.-S 1898

44,675 Public

Wayne

Wayne Co. S.R. 23 Broadhurst

484,964 Public

Lower Chattahoochee

MSW

Muscogee Columbus, Pine Grove

82,480 Public

McIntosh Trail

C&D

Spalding

Spalding Co.Griffin/Shoal Creek Rd.

22,255 Public

MSW

Butts

Butts Co.-Pine Ridge Recycling

474,818 Private

Lamar

Lamar Co. Cedar Grove Regional

72,670 Public

Middle Flint

MSW

Crisp

Crisp Co.-U.S. 41S

81,561 Public

Macon

Macon Co.-Middle Georgia SWMA Regional MSWL

Under

Public

Construction

Taylor

Allied Services, LLC S.R. 90/ S.R. 137

806,766 Private

Middle Georgia

C&D

Bibb

Swift Creek Landfill

76,469 Private

Baldwin

Central State HospitalFreeman Building

269 Public

Houston

Houston Co. S.R.247 Klondike

52,247 Public

MSW

Bibb

Macon-Walker Rd.

87,457 Public

Bibb

Swift Creek MSW

Landfill

Baldwin

Baldwin Co.-Union Hill

Church Rd.

Houston

Houston Co. S.R.

247 Klondike

Monroe

Monroe Co.-Strickland

Loop Rd.

Twiggs

Twiggs Co.-U.S. 80

North Georgia

MSW

Murray

Murray Co. -U.S. 411

Westside

247,701 Private 33,897 Public
124,226 Public 11,943 Public 11,836 Public
38,835 Public

C&D C&D C&D C&D MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL
MSWL
C&D
MSWL MSWL
MSWL MSWL
MSWL
C&D C&D C&D
Unlined MSW Landfill MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL
MSWL

649,372 14,412
802,000 301,014 325,684 163,053 548,985 2,017,689 12,465,430
5,620,161
142,637
39,727,852 581,217
10,695,450 6,315,000
40,262,253
419,939 7,449
3,762,193
2,827,209
2,892,991 2,708,450 5,332,182 2,339,494 4,538,869
1,661,794

17 18
0 50 47 95 50 200 1,442
278
71
1,631 258
315 0
2,428
204 1
184
430
882 100 313
33 36
185

Rate of Fill
(CYD)

Estimated Remaining Fill Date Permitted
Capacity (Years)

48 11/22/2050

48.0

57 5/27/2003

0.5

0 N/A

N/A

100 3/24/2013

10.3

95 8/29/2015

12.5

153 8/30/2005

2.8

100 1/24/2022

20.0

400 7/6/2020

17.5

1,923 1/14/2024

22.0

556 8/5/2043

40.5

143 7/23/2005

2.5

2,609 6/25/2055

52.5

469 12/21/2006

4.0

618 3/20/2071

68.3

0 N/A

N/A

3,237 6/21/2045

42.5

355 7/5/2006 1 6/21/2024
368 1/1/2035
860 3/27/2013
1,217 9/5/2010 200 9/19/2045 522 12/28/2034 67 11/1/2114 75 7/16/2202

3.5 21.5 33.0
10.3
7.5 42.5
32 111.8 199.5

370 12/27/2019

17.0

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Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County

Facility Name

North Georgia (cont'd)

Total Tons Disposed FY 2002

Domain Facility Remaining Average

Type Capacity Daily

(CY)

Tons

Rate of Fill
(CYD)

Estimated Remaining Fill Date Permitted
Capacity (Years)

Whitfield

Whitfield Co.-Dalton, Old Dixie Hwy.

130,202 Public MSWL

9,722,278

564

1,074 12/30/2031

29.0

Northeast Georgia

C&D

Jasper

Jasper Co.-S.R. 212

3,369 Public C&D

3,597

19

38 3/1/2003

0.3

Monticello

Newton

Newton Co.-Forest

26,389 Public C&D

99,720

66

132 2/21/2005

3.2

Tower/Lower River Rd.

Oglethorpe Olgethorpe Co.-U.S.

35,963 Public C&D

67,708

115

230 5/16/2003

0.5

78

Walton

Natwell Holdings LLC Under

Private C&D

12,476,000

0

0 N/A

N/A

U.S. 78 C&D Landfill Construction

MSW

Barrow

Republic Waste-Oak

734,715 Private MSWL

2,435,862

2,647

3,919 7/31/2004

1.5

Grove S.R. 324

Clarke

Clarke Co. -Athens Dunlap Rd.

75,202 Public MSWL

1,799,719

2,062

4,124 1/14/2016

14.0

Newton

Newton Co. -Lower River Rd.

40,100 Public MSWL

1,684,849

114

228 1/21/2023

21.0

South Georgia

C&D

Cook

Cook Co.-Taylor Rd. Adel

9,108 Public C&D

153,375

50

100 12/17/2007

5.0

MSW

Ben Hill

Fitzgerald, Kiochee

24,619 Public MSWL

709,110

41

75 9/7/2032

5.0

Church Rd.

Cook

Cook Co. -Taylor Rd.

9,112 Public MSWL

708,675

50

100 7/17/2027

24.5

Lowndes

Lowndes Co.-Deep Under

Public MSWL

10,132,600

0

0 N/A

N/A

South Regional MSWL construction

Lowndes

Pecan Row

328,689 Private MSWL

3,311,820

1,267

1,325 12/24/2010

8.0

Tift

Tifton-Omega/Eldorado

33,713 Public MSWL

467,805

118

189 1/26/2011

9.0

Rd.

Southeast Georgia

C&D

Coffee

Transwaste Services, Inc. C.R. 129/17

34,590 Private C&D

47,882

89

137 10/20/2003

0.7

MSW

Atkinson

Atkinson Co.-S.R. 50

53,551 Public MSWL

84,141

99

199 10/24/02

0.0

Charlton

Chesser Island Road

149,273 Private MSWL

10,968,419

597

853 7/30/2047

44.5

Landfill, Inc.

Ware

Tricounty MSWL

Under

Public MSWL

395,168

0

0 N/A

N/A

Construction

Southwest Georgia

C&D

Thomas

Thomasville/Sunset Dr.

4,504 Public C&D

575,017

27

54 7/28/2041

38.5

MSW

Decatur

Decatur Co.-S.R. 309

28,866 Public Unlined

235,066

97

194 6/28/2006

3.5

Bainbridge

MSW

Landfill

Dougherty

Dougherty Co.-

147,170 Public MSWL

4,726,512

346

668 8/25/8025

22.5

Fleming/Gaissert Rd.

Grady

Cairo-Sixth Ave

19,652 Public Unlined

524,918

97

195 9/23/2013

10.5

MSW

Landfill

Thomas

Thomasville/Sunset Dr.

123,148 Public MSWL

3,281,184

444

740 8/28/2018

15.7

All information pertaining to annual tonnage, remaining landfill capacity and estimated closure dates was supplied by EPD. Both (C&D) and (L) designations include

construction and demolition landfills, while (MSWL) and (SL) designate municipal solid waste landfills. Estimated fill rates by region are cumulative, using average

daily fill rates based on 260 operating days per year and remaining capacity reported to EPD.

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Disposal and Capacity 2002 Update

County
Washington Habersham Muscogee Ben Hill Atkinson Dougherty

Facility Name
Washington Co.Kaolin Rd. Habersham Co.S.R. 13 Columbus, Pine Grove Fitzgerald, Kiochee Church Rd. Atkinson Co.-S.R. 50 Dougherty Co.Fleming/Gaissert Rd.

