Northampton Landfill Waste Ban Compliance
Program
April 25, 2006
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Overview•History•Advantages•Philosophy•Results•Future
History• 1980: MOU’s with member municipalities ban OCC, office paper, • glass & metal containers, yard & leaf waste from disposal• 1987: Yard & leaf waste composting site registered (1st in state)• 1989: Mandatory recycling ordinances required for all member • communities • 1990: Scrap metal & wood waste (clean wood, tree waste brush) banned• 1995: DARP/DACP exemptions ignored• 1998: C&D processing permit (to produce alternative daily cover) issued by DEP • 1999: CRTs banned (prior to state-wide ban) • 2001: Mattresses banned• 2005: DARP/DACP exemptions still ignored• 2005: Getting ready for new restrictions on the disposal of “Wood”
Advantages
•Springfield MRF•Waste Management
Districts
Advantages
50,000 tons per year
275 tons per day
400 commercial accounts
The waste bans are an excellent tool
Communicate… between working face & scalehouse
Communicate…policies & procedures to all personnel
Communicate…expectations to customers
Communicate…problems in a timely manner
Communicate…economic impacts of violations
Structure fees, surcharges & fines to encourage source separation
Maintain a reputation for being strict, consistent & equitable
Provide cost-effective options for removing restricted materials from working face
Ban customers who will not follow the rules
Our Compliance Plan:
dot our I’scross our T’s
mind our P's&Q's
Results
Results
Results
Results
2005 Summary226 loads cited out of 992 failed
loads
• 1264 tires• 866 CRT’s• 96 propane tanks• 20 white goods• No other restricted materials
For Further Information
Karen BouquillonSolid Waste Management
SupervisorNorthampton DPW
Future
• For the past fifteen years, the Northampton landfill has not accepted ABC, Metal or Wood Waste (as defined by DEP) for disposal, so the facility is already in compliance for these materials.
• In CY 2005, only 9% of the total tonnage disposed was classified as C&D (i.e., loads containing more than 10% wood by volume). Of this tonnage, nearly two-thirds was delivered by customers who will be unaffected by the new waste ban requirements.
• Maintain the $25/ton tip fee for “Clean Wood” and actively promote source separation of this material.
Clean Wood
Clean Wood
• Construct a receiving/transfer area near the working face for accepting “Non-Exempt C&D” materials. By the end of each operating day, recyclable materials will be removed for recycling, “Non-Exempt C&D” will be containerized for transfer to a processing facility, and other waste materials will be landfilled. Special permitting for this receiving/transfer area will not be required.
• Due to problems associated with hydrogen sulfide, the Northampton Landfill will not utilize C&D residuals or fines as daily cover, intermediate cover, or grading/shaping material.
(Excerpt from recent mailing to customers)
• “If you are thinking about delivering Non-Exempt C&D to the Northampton landfill after July 1st, it is important to understand that the standards for acceptable loads will
• be enforced, and the grace period for meeting these standards will not last for long. To
• meet these standards, it will be necessary to source-separate.”
(Excerpt from recent mailing to customers,
continued)
• As the deadline for implementation of the waste ban approaches, the source separation message deserves more attention from the DEP, C&D processing facilities, disposal facilities, waste haulers and generators.”