2005 annual solid waste report

2005 Annual Solid Waste Report
The Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act of 1990 requires the Department of Community Affairs (DCA), with the cooperation of the Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Protection Division (EPD) and the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA), to report annually on the state of solid waste management in Georgia. Per the Act, the FY 2005 report, covering the period of July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005, contains information on:
the status of local and regional solid waste management planning in Georgia; the number and types of solid waste handling facilities in the state; the remaining capacity of each permitted solid waste handling facility; the number and types of solid waste grants and loans made to local governments; a compilation and analysis of solid waste management data provided by cities and
counties through their completed Solid Waste Survey; a statement of progress achieved in meeting the 25% waste reduction goal established in
subsection (c) of Code Section 12-8-21; a statement of progress achieved in solid waste management education; any revisions in the state solid waste management plan deemed necessary; and recommendations for improving the management of solid waste in Georgia.
The Solid Waste Management Act requires all local governments to have, or be included in, a solid waste management plan that demonstrates adequate waste disposal capacity and collection capability for a 10-year period. Sixty cities and 17 counties did not have an approved plan by the end of FY 2005. Local governments that failed to adopt approved solid waste management plans are listed and continually updated online at: www.GeorgiaPlanning.com
During FY 2005, 16.2 million tons of waste was sent to Georgia disposal facilities. Most of this waste entered lined, monitored landfills operating under federal Subtitle D regulations. A small percentage of the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) entered unlined landfills that have been allowed to operate under their pre-Subtitle D permits. Construction and Demolition waste (C&D), a subset of MSW, is generally disposed in unlined landfills that are less expensive to operate.
At the same time Georgia's population and overall disposal increased so too did the amount of permitted disposal capacity; Georgia now has approximately 28 years of remaining permitted Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal capacity and 17.2 years of remaining permitted Construction and Demolition (C&D) disposal capacity. It is important that the state and local governments carefully monitor the remaining permitted disposal capacity throughout the state. In FY 2005 approximately 60% of the permitted disposal capacity in the state was contained in 7 of the 126 landfills permitted in the state. This concentration heightens the need to carefully monitor the financial assurances of these and all the disposal facilities in the state. It also emphasizes the need for local solid waste management planning and annual monitoring of the implementation of these plans. Overall Georgia is blessed with an adequate supply of permitted disposal capacity; only one area of the state the Northeast Georgia RDC, had less than 10 years of permitted disposal capacity. (See section A Disposal and Capacity and section B Per Capita Disposal for more details)
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, density, and demographic profile. The number of local governments whose residents have access to recycling services has slowly dwindled during the last three years. Collection programs for glass, scrap metal, aluminum, and newspaper have fallen most dramatically, with collection programs for glass falling from 289 as reported in FY 2000 to 180 in FY 2004. Collection programs have been trimmed mainly from small, rural communities. While some of the decrease may be attributed to the low survey response rate in 2005 this decline is also part of a general decline in recycling collection programs and rates across the nation. Solid waste management education and recycling promotion remain one of the key elements in maintaining viable programs. On a more

positive note, more jurisdictions reported collecting problem wastes such as Household Hazardous Waste.
During FY 2004, 24 cities and 27 counties reported actively promoting waste minimization practices such as home composting or beneficial reuse of yard trimmings. During FY 2004, 365 cities and 57 counties reported collecting yard trimmings for diversion from MSW landfills, however inert landfill disposal is reported as one of the leading "processing" methods for these materials.
As the trend toward fewer, larger (and usually privately owned) landfills continues, solid waste transfer stations are becoming a popular method of streamlining solid waste collection services. Only 20 cities reported that they or their contractors used transfer stations for the collection or disposal of residential waste in FY 1995. By FY 2004, 153 cities or their contractors were using transfer stations to manage residential waste. (See section C: Solid Waste & Recycling Collection of the report for more details)
Another growing trend that needs to be carefully monitored is the amount of waste imported to Georgia for disposal and its potential impact on future disposal capacity and Georgia's environment. With statewide posted MSW tipping fees at $34.95 per ton ($30.21 for C&D waste), far less than Northeastern states and Florida, Georgia landfills represent considerable costsavings for companies moving large amounts of waste. Because the waste reduction goal specified in the Act includes all waste disposed in MSW landfills, this out-of-state waste is included in our progress toward meeting the waste reduction goal, and undercuts waste reduction and recycling efforts undertaken by Georgians. On a per capita basis, 7.47 pounds of waste entered MSW landfills daily during FY 2005, and nearly one pound/day of that came from outside Georgia's borders. (See section B: Per Capita Disposal and section D: MSW & C&D Landfill Tipping Fees of the report for more details)
During FY 2005 the EPD did not receive an appropriation of the Solid Waste Trust Fund to support local government waste reduction and recycling infrastructure grants and GEFA did not issue any low interest loans for solid waste management projects. (See section E: Grants and Loans to Local Governments)
As the disposal rate continues to increase in the state, a statewide strategy needs to be developed to identify the barriers to increasing the waste disposal diversion rate in the state. The State Solid Waste Management Plan needs to be updated and needs to identify strategies and resources necessary to reduce the waste disposal rate in the state. The growing number and use of inert landfills, solid waste transfer stations, and out-of-state waste imports needs to be monitored for their impact upon the quality of life for all Georgians as well as their potential long term impact upon Georgia's environment.
The full report, as well as reports from past years, is available online at www.dca.ga.gov, under Office of Environmental Management programs.

Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report

During Fiscal Year 2005 the amount of waste sent to Georgia landfills increased

only slightly as per-capita waste disposal rates remained stable. Georgia has

Landfill Quick Facts

approximately 28 years of remaining permitted MSW landfill space and 17.2 years of remaining permitted C&D landfill space. Trends toward privatization of waste collection and disposal infrastructure continue statewide, with transfer stations increasingly popular as landfills become larger and demand larger volumes of waste to operate cost-effectively.

MSW
Disposal

FY 2005
Private Public

8,947,772 3,209,827

tons

tons

Where Does the Waste Go?

Landfill Ownership

16 facilities 53 facilities

Much of the waste disposed of in Georgia enters lined, monitored MSW Landfills.

Remaining Capacity

Of the 16,176,296 tons of non-industrial waste disposed in permitted Georgia

Years

15

25

disposal facilities during FY 2005, 11,929,801 tons, or 74%, entered lined,

Cubic Yards 236

146

monitored landfills. Approximately 3,876,697 tons, or 24%, entered unlined

(millions)

Construction and Demolition landfills. The remainder was divided among unlined Municipal Solid Waste landfills (225,797 tons, or 1.7%), the state's only MSW incinerator (101,688 tons; 0.7%), and the state's only large-scale MSW composting facility (54,640 tons; 0.3%.)

C&D
Disposal
Landfill

3,187,687 694,259 tons tons
17 facilities 40 facilities

According to the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (EPD), 12,155,598 tons of waste entered MSW landfills in Georgia during

Ownership Remaining Capacity

FY 2005. This is up slightly from FY 2004, when 11.9 million tons of waste entered Georgia MSW facilities.

Years

19

20

Cubic Yards 54

34

Most of the waste disposed in Georgia enters private landfills. In FY 2005, landfill

(millions)

owners/operators reported 8,947,772 tons of waste entering 14 private MSW

landfills, compared with 8,951,929 tons entering 16 private MSW landfills in FY 2004. In FY 2005, 3,209,827 tons of waste

entered 53 publicly owned MSW facilities in the state, compared with 2,964,192 tons entering 54 public MSW landfills the

previous year. (These figures include facilities that were active for only a portion of FY 2005.)

Tons

Tons of Waste Disposed FY 1996-2005

15,000,000 10,000,000
5,000,000 0 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Fiscal Year

M SW C&D

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Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report

Permitted Solid Waste Management Facilities

FY 1998 -- 20051

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

Inert Landfills Collection Operations2

2,101 469

2,167 538

2,304 610

2,399 708

2,424 775

2,354 796

Transfer Stations

139

161

176

202

230

233

On-Site Thermal Treatment Facilities

79

79

83

88

89

99

On-site Processing Facilities

54

75

84

92

95

90

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

76

70

69

62

60

58

Construction and Demolition Landfills

34

32

34

33

46

51

Recovered Materials Processing Facilities

3

5

5

5

3

0

Composting Facilities

2

4

3

3

3

3

Waste-to-Energy Facility

1

1

1

1

1

1

2004
2,389 872 76 101 93 58 54
1 3 1

2005
2,373 891 76 101 99 54 57
1 3 1

Air Curtain Destructors

0

1

3

1

3

0

5

5

Commercial Industrial Waste Landfill

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1Operating as of July 1 of the indicated fiscal year, some facilities cease operations or are added, so these figures may differ from those used

elsewhere in this report. 2Collection operations are any entity that collects waste from residential or commercial locations.

C&D Landfills

Construction and Demolition landfills are permitted disposal facilities that can only accept 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, yard trimmings, 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.

The public sector owns and operates a greater number of C&D facilities in the state, but it manages only 38.8% of the statewide C&D disposal capacity. In FY 2005, landfill operators reported 3,187,687 tons of waste entering 17 private C&D facilities, while 694,295 tons of waste entered 40 publicly owned facilities. These figures include facilities that were active for only a portion of FY 2005, and those that are under construction.

Unlined Landfills

During FY 2005, 225,797 tons of waste was disposed in five unlined MSW landfills.

Unlined Landfills Accepting MSW FY 2005

This represents approximately

County Facility Name

Total

Avg. Remaining Remaining

1.7% of the total waste

Tons Daily Capacity Capacity

entering MSW landfills in

Disposed Tons

(CY)

(Years)

Georgia. As of July 2005, five

Bibb

Macon-Walker Road

133,293

430

2,548,628

11.4

unlined MSW facilities were

Phase 2 (SL)

still operating under their original EPD-approved

Decatur

Decatur Co.-S.R.

31,878

102

97,054

1.8

309 Bainbridge

Phase 2 (SL)

permits, and had not reached

Grady

Cairo-6th Ave. (SL)

29,265

71

357,763

9.7

their closure capacity. Until

Liberty

U.S. Army-Ft.

18,431

64

862,832

25.7

they do, they must adhere to the same operating procedures and methane monitoring requirements as their more modern counterparts. When

McIntosh
Total

Stewart Main Cantonment (SL) McIntosh CountyKing Road (SL)

12,930
225,797

50

682,504

717 4,548,781

26.3
12.2

the unlined facilities close, they

will be capped and monitored under federal 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.