MSW Facilities receiving C&D Waste

Total Tons Disposed FY 2002

Domain Facility Type

Remaining Capacity (CY)

Avg. Daily Tons

Rate of Fill (CYD)

4,520 Public 4,598 Public 15,1322 Public 2,402 Public

MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

152,340

18

51

118,605

25

62

399,098

51

103

71,324

37

121

21,599 Public 52,318 Public

MSWL MSWL

19,705

67

135

4,726,512 346

668

Estimated Fill Date
2/4/2014 9/29/2008 5/5/2017 6/7/2004
N/A 8/25/2025

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)
11.2
5.5
14.5
1.5
1.4
22.5

County
Chatham Whitfield Cobb Chatham

Other Permitted Solid Waste Management Facilities

Facility Name

Total Tons Disposed FY 2002

Domain Facility Type

Remaining Capacity (CY)

Avg. Daily Tons

Rate of Fill (CYD)

Estimated Fill Date

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)

Savannah Regional Industrial Landfill DWRSWMA Old Dixie Hwy Baled Carpet
North County Farm Road Composting Facility Montenay Savannah Limited Partnership

148,253 Private 22,580 Public
74,864 Public 76,987 Private

Industrial Landfill Baled Carpet Waste Monofill Municipal Composting
Waste-toEnergy

4,453,790 512 1,942,693 121

853 8/15/2020 403 9/30/2017

N/A

300 N/A

N/A

N/A

250 N/A

N/A

17.5 14.8
N/A N/A

For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html
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Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2002 Solid Waste Management Update

Waste Collection

The level and type of solid waste, recycling and yard trimmings collection services provided throughout the state varies

greatly depending upon a community's size and demographic profile. The information contained in the following pages

attempts to identify how local governments collect and manage solid waste and recyclables generated within their

community. Most importantly it notes that the majority of local governments responding to the 2001 Solid Waste

Management Survey and Full

Cost Report (82%) provide, or arrange for, the collection of residential solid waste. In

Residential Waste and Recyclables Collection FY 1996 - 2001

addition, 56% of the local

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

governments responding reported providing, or arranging for, solid waste collection services for businesses and other non-residential customers.

No. of local governments responding 682

681

675

676

678

662

to Solid Waste Management Survey

Solid Waste Service Providers

Local governments

595

581

551

568

555

540

providing/arranging for residential

waste collection

In the table entitled Residential Waste & Recyclables Collection

Provided by public sector Provided by private sector Types of Residential Programs

500

455

561

559

385

359

382

404

302

371

379

352

the changing role of local governments as solid waste collection service providers is highlighted. Many local governments have opted to

Curbside/backdoor City County
Staffed Drop-off City County

524

505

415

418

422

412

45

45

46

41

67

71

18

15

21

30

27

30

40

46

46

50

74

78

"arrange for" rather than "provide" solid waste collection services. Over the past decade, we have seen the solid waste

Unstaffed Drop-off City County
Dumpsters (Green box) City

25

37

28

34

40

35

19

25

19

21

27

24

44

39

48

68

41

42

collection role of the private

County

77

64

46

42

42

37

sector increase. In 1992, 190 communities reported they relied upon the private sector to collect solid waste in their community. In the year 2001, 352 local

Recycling Service Providers Local governments making residential recycling services available Provided by public sector Provided by private sector

513

492

497

501

487

478

269

395

463

461

420

426

247

206

N/A

190

225

223

governments reported they relied

Provided by non-profit organization

161

114

209

137

130

122

upon the private sector for solid

waste collection services.

There are several tools local governments use to partner with the private sector to manage the waste generated within

their communities, including: permits, ordinances, franchise agreements,

Private/Public Partnerships for

Residential Waste Collection

City County

Private collection does not exist 171

32

Issue permit or license

22

15

Local ordinance

21

15

Franchise agreement

38

10

Governments contract

172

36

Open competition no local

31

67

and/or contracts. Permits and ordinances governing the collection of solid waste are typically the least restrictive tools local governments use to manage solid waste collection in their community. Collection ordinances typically establish general standards by which a private sector service provider must operate. Franchise agreements, either exclusive or open, typically establish a minimum level of services that must be provided by all service providers and usually stipulate the specific operating standards. A contract between a local government and private waste service provider provides the greatest degree of management control

government oversight

over the waste stream, with the local government setting forth specific

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performance measures and standards to be met by both parties.

As can be seen in the Residential Waste and Recyclables Collection table, the types of residential solid waste collection

services range from "green box" or Dumpster drop-off service to curbside or backdoor pick-up. One trend the Department

of Community Affairs has been tracking for several years is the use of Dumpsters. Also known as green boxes, they are

often placed in unsupervised areas, usually in rural communities, for trash collection. They frequently become dumping

grounds for everything from household trash to disabled vehicles, tires, and animal carcasses. They can become an

eyesore in a community and attract waste from neighboring jurisdictions. The number of local governments using green

boxes for residential waste collection has dwindled in recent years. In 1994, 74 cities and 99 counties reported using them

for residential waste collection. In FY 2001, just 42 cities and 37 counties reported using green boxes. An upward blip

reported during FY 1999 by cities was caused by some jurisdictions reporting the use of green boxes for collection when

in fact they were just used to

augment existing curbside collection programs already in place.

Yard Trimmings Management

FY 1998 - 2001

1998

1999

2000

2001

City County City County City County City County

Yard Trimmings Collection

Promote home composting and grasscycling

56

40

89

39

75

37

61

38

The number of local

Provide for collection 307

86

303

76

353

77

362

87

governments reporting they provide for the collection and disposal of yard trimmings rose

and disposal

Collection Options

Staffed drop-off

18

40

18

34

18

29

17

33

facilities

to 449 in FY 2001. The type of

Unstaffed drop-off

14

10

12

6

11

4

12

3

collection service options ranged

facilities

from accepting yard trimmings at

Curbside collection

290

16

295

14

276

14

287

14

solid waste management facilities like a solid waste transfer station to curbside

Accepted at

41

49

41

46

31

43

32

51

landfill/transfer station

Other

10

10

4

11

7

10

8

10

collection programs.
Recyclables Collection

The number of local governments

offering or arranging for the collection of

residential recyclables remained fairly

600

constant during the late 1990s. During

FY 2001, 478 local governments

reported they provided or arranged for

500

residential recycling services in their

communities. As can be seen in the

400

Residential Recycling Services Providers

graph, the strong tradition of public,

private, and non-profit partnerships used

300

to provide recycling services throughout

Georgia continues.

200

The growth in the number of local

governments making residential recycling 100

services available in their communities

stalled in FY 1999. During FY 2000 there

appeared to be a drop in the number of

0

local collection programs for various

recycling materials. As shown in the Number of Jurisdictions Collecting

Residential Recycling Service Providers FY 1997 - 2001

1997

1998

1999

2000

Local governments making residential recycling services available
Provided by public sector Provided by private vendor
Provided by non-profit organization

2001

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Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2002 Update
Materials for Recyling tables on page C-4, this drop appears to have stabilized, and in some instances reversed during FY 2001. Nationally and regionally, market prices for recycled materials have ridden a roller coaster. Virtually any recyclable commodity price, when tracked over time, varies greatly, thus affecting what materials some local governments choose to recycle.
This report does not address the scale of the individual local recycling operations, which would be difficult to quantify. Rather, it focuses upon the level of recycling services being offered throughout the state. Since 1992, newspaper has been reported as the residential recyclable material most widely collected in Georgia, followed by aluminum cans. During FY 2001, the most popular commodities recycled from residences were newspaper (406 jurisdictions reporting collection); aluminum (375); corrugated cardboard (332); magazines (315); and glass (293.) The tables on this page tally the number of local governments that collect commercial and residential materials for recycling. For a complete listing of the types of materials that are being recycled in each community, please consult DCA's Web site, www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html and view the `Access to Recycling FY 2001' table.
Recyclables Processing
In FY 2001 240 local governments reported processing recyclables as source separated materials, or reported that they collect source-separated materials from their customers.
Transfer Stations
With fewer, more regional-sized landfills in the state and a wide array of solid waste collection programs, solid waste transfer stations continue to be a popular method of streamlining solid waste collection services. Transfer stations are especially effective when collection routes are farther than 50 miles from a landfill. Combining several conventional rearloader garbage truck loads into a single tractor-trailer for the trip to the landfill saves fuel costs, vehicle wear and tear, and means fewer trucks can service more customers. Only 20 cities reported using transfer stations in FY 1995 while 142 reported using them in FY 2001.

