Northampton Landfill Waste Ban Compliance Program

1. Northampton Landfill Waste Ban Compliance Program April 25, 2006

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3. Overview • History • Advantages • Philosophy • Results • Future

4. 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”

5. Advantages • Springfield MRF • Waste Management Districts

6. Advantages 50,000 tons per year 275 tons per day 400 commercial accounts

7. The waste bans are an excellent tool

8. Communicate… between working face & scalehouse

9. Communicate…policies & procedures to all personnel

10. Communicate…expectations to customers

11. Communicate…problems in a timely manner

12. Communicate…economic impacts of violations

13. Structure fees, surcharges & fines to encourage source separation

14. Maintain a reputation for being strict, consistent & equitable

15. Provide cost-effective options for removing restricted materials from working face

16. Ban customers who will not follow the rules

17. Our Compliance Plan:dot our I’scross our T’smind our P's&Q's

18. Results

19. Results

20. Results

21. Results

22. 2005 Summary 226 loads cited out of 992 failed loads • 1264 tires • 866 CRT’s • 96 propane tanks • 20 white goods • No other restricted materials

23. For Further Information Karen Bouquillon Solid Waste Management Supervisor Northampton DPW 413-587-1059 kbouquillon@nohodpw.org

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. Maintain the $25/ton tip fee for “Clean Wood” and actively promote source separation of this material.

27. Clean Wood

28. Clean Wood

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. (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.”

32. (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.”