REGIONAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA 2017-2040 DRAFT Prepared on Behalf of the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia and the Local Governments of the Southeastern Virginia Region: City of Chesapeake City of Franklin Isle of Wight County City of Norfolk City of Portsmouth Town of Smithfield Southampton County City of Suffolk City of Virginia Beach Prepared by the Staff of the Hampton Roads Planning District Commission Adopted by Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia ____________________ Adopted by Hampton Roads Planning District Commission ___________________ i EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Regional Solid Waste Management Plan for Southeastern Virginia 2017-2040, in accordance with the legislative and regulatory mandates governing solid waste management (SWM) established by the Commonwealth of Virginia, constitutes the most current Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP) for the Southeastern Virginia Region. The SWMP describes the Southeastern Virginia Region’s integrated strategy for the management of solid waste generated within the Region to the year 2040. The SWMP is organized to emphasize how the Region is working to accomplish all of its goals, objectives, strategies and actions in accordance with the SWM hierarchy as set forth in the Commonwealth’s regulations, with emphasis - in descending order of preference - for SWM as follows: • source reduction; • reuse; • recycling; • resource recovery (waste-to-energy); • incineration; and • landfilling. The Southeastern Virginia Region has designed its future SWM system around the following strategic goals: • Become a Region of citizens whose actions reflect an ethic of resource conservation and waste minimization. • Develop and maintain a secure, cost-effective, environmentally sound and resource-efficient SWM program. • Establish SWM strategies as high on the SWM hierarchy as possible. The Hampton Roads Planning District Commission (HPRDC) staff, working with the Local Governments that comprise the Southeastern Virginia Region, the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) and stakeholders throughout the Region and its SWM system, reviewed current waste activities and programs. After projecting the potential waste generation through the year 2040, the HRPDC staff analyzed the current system and future needs to discover gaps in waste management. The HRPDC staff identified the following significant gaps: • need to develop a long-term strategy for increased source reduction to reduce the increasing amount of waste generated in the Region • need to develop a long-term strategy for increased reuse to reduce the increasing amount of waste generated in the Region • need to develop a long-term strategy for increased recycling to reduce the burden on waste disposal in the Region • need to develop a long-term strategy for resource recovery (waste-to-energy) to make best use of landfilling and disposal facilities in the Region ii • need to evaluate landfilling, disposal and/or out-of-region transport requirements for the disposal of municipal solid waste (MSW), construction and demolition debris (CDD), organic, vegetative and yard waste, and special wastes throughout the Region The HRPDC staff developed SWMP objectives that will close the gaps between its current SWM system and that required in the future. These actions include the following: • Increase public outreach and education. The Region will work to have shared message to communicate the various elements of the Region’s SWM system through a strong communications program. Public outreach and education efforts will be aimed at increasing participation in source reduction, reuse, and recycling activities. • Increase business recycling. By pursuing more innovative approaches, the Southeastern Virginia Region can dramatically increase the business recycling rate and overall regional recycling rate. • Expand recyclables collected at multifamily residences. By encouraging managers of multi-tenant residences to offer collection of the same range of recyclable materials provided to residents who receive municipal collection services, the Region will increase the residential recycling rate and simplify and standardize its shared regional recycling message. • Continue using the current disposal systems for MSW and CDD waste. In accordance with current adopted use and support agreements, the Region’s Local Governments prefer to continue the use of the SPSA Regional Landfill in Suffolk for the disposal of Region-generated MSW. The City of Virginia Beach will supplement its MSW disposal needs with the use of its Landfill and Resource and Recovery Facility. The Region prefers to continue to use the variety of private CDD facilities in the Region for the disposal of Region- generated