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 A - 1 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. A - 2 Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report 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 A - 3 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 A - 4 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 A - 6 Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report 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 A - 7 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 A - 8 Disposal and Capacity 2005 Solid Waste Report 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 A - 10 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 A - 11 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 B-1 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. B-2 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 E-1 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. E-2 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. E-3 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 WWeesstt VViirrggiinniiaa VViirrggiinniiaa Arkansas Tennesseee AAlabama Mississippii LLoouuiissiiaannaa NNoorth CCaarroolliinnaa South CCaarroolliinnaa GGeorgia 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 E-4 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 F- 1