Use of Solid Waste

Transfer Stations

FY 1995 - 2001

City

County

1995

20

39

1996

19

46

1997

94

51

1998

99

32

1999

102

43

2000

131

70

2001

142

63

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Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2002 Update

Number of Jurisdictions Collecting

Commercial Materials for Recycling by Type

FY 1997 - 2001

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Automobile components

tires

101

107

117

110

98

auto batteries

80

86

81

72

74

motor oil

81

85

83

71

82

Metals

aluminum

280

291

303

257

249

scrap metal

n/a

183

188

178

175

Paper

newspaper

317

324

345

280

270

magazines

226

238

268

212

218

corrugated cardboard

298

298

328

263

268

white paper

216

211

237

192

184

green bar computer paper

182

184

209

166

161

phone books

157

193

214

172

181

other paper

176

172

195

149

154

Misc.

plastic

224

220

246

367

353

glass

225

231

241

191

193

other wood waste

n/a

55

58

40

41

pallets

n/a

68

71

61

61

restaurant grease

n/a

22

25

23

23

n/a: Question not asked on that year's survey.

Number of Jurisdictions Collecting

Residential Materials for Recycling by Type

FY 1997 - 2001

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

Automobile components

tires

142

136

157

144

141

auto batteries

97

94

101

90

88

antifreeze motor oil oil filters Metals

n/a

23

19

12

15

107

114

117

107

109

n/a

19

24

21

22

aluminum

404

401

408

381

375

steel cans

188

189

193

189

173

scrap metal

217

224

239

215

223

aerosol cans

34

48

52

45

38

Paper

newspaper

445

456

465

428

406

magazines

309

313

331

316

315

corrugated cardboard

328

341

364

324

332

phone books

205

235

270

238

250

paper board

98

124

148

132

126

other paper

230

240

267

237

238

Misc.

#1 plastic

321* 314* 327*

280

276

#2 plastic

n/a

n/a

n/a

259

259

other plastic glass

99

106

115

77

85

328

333

333

289

293

white goods

244

260

280

258

263

Christmas trees

269

271

278

266

262

C&D materials

57

61

62

68

66

Agricultural chemical containers

27

27

29

26

23

electronics

n/a

n/a

n/a

20

20

Household Hazardous Waste

paint

n/a

18

26

19

19

cleaning products

n/a

11

14

5

6

pesticides

n/a

6

9

4

4

other

n/a

7

8

11

12

n/a: Question not asked on that year's survey *Prior to the 2000 survey, DCA did not separate #1 and #2 plastics in its survey.

For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html
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Yard Trimmings 2002 Solid Waste Management Update

Georgia banned yard trimmings from lined Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills in 1996, as part of an effort to extend landfill disposal capacity. Effective Sept. 1, 1996, each city, county and solid waste management authority was required to impose restrictions on yard trimmings generated in or disposed within their jurisdiction. The restrictions required that yard trimmings:
Not be placed in or mixed with municipal solid waste;
Be sorted and stored for collection to facilitate composting or other handling;
To the maximum extent feasible be sorted, stockpiled or chipped for composting or used as a mulch or for other beneficial purposes; and
Be banned from disposal at MSW disposal facilities having liners and leachate collection systems.
Annually, DCA surveys local governments to determine how they collect, process and use yard trimmings generated within their communities. During FY 2001, 61 cities and 38 counties reported actively promoting waste minimization practices such as grasscycling or home composting. During FY 2001, 362 cities and 87 counties reported collecting yard trimmings for diversion from MSW landfills. It is not surprising, given lot sizes and population densities, that cities lead the way in providing yard trimmings collection services. Most local governments also reported that they provided the collection services with just a few indicating they contracted with a private vendor to collect yard trimmings.

Yard Trimmings Management

FY 1998 - 2001

1998

1999

2000

City County City County City County

Promote Home Composting and Grasscycling

56

40

89

39

75

37

Provide for collection 307

86

303

76

353

77

and disposal

Collection

Not available

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

166

82

Your government

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

254

49

Another government N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

13

13

Solid Waste Authority

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

5

3

Private vendor via

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

7

12

individual

subscription

Private vendor via

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

27

5

government contract

Collection Options

Staffed drop-off facilities

18

40

18

34

18

29

Unstaffed drop-off

14

10

12

6

11

4

facilities

Curbside collection

290

16

295

14

276

14

Accepted at landfill/transfer station

41

49

41

46

31

43

Other

10

10

4

11

7

10

Processing Methods

Composting

77

20

89

13

63

15

Solid waste landfill

35

1

36

1

35

2

Inert landfill

105

44

101

42

99

44

Grind/chip into mulch

194

54

199

53

181

44

Own a chipper/shredder

150

28

160

28

138

20

Contract out

47

30

44

24

37

24

chipping/shredding

Use another local

13

3

16

4

21

5

government's

chipper/shredder

Burning

25

0

24

2

24

3

Other

7

1

12

3

16

3

Beneficial Use

Give away

188

50

196

48

183

43

Sell

12

12

10

7

9

6

Used by local government

117

37

127

31

108

28

Becomes property of 17

5

24

7

13

7

private contractor

N/A: Questions not asked that year

2001
City County

61

38

362

87

144

69

255

53

18

14

7

9

9

13

30

8

17

33

12

3

287

14

32

51

8

10

55

8

37

7

106

47

178

45

142

23

37

22

19

4

32

3

19

4

181

49

6

4

101

25

12

6

In many areas, especially urban and suburban communities, the visible result of the yard trimmings ban has been the presence of large paper bags of leaves and grass at curbsides. Collection of yard trimmings in paper bags enables them to be ground into a mulch or feedstock for composting. The majority of local governments who reported collecting yard trimmings either ground or shredded the collected material for use as a mulch, however 153 local governments reported disposing the collected materials into an inert landfill. Composting and burning were also reported as common processing methods.

Yard trimmings, when processed properly, have numerous beneficial uses in a community. The five-year drought experienced by most of the state helped promote composting and mulching as an effective way for residents and local

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governments to divert waste from landfills and conserve water. The use of compost and mulch is extremely beneficial for slowing stormwater runoff and retaining moisture around plants. Many local governments used processed yard trimmings as mulch for their landscaping and civil engineering applications or reported offering the processed yard trimmings to their citizens for residential landscaping.

Georgia Composting / Mulching Facilities

Dade

Catoosa

Murray

Fannin

Town$s

Legend

Walker Whitfield r

Union

Rabun

City Municipal Facilities

Gilmer

Chattooga

Gordon r Pickens

Lum$pk$in

White Hab$ershamStrreph$ens

$

Floy$d

Bartow

Crherokee

Dawson Forsyth

Hall
$

Banks Franklin Hart

$ Composting r Composting & Mulch
P$rivatCe oFmacpiolitsietinsg r Composting & Mulch

Polk $
Haralson Carroll

PauldinDgorugla$sCrobbr$rFulr$to$$n$C$l$a$yrtr$o$nD$eK$$$alb$Ro$cGkw$rdrianlrneetNrte$wtBoWanrarlotown

Jackson
$ Clarke$
Oconee
$
Morgan

Madison Elbert

Oglethorpe
$

Wilkes
r

Greene Taliaferro

County Municipal Facilities
$ Composting

Lincoln

r Composting & Mulch

Columbia

Heard

Coweta
$

Fayette $$ Henry Spalrding

$Butts

r

Jaspe$r r

Putnam

Hancock

McDuffie Warren Glascock

$ Richmond r

Troup

Meriwether Pike L$amar Monroe

Jones

Baldwin

$ $$

Upson

Bibb

Wilkinson

Harris Muscogee

Talbot

Taylor

Crawford $ $$Peach

$

Twiggs

$

Bleckley

Houston

$

Chattahoochee Marion

Macon

Schley

r

Stewart Quitman

$ $ $r

Webster

Sumter

Dooly

Pulaski Dodge

Wilcox

$

$

Crisp

Randolph Terrell

Lee

Turner

Ben Hill

Washington

Jefferson

$$
Laurens

Johnson
$

Emanuel

Treutlen

Montgomery

$$ Wheeler
Telfair

Toombs

Jeff Davis

Appling

Burke

Jenkins
$

Screven

Candler $ Bulloch

Effingham

$

Evans

Tattnall

Bryan Chatham

Liberty Long

Clay
$ r Early

Calhoun Baker

Miller

Dougherty
Mitchell
$

Worth

Tift

Irwin

$

$ Colquitt $ $
$$

Berrien Cook

Coffee
rr
Atkinson

Bacon Wayne
Pierce $ $

Ware r

Brantley

McIntosh
$
Glynn
$

Seminole Decatur
rr

Grady

Thomas $ Brooks

Lanier

Clinch

$

Lowndes

Echols

Charlton

Camden
r

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs Compost Infrastructure Study, 2001 and Solid Waste Management Survey and Full Cost Accounting Report, 2000

