Fauquier County Environmental Services

Fauquier County Environmental Services
W. Nathaniel Townley
y, Commodity
y Coordinator
Chairman VRA C&D Committee
nathaniel townley@fauquiercounty gov
nathaniel.townley@fauquiercounty.gov
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Waste Management Plan
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Municipal Recycling
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Sustainability
Landfill Mining
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Waste Exchange
Reuse
Markets
Construction & Demolition
Experiences
Future Plans
Questions
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Fauquier County Environmental Services
opened a construction waste recovery facility
August 2007.
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To divert valuable reusable materials
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Demostration p
project
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latex p
paint
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Support Builders/Owners in the region with
LEED certification by recycling construction
waste.
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Having less than a 10 year landfill capacity in
29 acres permitted
50 acres p
partially
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permitted
C & D recycling is a critical management tool to
preserve landfill space
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provide revenue.
Rapid growth in Fauquier County and
surrounding region prompted C&D recycling
Limited capacity C & D Landfill
Limited capacity
Keep Revenue
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C & D materials delivered will be processed
and recycled to the greatest extent possible
Additional landfill volume within an already
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established area.
Additional y
years of stable disposal
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capacity
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Post closure care will be extended.
The C & D Facility
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processing center for the Northern Virginia
Region.
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Permit, procure and construct new recycling
facility to upgrade old system to handle
material volume.
Baler
Sorting Bins
Sorting line
Buckets
Cardboard
Vinyl Siding
* Expenditure FY-7 $132,000
* FY-10 projection $10,000 increase
Whitewood
Scrap
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* $300,000 +
Concrete, Brick and Rock
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g Facility
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MSW landfill C&D Recycling
1 Recycling Processing System
2 Collection Systems
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((Drop
p Off and Collection
team)
Leachate Recirculation
Gas to Energy System
Revenue is about 4.7 million dollars per year a
decrease from 7 million in 2007.
2007
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Building, Remodeling and Housing Sales Drop
Private C&D Facilities open
Tonnage and commodity market drop affects
revenue
Innovate
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Landfill mining permit
Assist in obtaining Leed Credits
Waste Exchange
Commodity value
Mine old C&D landfill and recycle the materials
Exhumed
construction
Material not
decomposed
DEQ permit
pending
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Fauquier County is hoping to receive permits
from DEQ
Q for landfill mining/piggyback
g/p ggy
project soon.
Mining/piggyback
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project
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million cu. yd. landfill space and add up to 1020 yrs capacity in existing site
Demostration project latex paint posi-shell
daily cover
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Fauquier County and Fairfax County pilot
program to exchange construction waste.
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Weigh
g incoming
g construction debris.
Sort the mixed construction waste.
Recover recyclable material.
Determine material percentages.
Back haul residual. (pending)
Receive Auto Fluff Davis Industries.
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Revenue
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Landfill lifespan is shortened by landfilling
items that could be recycled
Currently
y every
y four y
years we save one y
year of
landfill space by recycling
Every
y3y
years we would save one y
year of
landfill space by recycling
Equal to 100,000 Cu. Yd. of space/year
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Recycle/Reuse
Material:
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Drywall
Asphalt Shingles
Concrete, rock,
k cinder
d block,
bl k glass,
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dirt
Carpet
PVC pipe
Vinyl siding
Wiring /cable
OCC
Wood, Metal
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20,632
Tons of Construction Waste Received:
72.9% out of county:
8,192 tons reused/recycled
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43% recycling rate
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Revenue Generated:
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Fy-08 $1 million +
F
09 $650
000 +
Fy-09
$650,000
Fy-10 $530.000+ (through April 10)
Fauquier County accepts the following items to be recycled as of 2/07:
Appliances
Aluminum and steel cans
Cardboard
Cell phones
Copper Wiring, Cables
Electronics
Eye Glasses
Fluorescent light bulbs
Glass bottles and jars
Scrap metal
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Household
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hazardous
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waste
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Magazines
Mixed paper
, filters and antifreeze
Motor oil,oil
Newspaper
Pagers
Paint cans
Paperback books
Phone books
Plastic bottles & jars, #1 & #2
Printer cartridges
Hardbound Books
Propane tanks
Textiles
Tires
Household batteries
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Tree
stumps
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Vehicle batteries
Wood pallets
Yard waste
50 gallon drums
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Identify Commodity in waste stream
Research markets
Obtain information on collection & processing
Obtain information on revenue
Obtain information on shipping
Evaluate cost versus benefit
Consider landfill diversion value
Organize step by step program to
recycle commodity.
W. Nathaniel Townley
Fauquier County Commodity Coordinator
nathaniel.townley@fauquiercounty.gov