2008 annual solid waste report

2008 Annual Solid Waste Report Executive Summary
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 2008 report, covering the period of July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008, 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 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.
This and previous reports are available online at www.dca.ga.gov, under Office of Environmental Management programs.
Further, the Act requires DCA to report on the status of litter prevention and abatement in the state. The litter report shall include but not be limited to:
An itemization of expenditures made from the Solid Waste Trust Fund for the prevention and abatement of litter;
A compilation and analysis of litter prevention, collection, and enforcement efforts; An assessment of littering in the state; A statement of progress in achieving a litter prevention ethic; and Recommendations for improving litter abatement and prevention efforts.
This litter report is available online at www.dca.ga.gov, under Office of Environmental Management programs.
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. Twenty-six (26) cities and seven (7) counties did not have an approved plan by the end of FY 2008. Local governments that failed to adopt approved solid waste management plans are listed and continually updated online at: www.GeorgiaPlanning.com
During FY 2008, 16.3 million tons of waste was sent to permitted Georgia disposal facilities. Most of this waste entered lined, monitored landfills operating under federal Subtitle D regulations. A small and dwindling 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, generally goes to unlined landfills that are less expensive to operate.
The state continues to have an adequate supply of permitted disposal capacity with 26.6 years of remaining permitted Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) disposal capacity and 25.1 years of remaining permitted Construction and Demolition (C&D) disposal capacity. It is important for the state and local governments to carefully monitor the remaining permitted disposal capacity throughout Georgia. In FY 2008 more than a third of the permitted disposal capacity in the state was contained in just 4 of the 117 active landfills. This concentration heightens the need to carefully monitor the financial assurances of these and all the disposal facilities in the state. Without
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proper financial assurance, the incredible costs of cleaning up abandoned, leaking landfills may fall to local governments and possibly the state.
This concentrated disposal capacity also emphasizes the need for local solid waste management planning. The Northeast Georgia RDC continues to have less than 10 years of permitted disposal capacity. Demonstration of capacity and capacity assurance is highly dependent upon the permitting process and the time it takes for a solid waste handling permit to be issued. This process typically takes several years, during which time permits for surrounding facilities may lapse or private sector business arrangements to accept varying rates of material for disposal can greatly alter the projected life expectancy of existing landfills. (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. To track solid waste management trends, DCA administers an annual survey of all local governments in Georgia1. It is encouraging that despite the current economic recession, the numbers of communities reporting they had recycling services available were reported higher than they have been for the past decade.
During FY 2008, 28 cities and 21 counties reported actively promoting waste minimization practices such as home composting or beneficial reuse of yard trimmings. During FY 2008, 304 cities and 45 counties reported collecting yard trimmings for diversion from MSW landfills. (See section C: Solid Waste & Recycling Collection of the report for more details.)
The increasing use of inert landfills and transfer stations, for which no reporting requirements exist, should be monitored and addressed in local solid waste planning efforts. As the state implements the strategy for reducing the MSW disposal rate, efforts to quantify and address C&D waste reduction and solid waste from mining, agricultural, or silviculture operations or industrial processes or operations needs to be completed.
Education efforts are essential to waste reduction efforts. Keep Georgia Beautiful continues supporting the waste reduction and education efforts of the 77 Keep America Beautiful affiliates in Georgia. As state grant funds that have historically helped local governments educate and enforce litter abatement efforts diminish, these local affiliates are struggling to find the necessary resources to keep their communities livable. DCA has conducted Waste in Place workshops and workshops related to solid waste planning during 2008.
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 MSW tipping fees at $35.15 per ton ($23.72 for C&D waste), far less than Northeastern states and Florida, Georgia landfills represent considerable cost-savings for companies moving large amounts of waste. Because the waste reduction goal specified in the Act includes all waste disposed in MSW landfills in Georgia, this out-of-state waste is included in the state's progress toward meeting the waste reduction goal, and undercuts waste reduction and recycling efforts undertaken by Georgians. On a per capita basis, 7.14 pounds of waste entered MSW landfills daily during FY 2008, 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 Fiscal Year 2008, over 2.9 million dollars ($2,927,020) in Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF) receipts were awarded to Georgia communities to help them manage solid waste. EPD disbursed over $118,000 in Local Government Enforcement and Education grants in FY 2008. The program funded projects in 19 communities, offsetting the local costs to develop and
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maintain a local code enforcement program to prevent and enforce against the illegal disposal and management of scrap tires and solid waste.
GEFA disbursed $241,124.85 in Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants in FY 2008. The program funded projects in 11 local communities, offsetting the local costs of waste reduction and recycling through the purchase of equipment for local government recycling centers. Another financial support program offered by GEFA is their low interest revolving loan program available to local governments. Drawing upon funds from its bond proceeds and revolving loan program, GEFA loaned $4,655,000 to three (3) local jurisdictions in FY 2008 for landfill construction and management.
In FY 2008, DCA's Office of Environmental Management implemented two (2) recycling infrastructure grants, the Away-from-Home Recycling Grant and the Regional Recycling Hub Grant programs, both of which were supported by Solid Waste Trust Fund dollars. DCA awarded $2,567,518 in FY 2008 to fund these recycling infrastructure grant programs.
The Away-From-Home Recycling grant included $350,000 dollars from the SWTF, a program partner contribution $40,000 Curbside Value Partnership (CVP), and $25,000 in corporate donations from Coca Cola for a total program value of $415,000. The program funded grant projects in 29 communities across the State. So far, more than 42 tons of lightweight materials have been diverted from the waste stream for recycling. More importantly, nearly 3 million patrons attending these special events were exposed to the recycling message. And it's important to note that most of the events using the equipment had never collected recyclables before. The Regional Recycling Hubs grant was funded with $2,217,518 from the SWTF. DCA leveraged additional funding totaling $8,042,950 ($4,938,696 in partner-level support and $3,104,254 local government support) for the Hub program. For every $1 (one dollar) of Solid Waste Trust Fund grant funding, DCA leveraged over $3.60 in partner match dollars from private and local government support. Grants were awarded to four (4) local governments across the State.
Historically funding from the SWTF had been used to support a variety of local government waste reduction programs throughout the state. In response to the needs identified in the 2006 Annual Solid Waste Report and the need to "change business as usual" to affect a change (reduction) in the amount of MSW waste being disposed in the state, a statewide waste reduction and recycling strategy was drafted with the input of local governments and Georgia businesses using recycled content materials. The four part strategy, presented for implementation and funding is outlined below:
Away From Home Recycling Equipment to facilitate recycling at sporting events, festivals and other special events
Recycling Hubs Infrastructure dollars to develop collection capability leveraging the private sector's shift toward single-stream processing capability, and increasing collection in rural areas of the state.
Statewide Recycling Campaign An umbrella marketing campaign focused on increasing recycling participation. This effort will push Georgia residents to look for recycling at special events and their homes and places of work.
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ReTrac Reporting Metrics All of the above efforts will be tracked via an innovative online reporting mechanism that will link the solid waste annual surveys local governments must complete for DCA, and results from the AwayFrom-Home recycling campaign.

These efforts are in line with a waste reduction goal that identifies specific targets to meet the general goal of reducing the amount of MSW disposed on a per capita basis. The waste disposal characterization study conducted in 2004 identified what Georgians were throwing away on an annual basis. Using this data, DCA was able to identify the Georgia industry demand for these materials and convened a Recycling Stakeholder Group with over 60 representatives, including representatives from businesses, local governments, and other state agencies to formulate a commodity based waste disposal reduction goal(s). Establishing a baseline goal was the first step to measuring waste reduction and recycling success. The group identified the following goals:

Commodity
Glass Paper Metal Plastic Total

Per Capita MSW Disposal Rate/MSW Reduction Goal

Actual

Projected

Projected Projected

2004

2012

%

2017

Lbs/person Lbs/person 2012

Lbs/person

0.153

0.140

8%

0.140

1.181

1.000

15%

0.850

0.228

0.198

13%

0.186

0.663

0.560

16%

0.530

2.23

1.99

11%

1.71

Projected % 2017
8% 28% 18% 20% 23%

In FY 2008, for the first time, Georgia saw a significant reduction in the per-capita disposal rate. The amount of waste sent to MSW landfills for every Georgia resident fell nearly half a pound, from 7.45 to 7.14 pounds per person, per day. While the economic recession has certainly had an impact upon disposal rates, it can also be fairly argued that the state's aggressive recycling programs and private-sector partnerships are beginning to have an effect. But to meet the goals outlined above, continued diligence, planning and funding will be needed.