For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html
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Community Solid Waste Management Systems 2002 Solid Waste Management Update

Georgia's 159 counties and 532 cities provide a wide array of solid waste management services. This report summarizes the reported costs incurred by communities to provide solid waste management services, identifies innovative pricing structures used by local governments to fund their programs, identifies communities with local environmental code enforcement programs, and reports individual community rankings based upon the level of services they provide. Because the level of services funded by communities throughout the state varies widely, it is impossible to make revenue and expenditure comparisons between local governments, therefore only summary information is presented in this report. For more information about the level of services offered by local governments, please consult the Department of Community Affairs' (DCA) Solid Waste and Recycling Collection section.

Cost of Solid Waste Management

Georgia's local governments reported spending $11 million more for solid waste management in FY 2001 than they did in FY 2000, according to information submitted to DCA in the 2001 Solid Waste Management Survey and Full Cost Report. Local governments reported a FY 2001 full cost of $437 million, a 2.5% increase from the $426 million they reported spending in FY 2000. For the most part, local governments have implemented user fees to pay for their solid waste management programs. In FY 2001, counties reported paying 89% of their solid waste management costs through dedicated solid waste revenues. In FY 2001, cities reported paying 77% of their solid waste management costs through dedicated revenues. The remaining solid waste management costs were paid from general fund revenues.
Innovative Funding Options

Host Community Fees: To offset the costs associated with solid waste management and having a solid waste facility located in their community, sixteen local governments reported charging a host fee on waste brought from outside their jurisdictions and disposed in privately owned and operated landfills within their borders. A host fee is a fee assessed by local governments, usually on a per-ton basis, to owners or operators of landfills. Most jurisdictions charging a host fee charged $0.50 or $1.00 per ton.
2001 Communities Charging Host Fees at Private Landfills ($/ton)

Banks County $1.00 Barrow County $0.50 Bibb County $1.00 Charlton County $1.00 Chatham County $1.00 Coffee County $1.00

DeKalb County $1.00 Fulton County $1.00 Gwinnett County $1.00 Lowndes County $0.01 Taylor County $0.50 Wayne County $1.75

City of Atlanta $1.10 City of Buford $1.00 City of Gainesville $1.00 City of Jesup $1.00

Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT): With a Pay-As-You-Throw (PAYT) rate structure, residents pay a fee for solid waste collection and disposal based on the amount of waste they dispose. The household that disposes of ten bags of garbage per week for example, pays more than the household that disposes of two. Reported use of PAYT in Georgia fell from 47 in 2000 to 42 in 2001, but some of these reported programs may not fit the true definition of a PAYT system. While technically a local government charging $1 for every six bags of garbage is charging by volume, there is no built-in incentive to reduce disposal, which is at the heart of a PAYT program.
There are 28 communities in Georgia with financial incentive PAYT programs. These programs have many different designs. Most counties operate PAYT systems at convenience centers while most cities integrate their program into a curbside or backdoor collection system. In some programs, residents are charged based on the volume of waste they dispose, while in others, residents are charged based on the weight of the waste they dispose. Some PAYT programs operate on a subscription basis, where residents pay a flat fee to dispose a predetermined amount of waste and are assessed an additional fee if they dispose of more waste. Others operate on a variable basis, where residents purchase bags for a fee that covers the collection, disposal, and the costs of the bags used to manage the waste.
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As different as the PAYT programs are, there are some common lessons learned, especially when it comes to how the public responds to the programs. Almost all communities report that public education can make or break a PAYT program. Many communities also claim that despite their initial concerns, illegal disposal did not significantly increase when a PAYT program was implemented, especially if ordinances were in place and enforced to minimize illegal dumping. Finally, the way in which solid waste management costs were covered before the PAYT program began can strongly influence public reaction to the program; whether it is seen as an added tax or a way to gain control over individual disposal costs.
2001 Pay-As-You-Throw Communities in Georgia

Athens-Clarke County Coweta County Forsyth County Fulton County Gordon County Hart County Jackson County

Lincoln County Montgomery County Murray County Oconee County Oglethorpe County Pickens County Rockdale County

Tift County Walker County Walton County White County Austell Dahlonega Decatur

Douglasville Duluth Marietta Morrow Rome Sugar Hill West Point

Solid Waste Education and Enforcement
Eighty-one counties and 112 cities reported having a solid waste management education program in place during FY 2001. In many cases, this program included the efforts of a local affiliate of the national Keep America Beautiful (KAB) system. As of April 2001, there were 63 KAB affiliates in Georgia, and more on the way. Locally operated KAB affiliates blanket nearly 74% of Georgia's population with messages to reduce, recycle, and beautify their local community. Affiliates work with local school systems to spread a message of sound solid waste management.
The map to the right and table below show the high level of commitment local governments have to ensuring solid waste is managed properly within their communities. By protecting the environment, local environmental code officers help to maintain the current and future environmental and economic viability of their communities.

Local Environmental

Ordinances, Enforcement

FY 2001

City County

Governments with local

273

123

ordinances prohibiting littering:

Illegal dumping

261

131

Burning residential waste

195

70

Burning yard trimmings

163

44

Governments with local code 120

86

enforcement officers

Local Governments with Environmental Code Enforcement Officers, FY 2001

Dade Catoosa Walker Whitfield

Murray

Fannin Gilmer

Union Towns Rabun White Habersham

Chattooga Floyd

Gordon Bartow

Pickens Cherokee

Lumpkin
Dawson Hall
Forsyth

Stephens Banks Franklin Hart

Jackson Madison Elbert

Code Enforcement Officer
County City Both County and City

Polk

Cobb

Gwinnett Barrow Clarke

Paulding Haralson

DeKalb

Walton Oconee Oglethorpe Wilkes Lincoln

Douglas Fulton

Rockdale

Carroll

Clayton

Newton Morgan Greene Taliaferro

Columbia

Fayette Henry

Warren McDuffie

Heard

Coweta

Spalding Butts Jasper Putnam Hancock Glascock

Richmond

Troup

Meriwether

Pike

Lamar Monroe

Jones Baldwin

Jefferson Washington

Burke

Upson

Harris

Talbot

Bibb

Wilkinson

Crawford

Twiggs

Johnson

Jenkins Screven

Muscogee Marion
Chatta-

Taylor

Peach

Macon

Houston Bleckley

Laurens

Emanuel

Treutlen

Candler Bulloch

Effingham

hoochee

Schley

Stewart Webster Sumter

Quitman Randolph Terrell Lee

Dooly Pulaski Dodge

Crisp Wilcox

Turner

Ben Hill

gMomonetr-y

Wheeler

Toombs

Telfair

Evans Tattnall

Jeff Davis Appling

Long

Bryan Liberty

Chatham

Clay Calhoun Dougherty Worth

Irwin

Tift

Coffee

Bacon

Wayne

McIntosh

Early

Baker

Miller

Mitchell

Colquitt

Berrien Cook

Atkinson

Pierce Brantley

Glynn

Seminole Decatur

Grady

Thomas

Brooks

Lanier Lowndes

Clinch

Ware Charlton

Camden

Echols

Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 2001 Data Source: Office of Environmental Management and the 2001 Solid Waste Management Survey and Full Cost Report.