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Other Disposal Facilities
There is one incinerator operating in Georgia accepting MSW. Located in Chatham County, the operation is also known as a waste-to-energy facility. The facility accepts approximately 384 tons per day, mostly from the City of Savannah. During FY 2005, 101,688 tons of waste was incinerated at this facility. There are several other types of incinerators in public and private use that accept only specialized waste, such as wood waste.
Another unique waste disposal operation in Georgia is Cobb County's MSW composting facility. The facility accepts approximately 186 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. During FY 2005, 54,640 tons of MSW entered the Cobb Composting facility.
Imported Waste
The amount of waste brought to Georgia from other states and disposed has increased dramatically in the last decade. Waste imports fell slightly from 1,646,164 tons in FY 2004, to 1,638,292 tons in FY 2005. Most of the waste brought to Georgia from other states is MSW (95%), with the remainder being Construction and Demolition waste. Out-of-state waste amounts to 10.1% of the total amount of MSW disposed in Georgia, or 14.5% of the waste entering MSW landfills in the state. (See Waste Imports FY 1994-2005) As shown in the table on page A-4, most of the imported waste enters a small number of facilities. It is difficult to track waste exported from Georgia, and it is suspected that in most cases, it travels relatively short distances across state lines. Based on telephone interviews with operators of transfer stations that ship waste out of state, it is believed that approximately 150,000 tons per year of Georgia-generated waste is sent to neighboring states.
Waste Imports FY 1996-2005
1800000

1600000

1400000

1200000

1000000

Tons

800000

600000

400000

200000

0 1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Fiscal Year

2002

2003

2004

2005

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Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report

Out-of-State Waste Imported to Georgia

FY 2005 (Top five facilities)

County Facility Name

Imported Tons Domain Facility Type

Taylor Allied Services, LLC -SR 90/SR 137 Charing (SL)

566,630 Private Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Charlton Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc. MSWL

312,372 Private Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Lowndes Pecan Row Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

290,081 Private Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Wayne Broadhurst Environmental

190,342 Private Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Banks Chambers R & B Landfill Site #2

123,324 Private Municipal Solid Waste Landfill

Subtotal

1,482,749

Total

1,638,292

Remaining Landfill Disposal Capacity
On a statewide basis, Georgia continues to have an adequate supply of permitted landfill disposal capacity, however some regions of the state are running low. At the close of FY 2005 the state had 28 years of remaining permitted MSW landfill space and 17.2 years of permitted C&D landfill space. The projection of remaining capacity is based upon current disposal rates and disposal capacity permitted by the Georgia EPD, but not necessarily built landfill space. The maps on page A - 5 highlight the change in the amount of permitted MSW landfill capacity in the state from 2004.

Landfill Capacity by Type FY 1996-2005

500,000,000

450,000,000

400,000,000

350,000,000

Cubic Yards

300,000,000 250,000,000 200,000,000

MSWL SL C&D/L Total

150,000,000

100,000,000

50,000,000

0 1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

Fiscal Year

2002

2003

2004

2005

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Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report
Remaining MSW Landfill Capacity

FY 2005

FY 2004

North Georgia

Georgia Mountains

Coosa Valley
Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

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: Years of remaining capacity by Regional Development Center was calculated using EPD-supplied average rate of fill and cubic yards of remaining capacity, based on 260 operating days per year.
A - 5

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

Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report
Permitted capacity, or the amount of available space in landfills to dispose of tightly compacted waste, grew from 430 million cubic yards in FY 2004 to 470 million cubic yards in FY 2005. Georgia has an estimated 28 years of remaining permitted MSW landfill capacity statewide, based upon 2005 disposal rates. A regional breakdown, by Regional Development Center and landfill type, can be found on page 8. The projection of remaining capacity is based upon current disposal rates and disposal capacity permitted by the Georgia EPD, but not necessarily built landfill space. While the state has more disposal capacity today than it had in the past decade, this capacity is contained in fewer landfills. The number of MSW landfills in Georgia has fallen since tighter federal regulations were adopted in the mid1990s, but the number of C&D landfills has increased to 57 in FY 2005. In FY 1993, there were 187 public and private landfills in Georgia, and 75% of these were small facilities that only accepted waste generated within the host county. For FY 2005, approximately 60% of the state's total remaining capacity sits in just seven facilities, although there are 126 active permitted landfills in Georgia. These gains in remaining disposal capacity have occurred while smaller or older landfills are closed and enter lengthy post-closure monitoring periods. The table entitled `Georgia Landfills with Most Remaining Permitted Disposal Capacity FY 2005' on page 7 ranks the top ten landfills in the state by remaining permitted disposal capacity.

Georgia Landfills with Most Remaining Permitted Disposal Capacity

FY 2005

County Facility Name

Total Tons Disposed Domain Facility Remaining Capacity Avg. Rate of Fill

FY 2005

Type

(CY)

Daily Tons (CYD)

Estimaed Remaining Permitted Capacity
(Years)

Richmond Richmond Co. - Deans

Bridge Rd. Phase 3

Cherokee Cherokee Co. - Pine Bluff

Landfill, Inc.

DeKalb DeKalb Co. - Seminole Rd

Ph 2a, 3, & 4 (SL)

Taylor Allied Services, LLC - S.R.