This report is available online at www.dca.ga.gov, under Office of Environmental Management programs.

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Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

During Fiscal Year 2008 the amount of waste sent to Georgia Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Construction and Demolition (C&D) landfills decreased dramatically reversing more than a decade of rising disposal. (The possible

Landfill Quick Facts FY 2008
Private Public

reasons for this change are explored in the Executive Summary of this report.) MSW

Permitted capacity in 2008 is estimated to be approximately 26.6 years of Disposal

remaining MSW landfill space and 25.1 years of remaining permitted C&D landfill space. However, some areas of the state, particularly Northeast Georgia, are quickly running out of disposal capacity.

Landfill Ownership

8.4 million 4.2 million

tons

tons

16 facilities 47 facilities

Where Does the Waste Go?

Remaining Capacity

Much of the waste disposed of in Georgia enters lined, monitored MSW Landfills. Of the 16,267,962 tons of waste disposed in permitted Georgia disposal facilities

Years

18.8

38.9

Cubic Yards 218 million 239 million

during FY 2008, 12,406,504 tons, or 76%, entered lined, monitored landfills meeting federal Subtitle D requirements. Twenty-two percent of the waste (3,603,439 tons) entered unlined Construction and Demolition landfills. The remainder was divided among unlined Municipal Solid Waste landfills (175,319 or 1.0%) the state's only MSW incinerator (41,351 tons; 0.2%), and the state's only large-scale MSW composting facility (approximately 50,000 tons.)

C&D
Disposal
Landfill Ownership Remaining

2.9 million 719,000 tons tons
22 facilities 32 facilities

Most of the waste disposed in Georgia enters private landfills. In FY 2008, landfill owners/operators reported 8,435,506 tons of waste entering 16 private MSW landfills, compared with 9,134,630 tons entering 16 private MSW landfills in FY

Capacity

Years

23.3

Cubic Yards 83 million

31.7 32 million

2007. In FY 2008, 4,187,667 tons of waste entered 47 publicly owned MSW

landfills in the state, compared with 4,348,113 tons entering 50 public MSW landfills the previous year. From FY 1993-

2008, the number of MSW landfills operated by cities, counties, and solid waste authorities dropped from 121 to 62; 17 of

the MSW landfills also operate a separate cell within their MSW landfill for C&D materials only.

Tons of Waste Disposed FY 1999 - 2008

16,000,000

14,000,000

12,000,000

10,000,000

Tons

8,000,000

6,000,000

4,000,000

2,000,000

0 1999

2000

2001

2002

2003 2004
Fiscal Year
MSW C&D

2005

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2006

2007

2008

Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

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.
In FY 2008, landfill operators reported 2,884,282 tons of waste entering 22 private C&D facilities, while 719,157 tons of waste entered 32 publicly owned facilities.

Permitted Solid Waste Management Facilities FY 1999-20081

Inert Landfills Collection Operations2 Transfer Stations On-Site Thermal Treatment Facilities On-site Processing Facilities Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Construction and Demolition Landfills Recovered Materials Processing Facilities Composting Facilities Waste-to-Energy Facility

2000
2,304 610 176 83 84 69 34
5 3 1

2001
2,399 708 202 88 92 62 33
5 3 1

2002
2,424 775 230 89 95 60 46
3 3 1

2003
2,354 796 233 99 90 58 51
0 3 1

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

2005
2,373 891 76 101 99 55 54
1 3 1

2006
2,437 946 78 96 100 66* 54*
1 3 1

2007
2,455 966 79 96 105 66* 54*
1 5 1

2008
2,424 992 80 583 111 65 54
1 5 1

Air Curtain Destructors

3

1

3

0

5

5

5

5

5

Commercial Industrial Waste Landfill

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1. Operating as of July 2006; some facilities cease operations or are added, so these figures may differ from those used elsewhere in this

report.

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

3. EPD updated its database of these facilities to verify those still in operation; many had ceased operations.

*EPD counts MSW landfills accepting C&D waste in specially-designated cells as C&D landfills. For the purposes of this report, DCA counts

them as MSW.

Unlined Landfills

During FY 2008, 175,319

Unlined Landfills Accepting MSW

tons of waste was disposed

FY 2008

in five unlined MSW landfills.

County Facility Name

Total

Avg. Remaining Remaining

This represents approximately

Tons Daily Capacity Capacity

1.4% of the total waste entering

Disposed Tons

(CY)

(Years)

MSW landfills in Georgia. As of

Bibb

Macon-Walker

117,505

377

1,924,398

8

July 2008, four unlined MSW

Road Phase 2 (SL)

facilities were still operating

Grady

Cairo-6th Ave. (SL)

30,722

73

284,078

16

under their original EPDapproved permits, and had not

Liberty

U.S. Army-Ft. Stewart Main Cantonment (SL)

9,550

33

576,070

30

reached their closure

McIntosh

McIntosh County-

17,542

56

602,834

17

capacity. Until they do, they must

King Road (SL)

adhere to the same operating

Total

175,319 539 3,387,380

procedures and methane

Average

43,829 194

846,845

12.1

monitoring requirements as their

more modern counterparts. When 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 a 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 MSW incinerator operating in Georgia accepting MSW. Located in Chatham County, the operation is also known as a waste-to-energy facility. The facility receives an average of 159 tons per day, mostly from the city of Savannah. During FY 2008, 41,350 tons of waste was incinerated at this facility before it ceased operations. 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 155 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 2008, approximately 40,000 tons of MSW was processed at the Cobb Composting facility.
Transfer stations are not actual disposal facilities, but they can offer significant collection savings and are becoming more common. There are nearly as many transfer stations as there are landfills, and the largest accept more than 1,000 tons of waste daily. Because these facilities are permit-by-rule, they do not have to pay the $1 per-ton (minimum) host fee to local governments that MSW and C&D landfills must, per the Act, and they do not receive the same regulatory oversight from regulators that landfills do.
Imported Waste
The amount of waste brought to Georgia from other states and disposed is more than eight times greater than it was in FY 1998. Waste imports fell slightly from 1,912,674 tons in FY 2007 to 1,857,687 tons in FY 2008. Most of the waste brought to Georgia from other states is MSW (83%), with the remainder entering C&D landfills. Out-of-state waste amounts to 11.4% of the total amount of waste disposed in Georgia or 14.7% of the waste entering MSW landfills in the state. (See Imported Waste FY 1998-2008) It is difficult to track border waste exchange, and it is suspected that in most cases, it travels relatively short distances across state lines. Based on telephone interviews with transfer station operators 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.

2500000

Imported Waste FY 1999 - 2008

2000000

1500000

Tons

1000000

500000

0 1999

2000

2001

2002

2003 2004 Fiscal Year

2005

2006

2007

2008

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Capacity, or the amount of available space in landfills to dispose of tightly compacted waste, grew from 559 million cubic yards in FY 2007 to 572 million cubic yards in FY 2008. Georgia has an estimated 26.6 years of remaining permitted MSW capacity statewide, based upon 2008 disposal rates. A regional breakdown, by Regional Development Center, can be found on page A-9. The projection of remaining capacity is based upon current disposal rates and disposal capacity permitted by the Georgia EPD, but not necessarily constructed landfill space. The number of MSW landfills in Georgia has fallen since tighter federal regulations were adopted in the mid-1990s, but the number of C&D landfills increased to 54. 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 2008, more than a third of the state's permitted disposal capacity sits in just four facilities, although there are 117 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 2008' on page A-8 ranks the top five landfills in the state by remaining disposal capacity.
Landfill Capacity by Type FY 1999 - 2008
700,000,000

600,000,000

500,000,000

Cubic Yards

400,000,000 300,000,000

MSWL SL C&D/L Total

200,000,000

100,000,000

0 1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

Fiscal Year

2005

2006

2007

2008

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Remaining MSW Landfill Capacity

FY 2008

FY 2007

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

Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

Georgia Landfills with Most Remaining Permitted Disposal Capacity

FY 2008

County Facility Name Total Tons Domain Facility Remaining Avg. Rate of

Remaining

Disposed

Type Capacity (CY) Daily Fill (CYD) Permitted Capacity

FY 2008

Tons

(Years)

Richmond Richmond Co. -

348,552 Public

MSWL

Deans Bridge Rd.

