Billy Malone Sanitation Director DeKalb County Sanitation ... · 1970’s Landfills were primarily...
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Billy Malone Sanitation Director DeKalb County Sanitation SWANA TDIBR-Landfills
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Billy Malone Sanitation Director
DeKalb County Sanitation SWANA TDIBR-Landfills
1970’s Landfills were primarily dumps Ø Built in Unsuitable Areas – Swamps, Airports Ø No Daily Cover Ø No Methane Detection Ø No Leachate Collection Systems Ø Minimum Groundwater Monitoring Ø Poor Liner Designs Ø Fees were based on Truckloads or Cubic Yards Ø Small Landfills – One in every township Ø Trench Designs Ø Built to level with surrounding lands
1991 New Rules were adopted Ø Built in Stable Area – Prime Property Ø Required Daily Cover – Alternate Types Allowed Ø Required Methane Detection and Destruction Systems Ø Required Leachate Collection Systems Ø Excellent Groundwater Monitoring Systems Ø Required Liners Ø Fees were predicted to exceed $ 100 per ton Ø Average tipping fees were $ 30 per ton Ø Scales Required Ø Large Landfill – Regional Approach Ø Built Pyramidal to maximum height possible
2013 Landfills are compliant to the Rules Ø Small Landfills take in 500 tons (Community) Ø Average Landfills take in over 1,000 tons (Large
Municipalities or Regional) Ø Mega Landfill take in over 3,000 tons (Private) Ø Average Cost to operate Small Landfills $ 25 / ton Ø Average Cost to operate Average - $ 15 / ton Ø Average Cost to Operate Mega – $ 5 / ton Ø Average Tipping Fees $ 33 / ton
Diversion of Materials Ø The Average Landfill Recycles, Reuses or Diverts
50% of the incoming Materials to avoid Disposal Ø Electronics, Metals, Tires, Drop-off Centers, Last
Chance Mercatile, Motor Oils, Lead Acid Batteries Ø Many have Composting of organics Ø Yard Trimmings, Sludges, Food Residues
Ø Many have C&D Recycling Ø Concrete, Asphalt, Bricks, Concrete Blocks, Wood, Dirt
Landfills are changing there vision Ø Landfills are using Landfill Gas to generate
Electricity, Produce Natural Gas, Power their Fleets, Direct heat source projects
Ø Landfills are developing Energy Parks such as solar farms, Algae production for drop in fuels, Gasification of various materials – Yard Trimmings, Woody Waste, Municipal Waste
Ø Recycling Processors, End use Processors Ø Increased End Use Activities to keep the Landfill
generated monies after landfilling is completed
Seminole Road Landfill Phases 3 & 4 (Active)
Seminole Road Landfill Phases 1/2/2A (Closed)
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Conley Creek
Ward Lake Road
Linecrest Road
Approx. 1,220 acres owned by DeKalb County Purchased by Sanitation
887 Acres Permitted Landfill
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} SWANA – TDIBR – Landfills ◦ 525 active landfills flaring gas volumes of 500 to 1,000 scfm ◦ This equals 1 Billion diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) annually ◦ MSW Landfills can fuel all vehicles coming to their facility with just
1/3 of the landfill gas produced
} EPA - Global Methane Initiative ◦ DeKalb Sanitation has hosted 16 delegations from foreign
countries; Mexico, Serbia, Georgia, Haiti, China, Japan, Canada, South Africa, Ukraine, Venezuela, Colombia, Kenya, Germany, Poland, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Puerto Rico
