Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP)
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Solid Waste Management Plan Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board City of Fredericksburg and Stafford County, Virginia Prepared For: Prepared By: Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Draper Aden Associates Management Board (R-Board) 1030 Wilmer Avenue, Suite 100 489 Eskimo Hill Road Richmond, Virginia 23227 Stafford, Virginia 22554 May 8, 2020 For Final Approval Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board Solid Waste Management Plan May 8, 2020 For Final Approval Page ii TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Plan Adoption .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Legislation ......................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.3 Authority (9 VAC 20-130-20) ...................................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Purpose (9 VAC 20-130-40) ........................................................................................................................................ 2 1.5 Recycling (9VAC20-130-125) ..................................................................................................................................... 2 1.6 Planning Area ................................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.7 Planning Period ............................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.8 Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 2.0 BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................. 4 2.1 R-Board Composition .................................................................................................................................................... 4 2.2 R-Board Mission and Vision Statement ................................................................................................................. 4 2.3 Virginia Environmental Excellence Program ......................................................................................................... 4 2.4 Record Keeping and Central Archive ...................................................................................................................... 5 2.5 Status Of Solid Waste Nationally .............................................................................................................................. 6 2.6 Program Highlights ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 2.7 Flow Control...................................................................................................................................................................... 7 3.0 DEMOGRAPHICS ............................................................................................................................. 10 3.1 Description of Plan Area ........................................................................................................................................... 10 3.2 Population ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11 4.0 WASTE QUANTITIES AND PROJECTIONS .................................................................................... 13 4.1 Composition of Solid Waste .................................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 Solid Waste Generation Projections ..................................................................................................................... 14 5.0 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ....................................................................................... 16 5.1 Collection ........................................................................................................................................................................ 16 5.2 Disposal ........................................................................................................................................................................... 17 5.3 Recycling ......................................................................................................................................................................... 18 5.3.1 Public Recycling Programs ............................................................................................................................... 19 5.3.2 University of Mary Washington ...................................................................................................................... 20 5.3.3 Private Recycling Efforts .................................................................................................................................... 21 5.3.4 Yard Waste ............................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.3.5 Compost .................................................................................................................................................................. 22 5.3.6 Special Wastes ...................................................................................................................................................... 22 5.3.7 Summary ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 5.4 Treatment ....................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Rappahannock Regional Solid Waste Management Board Solid Waste Management Plan May 8, 2020 For Final Approval Page iii 5.5 Public Education and Outreach .............................................................................................................................. 24 5.6 Public/Private Partnerships ...................................................................................................................................... 24 5.7 Litter Control ................................................................................................................................................................. 25 5.8 Inventory Of Disposal Sites ...................................................................................................................................... 25 6.0 BUDGET ........................................................................................................................................... 26 6.1 Funding and Budgeting............................................................................................................................................. 26 6.2 Construction Schedules ............................................................................................................................................. 26 7.0 WASTE MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY ............................................................................................ 27 7.1 Source Reduction ......................................................................................................................................................... 27 7.1.1 Current Status ....................................................................................................................................................... 27 7.1.2 Future Considerations ........................................................................................................................................ 28 7.2 Reuse ................................................................................................................................................................................ 28 7.2.1 Current Status ....................................................................................................................................................... 28 7.2.2 Future Considerations ........................................................................................................................................ 28 7.3 ecycling ............................................................................................................................................................................ 29 7.3.1 Current Status ....................................................................................................................................................... 29 7.3.2 Future Considerations ........................................................................................................................................ 29 7.4 Resource Recovery (Waste-to-Energy) ...............................................................................................................