Phase 3

56,027,297

1,230

1,655

116

DeKalb DeKalb Co. -

676,016 Public

MSWL

Seminole Rd Ph 2a, 3,

& 4 (SL)

49,032,309

2,207

2,247

67

Taylor Allied Services, LLC -

377,574 Private

MSWL

S.R. 90/ S.R. 137

47,801,524

2,000

2,500

68

Cherokee Cherokee Co. - Pine

1,248,275 Private

MSWL

Bluff Landfill, Inc.

37,651,770

4,500

6,000

26

Butts

Butts Co. - Pine Ridge

946,283 Private

MSWL

Recycling

33,573,784

3,334

4,081

29

Total

3,596,700

224,086,684 13,271 16,483

52.3

County Facility Name

Cherokee Cherokee Co. - Pine

Bluff Landfill, Inc.

Butts

Butts Co. - Pine

Ridge Recycling

Wayne Wayne Co. - S.R. 23

Broadhurst

Charlton Chesser Island

Road Landfill, Inc.

Banks Chambers R&B

Landfill Site #2

Total

Georgia Landfills Receiving the Most Waste

FY 2008

Total Tons Domain Facility Remaining Avg. Rate of

Remaining

Disposed

Type Capacity (CY) Daily Fill (CYD) Permitted Capacity

FY 2008

Tons

(Years)

1,248,275 Private

MSWL

37,651,770

4,500

6,000

26

946,283 Private

MSWL

33,573,784

3,334

4,081

29

754,402 Private

MSWL

8,632,992

2,861

2,949

10

749,532 Private

MSWL

10,509,675

2,800

3,500

10

946,574 Private

MSWL

14,114,415

3,000

4,412

10

4,645,066

104,482,636 16,495 20,942

(Average) 19.2

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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

Disposal Capacity by RDC

Construction and Demolition Waste Landfills

FY 2008

Total Tons

Remaining Permitted Capacity Remaining Permitted Capacity

Disposed

(Cubic Yards)

(Years)

2,347,333 70,311 15,667
211,096 43,350
407,227 39,531 5,167 32,008 26,507 79,355 6,942
202,499 9,063
36,264 71,119

35,767,490 3,240,104 387,907
22,532,853 822,866
11,639,895 3,070,292 N/A 970,841 466,287 3,613,329 4,247,980
16,924,869 10,224
574,538 11,138,258

12.5 33.2 11.9 96.4 16.3 33.3 44.9 N/A 23.3 16.6 32.7 196.7 40.9
0.4 35.0 47.0

3,603,439

115,407,733

25.1

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

Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

FY 2008

Total Tons

Remaining Permitted Capacity Remaining Permitted Capacity

Disposed
2,932,124 370,584 124,855 600,476 779,567
1,746,399 858,237

(Cubic Yards)

101,603,112 58,687,696 3,592,617 7,380,579 30,917,463 53,057,804 12,848,920

(Years)

28.7 119.6
25.2 8.6
23.0 20.0 12.7

75,946 1,021,792
424,107 869,079 261,761 812,622 594,144 804,571 346,909

5,035,574

23.9

39,597,999

33.6

57,147,722

77.1

18,980,876

14.6

21,082,015

56.4

4,605,484

4.7

17,124,821

11.8

17,068,193

16.4

8,572,739

20.1

12,623,173

457,303,614

26.6

Note: For the purposes of reporting regional capacity, MSW landfills that receive C&D waste in specially-designated cells have their tons received recorded as C&D, but their remaining capacity is represented in these tables as MSW, in accordance with their permits. For details on these facilities, please see the table beginning on page A-8.

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County

Facility Name

Atlanta Regional Commission

C&D

Cherokee Cherokee

Construction And

Demolition Landfill

Cherokee Cherokee Co.-Swims-

SR 92 Ph 5

Clayton

Stephens MDS, LP,

C&D

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

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.

Washington Washington Co. -

Kaolin Rd.

Chattahoochee Flint

C&D

Coweta

Coweta Co. - Ishman

Ballard Rd. Landfill

Total Tons Domain Facility

Disposed

Type

FY 2008

Remaining Capacity (CY) Average Daily Tons Rate of Fill (CYD)

138,023 Private C&D

40,982 Private 853 Private
28,752 Private 519,483 Private 261,207 Private 109,029 Public
29,250 Public

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

510,801 Private 231,689 Private 477,264 Private

C&D C&D C&D

1,248,275 53,643
676,016

Private Public Public

MSWL MSWL MSWL

154,020 24,158
776,012

Private Private Private

MSWL MSWL MSWL

2,693,413 130,910
14,219,633 148,023 675,000 734,465 89,757
567,746 1,747,566 2,052,631 12,708,346
37,651,770 2,886,189
49,032,309 253,978 57,100
11,721,766

397 133
53 213 1,703 875 356
97 1,910
800 1,500
4,500 174
2,207 546 80
2,610

567 266
97 225 1,190 1,342 308
193 3,183 1,356 2,308
6,000 347
2,247 596 186
4,238

20,552
42,610 4,994 623 1,532

Public
Private Public Public
Public

10
14,640 348,552
7,382

Public
Public Public
Public

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

118,659 2,896,451
88,194 136,800
61,425
In closure 1,338,413 56,027,297 1,260,561

14 140
22 28 25
47 1,230
37

55 209
55 56 37
94 1,655
101

2,932

Public

C&D

222,514

A - 8

Revised July 31, 2009

16

40

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)
17 2
564 2 2 2 1
10 2 5
20
26 27
67 1 1
10
8 45 65 14
7
46 116
48
18

Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

County

Facility Name

Troup
MSW Troup

Troup Co. - S.R. 109 Mountville
LaGrange - I 85/ S.R. 109

Coastal Georgia

C&D

Camden

Camden Co. - S.R. 110 C/D/I Landfill

Glynn Liberty

Eller - Whitlock Ave U. S. Army Ft. Stewart Main Cantonment

MSW

Camden

Camden Co. - S.R.

110

Chatham

Savannah - Dean

Forest Rd.

Chatham

Superior Landfill &

Recycling Center

Liberty

U. S. Army Ft. Stewart

Main Cantonment

McIntosh

McIntosh Co. - King

Rd.

Coosa Valley

C&D

Bartow Floyd Paulding Walker Walker MSW

Bartow Co. - S.R. 294 Emerson Floyd Co. - Rome Walker Mtn. Rd. Paulding Co. Gulledge Rd. Walker Co. - Marble Top Rd. LaFayette-Coffman Springs Rd.

Bartow Floyd Gordon Polk

Bartow Co. - S.R. 294 Emerson Rome Walker Mtn. Rd., Gordon Co. Redbone Ridge Rd. Polk Co. - Grady Rd.

