Municipal Waste Management Plan 2019–2028 October 20 11875 High Tech Avenue, Suite 150 Orlando, FL 32817 20 This report was delivered electronically. If it is necessary to print a hard copy, please use Recycled-content/FSC-certified paper and recycle when no longer needed. TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements Material Definitions and Abbreviations E. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................. E-1 E.1 Introduction and Plan Requirements ....................................................................................E-1 E.2 Plan organization ......................................................................................................................E-1 E.3 Summary of Philadelphia’s Waste System ............................................................................E-2 E.3.1 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Generation ................................................................... E-3 E.3.2 Composition of residential solid waste .......................................................................... E-4 E.3.3 Construction and demolition waste Generation .......................................................... E-4 E.3.4 Current facilities ................................................................................................................ E-5 E.4 Future msw generation and disposal CapacitY ....................................................................E-5 E.5 MSW management and Planning initiatives .........................................................................E-6 E.6 Conclusions ...............................................................................................................................E-7 I. INTRODUCTION & PURPOSE OF PLAN ........................................................ I-1 I.1 Background ................................................................................................................................ I-1 I.2 Plan Requirements .................................................................................................................... I-1 I.3 Integrated Municipal Waste Management ............................................................................. I-2 I.4 Related City Goals, Plans and Policies ................................................................................... I-3 I.4.1 ZERO WASTE & LITTER ACTION PLAN ............................................................................. I-4 I.4.2 PHILADELPHIA GREEN WORKS PLAN & UPDATE ........................................................... I-4 I.5 Stakeholder Engagement ......................................................................................................... I-5 I.5.1 SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING ADVISORY COMMITTEE............................................... I-5 I.5.2 ZERO WASTE AND LITTER CABINET ................................................................................. I-5 I.6 Benefits of Plan ......................................................................................................................... I-6 I.7 Major Components of the 2019-2028 Plan Revision .......................................................... I-6 CHAPTER 1 – DESCRIPTION OF WASTE ............................................................ 1-1 1.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 City Location, Demographics and History ........................................................................... 1-1 1.2.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2.2 Regional Context ................................................................................................................. 1-2 1.2.3 Environment ........................................................................................................................ 1-3 1.2.4 Emissions ............................................................................................................................. 1-5 1.3 Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) ............................................................................................... 1-6 1.3.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 1-6 1.3.2 Generating Sectors .............................................................................................................. 1-6 1.3.3 Disposed MSW ................................................................................................................... 1-8 1.3.4 Composition of Disposed Waste ..................................................................................... 1-8 City of Philadelphia i TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.3.5 Recycled MSW .................................................................................................................. 1-10 1.3.6 Gross MSW Generation .................................................................................................. 1-10 1.4 Other Municipal Wastes ........................................................................................................ 1-12 1.4.1 Construction and Demolition Waste ............................................................................. 1-12 1.4.2 Infectious & Chemotherapeutic Waste ......................................................................... 1-13 1.4.3 Household Hazardous Waste & Electronic Wastes .................................................... 1-14 1.4.4 Tires .................................................................................................................................... 1-17 1.4.5 Ash from Resource Recovery Facilities ......................................................................... 1-17 1.4.6 Biosolids ............................................................................................................................. 1-17 CHAPTER 2 – DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES .................................................... 2-1 2.1 Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 2-1 2.2 Landfills and Resource Recovery Facilities .......................................................................... 2-1 2.2.1 IESI PA Bethlehem Landfill ............................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.2 Modern Landfill .................................................................................................................. 2-2 2.2.3 Rolling Hills Landfill .......................................................................................................... 2-2 2.2.4 Pioneer Crossing Landfill .................................................................................................. 2-3 2.2.5 Commonwealth Environmental Systems Landfill ......................................................... 2-3 2.2.6 Imperial Landfill .................................................................................................................. 2-3 2.2.7 IESI Blue Ridge Landfill .................................................................................................... 2-3 2.2.8 Cumberland County Landfill ............................................................................................ 2-3 2.2.9 LCSWMA Susquehanna Resource Management Complex .......................................... 2-3 2.2.10 The Forge Core Organics Recycling and SpecFuel™ Center ................................... 2-3 2.2.11 Advanced Disposal Services Greentree Landfill .......................................................... 2-4 2.2.12 Fairless Landfill & Tullytown Resource Recovery Facility ......................................... 2-4 2.2.13 Conestoga Landfill ............................................................................................................ 2-4 2.2.14 G.R.O.W.S. North Landfill ............................................................................................. 2-4 2.2.15 Covanta Plymouth Renewable Energy .......................................................................... 2-4 2.2.16 York Resource Recovery Center .................................................................................... 2-4 2.2.17 LCSWMA Resource Recovery Facility .......................................................................... 2-5 2.2.18 Wheelabrator Falls, Inc. ................................................................................................... 2-5 2.2.19 Delaware Valley Resource Recovery Facility ................................................................ 2-5 2.3 Transfer Stations and Processing Facilities .......................................................................... 2-5 2.4 City of Philadelphia Waste Transfer and Disposal Agreements ....................................... 2-6 2.4.1 Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc. (Waste Management) ................................ 2-6 2.4.2 Covanta 4 Recovery, LP (Covanta) .................................................................................. 2-7 2.5 Disposal Facilities for Privately-Collected Municipal Waste ............................................. 2-7 CHAPTER 3 – ESTIMATED FUTURE CAPACITY ............................................... 3-1 3.1 Estimating Future Disposal Capacity Needs for Municipal Waste .................................