90/ S.R. 137

Butts

Butts Co. - Pine Ridge

Recycling

Camden Camden Co. - S.R. 110

C/D/I Landfill

Forsyth Eagle Point Landfill

Banks Chambers R&B Landfill Site

#2

Gwinnett BFI-Richland Creek Rd (SL)

Fulton Willow Oak C&D Landfill

Public 886,070 Private 421,559 Public 1,058,553 Private 834,015 Private
99,383 Public 526,160 Private 881,217 Private 869,728 Private 147,367 Private

MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL
C&D MSWL MSWL MSWL
C&D

54,180,000
51,533,426
50,733,121
45,503,657
36,948,520
23,262,619 22,988,778
20,947,469 20,441,201 15,672,309

3,671
1,509
4,400
2,757
350 1,600
3,021 2,962 1,442

5,120
2,416
5,867
3,939
389 2,667
4,648 4,424 2,219

Permit issued 2004
38.7
80.8
29.8
36.1
230.0 33.2
17.3 17.8 27.2

Total

5,724,052

342,211,100 21,71 31,689 (Average) 24.9

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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
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 MSW Total

Disposal Capacity by RDC

Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills

FY 2005

Total Tons

Remaining Permitted Capacity Remaining Permitted Capacity

Disposed

(Cubic Yards)

(Years)

2,662,676

29,294,324

8.5

79,218

2,516,760

20.7

30,181

310,316

8.7

123,480

23,351,453

210.8

81,711

504,946

4.8

485,831

3,732,236

9.4

39,349

4,865,236

62.6

8,117

266,862

16.0

20,960

1,288,282

37.0

6,446

14,109

32.2

63,642

3,937,945

48.9

N/A

N/A

N/A

164,631

18,301,083

57.7

12,431

76,375

2.9

41,836

575,942

8.6

69,554

459,069

9.6

3,537,969

66,144,524

17.2

Disposal Capacity by RDC

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

FY 2005

Total Tons

Remaining Permitted Capacity Remaining Permitted Capacity

Disposed

(Cubic Yards)

(Years)

3,168,577

127,152,843

33.3

373,073

57,165,737

89.4

101,467

2,333,694

19.2

576,695

8,294,576

12.0

503,849

19,522,284

24.3

1,497,547

53,012,152

24.8

707,244

12,957,869

15.9

70,166

5,521,471

36.0

875,470

37,334,055

35.1

1,097,108

56,637,654

34.5

627,441

18,192,175

18.5

290,160

10,233,867

22.8

1,017,228

7,214,056

5.5

611,386

18,362,090

25.0

378,719

13,443,427

29.4

241,466

7,829,636

18.4

12,137,596

455,207,586

28.0

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Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report

County

Facility Name

Atlanta Regional Commission

C&D

Cherokee Cherokee Construction And Demolition Landfill

Cherokee Cherokee Co.-Swims-SR 92 Ph 5

DeKalb BFI-East DeKalb Landfill

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

DeKalb

Rogers Lake Road C&D Landfill

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.

Fulton

Willow Oak C&D Landfill

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.

Washington Washington Co. - Kaolin Rd.

MSW

Columbia Columbia Co. - Baker Place

Rd (Sl), Ph 2

Jefferson Jefferson Co. - CR138

Richmond Richmond Co. - Deans Bridge

Rd. Phase 2

Richmond Richmond Co. - Deans Bridge

Rd. Phase 3

Washington Washington Co. - Kaolin Rd.

Chattahoochee Flint

C&D

Coweta Coweta Co. - Ishman Ballard

Rd. Landfill

Troup

LaGrange - I 85/ S.R. 109

Troup

Troup Co. - S.R. 109

Mountville

MSW

Troup

LaGrange - I 85/ S.R. 109

Total Tons Disposed FY 2005

Domain

Facility Type

Remaining

Average Rate of Fill Remaining Permitted

Capacity (CY) Daily Tons (CYD)

Capacity (Years)

94,155 Private C&D

89,406 Private C&D

313,479 Private 736,573 Private 451,305 Private

C&D C&D C&D

70,791 Public C&D

32,571 Public C&D

382,542 Private C&D

344,487 Private C&D 147,367 Private C&D

886,070 Private

101,265 Public

421,559 Public

376,592
496,837 16,526
869,728

Private
Private Private Private

MSWL
MSWL
MSWL
MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

3,063,353
90,000 661,030 1,999,606
1,759,499
330,726
461,735
1,708,263 3,547,803 15,672,309
51,533,426
3,284,010
50,733,121 N/A
1,077,350 83,735
20,441,201

339
344 1,517 2,399
1,370
254
107
1,231 1,224 1,442
3,671
320
1,509 N/A
1,728 78
2,962

493

23.9

73

4.7

1,731

1.5

1,935

4.0

2,108

3.2

267

4.8

196

9.1

2,462

2.7

1,835

7.4

2,219

27.2

5,120

38.7

642

19.7

2,416

80.8

Ceased accepting waste

N/A

12/01/04

1,965

2.1

107

3.0

4,424

17.8

19,531 44,172
2,205 11,140
2,170

Public Private
Public Public
Public

64,704 7,499
293,008
7,862

Public Public Public Public Public

C&D C&D
C&D C&D
MSWL
MSWL
MSWL MSWL
MSWL
MSWL

148,930
1,446,152 777,513
144,165 74,982
78,401 1,415,997
298,349
54,180,000 1,118,008

26

105

5.5

105

159

35.0

26

103

29.0

35

70

7.9

18

45

6.4

240 55
1,151
38

358 111 1,880
107

0.8 49.6
0.6
Permit issued 2004 40.2

4,004 Public

C&D

30.8

168,318

10

21

18,773 Public

MSWL

119,362

60

120

3.8

7,404 Public

C&D

11.1

141,998

25

49

101,467 Public

MSWL

2,333,694

334

468

19.2

Coastal Georgia
C&D

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County

Facility Name

Camden
Glynn Liberty
MSW Camden Chatham Chatham
Liberty
McIntosh

Camden Co. - S.R. 110 C/D/I Landfill Eller - Whitlock Ave U. S. Army Ft. Stewart Main Cantonment
Camden Co. - S.R. 110 Savannah - Dean Forest Rd. Superior Landfill & Recycling Center U. S. Army Ft. Stewart Main Cantonment McIntosh Co. - King Rd.

