2016 Maryland Statewide Waste Characterization Study
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NORTHEAST MARYLAND WASTE DISPOSAL AUTHORITY ON BEHALF OF MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT 2016 MARYLAND STATEWIDE WASTE CHARACTERIZATION STUDY FINAL REPORT July 14, 2017 11875 High Tech Avenue, Suite 150, Orlando, FL (800) 679-9220 www.mswconsultants.com This report was delivered electronically. If it is necessary to print hard copies, please do so on post-consumer recycled paper and recycle. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This study would not have been successful without the cooperation and assistance of multiple disposal facilities across the State of Maryland. MSW Consultants would like to thank the following facilities for hosting the field data collection during this project: Appeal Landfill of Calvert County, Cecil County Central Landfill, Charles County Landfill, Forty West Municipal Landfill of Washington County, Garrett County Landfill, Northwest Transfer Station, City of Baltimore, Quarantine Road Landfill, City of Baltimore Northern Landfill of Carroll County, Somerset County Landfill. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the study organizers for their assistance in the organization and data collection for this project: Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE), Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority (NMWDA). NMWDA/Maryland Department of the Environment 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This page intentionally left blank. 2 NMWDA/Maryland Department of the Environment TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................... ES-1 ES 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 ES 2. Statewide Municipal Solid Waste Disposal ............................................................................... 1 ES 3. Sampling Plan Overview ............................................................................................................. 2 ES 4. Results ............................................................................................................................................ 3 ES 5. Conclusions ................................................................................................................................. 11 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Objectives .................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Report Organization ................................................................................................................ 1-1 2. METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Reported Statewide Disposed MSW ..................................................................................... 2-1 2.3 Host Facilities and Field Data Collection Schedule ............................................................ 2-3 2.3.1 Facilities Hosting Field Data Collection .......................................................................... 2-3 2.3.2 Supplemental Data Sources ............................................................................................... 2-3 2.3.3 Summary of Waste Composition Data Sources ............................................................. 2-4 2.4 Sampling Targets ...................................................................................................................... 2-5 2.5 Overview of Methodology ...................................................................................................... 2-6 3. RESULTS ........................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Statewide Aggregate Disposed MSW Composition ............................................................ 3-1 3.3 Residential Disposed Waste Composition ........................................................................... 3-8 3.4 ICI Disposed Waste Composition ...................................................................................... 3-12 3.5 Results by Demographic Region.......................................................................................... 3-17 3.5.1 Urban Disposed Waste Composition ............................................................................ 3-18 3.5.2 Suburban Disposed Waste Composition ...................................................................... 3-19 3.5.3 Rural Disposed Waste Composition .............................................................................. 3-21 3.6 Facility-Specific Results ......................................................................................................... 3-23 4. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................... 4-1 4.1 Conclusions ............................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 4-1 NMWDA/Maryland Department of the Environment i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A – Study Design Appendix B – Material Categories Appendix C – Photojournal of Sampling and Sorting List of Figures Figure ES-1 Waste Characterization Sources for Data Analysis ............................................................... 2 Figure ES-2 Maryland Statewide Waste Composition and Quantities Disposed (tons) ........................ 3 Figure ES-3 Top 10 Most Prevalent Materials in Statewide Disposed MSW Stream ............................ 4 Figure ES-4 Statewide Divertibility of Disposed Wastes............................................................................ 5 Figure ES-5 Comparison of Disposed Waste Composition by Generator Sector ................................. 7 Figure ES-6 Comparison of Residential and ICI Most Prevalent Materials ............................................ 8 Figure ES-7 Comparison of Divertibility by Generator Sector ................................................................. 9 Figure ES-8 Comparison of Residential Composition by Demographic Region ................................. 10 Figure ES-9 Comparison of ICI Composition by Demographic Region .............................................. 11 Figure 2-1 Waste Characterization Sources for Data Analysis............................................................... 2-5 Figure 2-2 Sampling of Inbound MSW ..................................................................................................... 2-8 Figure 2-3 Sorting and Data Recording ..................................................................................................... 2-8 Figure 3-1 2016 Maryland Statewide Disposed Municipal Solid Waste Composition, Tons (Unadjusted) ........................................................................................................................................... 3-2 Figure 3-2 Top 10 Most Prevalent Materials in Statewide Disposed MSW Stream (Unadjusted) ... 3-2 Figure 3-3 Statewide Divertibility of Disposed Wastes (Unadjusted) ................................................... 3-4 Figure 3-4 2016 Maryland Statewide Disposed Municipal Solid Waste Composition (Adjusted) .... 3-6 Figure 3-5 Statewide Divertibility of Disposed Wastes (Adjusted) ....................................................... 3-7 Figure 3-6 2016 Residential Disposed Waste Composition ................................................................... 3-8 Figure 3-7 Top 10 Most Prevalent Materials in Residential Disposed Waste ...................................... 3-8 Figure 3-8 Divertibility of Disposed Wastes from the Residential Sector (Unadjusted) ................. 3-10 Figure 3-9 2016 Residential Disposed Waste Composition (Adjusted) .............................................. 3-11 Figure 3-10 Divertibility of Disposed Wastes from the Residential Sector (Adjusted) .................... 3-12 Figure 3-11 2016 Disposed ICI Waste Composition (Unadjusted) .................................................... 3-13 Figure 3-12 Top 10 Most Prevalent Materials in Disposed ICI Waste (Unadjusted) ....................... 3-13 Figure 3-13 ICI Divertibility of Disposed Wastes (Unadjusted) ......................................................... 3-15 Figure 3-14 2016 Disposed ICI Waste Composition (Adjusted) ......................................................... 3-16 Figure 3-15 ICI Divertibility of Disposed Wastes (Adjusted) .............................................................. 3-17 ii NMWDA/Maryland Department of the Environment TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables Table ES-1 Disposed MSW Originating from Maryland Counties by Demographic Region (2014) .. 1 Table ES-2 Sampling Summary ...................................................................................................................... 3 Table ES-3 Divertibility Strategy Assignments for Material Categories ..................................................