CDD waste. The City of Portsmouth will supplement its CDD disposal needs with the use of its Craney Island Landfill. • Develop a Region-wide strategy for reuse, recycling and disposal of organic, vegetative and yard waste, building upon current private contractual operations which exist with several Local Governments in the Region and several Local Government-operated programs. • Develop a Region-wide strategy for reuse, recycling, disposal and/or out-of-region transport of special wastes, including the establishment of an operational household hazardous waste (HHW) collection program in each Local Government. • Establish a Region-wide strategy for establishment of a shared HHW collection program to more effectively divert hazardous waste from entering the normal waste stream. Table ES-1 outlines the Region’s objectives and strategic vision for its integrated SWM system to the year 2040. These strategies address the gaps identified in the Region’s MSW system. All SWM facilities constructed or operated in the Region must be in accordance with the contents of this SWMP. iii Table ES-1. Southeastern Virginia Region Objectives and Strategic Vision, 2017 Source: Figures ES-1, ES-2, ES-3, ES-4 and ES-5 illustrate the projected range of MSW, Recycling, CDD, organic, vegetative and yard waste, and special wastes, respectively, in the Region’s SWM system over the next 23 years and the projected ranges of waste generation, recycling, and disposal needed after implementing the Region’s future SWM system. Figure ES-1. Projected MSW Demand for the Southeastern Virginia Region, CY 2020 – CY 2040 Source: Figure ES-2. Projected Recycling Demand for the Southeastern Virginia Region, CY 2020 – CY 2040 Source: Figure ES-3. Projected CDD Demand for the Southeastern Virginia Region, CY 2020 – CY 2040 Source: Figure ES-4. Projected Organic, Vegetative and Yard Waste Demand for the Southeastern Virginia Region, CY 2020 – CY 2040 Source: iv Figure ES-5. Projected Special Wastes Demand for the Southeastern Virginia Region, CY 2020 – CY 2040 Source: This SWMP was approved by the HRPDC Board and the SPSA Board of Directors of the Southeastern Virginia Region for submission to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Changes to this SWMP will occur through the process DEQ has outlined in the Solid Waste Management Planning Regulations (9VAC20-130-175). Major amendments include any addition, deletion, or cessation of operation of any solid waste facility; any increase in landfill capacity; any change that moves toward implementation of a waste management strategy that is lower in the waste management hierarchy; and any change to membership in the approved area. Minor amendments include any change that moves toward implementation of a waste management strategy that is higher in the waste management hierarchy and any nonsubstantive administrative change such as a change in name. All amendments will be submitted directly to DEQ for approval; major amendments require public participation, including a public hearing. Solid waste planning is a continuous process and HRPDC staff in coordination with the Local Governments of the Southeastern Virginia Region, SPSA and other stakeholders in the Region will continually evaluate the need to update and modify the SWMP throughout the planning period. The roles of the HRPDC, Local Governments, SPSA and private parties in solid waste planning, management and operations are unique for the Commonwealth in that the structure of the SWM planning unit establishes a shared arrangement between these parties for meeting State legislative and regulatory requirements. The procedures and processes for future updates to the SWMP, as well as consistency determinations for new SWM facilities developed in the Region, will be coordinated by HRPDC staff through the askHRgreen Committee structure. v TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary Pages i-iv Draft Plan Table of Contents Pages v-x CHAPTERS Page 1 Chapter 1 Introduction and Background Pages 2- 9 Chapter 2 Projections and Waste Quantities Pages 10-34 vi Chapter 3 Solid Waste Management Hierarchy Pages 35-39 Chapter 4 Southeastern Virginia Solid Waste Management Goals Pages 40-45 Chapter 5 Southeastern Virginia Solid Waste Management System Overview Pages 46-71 Chapter 6 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Pages 72-110 Chapter 7 Recycling Pages 111-134 vii Chapter 8 Construction and Demolition Debris (CDD) Pages 135-145 Chapter 9 Organic, Vegetative and Yard Waste Pages 146-160 Chapter 10 Special Wastes Pages 161-182 Chapter 11 Litter Control Pages 183-185 Chapter 12 Future SWM System Waste Quantities Pages 186-191 viii Chapter 13 Funding Arrangements and Options Pages 192-194 Chapter 14 Public Participation and Outreach Programs Pages 195-202 Chapter 15 Solid Waste Management