Coosa Valley

C&D

Bartow Bartow Co. - S.R. 294

Emerson

Floyd

Floyd Co. - Rome Walker Mtn.

Rd.

Paulding Paulding Co. - Gulledge Rd.

Walker Walker Co. - Marble Top Rd.

Walker
MSW Bartow
Catoosa

Walker Co.- LaFayetteCoffman Springs Rd.
Bartow Co. - S.R. 294 Emerson Catoosa Co. - S.R.151,

Floyd

Rome Walker Mtn. Rd.,

Gordon Gordon Co. - Redbone Ridge

Rd.

Polk

Polk Co. - Grady Rd.

Georgia Mountains

C&D Forsyth Forsyth Hall

Eagle Point Landfill Greenleaf Recycling, LLC Reliable Tire Service

Habersham Habersham Co. - S.R.13

Rabun

Rabun Co. -- Boggs Mountain

Stephens Stephens Co.-S.R. 145 MSW

Banks

Chambers R&B Landfill Site

Forsyth Eagle Point Landfill

Habersham Habersham Co. - S.R.13

Hall

Hall Co.-Candler Rd.

Heart of Georgia-Altamaha

C&D Appling

Appling Co.-Roaring Creek

Evans

Evans Co. - Little Bull Creek C&D Landfill

Total Tons Domain Disposed FY 2005
99,383 Public
5,666 Private 18,431 Public

Facility Type

Remaining

Average Rate of Fill Remaining Permitted

Capacity (CY) Daily Tons (CYD)

Capacity (Years)

C&D
C&D C&D

23,262,619 86,352
2,482

350

389

18

36

1

1

230.0 9.2
9.5

52,263 Public

MSWL

1,901,275

183

366

20.0

121,198 Public

MSWL

211,748

248

496

1.6

389,873 Private

MSWL

4,636,217

1,177

1,570

11.4

18,431 Public

Unlined

MSW Landfill

862,832

64

129

25.7

12,930 Public

Unlined

MSW Landfill

682,504

50

100

26.3

15,404 16,227
301

Public Public Public

49,754 25

Public Public

95,828 20,037 103,622 39,519 244,843

Public Public Public Public Public

C&D C&D C&D
C&D C&D
MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

20,000 278,090
2,152 107,957
96,747
1,007,000 N/A
5,525,650 12,914,974
74,660

1

2

40

67

1

2

168

336

38.5 16.0
4.1 1.2 N/A1

313

474

8.2

N/A

N/A Ceased accepting waste

10/20/04

381

762

27.9

138

388

882

1,470

128.0 0.2

215,633 Private

MSWL

2,098,350

590

983

8.2

67,454 Private

C&D

640,471

218

440

5.6

185,413 Private

C&D

2,792,015

629

861

12.5

8,580 Public

MSWL

63,564

28

61

4.0

4,428 Public

C&D

252,000

17

38

25.5

4,323 Public

C&D

47,750

15

30

6.1

881,217 Private

MSWL

20,947,469

3,021

4,648

17.3

526,160 Private

MSWL

22,988,778

1,600

2,667

33.2

17,345 Public

MSWL

992,497

58

109

35.0

72,825 Public

MSWL

5,921,494

238

475

48.0

4,834
Under Construction

Public Public

C&D C&D

469,650 3,210,540

21

42

43.0

Permit issued 2003

Laurens Jeff Davis
Toombs MSW Candler Laurens

Laurens Co. -- Old Macon Rd. Jeff Davis Co. - CR 20 C&D Landfill Toombs Co. - S1898
Candler Co. - S.R. 121 Laurens Co. - Old Macon Rd.

22,105 Under Construction 12,410
12,801 28,433

Public Public
Public
Public Public

MSWL C&D
C&D
MSWL MSWL
A - 9

66,508 915,000
270,046
399,166 8,055

73

161

1.6

Permit issued 2001

50

100

10.4

49

76

20.2

95

134

0.2

Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report

County

Facility Name

Telfair

Telfair Co. - CR 144

Toombs Toombs Co. - S 1898

Wayne

Wayne Co. - S.R. 23 Broadhurst

Lower Chattahoochee

C&D

Muscogee Columbus, Pine Grove

MSW

Muscogee Columbus, Pine Grove

McIntosh Trail

C&D

Spalding Spalding Co. - Griffin/Shoal Creek Rd. (Phase 2)

Spalding Spalding Co. - Griffin/Shoal Creek Rd. (Phase 3)

MSW

Butts

Butts Co. - Pine Ridge

Recycling

Lamar

Lamar Co. - Cedar Grove Regional

Middle Flint

C&D

Macon

Macon Co. - Middle Georgia SWMA Regional MSWL

Dooly

Dooly Co. -- CR 101

MSW

Crisp

Crisp Co. - U.S. 41S

Taylor

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

Middle Georgia

C&D

Bibb

Swift Creek Landfill

Baldwin Central State Hospital-

Freeman Building

Houston Houston Co. - S.R.247 Klondike

Twiggs Twiggs Co.-U.S. 80

MSW

Bibb

Macon - Walker Rd.