Georgia Mountains

C&D

Forsyth Forsyth
Franklin Hall

Eagle Point Landfill Greenleaf Recycling, LLC Earth Resources LLC Reliable Tire Service

Habersham Habersham Co. S.R.13

Rabun
Stephens
MSW Banks
Forsyth Habersham

Rabun Co. -- Boggs Mountain Stephens Co.-S.R. 145
Chambers R&B Landfill Site #2 Eagle Point Landfill Habersham Co. S.R.13

Total Tons Domain Facility

Disposed

Type

FY 2008

12,735

Public

C&D

124,855

Public

MSWL

Remaining Capacity (CY) Average Daily Tons Rate of Fill (CYD)

165,393

42

85

3,592,617

401

549

195,942
13,173 1,981

Public
Private Public

C&D
C&D C&D

63,172 119,247 390,965
9,550 17,542

Public Public Private Public Public

MSWL
MSWL
MSWL
Unlined MSWL Unlined MSWL

22,364,832 44,866
123,155
1,457,443 1,738,785 3,005,447
576,070 602,834

734 42 7
230 422 1,270
33 56

815 70 14
460 843 1,807
67 112

31 14,387
4,608 23,642
682
96,081 76,302 264,902 342,282

Public Public Public Public Public
Public Public Public Public

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

11,000 260,841
1,721 446,816 102,488
11,180,000 5,023,350
12,968,385 1,745,728

0 46
0 70
3
333 351 1,138 1,185

0 48
1 140
5
505 702 2,106 1,851

191,576 56,396 7,982
130,880 10,521
5,838 4,034
946,574 687,819
26,821

Private Private
Private Private Public

MSWL C&D
C&D C&D MSWL

3,162,953
839,167 8,668,428 1,859,855

Public Public

C&D C&D

141,035 216,450
55,995

Private
Private Public

MSWL
MSWL MSWL

14,114,415 29,155,823
868,104

A - 9 Revised July 31, 2009

709 184
39 450
36 17 16
3,000 2,266
95

1,289 367 57 789
66 50 31
4,412 3,777
146

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years) 6
23
88 2
31
10 7 6
30 17
234 20 11 13 70
8 23 22
3
9 7 528 8
8 16
7
10 27 21

Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

County

Facility Name

Hall

Hall Co.-Candler Rd.

(S.R. 60)

Heart of Georgia-Altamaha

C&D

Appling

Appling Co.-Roaring

Creek

Evans

Evans Co. -- Little Bull

Creek C&D

Laurens

Laurens Co. - Old

Macon Road

Toombs

Toombs Co. - S1898

MSW

Candler

Candler Co. - S.R.

121

Laurens

Laurens Co. - Old

Macon Rd.

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)

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

MSW

Crisp

Crisp Co. - U.S. 41S

Taylor

Veolia E.S. Taylor Co.

Landfill

Middle Georgia

C&D

Bibb

Swift Creek Landfill

Houston

Houston Co. -

S.R.247 Klondike

MSW

Bibb

Macon - Walker Rd.

Bibb Houston Monroe Twiggs

Swift Creek MSW Landfill Houston Co. - S.R. 247 Klondike Monroe Co. Strickland Loop Rd. Wolf Creek Landfill

Total Tons Domain Facility

Disposed

Type

FY 2008

85,185

Public

MSWL

3,996

Public

5,192
23,384
6,959
11,574
30,235
14,314 47,712 754,402

Private
Public
Public
Public
Public
Public Public Private

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

5,167

Public

MSWL

75,946

Public

MSWL

32,008

Public

C&D

946,283 75,482

Private Public

MSWL MSWL

26,507

Public

C&D

46,532 377,575

Public Private

MSWL MSWL

19,470 59,885

Private Public

C&D C&D

117,505 205,281 160,172
18,395 367,726

Public Private Public Public Public

Unlined MSWL MSWL
MSWL
MSWL
MSWL

Remaining Capacity (CY) Average Daily Tons Rate of Fill (CYD)

5,615,474

266

532

430,911 2,434,785
272,415 204,596
343,423 1,925,224
204,596 1,470,270 8,632,992
200,306
4,835,268

16 23 77 75
43 95 75 150 2,861
21
304

37 76 210 150
77 202 150 300 2,949
75
736

970,841
3,3573,784 6,024,215

112
3,334 391

160
4,081 455

466287 9,346,198 47,801,524
358,761 3,254,568
1,924,398 1,076,015 3,429,998 2,170,246 10,380,219

53 169 2000
12 202
377 892 512
55 1,114

108 352 2,500
21 404
753 1,230
853 322 1,857

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years) 34
54 113
4 5
18 31
5 18 10
11
26
21
29 47
17 96 68
64 26
8 3 13 20 20

A - 10 Revised July 31, 2009

Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

County

Facility Name

North Georgia

C&D

Pickens

K&M

MSW

Murray

Murray Co. - U.S. 411

Westside

Whitfield

Whitfield Co. - Dalton,

Old Dixie Hwy.

Northeast Georgia

C&D

Newton

Newton Co. - Forest

Tower/Lower River

Rd.

Oglethorpe Olgethorpe Co. - U.S.

78 Phase 2

Walton

Republic U.S. 78 C&D

Landfill

Walton

Walton C&D

MSW

Barrow

Republic Waste - Oak

Grove S.R. 324

Clarke

Clarke Co. - Athens

Dunlap Rd.

Newton

Newton Co. - Lower

River Rd.

South Georgia

C&D

Ben Hill

Fitzgerald, Kiochee

Church Rd. Ph. 2

Cook

Cook Co. - Taylor Rd.

Adel

MSW

Ben Hill

Fitzgerald, Kiochee

Church Rd. Ph. 2

Cook

Cook Co. - Taylor Rd.

Lowndes

Veolia E.S. Pecan

Row

Lowndes

Veolia E.S. Evergreen

MSWL

Tift

Tifton-

Omega/Eldorado Rd.

Southeast Georgia

C&D

Atkinson

Atkinson Co.-S.R. 50

Coffee

Transwaste Services,

Inc. C.R. 129/17

MSW

Atkinson

Atkinson Co.-S.R. 50

Charlton

Chesser Island Road

Landfill, Inc.

Southwest Georgia

C&D

Dougherty Dougherty Co.-

Fleming/Gaissert Rd.

Dougherty Maple Hill LF3

Thomas

Thomasville/Sunset

Dr.

MSW

Decatur

U.S. Hwy. 27 MSWL

Dougherty Dougherty Co. -

Fleming/Gaissert Rd.

Grady

Cairo-Sixth Ave

Total Tons Domain Facility

Disposed

Type

FY 2008

Remaining Capacity (CY) Average Daily Tons Rate of Fill (CYD)

6,942 116,912 144,849

Private Public Public

C&D MSWL MSWL

4,247,940
13,011,107 8,070,908

33

83

453

666

502

772

0

Public

26,777 82,236 93,486 641,632 85,426 85,564

Public Private Private Private Public Public

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

275,198 637,768 13,621,367 2,390,536
1,593,257 1,458,001 1,554,226

98 86 339 334
2,307 279 220

163 172 588 668
2,816 599 344

1,423 7,640

Public Public

0 8,304 532,927
24 52,889

Public Public Private Private Public

MSWL C&D
MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL MSWL

76,884 10,224
631,176 10,224
14,303,642 1,431,336
671,559

6 50
2 50 2,000 2,421 182

10 100
3 100 2,500 2,690 269

36,068 196

Public Private

55,039 749,532

Public Private

MSWL C&D
MSWL MSWL

3,279,259 574,538
3,279,259 10,509,675

217 31
217 2,800

249 63
249 3,500

14,920 Public
25,089 Private 31,110 Public

MSWL
C&D C&D

257,951 10,441,049
697,209

106,722 94,991
30,722

Public Public
Public

MSWL MSWL
Unlined MSW

1,169,772 4,398,264
284,078

A - 11 Revised July 31, 2009

49

82

115

230

218

681

400

412

310

442

73

145

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)
179
72 34
5 12 90 13
2 8 15
30 0
758 0
20 2 9
51 53 51 10
10 181
4 10 33
8

Disposal and Capacity 2008 Report

County Thomas

Facility Name
Thomasville/Sunset Dr.

