Contents Chapter 1 Introduction..........................................................................................................1-1 VIRGINIA SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS .......................................................1-1 PLAN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH AND GOALS ...................................................................1-2 PLAN ORGANIZATION .......................................................................................................1-2 Chapter 2 Projections and Waste Quantities .......................................................................2-1 DESCRIPTION OF PLAN AREA............................................................................................2-1 City Characteristics ..................................................................................................2-1 Geographic Conditions.............................................................................................2-1 Transportation Conditions ........................................................................................2-2 POPULATION DATA AND PROJECTIONS .............................................................................2-3 Population ................................................................................................................2-3 Population Forecasts................................................................................................2-3 Urban Concentrations ..............................................................................................2-5 Household Forecasts ...............................................................................................2-5 Household Income Distribution ................................................................................2-6 Employment .............................................................................................................2-7 Employment Forecasts.............................................................................................2-7 COMPOSITION OF SOLID WASTE .......................................................................................2-8 MSW ......................................................................................................................2-8 CDD ....................................................................................................................2-11 Special Wastes.......................................................................................................2-13 SOLID WASTE GENERATION PROJECTIONS .....................................................................2-19 Approach................................................................................................................2-19 MSW Generation Forecasts ...................................................................................2-20 CDD Generation Forecasts....................................................................................2-22 Special Waste Generation Forecasts.....................................................................2-23 Chapter 3 Solid Waste Management Hierarchy...................................................................3-1 CONSIDERATION OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY....................................3-1 Source Reduction and Reuse ..................................................................................3-2 Recycling..................................................................................................................3-3 i Disposal (Resource Recovery, Incineration, and Landfilling)...................................3-3 Collection and Transfer (Waste Flow) ......................................................................3-3 Chapter 4 City of Falls Church Solid Waste Management Goals ........................................4-1 GOALS FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH ..................4-1 MANNER IN WHICH THE GOALS ARE ACCOMPLISHED.........................................................4-1 Goal 1: Ethic of Resource Conservation and Waste Minimization ...........................4-1 Goal 2: Secure, Cost-effective, Environmentally Sound and Resource- efficient SWM Program.................................................................................4-2 Chapter 5 City of Falls Church Solid Waste Management System Overview......................5-1 CITY OF FALLS CHURCH SWM SYSTEM ORGANIZATION ....................................................5-1 CITY OF FALLS CHURCH SWM SYSTEM FLOW ..................................................................5-2 CURRENT SWM PROGRAM FUNDING................................................................................5-2 Chapter 6 Municipal Solid Waste.........................................................................................6-1 OVERVIEW OF THE 20-YEAR PLAN FOR THE CITY’S MSW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ..............6-1 SOURCE REDUCTION AND REUSE .....................................................................................6-3 Current Programs.....................................................................................................6-3 Public Outreach and Education - Source Reduction and Reuse..............................6-7 Assessment of Current and Future Source Reduction and Reuse Needs ...............6-7 SWMP Actions .........................................................................................................6-8 RECYCLING......................................................................................................................6-8 Current Programs.....................................................................................................6-8 Public Outreach and Education - Recycling ...........................................................6-18 Recycling Markets..................................................................................................6-18 Market Development ..............................................................................................6-19 Assessment of Current and Future Recycling Needs ............................................6-20 SWMP Actions .......................................................................................................6-22 PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION...............................................................................6-23 COLLECTION ..................................................................................................................6-26 Current Programs...................................................................................................6-26 Assessment of Current and Future Collection Needs ............................................6-28 SWMP Actions .......................................................................................................6-29 TRANSFER .....................................................................................................................6-30 I-66 Transfer Station...............................................................................................6-30 Assessment of Current and Future Transfer Needs...............................................6-33 ii Contents SWMP Actions .......................................................................................................6-35 DISPOSAL ......................................................................................................................6-35 Current Programs...................................................................................................6-35 Assessment of Current and Future Disposal Needs ..............................................6-46 SWMP Actions .......................................................................................................6-47 Construction/Demolition/Debris............................................................................................7-1 OVERVIEW OF THE 20-YEAR PLAN FOR THE CITY’S CDD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ...............7-2 SOURCE REDUCTION AND REUSE .....................................................................................7-3 Current Programs.....................................................................................................7-3 Assessment of Current and Future Source Reduction and Reuse Needs ...............7-3 SWMP Actions .........................................................................................................7-3 RECYCLING......................................................................................................................7-3 Current Programs.....................................................................................................7-3 Recycling Markets....................................................................................................7-4 Assessment of Current and Future Recycling Needs ..............................................7-4 SWMP Actions .........................................................................................................7-5 COLLECTION ....................................................................................................................7-5 Current Programs.....................................................................................................7-5 Assessment of Current and Future Collection Needs ..............................................7-5 SWMP Actions .........................................................................................................7-6 TRANSFER 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