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
Whitfield Whitfield Co. - Dalton, Old Dixie Hwy.

Total Tons Domain Disposed FY 2005
19,766 Public 47,128 Public 599,116 Private

Facility Type

Remaining

Average Rate of Fill Remaining Permitted

Capacity (CY) Daily Tons (CYD)

Capacity (Years)

MSWL

MSWL

1,786,689

150

300

22.9

MSWL

10,697,451

1,949

2,599

15.8

8,117 Public

MSWL

266,862

32

64

17.4

70,166 Public

MSWL

5,254,609

280

561

37.5

20,960
Under Construction

Public Public

834,015 Private 41,455 Public

C&D C&D
MSWL MSWL

24,282 1,264,000
36,948,520 385,535

67 N/A
2,757 146

134 N/A
3,939 155

0.7 N/A
36.1 9.6

5,009 1,437

Public Public

38,555 Public 1,058,553 Private

MSWL C&D
MSWL MSWL

688,529 14,109
10,445,468 45,503,657

19 15 157 4,400

55 29 373 5,867

48.1 1.9
107.7 29.8

17,112 Private 92 Public

C&D C&D

43,614 Public

C&D

2,824 Public

MSWL

133,293 270,803
30,997 169,358

Public

Unlined

MSW Landfill

Private

MSWL

Public

MSWL

Public

MSWL

14,571 8,419

Public Public

MSWL MSWL

86,680 203,480

Public Public

MSWL MSWL

373,028 7,918
3,556,999 194,791
2,548,628 1,837,805 2,413,500 4,376,996 2,350,528 4,469,927
1,452,939 8,780,928

15 1
140 9
430 1,200
86 532
47 39

26 1
280 18
861 1,655
172 887
95 78

246

492

709

1,233

55.2 30.5 48.9 41.6
11.4 4.3
54.0 19.0 95.2 220.4
11.4 27.4

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Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report

County

Facility Name

Northeast Georgia

C&D

Jasper

Jasper Co. - S.R. 212 Monticello

Newton
Oglethorpe Walton Walton MSW

Newton Co. - Forest Tower/Lower River Rd. Olgethorpe Co. - U.S. 78 Phase 2 U.S. 78 C&D Landfill Walton C&D

Barrow Clarke

Republic Waste - Oak Grove S.R. 324 Clarke Co. - Athens Dunlap Rd.

Newton

Newton Co. - Lower River Rd.

South Georgia

C&D

Ben Hill Cook MSW Cook Lowndes
Lowndes Tift

Fitzgerald, Kiochee Church Rd. Cook Co. - Taylor Rd. Adel
Cook Co. - Taylor Rd. Lowndes Co. - Deep South Regional MSWL Pecan Row Tifton-Omega/Eldorado Rd.

Southeast Georgia

C&D Atkinson Coffee MSW

Atkinson Co.-S.R. 50 Transwaste Services, Inc. C.R. 129/17

Atkinson Charlton Ware

Atkinson Co.-S.R. 50 Chesser Island Road Landfill, Inc. Tricounty MSWL

Southwest Georgia

C&D

Dougherty

Dougherty Co.-Fleming/Gaissert Rd.

Thomas

Thomasville/Sunset Dr.

MSW

Decatur

Decatur Co. - S.R. 309 Bainbridge

Dougherty Grady

Dougherty Co. -Fleming/Gaissert Rd. Cairo-Sixth Ave

Thomas

Thomasville/Sunset Dr.

Total Tons Disposed
FY 2005

Domain

Facility Remainin Average

Type

g

Daily

Capacity Tons

(CY)

Rate of Fill
(CYD)

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)

722
24,557 52,816 77,971
8,565
859,993 97,407 59,828

Public
Public Public Private Private

C&D ceased accepting waste 11/09/04
C&D 74,156
C&D 959,793 C&D 13,940,634 C&D 3,326,500

Private Public Public

MSWL MSWL MSWL

4,274,000 1,558,470 1,381,586

N/A
68 98 291 180
3,009 281 132

N/A
136 196 527 360
4,241 562 264

N/A
2.1 18.8 101.7 35.5
3.9 10.7 20.1

167 12,264
8,435
553,841 49,110

Public MSWL

Public

C&D

N/A 76,375

Public MSWL 631,675 Public MSWL 13,501,131
Private MSWL 3,333,344 Public MSWL 895,940

N/A 50
50
2,211 216

N/A 100
100
2,457 270

N/A 2.9
24.3 Permit issued 1998
5.2 12.8

35,449 6,387
52,271 326,448
Under Construction

Public MSWL

Private

C&D

162,170 575,942

Public Private Public

MSWL 138,352 MSWL 12,616,015 MSWL 526,890

153 46
210 1,200

239 92
239 1,500

26.7 24.1
2.2 32.3 Permit issued 1993

35,607 Public

MSWL

393,071

116

153

9.9

33,947 Public

C&D

459,069

127

190

9.3

31,878 Public

Unlined

MSW

97,054

102

204

1.8

97,015 Public

MSWL

4,078,675

317

627

25.0

29,265 Public

Unlined

MSW

357,763

71

142

9.7

83,308 Public

MSWL

2,903,073

314

581

19.2

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Per Capita Disposal 2005 Solid Waste Management Update