Total Tons Domain Facility

Disposed

Type

FY 2008

114,474 Public

Landfill MSWL

Remaining Capacity (CY) Average Daily Tons Rate of Fill (CYD)

2,462,674

143

558

Remaining Permitted Capacity (Years)
16

A - 12 Revised July 31, 2009

Per Capita Disposal 2008 Solid Waste Management Update

Georgia's waste reduction efforts and continued permitting of new Construction and Demolition landfills, combined with the economic downturn and influx of refugees from the Katrina disaster pushing the state's population near 10 million, has resulted in a marked lowering of Georgia's per-capita disposal rates. As more MSW landfills create special sections of their facilities to accept only C&D waste, they divert that waste stream from their MSW cells, thereby lowering the overall per-capita MSW disposal rates. When excluding out-of-state waste imports, the amount of waste entering Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills fell to 6.07 lbs/person/day in FY 2008.
Since FY 1998, the per capita municipal solid waste disposal rate had grown from 6.44 lbs/person/day to about 7.5 lbs/person/day in FY 2007. But in FY 2008, Georgia's MSW landfills received 7.14 pounds of waste daily for each resident. Looking at records that exclude the amount of waste disposed from out-of-state sources, the per capita MSW disposal rate has been even lower, climbing from 6.24 lbs/person/day in FY 1998 to 6.46 lbs/person/day in FY 2007 before falling to 6.07 lbs/person/day in FY 2008.
As shown in the Per Capita Daily Waste Disposal graph, there is more than one way to track per-capita disposal rates. In FY 2008, 16,226,612 tons of waste entered Construction/Demolition and MSW landfills in the Georgia. When looking at the reported total amounts of waste disposed, the per capita waste disposal rate fell to 9.18 lbs/person/day in FY 2008, down from 10.17 lbs/person/day in FY 2007. This figure represents all waste entering MSW and C&D landfills, including out-ofstate sources. 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
12

10

8

6

4

2

0 1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Total Waste

MSW

2004

2005

2006

Georgia MSW

C&D

2007

2008

B-1 Revised July 31, 2009

Per Capita Disposal 2008 Update

Looking at the disposal rate at MSW landfills only, including waste disposed from out-of-state sources, the per capita disposal rate has hovered at about 7.5 pounds per person per day in recent years before dropping in FY 2008. 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 2008 per capita MSW disposal rate, excluding waste imported into the state, is approximately 4.04 lbs/person/day.
Imported waste has grown ten-fold, from representing 0.1/lb/person/day in 1998 (less than 200,000 tons) to 1.07 lbs/person/day in FY 2008 (nearly 1.9 million tons.)

Fiscal Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Population
7,844,792

Georgia Waste Disposal Rate and Population

FY 1999-2008

Total Waste Total Waste Total Waste

Landfilled Landfilled Disposed in

(Millions of tons) (Pounds/ MSW Landfills

person/day)

(Tons)

11.43

7.98

9,382,622

Out of State Waste
(Tons) 453,875

Total MSW
(Pounds/ person/day)
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

9,132,553

16.66

9.77

12,531,898

1,889,312

7.52

9,363,941

17.39

10.17

12,746,159

1,942,647

7.45

9,685,744

16.27

9.18

12,623,173

1,857,687

7.14

GA MSW
(Pounds/ person/day)
6.24 6.30 6.55 6.05 6.38 6.50 6.52 6.48 6.46 6.07

B-2 Revised July 31, 2009

Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2008 Solid Waste Management Update

Waste Collection

The primary objective of waste management is to protect the public and environment from potential harm. The traditional

role of government in solid waste management is the creation and enforcement of regulation to ensure the safety of the

public and environment. A historical as well as a futuristic view is necessary to be able to enact and enforce relevant

effective regulation. One way of acquiring a historical and futuristic view is by using a set of metrics that captures and

analyzes the key indicators of a solid waste management program. The Annual Solid Waste Management Survey

Residential Waste and Recyclables

and Full Cost Report provide us with information on some of the key indicators of solid waste management programs throughout the State.

Collection FY 2006 - 2008
2006 2007 2008

This update will focus on the level and type of solid waste collection, processing and, recycling methods available throughout the State. 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 data contained in this report is obtained mainly from the

No. of local governments responding

631

643

663

to Solid Waste Management Survey

Solid Waste Service Providers

Local governments

593

640

509

providing/arranging for residential

waste collection

Provided by public sector

335

347

429

Provided by private sector

356

293

214

Annual Solid Waste Management Survey and Full Cost Report. This data is used to acquire an over-all "annual snapshot" of solid waste and recycling activities in the State. Before applying any analysis to this data it should be

Types of Residential Programs Curbside/backdoor
City County

436

448

370

66

71

45

noted that annual response rates vary greatly and may contribute to the variations in trends.
In the table entitled Residential Waste & Recyclables Collection the changing role of local governments as solid waste collection service providers is highlighted. Many local governments are now "providing for" rather than "arranging for" solid waste collection services. One potential trend appears to be the increasing availability of recycling services. In FY 2006 66% of local governments who provided or arranged for residential waste collection for

Staffed Drop-off

City

42

21

43

County

80

57

78

Unstaffed Drop-off

City

40

26

22

County

43

32

14

Dumpsters (Green box)

City

23

20

22

County

25

17

27

Recycling Service Providers

Local governments making residential 395

408

401

recycling services available

their residents, also made recycling services available, in FY 2008 this number increased to 79%.

Provided by public sector Provided by private sector

264

290

315

77

112

104

Local governments can partner with the private sector to

Provided by non-profit organization

80

80

108

manage the waste generated within their communities by

using permits, ordinances, franchise agreements, and/or contracts. Permits and ordinances governing the collection of

solid waste are typically the least restrictive tools local governments use to manage solid waste collection in their

community. Collection ordinances typically establish general standards by which a private sector service provider must

operate. Franchise agreements, either exclusive or open, generally establish a minimum level of services that must be

provided by all service providers

and usually stipulate the specific operating standards. A contract between a local government and private waste service provider provides the greatest degree of management control over the waste stream, with the local government setting forth specific performance measures and standards to be met

Private/Public Partnerships for Residential Waste Collection

FY 2006 - 2008

2006

2007

2008

City County City County City County

Private collection does not exist 181

59

199

58

199

58

Issue permit or license

57

37

68

41

69

41

Local ordinance

267

84

278

95

279

95

Franchise agreement

142

41

149

42

150

42

Governments contract

260

63

274

64

275

64

by both parties.

Open competition -- no local

169

72

151

74

151

74

government oversight

C - 1 Revised July 31, 2009

Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2008 Update

The number of local governments reporting they use ordinances continues to increase (351 in FY 2006 to 374 in FY 2008). The wording of this question as well as the section of the survey in which the question was asked was changed in FY 2005. We will continue to monitor the trending of this question in the future.

As can be seen in the Residential Waste and Recyclables Collection table (C-1), the types of residential solid waste

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

Department of Community Affairs has been tracking for several years is the use of Dumpsters. They are often placed in

unsupervised areas, usually in rural communities, for trash collection and frequently become dumping grounds for

everything from household trash to disabled vehicles,

tires, and animal carcasses. They can become an eyesore in a community and attract waste from neighboring jurisdictions. The number of local governments using green boxes for residential waste collection has dwindled. In 1994, 74 cities and 99 counties reported using them for residential waste collection. In FY 2008, just 22 cities and 27 counties

Yard Trimmings Management

FY 2006 - 2008

2006

2007

2008

City County City County City County

Promote home composting and grasscycling

25

25

22

29

28

21

reported using green boxes.

Provide for collection 258

33

326

56

304

45

and disposal

Collection Options

Yard Trimmings Collection

Staffed drop-off facilities

19

28

21

28

12

31

The number of local governments reporting that they

Unstaffed drop-off facilities

9

3

10

3

10

3

provide for the collection and disposal of yard

Curbside collection

294

22

302

21

295

17

trimmings increased from 291 in FY 2006 to 349 in FY 2008. The number of local government reporting

Accepted at

21

32

23

31

15

24

landfill/transfer station

they provide the service has increased from 253 in

FY 2006 to 290 in FY 2008. The type of collection service options ranged from accepting yard trimmings at solid waste

management facilities like a solid waste transfer station to curbside collection programs.

Recyclables Collection

Residential Recycling Service Providers FY 2006 - 2008

During FY 2008, 401 local governments

reported they provided or arranged for

450

residential recycling services in their

400

communities. As can be seen in the

Residential Recycling Services Providers

350

graph, the strong tradition of public, private, 300
and non-profit partnerships used to provide

recycling services throughout Georgia

250

continues, however it appears that the public

sector maybe taking a stronger role in

200

providing collection services.

150

The number of local governments whose

100

residents have access to recycling services

has increased slightly during the last three

50

years. Collection programs for paper, beverage 0
containers and plastics continue to rise. It

appears that cities and counties are expanding

collection programs at about the same rate.