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Community Solid Waste Management Systems 2002 Update

Community Indicators

One tool local governments can use to gauge how well they are managing their solid waste is to review their solid waste management index ranking in DCA's Community Indicators. Annually, DCA awards points to local governments for implementing sound solid waste management practices such as recycling, education, and effective yard trimmings management programs. The points earned establish an environmental ranking in DCA's Community Indicator listing. The Community Indicators listing ranks information on an individual city or county basis to provide a sense of how well a particular community is doing in important areas such as education, health, environment, and local government service delivery. Communities must have their Solid Waste Management Plan and Short Term Work Program up to date to be considered for ranking. Aggressive recycling programs and educational programs also earn them points.
The following tables list the solid waste management ranking for Georgia cities and counties in 2001. To see a local government's complete Community Indicator profile, look on the Department of Community Affairs Web site, at www.dca.state.ga.us/commind/default.asp For information on steps you can take to improve solid waste management in your community, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs at (404) 679-4940.
Community Indicators County Rankings

Extra Effort Counties:
Atkinson Barrow Bartow Bibb Bulloch Butts Camden Carroll Catoosa Charlton Chatham Chattahoochee Chattooga

Cherokee Clayton Clinch Colquitt Columbia Coweta Crisp Dade Decatur DeKalb Dougherty Douglas Early

Effingham Elbert Emanuel Evans Fayette Forsyth Fulton Gilmer Glynn Gordon Grady Greene Gwinnett

Habersham Hall Harris Hart Houston Johnson Jones Lamar Laurens Lowndes McIntosh Monroe Morgan

Newton Oconee Oglethorpe Peach Pike Polk Putnam Rabun Schley Screven Spalding Stephens Sumter

Taylor Thomas Tift Treutlen Troup Walton Ware Wayne Wheeler White Wilcox Wilkinson

Adequate Effort Counties:

Appling

Burke

Bacon

Calhoun

Baldwin

Candler

Banks

Clay

Ben Hill

Coffee

Bleckley

Cook

Brantley

Crawford

Brooks

Dodge Floyd

Dooly Echols Fannin Franklin Glascock Haralson Heard Jackson

Jasper Jefferson Lee Lumpkin Madison Marion McDuffie Mitchell

Montgomery Paulding Pierce Pulaski Rockdale Tattnall Toombs Towns

Twiggs Union Walker Washington Webster Whitfield Wilkes Worth

Minimal Effort Counties:
Baker Berrien Dawson Hancock Jeff Davis

Lanier Lincoln Meriwether Miller Quitman

Seminole Stewart Talbot Telfair Terrell

Turner Upson Warren

Counties not in compliance with state laws for Solid Waste Management:

Cobb

Jenkins

Pickens

Henry

Murray

Taliaferro*

Community Indicators City Rankings

Extra Effort Cities:
Acworth Albany Aldora

Alpharetta Americus Aragon

Atlanta Attapulgus Austell

Avondale Estates Bainbridge Barnesville

Blakely Bogart Bowman

Bremen Brooklet Buford

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Community Indicators City Rankings Extra Effort continued

Butler Byron Cairo Calhoun Camilla Canton Carrollton Cartersville Cave Spring Centerville Chamblee Chickamauga Clarkesville Claxton Cleveland Cobbtown Cochran College Park Colquitt Comer Conyers Cornelia Covington Dacula

Dahlonega Dalton Decatur Doraville Douglas Douglasville Dublin Duluth Eastman Eatonton Elberton Fitzgerald Folkston Forest Park Forsyth Fort Valley Gainesville Good Hope Gray Griffin Grovetown Guyton Hapeville Harlem

Hartwell Hazlehurst Hinesville Homeland Ila Ivey Jackson Jersey Jesup Jonesboro Kennesaw Kingston LaGrange Lake City Lavonia Lawrenceville Lilburn Lincolnton Loganville Lookout Mountain Lula Lumpkin Lyons

Macon Madison Marietta McCaysville McRae Metter Milner Monroe Montezuma Morrow Morven Moultrie Newnan Nicholls Norcross Ocilla Omega Oxford Pelham Pembroke Perry Pine Mountain Pinelake Plains

Adequate Effort Cities:

Abbeville

Colbert

Adairsville

Collins

Adel

Commerce

Adrian

Concord

Ailey

Coolidge

Alamo

Cordele

Allenhurst

Crawfordville

Andersonville

Cusseta

Ashburn

Cuthbert

Baldwin

Daisy

Ball Ground

Dallas

Bartow

Darien

Barwick

Dasher

Baxley

Davisboro

Bellville

Dawson

Berkeley Lake

Demorest

Berlin

Dexter

Bethlehem

Doerun

Blackshear

Donalsonville

Bloomingdale

Dudley

Boston

East Dublin

Bowdon

East Ellijay

Brinson

Ellenton

Brooks

Ellijay

Buckhead

Emerson

Buena Vista

Enigma

Canon

Fayetteville

Carl

Flemington

Carnesville

Flovilla

Cedartown

Flowery Branch

Centralhatche

Franklin

Chester

Franklin Springs

Clarkston

Ft. Oglethorpe

Clayton

Garden City

Clermont

Garfield

Climax

Gay

Georgetown Gibson Gillsville Glennville Glenwood Gordon Grantville Grayson Greensboro Hagan Hahira Hamilton Haralson Hawkinsville Helen Hiltonia Hogansville Homer Hoschton Ideal Iron City Jakin Jefferson Jenkinsburg Keysville Kingsland Kite LaFayette Lake Park Lakeland Leary Lenox Leslie Lexington Lithonia Louisville

Ludowici Lumber City Lyerly Manassas Manchester Mansfield Marshallville Maxeys McIntyre Meansville Meigs Midville Midway Milledgeville Mitchell Molena Monticello Moreland Morgan Mount Vernon Mountain Park Mt. Zion Nahunta Nashville Nicholson Norman Park Oakwood Ochlocknee Offerman Oglethorpe Orchard Hill Palmetto Parrott Patterson Pavo Peachtree City

Minimal Effort Cities:

Alapaha

Arcade

Alto

Arlington

Avera Baconton

Blue Ridge Bluffton
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Pooler Reidsville Richmond Hill Rincon Riverdale Roberta Rochelle Rome Roswell Royston Savannah Screven Shiloh Siloam Smyrna Snellville Social Circle Soperton St. Marys Statesboro Stone Mountain Sugar Hill Summerville Swainsboro
Pinehurst Plainville Port Wentworth Portal Porterdale Poulan Powder Springs Preston Quitman Rebecca Remerton Reynolds Riceboro Richland Riverside Rockmart Rocky Ford Roopville Rutledge Sale City Sandersville Sardis Sasser Scotland Senoia Sky Valley Smithville Sparks Sparta Stapleton Statham Stillmore Summertown Suwanee Sycamore Sylvester
Bostwick Braselton

Sylvania Temple Thomasville Thomson Tifton Toccoa Trion Turin Tybee Island Union City Valdosta Vidalia Villa Rica Warner Robins Washington Watkinsville Waycross White Plains Winder Woodbine Zebulon
Talbotton Tallapoosa Tallulah Falls Talmo Tennille Thomaston Thunderbolt Tignall Trenton Twin City Tyrone Union Point Uvalda Varnell Vienna Wadley Walnut Grove Walthourville Warm Springs Warrenton Waynesboro West Point Whigham White Whitesburg Williamson Winterville Woodbury Woodland Woodstock Woodville Wrens Wrightsville Yatesville
Braswell Bronwood

Community Solid Waste Management Systems 2002 Update

Community Indicators City Rankings - Minimal Effort continued

Broxton Buchanan Byromville Cadwell Camak Carlton Cecil Coleman Crawford Culloden

Danielsville Dawsonville Desoto Dillard Edgehill Edison Ephesus Funston Geneva Harrison

Helena Hephzibah Hiram Hoboken Irwinton Jeffersonville Junction City Lilly Luthersville Maysville

Milan Newington Newton Norwood Odum Pineview Pitts Pulaski Ray City Rayle

Rentz Resaca Riddleville Ringgold Rossville Shellman Springfield Toomsboro Tunnel Hill Ty Ty

Unadilla Vidette Waco Warwick Willacoochee

Cities not in compliance with state laws for Solid Waste Management:

Between*

Eton*

Lithia Springs

Bowersville*

Fairburn

Locust Grove

Chatsworth*

Hampton

McDonough

Cumming

Jasper

Millen

East Point*

Jersey

Mineral Bluff *

Nelson Sharon Stockbridge Talking Rock

*Local governments marked with an asterisk were not in compliance with the State's Minimum Planning Standards and Procedures for Solid Waste `'Management at the end of FY 2001 (June 30, 2001.) However, they have subsequently met State solid waste and planning requirements. For a government's current status, go online to www.georgiaplanning.com.