The amount of garbage entering Georgia's Municipal Solid Waste landfills remained fairly constant from Fiscal Year 2004-2005. During the past decade the per capita disposal rate of Georgia MSW has remained fairly constant, with a slight dip in 200.
Since FY 1994, the per capita municipal solid waste disposal rate has climbed from 5.66 lbs/person/day to 7.47 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 5.55 lbs/person/day in FY 1994 to 6.52lbs/person/day in FY 2005. To reach the 25% goal, removed by the Legislature in 2004, no more than 5.33 pounds can enter Georgia MSW landfills per person, per day; regardless of its source.
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 2005, the Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division (EPD) reported a total of 16,032,295 tons of waste disposed in Construction/Demolition and MSW landfills in the state. When looking at the reported total amounts of waste disposed, the per capita waste disposal rate fell slightly to 9.85 lbs/person/day in FY 2005, down slightly from 9.95/person/day in FY 2004. 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. It does not include waste sent to incinerators or composting operations.
Per Capita Daily Waste Disposal FY 1995-2005
12.00

10.00

Pounds Per Person Per Day

8.00

6.00

4.00

2.00

0.00

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total W aste

MSW

G eorgia M SW

C&D

Total G oal

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Per Capita Disposal 2005 Update

Looking at the disposal rate at MSW landfills only, including waste disposed from out-of-state sources, the per capita disposal rate fell slightly to 7.47 pounds per person per day. When excluding out-of-state waste imports, the daily per capita MSW disposal rate is 6.52 lbs/person/day. It should be noted that these rates reflect all waste entering a MSW landfill as reported to the EPD, not just MSW. According to a 2001 study, about two-thirds of the waste disposed in MSW landfills is actually MSW. Based upon this estimate, the FY 2005 per capita MSW disposal rate, excluding waste imported into the state, is approximately 4.3 lbs/person/day. Imported waste has grown from representing 0.1/lb/person/day in 1998 to 0.95 lb/person/day in FY 2005.

Fiscal Year
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Georgia Waste Disposal Rate and Population

FY 1995-2005

Population Total Waste Total Waste Total Waste Out of Total MSW

Landfilled Landfilled Disposed in

(Millions of tons) (Pounds/ MSW Landfills

person/day)

(Tons)

State Waste
(Tons)

(Pounds/ person/day)

7,161,485

9.54

7.30

7,684,271

149,481

5.88

7,332,311

9.78

7.31

7,222,499

160,000

5.40

7,503,138

9.86

7.20

7,925,222

172,150

5.79

7,673,965

10.75

7.68

9,026,078

193,819

6.44

7,844,792

11.43

7.98

9,382,622

453,875

6.55

8,015,626

12.71

8.69

9,724,736

511,472

6.65

8,186,453

13.36

8.94

10,678,980

893,651

7.15

8,383,915

13.04

8.52

10,233,692

950,779

6.68

8,544,005

14.25

9.14

11,135,473

1,197,686

7.14

8,684,715

15.77

9.95

11,916,124

1,633,182

7.52

8,918,129

16.46

9.85

12,155,598

1,627,044

7.47

GA MSW
(Pounds/ person/day)
5.77 5.28 5.66 6.31 6.24 6.30 6.55 6.05 6.38 6.50 6.52

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 2005 Solid Waste Management Update
Landfill tipping fees across Georgia remain competitive with other Southeastern states. Posted gate rate tipping fees have steadily risen in recent years, but the increasing amount of waste sent to Georgia for disposal indicates the actual contract prices per ton remain attractive to waste hauling companies, compared with our neighboring states. Annually during the month of July, DCA conducts a phone survey of the landfills in the state to identify their posted "gate rate" tipping fee to calculate regional and statewide average disposal fees. Based upon these surveys, the average tipping fee for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the state rose from $34.95 per ton in 2004 to $35.38 per ton in 2005. It should be noted that the fees reported represent an average of the posted gate rates 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. Also, several large Atlanta landfills significantly increased their posted gate rates in an effort to dissuade customers with small loads. DCA also tracks tipping fees for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. C&D tipping fees rose more than $2/ton, from $28.14 per ton in 2004 to $30.21 per ton in 2005.

Remaining MSW Landfill Capacity, FY 2004

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: Years of remaining capacity by Regional Development Center was calculated using EPD -supplied average daily tons and cubic yards of remaining capacity, based on 260 operating days per year.