This increase in programs may be linked to the

rise in prices for recyclable commodities. What

is notable is the increase in the number of

Counties who reported collecting other

2006

2007

2008

Governments with recycling services available to residents Provided by public sector Provided by private vendor Provided by non-profit organization

C - 2 Revised July 31, 2009

Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2008 Update
Household Hazardous Waste.
As shown in the Number of Jurisdictions Collecting Materials for Recycling tables on page C-4, there has been a steady increase in the number of local governments making residential recycling services available in their jurisdictions. Nationally and regionally, market prices for recycled materials have risen steadily. Over the past year we have seen a stabilization of the price for recycled materials. This price stabilization along with local residents demand has prompted local governments to add recycling services and to increase the number of materials they accept in their program. This report does not address the scale of the individual local recycling operations, which would be difficult to quantify. Rather, it focuses upon the level of recycling services being offered throughout the state. Since 1992, newspaper has been reported as the residential recyclable material most widely collected in Georgia, followed by aluminum cans. During FY 2008, the most popular commodities recycled from residences were newspaper (492 jurisdictions reporting collection); aluminum (448); corrugated cardboard (431); magazines (430); and Phone books (415). It should be noted that there was a decrease in the number of jurisdictions collecting these materials. We will continue to monitor this decrease. The tables on page C-4 tally the number of local governments collecting commercial and residential materials for recycling.
Recyclables Processing
In FY 2008 145 local governments reported processing residential recyclables as source separated materials, or reported that they collect source-separated materials from their customers. Source-separated means the materials are separated before being collected, typically by the consumer. For example, a homeowner may have to place glass, plastic and metal in separate containers before collection. Commingled collection means the consumer places all the material in one container and the material is sorted after collection, often by paid staff, inmates or probationers.

Processing of Residential Recyclables

FY 2006 - 2008

2006

2007

2008

City County City County City County

Source-separated

79

97

77

92

74

71

Commingled

46

14

31

13

78

21

Both

6

9

9

8

23

20

C - 3 Revised July 31, 2009

Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2008 Update

Number of Jurisdictions Collecting

Number of Jurisdictions Collecting

Residential Materials for Recycling by

Commercial Materials for Recycling

Type

by Type

FY 2005 - 2008

FY 2005 - 2008

2005 2006 2007 2008

Automobile components tires auto batteries motor oil Metals aluminum scrap metal Paper newspaper magazines corrugated cardboard white paper phone books other paper Misc. plastic glass

2005 2006 2007 2008

62

54

47

31

44

38

13

26

50

36

14

24

248

196

187

74

106

94

94

49

293

254

252

69

189

84

67

48

202

177

174

83

98

66

66

*

163

71

71

60

92

50

31

35

214

181

162

*

139

57

47

56

Automobile components tires auto batteries antifreeze motor oil oil filters Metals aluminum steel cans scrap metal aerosol cans Paper newspaper magazines corrugated cardboard phone books paper board other paper Misc.

117

142

127

224

89

100

88

167

18

21

24

78

66

95

100

187

18

28

25

75

292

452

463

448

118

226

228

289

124

208

204

294

16

39

35

101

344

509

507

492

269

378

381

430

280

368

386

431

202

322

324

415

111

72

105

293

172

236

253

339

#1 plastic

247

360

363

378

#2 plastic

208

311

324

348

other plastic

52

69

72

238

glass

180

303

311

361

white goods

246

225

222

324

Christmas trees

253

262

254

363

Transfer Stations
With fewer, more regional-sized landfills in the state and a

C&D materials agricultural chemical containers

51

48

45

0

15

10

8

37

wide array of solid waste collection programs, solid waste

electronics

12

transfer stations continue to be a popular method of

Household

streamlining solid waste collection services. Transfer stations

Hazardous Waste

are especially effective when collection routes are farther

paint

42

than 50 miles from a landfill. Combining several conventional cleaning products 0

76

102

221

29

27

93

2

0

44

rear-loader garbage truck loads into a single tractor-trailer for

pesticides

4

4

4

19

the trip to the landfill saves fuel costs, vehicle wear and tear,

other

19

12

6

65

and means fewer trucks can service more customers. Only

70 counties reported that they or their contractors used transfer stations for the collection or disposal of residential waste

in FY 2005. By FY 2008, 82 counties or their contractors were using transfer stations to manage residential waste.

Use of Solid Waste

Transfer Stations

FY 2005 - 2008

City

County

2005

153

70

2006

157

72

2007

157

77

2008

106

82

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Solid Waste & Recycling Collection 2008 Update

Georgia banned yard trimmings from lined Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills in 1996, as part of an effort to extend landfill disposal capacity. Effective September 1st 1996, each city, county and solid waste management authority was required to impose restrictions on yard trimmings generated in or disposed within their jurisdiction. The restrictions required that yard trimmings:

Not be placed in or mixed with municipal solid waste;

Yard Trimmings Management

Be sorted and stored for collection to facilitate composting or other handling;

FY 2006 - 2008

2006

2007

2008

To the maximum extent feasible be sorted, stockpiled or chipped for composting or used as a mulch or for other beneficial purposes; and
Be banned from disposal at MSW disposal facilities having liners and leachate collection systems.

City County City County City County

Promote Home

25

25

22

29

28

21

Composting and

Beneficial Reuse

Provide for collection 258

33

326

56

304

45

and disposal

Collection

Annually, DCA surveys local governments to determine how they collect, process and use yard trimmings generated within their communities. During FY 2008, 28 cities and 21 counties reported actively promoting waste minimization practices such as home composting or beneficial reuse of yard trimmings. During FY 2008, 304 cities and 45 counties reported

Not available

178

96

189

96

203

98

Your government

242

76

245

8

254

36

Another government 17

22

12

9

4

0

Solid Waste

8

11

7

8

1

1

Authority

Private vendor via

11

24

8

17

8

0

individual

subscription

Private vendor via

35

11

36

9

35

5

government contract

collecting yard trimmings for diversion from MSW

Collection Options

landfills. It is not surprising, given lot sizes and

Staffed drop-off

16

32

20

29

12

31

population densities, that cities lead the way in

facilities

providing yard trimmings collection services. Most local

Unstaffed drop-off facilities

10

8

10

3

10

3

governments also reported that they provided the

Curbside collection

240

16

277

22

295

17

collection services with just a few indicating they contracted with a private vendor to collect yard

Accepted at landfill/transfer station

21

44

23

54

15

24

trimmings. In many areas, especially urban and

Other

8

6

suburban communities, the visible result of the yard trimmings ban has been the presence of large paper

Processing Methods

Composting

48

18

35

9

9

1

Solid waste landfill

22

8

42

5

40

1

bags of leaves and grass at curbsides. Collection of

Inert landfill

154

92

104

30

63

16

yard trimmings in paper bags enables them to be ground into a mulch or feedstock for composting. The

Grind/chip into mulch Own a

183

76

158

30

99

12

143

29

144

17

0

0

majority of local governments who reported collecting

chipper/shredder

yard trimmings either ground or shredded the collected

Contract out

31

33

47

21

chipping/shredding

0

0

material for use as mulch, however 79 local

Use another local

18

9

21

3

0

0

governments reported disposing the collected materials government's

into an inert landfill. Composting and chip into mulch were also reported as common processing methods.

chipper/shredder Burning Other

24

4

26

0

21

0

23

6

0

0

10

1

Yard trimmings, when processed properly, have

Beneficial Use

Give away

178

68

159

16

73

0

numerous beneficial uses in a community. The use of

Sell

8

8

11

3

2

0

compost and mulch is extremely beneficial for slowing storm-water runoff and retaining moisture around

Used by local

97

41

48

17

7

0

government

Becomes property of 39

15

39

21

15

0

plants. Many local governments use processed yard

private contractor

trimmings as mulch for their landscaping and civil

engineering applications or report offering the

processed yard trimmings to their citizens for residential landscaping.