For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html
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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2002 Solid Waste Management Update

With over 26 years of permitted Municipal Solid Waste landfill capacity and more than13 years of permitted Construction and Demolition landfill capacity remaining, Georgia continues to have some of the lowest landfill tipping fees east of the Mississippi River. For a more detailed discussion on remaining permitted landfill capacity, please see DCA's Remaining Capacity and Disposal section of this report available online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html.
Annually during the month of July, DCA conducts a phone survey of the landfills in the state to identify their posted "gate rate" or "tipping fee" to calculate a regional and statewide average disposal fee. Based upon these surveys, the average tipping fee for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the state rose from $31.97 per ton in 2001 to $33.50 in 2002. It should be noted that the fees reported represent an average of the posted gate rate charged by landfills throughout the state; actual prices paid are frequently lower, sometimes by more than half, depending on volume discounts offered to waste haulers, businesses, and local governments.
DCA also tracks tipping fees for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. C&D tipping fees fell from a 2001 statewide average of $25.94 per ton to $21.47 in 2002. They fell even lower, to an average of $19.74 a ton in the area served by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC). The significant drop in the statewide C&D average tipping fee is largely attributable to the high volume of C&D waste handled within the ARC region.

Remaining Landfill Capacity, FY 2001

North Georgia

Georgia Mountains

Coosa Valley
Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend
Less than 10 years 10 - 19 years 20 - 29 years 30 years and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Middle Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee
Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs Source: All information pertaining to annual tonnage, remaining landfill capacity and estimated closure dates was supplied by Environmental Protection Division.

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2002

North Georgia Coosa Valley

Georgia Mountains

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend
$20.00 - $24.99 $25.00 - $29.99 $30.00 - $34.99 $35.00 and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Middle Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee
Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2002
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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2002 Update

Average Tipping Fees Paid at Georgia MSW Landfills

Region

2001 Average 2002 Average MSW

MSW Tipping Fee

Tipping Fee

Atlanta Regional Commission Central Savannah River Area Chattahoochee Flint Coastal Georgia Coosa Valley Georgia Mountains Heart of Georgia-Altamaha Lower Chattahoochee McIntosh Trail Middle Flint Middle Georgia North Georgia Northeast Georgia South Georgia Southeast Georgia Southwest Georgia State of Georgia

$33.32 $31.75 $29.00 $40.64 $31.34 $31.91 $28.51 $27.00 $30.25 $33.00 $26.52 $30.50 $35.91 $30.96 $27.80 $21.48 $31.97

$35.66 $30.96 $29.00 $42.77 $31.74 $32.03 $28.79 $27.00 $30.56 $33.03 $27.29 $30.27 $36.47 $32.03 $27.93 $24.65 $33.50

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2001

North Georgia Coosa Valley

Georgia Mountains

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend
$20.00 - $24.99 $25.00 - $29.99 $30.00 - $34.99 $35.00 and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh

Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Lower Chattahoochee

Middle Georgia

Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Coastal Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2001

Average Tipping Fees Paid at Georgia C&D Landfills

Region

2001 Average

2002 Average

C&D Tipping Fee C&D Tipping Fee

Atlanta Regional Commission Central Savannah River Area Chattahoochee Flint Coastal Georgia Coosa Valley Georgia Mountains Heart of Georgia-Altamaha Lower Chattahoochee McIntosh Trail Middle Flint Middle Georgia North Georgia Northeast Georgia South Georgia Southeast Georgia Southwest Georgia State of Georgia

$26.47 $19.18 $21.12 $28.55 $23.13 $25.75 $23.27 $25.00 $26.40 N/A* $24.76 N/A* $22.29 N/A* $22.84 $20.00 $25.94

$19.74 $24.75 $20.99 $30.95 $24.09 $25.32 $16.08 $25.00 $26.40 N/A* $25.35 N/A* $24.89 $25.75 $22.87 $20.00 $21.47

*No landfills within this RDC reported charging a separate rate for C&D waste.

C&D Landfill Tipping Fees, 2001

North Georgia

Georgia Mountains

Coosa Valley

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend
N/A $20.00 or less $20.01 - $23.00 $23.01 - $27.00 $27.01 and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh

Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Lower Chattahoochee

Middle Georgia

Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2001

Calculating Weighted Average Tipping Fees
To account for vast disparities in tonnage received by large private facilities and small public operations, a weighted average tipping fee was calculated and used in this report. In the cases where out-of-county residents or businesses were charged a higher rate than in-county residents and businesses, the higher out-ofcounty rate was used. Tipping fees charged for MSW at transfer stations were not incorporated into the survey calculations. When tipping fee rates were reported by volume rather than weight, a ratio of four cubic yards to one ton (4 CY: 1 ton) was used to approximate weight-based rates.
Weighted averages were calculated for the area served by each RDC and for the state by multiplying the Average Daily Tons received at each facility (ADT) by the per-ton gate fee, divided by the total ADT for all landfill facilities within each RDC and within the state. The process was repeated for C&D landfills. To avoid double counting, Average Daily Tonnage was assigned to the MSW column for those facilities charging the same rate for MSW and C&D waste. Most facilities charge the same rate for C&D and MSW received, but a significant number do not. In these cases, the landfills were asked to provide an approximate ratio of MSW to C&D waste received. Weighted averages were calculated using the method described above, with the Average Daily Tons reported split accordingly between MSW and C&D. For facilities that reported receiving no C&D waste, their fees were not used in calculating average C&D fees. In all RDCs, this dropped the average C&D fee, in some cases resulting in no C&D average cost for certain RDCs.
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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2002 Update

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2002

North Georgia Coosa Valley

Georgia Mountains

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend
$20.00 - $24.99 $25.00 - $29.99 $30.00 - $34.99 $35.00 and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh

Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Middle Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee
Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2002

C&D Landfill Tipping Fees, 2002

North Georgia Coosa Valley

Georgia Mountains

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend N/A $20.00 or less $20.01 - $23.00 $23.01 - $27.00 $27.01 and above

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh Trail

Central Savannah River Area

Middle Georgia

Lower Chattahoochee
Middle Flint

Heart of Georgia - Altamaha

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia

South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2002

Data Collection
Telephone calls were made to landfill scale houses and in some cases county commission offices to obtain posted gate rate fees charged at Georgia landfills. Calls were made in the end of July and early August, to 61 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills and 77 Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste landfills. Georgia has one incinerator, one industrial landfill and one monofill that takes only baled carpet waste; these facilities were not included in the calculation of average tipping fees.
Note that on the C&D Landfill Tipping Fees maps, the area represented by the South Georgia RDC changed from yellow in FY 2001, indicating the landfills in that region did not charge a separate rate for C&D waste, to light blue in FY 2002, indicating they did. The MSW landfill in Ben Hill County, located in the South Georgia RDC also reported charging different rates for C&D waste and MSW in FY 2002. Cook County, also located in the South Georgia RDC, reported no waste received at its C&D landfill in FY 2001, but did report receiving waste during FY 2002.
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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2002 Update

Landfill Tipping Fees: A Regional Perspective
As reported in Waste News magazine's October 2002 Market Handbook, the average landfill tipping fee in Georgia in 2002 was $31.92, with no distinction made between MSW and C&D waste. From the table below, it is evident that the tipping fees charged in Georgia are on par or slightly higher than the fees charged throughout the southeast, with the exception of Florida and the Virginias. The prices reported by Waste News in the Northeast are far higher, with a regional average of $52.94 per ton, and a high of nearly $69 per ton in the state of Massachusetts.

