Lucas County Solid Waste Management 2010 Plan Update Due to OEPA September 16, 2011 Lucas County Commissioners Pete Gerken, President Tina Skeldon Wozniak Carol Contrada Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction .......................................................................................................... 6 A. Plan Approval Date, Counties In District and Planning Period ......................................................................... 6 B. Reasons for Plan Submittal ............................................................................................................................... 6 C. Process to Determine Material Change in Circumstances ............................................................................... 6 D. District Formation and Certification Statement ............................................................................................... 8 E. Policy Committee Members ............................................................................................................................. 9 F. Board of County Commissioners ...................................................................................................................... 9 G. District Contact Information ............................................................................................................................. 9 H. Technical Advisory Committee and Other Subcommittees ............................................................................ 10 Section 2: Executive Summary ............................................................................................. 11 A. Previously Approved Plan ............................................................................................................................... 11 B. Current Plan Overview ................................................................................................................................... 11 Section 3 – Inventories ........................................................................................................................................ 11 Section 4 – Reference Year .................................................................................................................................. 13 Section 5 – Planning Period Projections and Strategies ...................................................................................... 13 Section 6 – Methods of Management ................................................................................................................. 14 Section 7 – Measurement of Program Toward Goals .......................................................................................... 15 Section 8 – Cost and Financing of Plan Implementation ..................................................................................... 16 Section 9 – District Rules ..................................................................................................................................... 18 Section 3: Inventories .......................................................................................................... 21 A. The Reference Year ........................................................................................................................................ 21 B. Existing Solid Waste Landfills.......................................................................................................................... 21 C. Existing Incinerators and Resource Recovery Facilities .................................................................................. 24 D. Existing Transfer Facilities .............................................................................................................................. 26 E. Existing Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Activities ..................................................... 26 F. Existing Composting/Yard Waste Management Facilities .............................................................................. 51 G. Existing Open Dumps and Waste Tire Dumps ................................................................................................ 56 H. Ash, Foundry Sand and Slag Disposal Sites ..................................................................................................... 76 I. Map of Facilities and Sites .............................................................................................................................. 76 J. Existing Collection Systems – Haulers ............................................................................................................ 76 Section 4. Reference Year ................................................................................................... 81 A. Population and Residential/Commercial Generation ..................................................................................... 81 B. Industrial Waste Generation .......................................................................................................................... 82 C. Exempt Waste ................................................................................................................................................ 85 D. Total Waste Generation ................................................................................................................................. 85 E. Reference Year Waste Reduction ................................................................................................................... 86 OEPA 2010 Lucas County Solid Waste Management Plan Update 2 Residential/Commercial Sector ........................................................................................................................... 86 Existing Residential/Commercial Waste Reduction Activities and Programs ...................................................... 89 Industrial Sector ................................................................................................................................................. 112 Existing Industrial Waste Reduction Activities and Programs ........................................................................... 114 F. Total Waste Generation: Historical Trends .................................................................................................. 115 G. Reconciliation of Waste Generation ............................................................................................................. 116 H. Waste Composition ...................................................................................................................................... 117 Residential/Commercial Sector ......................................................................................................................... 117 Industrial Waste Sector ..................................................................................................................................... 119 Section 5. Projections and Strategies ................................................................................ 122 A. Planning Period ............................................................................................................................................. 122 B. Population Projections ................................................................................................................................. 122 C. Waste Generation Projections ..................................................................................................................... 124 Residential/Commercial Sector ......................................................................................................................... 124 Industrial Sector ................................................................................................................................................. 126 Total Waste Generation..................................................................................................................................... 129 D. Projections for Waste Stream Composition ................................................................................................. 131 E. Waste Reduction Strategies Through Planning Period ................................................................................. 131 Residential/Commercial Waste Reduction Strategies ....................................................................................... 132 Industrial Waste Reduction Strategies .............................................................................................................. 149 Section 6. Methods of Management ................................................................................. 153 A. District Methods for Management of Solid Waste ....................................................................................... 153 Calculation of Capacity Needs ........................................................................................................................... 153 B. Demonstration of Access to Capacity ........................................................................................................... 158 Regional Disposal Capacity Analysis .................................................................................................................. 158 Regional Recycling Capacity Analysis ................................................................................................................. 159 Regional Composting Capacity Analysis ...........................................................................................................