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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2008 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 fell slightly from $35.08 in 2007 to $34.92 in 2008. 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 post high 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 from a statewide weighted average of $21.11 in 2007 to $23.72.
2008 Landfill Tipping Fees

MSW

Legend
$24.00 - $30.00 $30.01 - $35.00 $35.01 - $40.00 $40.01 - $45.00 $45.01 - $50.00

C&D

Legend
Data Not Available $14.00- $20.00 $20.01 - $25.00 $25.01 - $30.00 $30.01 - $35.00 $35.01 - $40.00

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

2008 Average MSW
Tipping Fee $32.50 $37.51 $36.80 $30.00 $36.76 $29.64 $33.44 $27.50 $30.22 $25.62 $41.89 $47.28 $32.01 $35.83 $31.57 $30.51
$34.92

2007 Average MSW
Tipping Fee $32.57 $37.20 $38.26 $30.00 $36.69 $27.88 $33.50 $27.50 $30.16 $24.99 $39.04 $47.13 $32.17 $37.58 $31.65 $30.49
$35.08

2006 Average MSW
Tipping Fee $32.70 $37.26 $38.40 $31.90 $36.92 $26.01 $33.55 $27.50 $30.19 $24.86 $38.94 $47.13 $32.11 $35.91 $31.65 $30.46
$35.51

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

2008 Average
C&D Tipping Fee
$20.93 $32.29 $18.07 $15.84 $24.74 $16.26 $30.56 $25.50 $26.50 $19.73 $39.50 $30.38 $29.58 $22.50 $25.75 $22.00
$23.72

2007 Average
C&D Tipping Fee
$19.23 $27.28 $22.42 $37.11 $23.37 $15.50 $30.54 $25.50 $25.36
n/a n/a $21.63 $26.55 $22.50 n/a $22.00
21.11

2006 Average
C&D Tipping Fee
$18.73 $31.20 $21.96 $29.29 $23.31 $16.26 $30.65 $24.38 $25.45 $16.50 $34.38 $14.65 $26.55 22.50
n/a 25.67
22.09

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MSW and C&D Landfill Tipping Fees 2008 Update

MSW

2007 Landfill Tipping Fees C&D
Legend
$24.00 - $30.00 $30.01 - $35.00 $35.01 - $40.00 $40.01 - $45.00 $45.01 - $50.00

Legend
Data Not Available $14.00- $20.00 $20.01 - $25.00 $25.01 - $30.00 $30.01 - $35.00 $35.01 - $40.00

MSW

2006 Landfill Tipping Fees
Legend
$24.00 - $30.00 $30.01 - $35.00 $35.01 - $40.00 $40.01 - $45.00 $45.01 - $50.00

C&D

Legend
Data Not Available $14.00- $20.00 $20.01 - $25.00 $25.01 - $30.00 $30.01 - $35.00 $35.01 - $40.00

Calculating Weighted Average Tipping Fees
To account for tonnage disparities between large and small landfills, a weighted 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 region 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.
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments
2008 Solid Waste Management Update
During Fiscal Year 2008, over 2.9 million dollars ($2,927,020) in Solid Waste Trust Fund (SWTF) receipts were awarded to Georgia communities to help them manage solid waste. By fostering the development of local, integrated solid waste management programs, the SWTF, funded by a $1 per tire fee when new tires are purchased in the state, is used for scrap tire management and cleanup; closure of abandoned landfills, grants to local governments for waste reduction and recycling; emergency, preventative and corrective actions at solid waste facilities, market development from recycled products; solid waste education and enforcement; and litter prevention and abatement. The fund is used to support the Environmental Protection Division's (EPD) Local Government Enforcement and Education Grant program, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority's (GEFA) Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program, solid waste programs offered by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and other state agencies, and local government programs striving to reduce and manage the solid waste disposed in Georgia. In addition to the programs supported by the SWTF, the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority and Georgia Department of Community Affairs have other grant and loan programs available to local governments to support their solid waste management efforts.
Environmental Protection Division (EPD)
EPD's Local Government Enforcement and Education grant program was designed to support local efforts to prevent and enforce against illegal scrap tire and solid waste disposal. The program gives local governments financial incentives to use enforcement and education activities to address:
1. The management of scrap tires, including preventing the illegal dumping of scrap tires;
2. Solid waste reduction and the controlling of illegal dumps; and
3. Other environmental issues. An eligible applicant may be comprised of one or more local governments. Grant funds are available for establishing and maintaining a Local Environmental Compliance Program that uses enforcement, eradication, and education components to meet its program goals. Continued grant funding is not guaranteed from year to year. Renewal requests are based upon need, the performance of the Local Environmental Compliance Program, and the availability of funds.
Grant information and application material for the Local Government Enforcement and Education program are available on the Environmental Protection Division's web site, www.dnr.state.ga.us under "Environmental" then under "Technical Guidance." Or, contact Winthrop Brown at (404) 362-2537 or email winthrop.brown@dnr.state.ga.us.
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update

EPD disbursed over $118 thousand dollars in Local Government Enforcement and Education grants in FY 2008. The program funded projects in 19 communities, offsetting the local costs to develop and maintain a local code enforcement program to prevent and enforce against the illegal disposal and management of scrap tires and solid waste. Below is a list of communities awarded grants in 2008 and a map of their distribution across the State.

Community City of Chatsworth City of Douglasville City of Eton City of Leary City of Senoia Barrow County Bulloch County

Local Government Enforcement and Education Grant Awards

FY 2008

Amount

Community

Amount

Community

$2,600.00

Chattooga County $4,370.00

Oconee County

$2,250.00

Decatur County

$31,257.50

Pulaski County

$1,300.00 $10,117.50 $1,350.00 $4,700.00 $8,181.00

Dodge County Evans County Gilmer County Hart County Jackson County

$5,000.00 $5,743.28 $4,904.50 $9,817.03 $5,605.26

Rockdale County Seminole County Union County
TOTAL

Amount $3,914.25 $1,464.00
$1,130.25 $10,387.30 44,285.56
$118,377.43

Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA)
GEFA annually administers a program funded by the SWTF that is intended to help local governments foster an integrated approach to solid waste management by supporting waste reduction, recycling, and composting programs. Grants of up to $50,000 are available to qualified cities, counties, and solid waste authorities. Demonstration projects or projects 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.
Grant applications are typically due in late March and reviewed in mid-April. Awards are typically announced in May. GEFA Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant applications are available by request or can be downloaded from the GEFA Web site at www.gefa.org. Contact GEFA at (404) 584-1000 or visit www.gefa.org to request and application or to obtain more information about GEFA's Recycling and Waste Reduction Grant program.
GEFA disbursed $241,124.85 in Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants in FY 2008. The program funded projects in 11 local communities, offsetting the local costs of waste reduction and recycling through the purchase of equipment for local government recycling centers and supporting the development of integrated solid waste management plans. A list of communities awarded grants in 2008 and a brief description of their program are included in the table on the following page.

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update

Community Athens-Clarke County
Bacon County Bulloch County
Decatur County
Forsyth County
City of Griffin Solid Waste Department Hart County
City of Kennesaw
City of Macon
City of Tifton
Rome/Floyd County Recycling Center

Recycling and Waste Reduction Grants

FY 2008

Amount

Description

$16,000.00

Purchase of and associated freight charges for a household hazardous waste storage building to provide area residents with a year-round collection site.

$6,750.00

Purchase of a forklift to serve the recycling needs of the County.

$14,000.00

Purchase of 700 curbside recycling containers which will be loaned to participating communities throughout the region.

$15,490.00

Purchase of a portable recycling trailer to be staged at key retail locations within the County.

$13,500.00

Purchase of 55-gallon recycling containers and one (1) roll-off container to enable the creation of a recycling program for County parks.

$21,000.00

Purchase of twenty-four (24) 6-yard single-stream recycling containers and twelve (12) 4-yard single-stream recycling containers to target the City of Griffin's commercial customers.

$19,068.00

Purchase of four (4) roll-off recycling containers to expand Hart County recycling services to four area schools.

$24,116.85

Purchase of 48-gallon recycling rollout carts to distribute to single family households for the curbside recycling program.

$50,000.00

Purchase of 65-gallon recycling rollout carts to be distributed to residents for a demonstration project to assist the City with solid waste planning.

$19,000.00

Conversion of current open-top roll-off recycling units to compartmentalized, closed-top roll-off units enabling the inclusion of multiple types of plastic. Purchase of additional roll-off containers.

$42,200.00

The purchase of 12'8 and 16'8 storage units, associated freight charges, fencing and gates, and rolling carts for the establishment of a once a month household hazardous waste collection program.