Southeastern U.S. Landfill

Tipping Fees

State

Average

Cost per Ton

Alabama

$30.94

Arkansas

$25.05

Florida

$38.13

Georgia

$31.92

Kentucky

$30.75

Louisiana

$25.21

Mississippi

$26.10

North Carolina

$31.49

South Carolina

$32.74

Tennessee

$29.86

Virginia

$40.28

West Virginia

$35.17

Southeastern Total

$32.90

Source: Waste News October 2002 Market Handbook

Southeastern U.S. Tipping Fees, 2002

Legend
22.01 - 24.99 25.00 - 29.99 30.00 - 34.99 35.00 - 45.00

Kentucky

West Virginia Virginia

Arkansas

Tennessee

Mississippi

Alabama

Louisiana

North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

Florida

Data source: Waste News Magazine, October 2002 Market Handbook Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 2002

For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2002 Solid Waste Management Update
During Fiscal Year 2002, nearly 4.7 million dollars in Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF) receipts were awarded to Georgia communities to help them manage their solid waste. By fostering the development of local integrated solid waste management programs, the SWTF, funded by a $1 per tire fee when new tires are purchased in the state, is used to prevent and abate abandoned and illegally disposed scrap tires. The Fund is used to support the Environmental Protection Division's (EPD) Local Government Enforcement and Education Grant program, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority's (GEFA) Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program, solid waste programs offered by the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and other State Agencies, and local government programs striving to reduce and manage the solid waste generated within Georgia. In addition to the programs supported by the SWTF, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and Department of Community Affairs have other grant and loan programs available to local governments to support their solid waste management efforts.
Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
EPD's Local Government Enforcement and Education grant program supports local efforts to prevent and enforce against illegal scrap tire and solid waste disposal. Enforcement officials know that illegal scrap tire piles have an unpleasant habit of appearing and reappearing and the support they receive from the Enforcement and Education grant program helps them prevent their spread. The program gives local governments financial incentives to use enforcement and education activities to address:
1. The management of scrap tires, including preventing the illegal dumping of scrap tires;
2. Solid waste reduction and the controlling of illegal dumps; and
3. Other environmental issues. An eligible applicant may be comprised of one or more local governments. Grant funds are available for establishing and maintaining a Local Environmental Compliance Program that uses both enforcement and education to meet program goals. Continued grant funding is not guaranteed from year to year; renewal requests are based upon need, the performance of the Local Environmental Compliance Program, and the availability of funds. Grant information and application material for the Local Government Enforcement & Education program are available on the Environmental Protection Division's Web site, www.dnr.state.ga.us, under `Environmental' then under `Technical Guidance.' Or, contact Lon Revall at 404-362-4500 or email lon_revall@mail.dnr.state.ga.us EPD disbursed over 3.1 million dollars in Local Government Enforcement & Education grants in FY 2002. The program funded projects in 55 communities, offsetting the local costs to develop and maintain a local code enforcement program to prevent and enforce against the illegal disposal and management of scrap tires and solid waste. A list of communities awarded grants in 2002 and a map of their distribution across the state can be found on the following page.
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2002 Update
Scrap Tire Enforcement and Education Grant Awards FY 2002

Local Government Enforcement and Education Grant Awards

FY 2002

Community

Amount Community

Amount

Community

Amount

Augusta-Richmond Co.

$62,597 Effingham County

$45,860 Pike County

$43,298

Baldwin County

$43,920 Elbert County

$47,394 Putnam County

$80,528

Banks County

$41,564 Evans County

$28,996 Rabun County

$48,000

Bartow County

$64,174 Fannin County

$46,127 Rockdale County

$56,220

Bibb County Butts County

$103,505 Floyd County $42,028 Forsyth County

$53,981 Stephens County $57,492 Tattnall County

$45,171 $35,320

Cherokee County

$50,502 Fulton County

$57,910 Terrell County

$42,414

City of Albany

$63,428 Glynn County

$72,000 Thomas County

$79,014

City of Griffin

$48,000 Hall County

$67,970 Tift County

$62,909

City of Roswell

$69,211 Jasper County

$36,896 Toombs County

$61,938

City of Sylvester

$88,364 Jones County

$40,100 Towns County

$37,191

Coffee County

$75,364 Laurens County

$79,653 Athens-Clarke Co.

$60,945

Columbia County

$49,835 Lumpkin County

$44,591 Union County

$40,454

Dalton/Whitfield RSWMA

$40,000 Madison County

$45,426 Walker County

$86,809

Dawson County

$84,123 Morgan County

$40,000 Walton County

$50,207

Decatur County

$48,000 Murray County

$47,948 Wayne County

$44,635

DeKalb County

$95,857 Newton County

$125,257 White County

$35,603

Douglas County

$48,315 Oglethorpe County

$41,820 TOTAL

$3,102,153

Douglasville

$12,390 Pickens County

$80,897

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2002 Update

Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA)
GEFA annually administers a Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program funded by the SWTF that is intended to help local governments foster an integrated approach to solid waste management by supporting waste reduction, recycling, and composting programs. Grants of up to $50,000 are available to qualified cities, counties, and solid waste authorities. Demonstration projects or projects that implement an integrated solid waste management plan designed to help the state reach its waste reduction goal may receive grants of up to $200,000.
Grant applications are typically due in late March and reviewed in mid-April. Awards are typically announced in May. GEFA Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant applications are available by request or can be downloaded from the GEFA Web site at www.gefa.org. Contact Erin Kelley at 404-656-0938 or e-mail ekelley@gefa.org to request an application or to obtain more information about GEFA's Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program.
GEFA disbursed $1,575,000 in Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants in FY 2002. The program funded projects in 35 local communities, offsetting the local costs of waste reduction and recycling through the purchase of equipment for local government recycling centers and supporting the development of integrated solid waste management plans. A list of communities awarded grants in 2002 and a brief description of their program are included in the table below.

Community
City of Adairsville

Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants FY 2002
Amount Description
$15,211 Refurbish existing recycling center, concrete pad for composting area.

Baker County

$125,000 Poultry litter composting demonstration project program.

Baldwin County

$17,038 Purchase pre-engineered metal building, skid-steer loader & fork attachments.

Charlton County/City of Folkston Chattooga County

$25,000 Replace compactor truck and purchase 15 additional utility trailers. $43,186 Purchase high capacity chipper for mulching of brush for mulching program.

Cherokee County

$50,000 Construct new recycling center.

City of Claxton

$40,000 Purchase front end loader with attachment, enhance existing recycle center with loading dock fence.

Clinch County/Fargo

$44,444 Purchase wood chipper, bins, renovate center & educate public.

Decatur County

$20,000 Purchase various educational materials & recycling containers for recycling center.

Elberton/Elbert County

$70,830 Renovate the recycling center's roof and door.

Floyd County

$72,000 Improve public education program, curbside collection and remote transfer stations and equipment.

Forsyth County

$30,000 Construct new recycling center in North Forsyth County.

Fort Oglethorpe

$9,150 Purchase four trailers & one waste oil-fired EPA approved furnace.

Glynn County

$20,000 Institute curbside recycling and public education program for residents.

Grady County

$9,000 Purchase four recycling collection igloos for the local high school.

Hall County

$8,200 Develop a listserve and complimentary Web site.

Hart County

$49,500 Purchase eight recycling containers and freight cost.

City of Hazelhurst

$51,961 Construct parking lot, gated fence, lighting and signage at recycling center.

Jesup/Wayne County

$50,000 Purchase 150 covered containers to replace wire bins for OCC collection program.

Jones County

$26,179 Construct four used oil and battery collection facilities & purchase three recycling containers.

Laurens County

$50,000 Develop 2 new drop-off recycling centers.

