Solid Waste In Washington State Sixteenth Annual Status Report Solid Waste and Financial Assistance Program December 2007 Publication #07-07-048 Solid Waste in Washington State Sixteenth Annual Status Report Prepared by: Washington State Department of Ecology Solid Waste and Financial Assistance Program December 2007 Publication No. 07-07-048 This report and the supporting database information can be accessed at: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/solidwastedata/ For additional copies of this document, contact: Department of Ecology Solid Waste & Financial Assistance Program PO Box 47600 Olympia, WA 98504-7600 Telephone: (360) 407-6900 The Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity agency and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, disability, age, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, disabled veteran's status, Vietnam Era veteran's status or sexual orientation. 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Table of Contents Acknowledgments .........................................................................................................................................v Chapter I Issues Facing Solid Waste...........................................................................................................1 Beyond Waste ........................................................................................................................................1 Green Building Standards.....................................................................................................................3 Public Events Recycling Law ...............................................................................................................4 Chapter II Partnering for the Environment..................................................................................................6 Beyond Waste Encourages Partnerships............................................................................................6 Partnering for the Environment through Financial Assistance ........................................................7 Partnering for the Environment through Sustainable “Green” Building .......................................14 Partnering for the Environment through Recycling and Beneficial Use of Organic Materials....19 Partnering for the Environment by Implementing the Small-Volume Hazardous Waste (aka Moderate Risk Waste (MRW) Initiative and Reducing Threats from Priority Waste Streams......29 Implementation of Washington’s Electronic Product Recycling Law ............................................30 Pharmaceuticals from Households: A Return Mechanism (PH:ARM)...........................................31 Partnering for the Environment through Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP)............34 Partnering for the Environment through Beyond Waste Performance Indicators (aka Measuring Progress Initiative)............................................................................................................36 Partnering for the Environment through Waste Tire Pile Cleanup .................................................37 Partnering for the Environment through Local Planning ................................................................45 Partnering for the Environment through Outreach, Assistance and Information Sharing ..........50 Partnering for the Environment with Washington State Recycling Association ..........................54 Chapter III Solid Waste Handling Infrastructure.......................................................................................57 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills .........................................................................................................60 Ash Monofills........................................................................................................................................60 Limited Purpose Landfills ...................................................................................................................61 Inert Waste Landfills............................................................................................................................61 Composting Facilities..........................................................................................................................62 Recycling Facilities..............................................................................................................................62 Land Application..................................................................................................................................63 Energy Recovery and Incineration Facilities ....................................................................................63 Intermediate Solid Waste Handling Facilities ...................................................................................64 Piles Used for Storage or Treatment..................................................................................................65 Waste Tire Storage and Transportation.............................................................................................65 Moderate Risk Waste Handling ..........................................................................................................66 Chapter IV Statewide Litter Prevention & Cleanup Programs.................................................................67 Litter Prevention Campaign ................................................................................................................67 Litter Program Fund Allocation ..........................................................................................................70 Ecology Youth Corps...........................................................................................................................71 Community Litter Cleanup Program ..................................................................................................73 Litter Cleanup by Other State Agencies ............................................................................................74 Looking Ahead .....................................................................................................................................77 Chapter V Solid Waste Generation, Disposal, and Recycling in Washington State.............................78 Waste Recycled and Diverted from Disposal....................................................................................85 Waste Diversion Benefits....................................................................................................................91 Waste Disposed in the State of Washington.....................................................................................91 Waste Disposed in Other Types of Landfills.....................................................................................99 Movement of Solid Waste for Disposal........................................................................................... 101 Chapter VI Moderate Risk Waste Management ..................................................................................... 107 Funding .............................................................................................................................................. 108 MRW Collected .................................................................................................................................. 111 Solid Waste in WA State i 16th Annual Status Report Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) .............................................................................................. 115 Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) .......................................................... 117 Collection/Mobile Events ................................................................................................................. 119 Table 6.8 2006 Collection/Mobile Event Collection Amounts....................................................... 119 Used Oil Sites .................................................................................................................................... 119 Statewide Level of Service............................................................................................................... 120 Trends in Collection.......................................................................................................................... 120 Product Stewardship ........................................................................................................................ 121 Emerging Waste Streams................................................................................................................. 121 Annual Reporting.............................................................................................................................. 123 2006 Uncommon Item....................................................................................................................... 123 Appendix A Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Generation, Recycling & Disposal.................................. 124 Recycling Rates for MSW................................................................................................................. 125 Individual Waste Generation (MSW) ..............................................................................................