TOTAL

$241,124.85

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update

Another financial support program offered by GEFA is their low interest revolving loan program available to local governments. Drawing upon funds from its bond proceeds and revolving loan program, GEFA loaned $4,655,000 to three (3) local jurisdictions in FY 2008. The local jurisdictions and a brief description of the projects are listed in the table below.

Community City of LaGrange
Middle GA RSWMA (Dooly County, Macon County, and Peach County) Peach County
TOTAL

Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority

Solid Waste Loans

FY 2008

Amount

Description

$3,000,000 $ 530,000

Construct Cell 4 and Vertical Expansion Construction at the City's Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfill, which will consist of an approximately 7.5 acre composite-lined Subtitle D (MSW) disposal cell and wall. Construct two new cells for disposal of solid waste at its existing landfill.

$1,125,000 $4,655,000

Land acquisition and construction of a methane gas extraction system, engineering and security fencing.

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update
Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)
In FY 2008, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs Office of Environmental Management implemented two (2) recycling infrastructure grants, the Away-from-Home Recycling Grant and the Regional Recycling Hub Grant programs, both of which were supported by Solid Waste Trust Fund dollars. DCA awarded $2,567,518 in FY 2008 to fund these recycling infrastructure grant programs.
Away-from-Home Recycling The Away-From-Home Recycling grant included $350,000 dollars from the SWTF, a program partner contribution $40,000 Curbside Value Partnership (CVP), and $25,000 in corporate donations from Coca Cola for a total program value of $415,000. The program funded grant projects in 29 communities across the State.
Strategy Part of instilling a recycling ethic is to provide easy and convenient recycling opportunities both at home and away from home. Georgia is host to many major tourism events which draw large crowds from across the country. From recreational opportunities at our state parks or along our coast, to sporting events, to conferences or community festivals, recycling and litter prevention need to be an integral part of these events. Local governments needed access to specialized containers to collect recyclable materials at special events. The Away-from-Home Recycling program was implemented to establish this recycling ethic through education and promotion. Display of the recycling trailers and use of the ClearStream containers at special events positions grantees to more easily promote litter free events, which exposes over 4.5 million Georgians and visitors to the state to an image of Georgia pride and conservationism. The program facilitates a behavioral change in special event attendees, enabling them to establish a life-long commitment to recycling by making recycling a habit.
Implementation SWTF dollars allocated to the Away-from-Home grant were used to purchase 35 reusable special event recycling containers and trailers to store and haul the containers, with a retail value of approximately $15,000 per trailer. Each trailer supported a "turn-key" recycling collection infrastructure for special event recycling, which makes recycling at special events easy. This bold initiative for Georgia was the first comprehensive special event recycling collection infrastructure effort in the nation. DCA's Away-from-Home Recycling Grant program is nationally recognized as a model for implementing special event recycling.
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update
Under the Away-from-Home grant program, local governments offer use of the trailers to event organizers in their community. The grant contract requires awardees to pledge to maintain recycling at future events and to incorporate the state recycling brand into their special event recycling efforts. Grantees are also required to submit an annual report indicating the volume of materials recycled and the number of events that used the containers. Results The bold "Recycle 4 Georgia" image draws attention to recycling at special events and appeals to the general audience. From April through December 2008, the Away-from-Home Recycling program exposed special event recycling to a reported 2.6 million attendees. Local government grant awardees reported collection of 61,153 pounds (30.5 tons) of recyclables during the first nine months of the program's introduction. The trailers and containers were used at 319 events 176 of which were events where recycling was offered for the first time. A list of communities awarded the Away-from-Home Recycling grant in 2008 is included in the table on the following page and shown in the Infrastructure map.
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update

Away-from-Home Recycling Grants

FY 2008

Community

Estimated Retail Value

Albany-Dougherty County

$15,000.00

Athens-Clarke County

$45,000.00

Bulloch County

$30,000.00

Columbia County

$15,000.00

Dalton-Whitfield County

$30,000.00

Decatur County

$15,000.00

DeKalb County

$30,000.00

Forsyth County

$15,000.00

Glynn County

$15,000.00

Gwinnett County

$15,000.00

Hall County

$15,000.00

Liberty County

$15,000.00

Newton County

$15,000.00

North Georgia Resource Management Authority $30,000.00

City of Alpharetta

$15,000.00

City of Atlanta

$15,000.00

City of Columbus

$15,000.00

City of Decatur

$15,000.00

City of Douglasville

$15,000.00

City of Gainesville

$15,000.00

City of Kennesaw

$15,000.00

City of Monticello

$15,000.00

City of Newnan

$15,000.00

City of Norcross

$15,000.00

City of Rome

$15,000.00

City of Roswell

$15,000.00

City of Savannah

$15,000.00

City of Tifton

$15,000.00

City of Valdosta

$15,000.00

Trailers Awarded
1 3 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update
Regional Recycling Hubs The Regional Recycling Hubs grant was funded with $2,217,518 from the SWTF. DCA leveraged additional funding totaling $8,042,950 ($4,938,696 in partner-level support and $3,104,254 local government support) for the Hub program. For every $1 (one dollar) of Solid Waste Trust Fund grant funding, DCA leveraged over $3.60 in partner match dollars from private and local government support. Grants were awarded to four (4) local governments across the State. Strategy This competitive grant program was offered to local governments to either modify their existing recycling operations or construct a new facility to establish a network of regional collection hubs for commingled recyclables throughout the state. This effort also supports rural and small community programs, as each hub serves a 50-75 mile radius, as well as serving as collection points for the recycles collected from special events. Implementation Many of the rural communities throughout Georgia do not generate the volume of recyclables needed to warrant independent collection routes. The collection of commingled recyclables makes it more viable for many communities to sponsor recycling programs. In order to increase collection efficiencies and to minimize transportation costs, this Regional Recycling Hub grant supported the development of the infrastructure needed in the form of regional transfer stations for recyclable materials throughout the State. Expected Results Based on initial tonnage estimates reported by the grantee communities, the Regional Recycling Hub Grant program anticipates a 185% increase in the amount of recovered materials to be collected annually upon implementation of the Hub projects. This calculates to a projected landfill savings of $514,500 per year (based on a $35 per ton average disposal fee). A list of communities awarded the Regional Recycling Hub grant in 2008 is included in the table and shown in the Infrastructure map on the following pages.
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update

Community City of Griffin City of Savannah
City of Valdosta
Bulloch County
TOTAL

Regional Recycling Hubs Grants

Amount $550,000.00 $955,218.00
$425,000.00 $287,300.00
$2,217,518.00

FY 2008
Description Construct a new recycling processing center and purchase the equipment necessary to collect, process, and transport recyclables from communities within a 50 mile radius of the hub. Implement single-stream residential curbside recycling collection in the City. Leverage the development of a privately owned and operated regional recycling hub, promote regional recycling activities, and accept recyclable material within a minimum of a 50 mile radius of the hub. The City shall also implement a recycling marketing strategy as described in the attached Recycling Market Strategy that incorporates the State's recycling campaign. Expand the City's existing recycling processing center infrastructure and convert the facility from a co-mingled processing operation to accept single-stream recyclables to serve as a regional recycling hub, promote regional recycling activities, and accept recyclable material within a minimum of a 75 mile radius of the hub. Modify County's existing recycling center and establish a singlestream recycling processing facility in coastal Georgia (the first single-stream recycling processing facility outside of metro-Atlanta in the state) to serve as a regional recycling hub, promote regional recycling activities, and accept recyclable material within a minimum of a 50 mile radius of the hub.

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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update
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Grants and Loans to Local Governments 2008 Update
DCA also annually administers a Local Development Fund Grant program, a state appropriated grant program that provides matching grants to finance community improvement activities, including solid waste management projects. Grants are typically awarded in maximum amounts of $10,000 for single community projects and $20,000 for multi-community projects. Applications are reviewed based on the following criteria:
Feasibility including such factors as reasonableness of budgets and timetables, adequate consideration of all the factors necessary for implementation, commitment from other funding sources, etc.
Impact of the project on the community and community need. No Local Development Fund Grant projects were awarded during FY 2008. More information on the Local Development Funds is available on DCA's Web site at www.dca.state.ga.us or contact Cynthia Easley at 404-679-4789 or ceasley@dca.state.ga.us.
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