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2005

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

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia
South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2005

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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2005 Update

Average Tipping Fees Paid at Georgia MSW Landfills

Region

2005 Average MSW Tipping Fee

Atlanta Regional Commission $40.77

Central Savannah River Area Chattahoochee Flint

$32.79 $30.00

Coastal Georgia

$46.71

Coosa Valley

$32.48

Georgia Mountains

$36.63

Heart of Georgia-Altamaha Lower Chattahoochee

$29.10 $27.50

McIntosh Trail

$31.71

Middle Flint

$37.81

Middle Georgia

$27.04

North Georgia Northeast Georgia

$31.00 $36.63

South Georgia

$31.39

Southeast Georgia

$28.36

Southwest Georgia

$24.60

State of Georgia

$35.38

2004 Average MSW Tipping Fee
$39.32 $34.10 $30.00 $41.61 $31.38 $33.07 $29.39 $27.50 $31.45 $36.02 $27.00 $30.99 $36.68 $33.17 $28.83 $24.60
$34.95

2003 Average MSW Tipping Fee
$34.00 $18.00 $30.00 $43.24 $31.44 $32.08 $29.03 $27.00 $30.79 $35.37 $27.35 $29.99 $35.57 $32.76 $27.98 $24.98
$33.26

Average Tipping Fees Paid at Georgia C&D Landfills

Region

2005 Average

C&D

Tipping Fee

Atlanta Regional Commission $31.46

Central Savannah River Area

$28.78

Chattahoochee Flint

$27.36

Coastal Georgia

$31.34

Coosa Valley

$26.70

Georgia Mountains

$29.99

Heart of Georgia-Altamaha

$24.29

Lower Chattahoochee

$25.00

McIntosh Trail

$26.55

Middle Flint

$22.50

Middle Georgia

$21.64

North Georgia

$ -

Northeast Georgia

$24.78

South Georgia

$24.11

Southeast Georgia

$28.48

Southwest Georgia

$22.2 4

State of Georgia

$30.21

2004 Average C&D
Tipping Fee $29.09 $25.77 $27.67 $29.39 $29.29 $21.45 $24.92 $27.50 $26.55 $31.00 $23.89 $23.78 $26.51 $21.95 $17.92
$28.14

2003 Average C&D
Tipping Fee $23.33 $25.00 $27.28 $30.89 $24.47 $27.53 $21.12 $25.00 $26.55 N/A* $23.23 $30.02 $25.55 $25.66 $22.24 $25.28
$28.16

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2005

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

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia
South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2005

C&D Landfill Tipping Fees, 2005

North Georgia Coosa Valley

Georgia Mountains

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

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

Chattahoochee

Flint

McIntosh

Trail

Middle Georgia

Central Savannah River Area

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, 2005

Calculating Weighted Average Tipping Fees
T*oNoaclacnodufniltlsfowr ittohninnathgies RdiDspCarrietipeosrtbeedtwceheanrglianrggea asenpdasrmataellralatnedffoilrlsC, &aDwewiagshttee.d average tipping fee was used. If out -of -county residents or businesses were
charged a higher rate than in-county customers, the higher rate was used. Tipping fees charged for MSW at transfer stations were excluded. 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 2005 Update

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2004

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

Coastal Georgia

Southwest Georgia
South Georgia

Southeast Georgia

Source: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Office of Environmental Management - phone survey, 2004

MSW Landfill Tipping Fees, 2003

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

Lower Chattahoochee

Middle Georgia

Central Savannah River Area

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, 2003

C&D Landfill Tipping Fees, 2004

North Georgia Coosa Valley

Georgia Mountains

Atlanta Regional Commission

Northeast Georgia

Legend $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, 2004

C&D Landfill Tipping Fees, 2003

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

Middle Georgia

Central Savannah River Area

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, 2003

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 mid-July, to 61 landfills accepting Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and 77 landfills accepting Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste. 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.
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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2005 Update

Landfill Tipping Fees: A Regional Perspective
As reported in Waste News magazine's 2005 Market Handbook, the average landfill tipping fee in Georgia in 2005 was $33.07, with no distinction made between MSW and C&D waste. Ranked 7th lowest in the list of the twelve (12) southeastern states, Georgia's average tipping fee is approximately $0.36 a ton less than the average tipping fee reported in the southeastern states. The prices reported by Waste News in the Northeast are far higher, with a regional average approaching $67 per ton, and a high of more than $86 per ton in the state of New Hampshire.

Southeastern U.S. Landfill

Tipping Fees

State

Average

Cost per Ton

Alabama

$27.01

Arkansas

$28.01

Florida

$36.42

Georgia

$33.07

Kentucky

$32.87

Louisiana

$26.65

Mississippi

$26.81

North Carolina

$32.80

South Carolina

$34.22

Tennessee

$28.96

Virginia

$39.99

West Virginia

$35.44

Southeastern Total

$33.43

Source: Waste News 2005 Market Handbook

Southeastern U.S. Tipping Fees, 2005

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

KKentucky

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Arkansas

Tennesseee

AAlabama
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Floriiddaa

Data source: Waste News Magazine, 2005 Markets Handbook Map prepared by: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, 2005

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/development/research/programs/swar.asp
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2005 Solid Waste Management Update
No state solid waste grants or loans were awarded during Fiscal Year 2005 from the Georgia Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF.) Each year the State Legislature must appropriate funds collected to the Trust Fund for distribution for local tire abatement efforts, waste reduction and education programs. During FY 2005, no funds were appropriated to the Environmental Protection Division for their designated uses.
Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
EPD's Local Government Enforcement and Education grant program was designed to support 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 helped them prevent their spread. The program gave 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. No Local Government Enforcement and Education grants were awarded during FY 2005.
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA)
GEFA typically administered a Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program funded by the SWTF 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 were available to qualified cities, counties, and solid waste authorities. Demonstration projects or projects implementing an integrated solid waste management plan designed to help the state reach its waste reduction goal were eligible to receive grants of up to $200,000. No GEFA grants were awarded during FY 2005. Another financial support program offered by GEFA is their low interest revolving loan program available to local governments. No GEFA loans for solid waste were awarded during FY 2005.
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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