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2002 Update

Community
Lumpkin County Madison County Oconee County City of Pembroke Pickens County City of Roswell City of Snellville Spalding County Treutlen County City of Valdosta Walton County Ware County City of Waycross McDuffie County

Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants FY 2002 (cont'd)
Amount Description
$200,000 Construct recycling center, purchase baler, satellite drop stations & public education. $16,000 Purchase skid-steer, bins, oil, trailer and recycling center signs. $10,000 Purchase home composting bins for public distribution. $20,000 Improve curbside recycling program w/ education of public. $60,000 Construct additional convenience center in western section of the county. $50,000 Expand and enhance recycling center's customer service area. $50,000 Purchase baler, forklift, baler building, bale storage building and office. $31,000 Construct walking trail using crumb rubber, install playground & fitness station in center. $18,655 Purchase a baler, build shed w/electricity for baler, concrete pad and bins for Corrugated Cardboard. $47,646 Develop a regional composting project. $50,000 Construct 100x40x20 ft. addition to Walton Co Recycling Center. $20,000 Purchase one refuse truck, 5 trailers, 20 hampers and 40 cages.
$100,000 Design an organic recycling composting program. $75,000 Construct 1/2 mile recycled tire and rubber product athletic track around town park.
$1,575,000

Another financial support program offered by GEFA is their low interest revolving loan program available to local governments. Drawing upon funds from their bond proceeds and revolving loan program, GEFA loaned $1,201,365 to three local jurisdictions during FY 2002.

Recipient
Atkinson County SWMA City of Berlin
City of LaGrange

Loan Amount
$181,365 $20,000
$1,000,000

GEFA Loans
FY 2002
Project Description
Refinance existing landfill equipment including a compactor, dirt pan, refuse collection truck and containers. City of Berlin will assume the responsibility of picking up trash instead of a private hauler. City wants to purchase curbside containers and retrofit its barrel truck with two cart tippers to empty the containers into the truck. Construct additional Subtitle D cells, vertically expand existing cells, install a leachate recirculation system, install a methane gas collection system, and construct a landfill gas generating facility.

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2001 Update
Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
DCA annually administers a Local Development Fund Grant program, a state appropriated grant program that provides matching grants to finance community improvement activities, including solid waste management projects. Grants are typically awarded in maximum amounts of $10,000 for single community projects and $20,000 for multi-community projects. Applications are reviewed based on the following criteria:
Feasibility including such factors as reasonableness of budgets and timetables, adequate consideration of all the factors necessary for implementation, commitment from other funding sources, etc.
Impact of the project on the community and community need. During FY 2002, one grant for $8,686 was awarded to the City of Gibson, to purchase a sanitation vehicle. Semi-annual competitions are held in the spring and fall of each year. More information on the Local Development Fund is available on DCA's Web site, at www.dca.state.ga.us or contact Cynthia Easley at 404679-4789 or ceasley@dca.state.ga.us.
For more information regarding Georgia's solid waste management or for a glossary of terms used in this report, contact the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management at 404-679-4940, or online at www.dca.state.ga.us/environmental/swar.html
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Glossary of Terms

Definitions derived from the Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act, O.C.G.A. 12-8-20 et seq.

Closure

a procedure approved by EPD which provides for the cessation of waste receipt at a solid waste disposal site and for the securing of the site in preparation of postclosure

Collection Operation/ Collector

The person or persons as defined herein who, under agreement, verbal or written, with or without compensation does the work of collecting and/or transporting solid waste, from industries, offices, retail outlets, businesses, institutions, and/or similar locations, or from residential dwellings, provided however, that this definition shall not include an individual collecting and/or transporting waste from his own single family dwelling unit

Commercial solid waste all types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other non-manufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes

Compost:

a stable, odor-free humus used as a soil amendment that results from the controlled biological decomposition of organic matter. Compost is typically blended into the soil to help nourish vegetation and retain moisture.

Composting

the controlled biological decomposition of organic matter into a stable, odor-free humus

Construction and Demolition Waste:

any waste building materials and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, and demolition operations on pavements, houses, commercial buildings and other structures. Such wastes include, but are not limited to asbestos containing waste, wood, bricks, metal, concrete, wall board, paper, cardboard, inert waste landfill material, and other nonputrescible wastes which have a low potential for groundwater contamination.

Disposal facility

any facility or location where the final deposition of solid waste occurs and includes, but is not limited to, landfilling and solid waste thermal treatment technology facilities

Drop-off centers

staffed or unstaffed facilities with collection bins for household solid waste and, usually, recyclables

Generator

any person in Georgia or in any other state who creates solid waste

Green boxes

common name for large, unmanned solid waste collection bins.

Industrial solid waste

solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes or operations that is not hazardous waste regulated under the Georgia Hazardous Waste Management Act. Such waste includes, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following manufacturing processes: electric power generation, fertilizer and agricultural chemicals, food and related products and by-products; inorganic chemicals; iron and steel products; leather and leather products; non-ferrous metal and foundry products; organic chemicals; plastics and resins; pulp and paper; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay and concrete products; textiles; transportation equipment and water treatment. The term does not include mining waste or oil and gas waste.

Landfill

an area of land on which or an excavation in which solid waste is placed for permanent disposal and which is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well or compost pile

Leachate collection system

a system at a landfill for collection of the leachate which may percolate through the waste and into the soils surrounding the landfill

Materials recovery

facility

a solid waste handling facility that provides for the extraction from solid waste of recoverable materials, materials suitable for use as a fuel or soil amendment, or any combination of such materials

Mulch:

Yard trimmings that have been size-reduced by grinding, chipping, or shredding and used on top of the soil to retain moisture around vegetation, or for aesthetic purposes.

Municipal solid waste

any solid waste derived from households, including garbage, trash, and sanitary waste in septic tanks and 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 silviculture operations, or industrial processes or operations

Municipal solid waste disposal facility
Municipal solid waste landfill

any facility or location where the final deposition of any amount of municipal solid waste occurs, whether or not mixed with or including commercial or industrial solid waste, and includes, but is not limited to, municipal solid waste landfills and municipal solid waste thermal treatment technology facilities
a disposal facility where any amount of municipal solid waste, whether or not mixed with or including commercial waste, industrial waste, non-hazardous sludges, or small quantity generator hazardous waste, is disposed of by placing an approved cover thereon

Operator

the person stationed on the site who is in charge of and has direct supervision of daily field operations of a municipal solid waste facility to ensure that the facility operates in compliance with the permit

Pay -As-You - Throw

an equity funding system for local solid waste management where customers are charged for solid waste services based on the amount of waste they dispose, thereby creating an incentive for recycling and waste reduction.

Permit-by -rule facility a solid waste operation that requires notification of EPD within 30 days of commencing activities and compliance with criteria established in DNR rules for that category of operation

Postclosure

a procedure approved by EPD to provide for long-term financial assurance, monitoring, and maintenance of a solid waste disposal site to protect human health and the environment

Recovered materials

those materials which have known use, reuse, or recycling potential; can be feasibly used, reused, or recycled; and have been diverted or removed from the solid waste stream for sale, use, reuse, or recycling, whether or not requiring subsequent separation and processing

Recovered materials processing facility

a facility engaged solely in the storage, processing, and resale or reuse of recovered materials. Such term shall not include a solid waste handling facility; provided, however, any solid waste generated by such a facility shall be subject to all applicable laws and regulations relating to such solid waste.

Recycling

any process by which materials that would otherwise become solid waste are collected, separated, or processed and reused or returned to use in the form of raw materials or products

Solid waste handling the storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing or disposal of solid waste or any combination of such activities

Solid waste handling facility

any facility, the primary purpose of which is the storage, collection, transportation, treatment, utilization, processing, or disposal, or any combination thereof, of solid waste

Waste-to-energy facility a solid waste handling facility that provides for the extraction and utilization of energy from municipal solid waste through a process of combustion

Yard trimmings

leaves, brush, grass clippings, shrub and tree prunings, discarded Christmas trees, nursery and greenhouse vegetative residuals, and vegetative matter resulting from landscaping, development and maintenance other than mining, agricultural and silvicultural operations