Kittitas County Solid Waste Management Plan
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Final Draft Kittitas County 2010 Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan Update Kittitas County Solid Waste Department 925 Industrial Way Ellensburg, Washington 98926 (509) 962-7542 2010 SW and MRW Management Plan Update Final Draft Kittitas County 2010 Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan Update Prepared for: Kittitas County Solid Waste Department 925 Industrial Way Ellensburg, Washington 98926 (509) 962-7542 Prepared by: SCS ENGINEERS 3900 Kilroy Airport Way, Suite 100 Long Beach, CA 90806 (562) 426-9544 With: Cascadia Consulting Group HDR Engineering, Inc. 1109 First Avenue, Suite 400 801 South Grand Ave., Suite 500 Seattle, WA 98101 Los Angeles, CA 90017 August 2011 SCS File No. 01209077.01 Offices Nationwide www.scsengineers.com 2010 SW and MRW Management Plan Update Table of Contents Section Page Executive Summary............................................................................................................................................1 ES.1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................1 ES.1.1 Plan Requirements.........................................................................................................2 ES.1.2 Developing the Plan.....................................................................................................2 ES.1.3 Organization of the Plan Update..............................................................................3 ES.2 Goals and Objectives ..................................................................................................................3 ES.3 Evaluation Methodology..............................................................................................................4 ES.4 Summary of Recommendations...................................................................................................5 ES.5 Implementation Schedule .............................................................................................................7 ES.6 Implementation Budget ................................................................................................................9 1 Introduction and Background of the Planning Area .........................................................................1-1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................1-1 1.1.1 Governments Involved in the Plan..........................................................................1-1 1.1.2 Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC)..........................................................1-2 1.2 Plan Goals and Objectives .....................................................................................................1-3 1.2.1 Goal Statement.........................................................................................................1-3 1.2.2 General Policy and Objectives..............................................................................1-3 1.3 Plans Related to the Solid Waste Management Plan........................................................1-4 1.3.1 Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan............................................................1-4 1.3.2 Comprehensive Land Use Plan ...............................................................................1-5 1.3.3 Water Quality Plans................................................................................................1-6 1.3.4 Capital Facilities Plans.............................................................................................1-6 1.3.5 Emergency Management Plan................................................................................1-6 1.3.6 Shoreline Management Plan...................................................................................1-6 1.3.7 Watershed Plan........................................................................................................1-6 1.3.8 Floodplain Management Plan ................................................................................1-6 1.4 Description of the Planning Area ...........................................................................................1-6 1.4.1 General Description .................................................................................................1-6 1.4.2 Geology .....................................................................................................................1-7 1.4.3 Climate........................................................................................................................1-7 1.4.4 Land Use.....................................................................................................................1-8 1.4.5 Industry and Employment ..................................................................................... 1-10 1.4.6 Population ............................................................................................................... 1-10 2 Waste Generation and Characterization..........................................................................................2-1 2.1 Waste Disposal .........................................................................................................................2-1 2.1.1 Historic Disposal........................................................................................................2-1 2.1.2 Composition of Disposed Waste Stream..............................................................2-2 2.1.3 Waste Composition, Overall County ....................................................................2-4 2.1.4 Waste Composition, Residential Substream ........................................................2-5 2.1.5 Waste Composition, Commercial Substream.......................................................2-7 2.1.6 Waste Composition, Self-Haul Substream ...........................................................2-8 2.2 C&D Waste.............................................................................................................................2-10 2.2.1 Historic Disposal..................................................................................................... 2-10 2.2.2 Waste Stream Composition ................................................................................. 2-10 Final Draft i August 2011 2010 SW and MRW Management Plan Update 2.2.3 Detailed Waste Composition Results ................................................................. 2-11 2.3 Recycling and Diversion ........................................................................................................ 2-12 2.3.1 Recycling Quantities and Rate ............................................................................ 2-13 2.3.2 Diversion Quantities and Rate.............................................................................2-14 2.4 Waste Stream Projections .................................................................................................... 2-15 2.4.1 Level of Service...................................................................................................... 2-16 3 Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Composting ..................................................................................3-1 3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................3-1 3.2 Waste Reduction .......................................................................................................................3-1 3.2.1 Background................................................................................................................3-1 3.2.2 Existing Conditions ....................................................................................................3-2 3.2.3 Needs..........................................................................................................................3-4 3.2.4 Options .......................................................................................................................3-4 3.2.5 Discussion ....................................................................................................................3-7 3.2.6 Selected Options.......................................................................................................3-7 3.3 Recycling.....................................................................................................................................3-7 3.3.1 Background................................................................................................................3-7 3.3.2 Existing Conditions ....................................................................................................3-8 3.3.3 Needs....................................................................................................................... 3-15 3.3.4 Options .................................................................................................................... 3-16 3.3.5 Discussion ................................................................................................................. 3-20 3.3.6 Selected Options.................................................................................................... 3-20 3.4 Composting and Yard Waste.............................................................................................. 3-20 3.4.1 Background............................................................................................................