HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999 TOWN OF SOUTHOLD SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
MARCH 2000 UPDATE
Title of Original Approved SWMP: Town of Southold, Suffolk County, NY
August 1995 Solid Waste Management Plan
Planning Unit Name: Town of Southold, NY
Report Period And Date: 1997- 1999
Town of Southold
Solid Waste Management flan- March 2000 Update
Contents
Annual Recycling Report
--Cover Page and Summary
—Form A
—Form B
—Form C
Implementation Plan
Copy of Southold Town Garbage Code
Town of Southold
Solid Waste Management Plan—MARCH 2000 COMPLIANCE REPORT
ANNUAL RECYCLING REPORT
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ANNUAL RECYCLING REPORT
1. Calendar year 199,8 2. Solid Waste Management Planning
Unit or Reporting Municipality: Town of Southold
3. Legal'Form of Entity (i.e., Authority, Department, Agency, etc...): Southold Town Solid Waste Mgmt Dii;st
4. Address:
P.O. BOx 962
Cutchogue, NY 11935
Phone.- ( 631 734-7685 Fax: (6'3 1) 734- 7976 '
5. Counties or Towns (names) that comprise planning 6. Total Population
unit: Southold Town/Greenport ,Village 25 , 000 (est )
7. Number of Town's 1 8. Number of Villages 1
9. Cities (names) None
10. Program Contact Person & Title
Department Head & Title I
James Bunchuck/Solid Waste Coordinator Same
11. For responses 12, 13, 14 & 15, please state if data is actual measurements (i.e,, scale data), estimates (i.e., from SWMP)
for other source (explain) �i
12. Solid waste generated within the planning unit prior to waste reduction, reuse and recycling (tons):
7NHIW: Non-Hazardous Industrial Waste; C&D: Construction & Demolition Debris)
MSW- Unknown C&D Unknown NHIW_ Unknown
Sewage Sludge Total 56, 000
(estimated) �
13. Solid waste generated'in the planning unit (including recycling) and handled by the planning unit as part of their solid waste
stream (tons):
MSW 21, 30 C&D 2790 - NHIW None
Sewage Sludge None Total 29 ' 369
14. Waste disposed (tons) by planning unit IPU) as part of their solid waste system:
Landfilled Waste-to-Energy Other or UnaccLn+
(Within PU), (Out of PU) (Within PU) (Out of PU) for (describe w/tonnac
MSW 0 9, 135 0 . 4, 919
C&D
0 2, 790 0 0
NHIW
0 0 0 0
Sewage Sludge_
Total ` 0 0:
0 11 , 925 0 4, 919
Grand Total: 16, 844
15. Material received For recycling from outside of planning unit or reporting municipality. (For information purposes only. ThisIis n.
calculated as part of the recycling rate.)
Outside entities (municipality or private source) N/A Toni
Grand total: 1
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16. Describe any program requirement for mandatory curbside collection of recyclables.(i.e., local laws)
Glass (sorted, by color ) , tin & alluminum cans , HDPE & 'PET ,Plastics ,
Newspaper, corrugated cardboard make up mandatory curbside recycling
17. Describe any drop-off center programs,for recyclables (i.e., voluntary/mandatory, limited use, widespread, etc.)
In addtion to those listd in 16 above; self haulers can recycle mixed
paper, used motor oil , flourescent bulbs , . -polystyrene peanuts at the
Is the grW-VtT�WerWe�f%� ) and operation public or private?
Facility is owned by the Town
18. Describe any program mandate requiring institutional/commercial/industrial generators to source separate/recycle.
Town code requires all generators to sent recyclables listed in 16
above (see attachment c)
19. Describe any exceptions allowed to the program recycling mandates.
None specified.
20. Describe any registered, exempt compost facilities, type of materials composted, estimated annual quantity and distribution of
finished materials,
Town Maintains yard waste volume reduction and compost facility which
processed 10r' OlO ton in 1998 . .
21. Describe any program which educates, quantifies, mandates or otherwise addresses recycling in the commercial, industrial and
institutional entities in the planning unit.
Town, had no formal training program ,implemented in 1998_
22. Please append copies of any local laws governing recycling, msw,and enforcement of solid waste/source separation/recycling
laws.
Copyh) appended
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FORM A
RECYCLING REPORT ,
for the calendar year
Material (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) -
categories Material Planning Non-program/ Non-program/ Total
Unit/System Solid private mandated private non- Tons
Waste Program recycling in tons mandated
Recycling tons recycling in tons
Mandatory IM) or
Voluntary [V)
PAPER Newspaper 1 ,449 M U U F1 ,449
N6 Mix U U U
ae Mix .0 U U
Mixed Paper 474 U U 474
Mixed Paper(animal bedding only) U U U
Magazines Included In
Mixed
Paper U U
Corrugated Cardboard 1 , 189 , U U 1,, 189
Kraft Paper U U U
Gable top/Drink Boxes NR U, U
Paperboard
Chipboard/Boxboard NR_ U U
Hardcover Books Included in
Mixed PaiDer U U
Softcover Books Included in
Mixed PaPPE
Office Paper Included in
e r
"Junk Mail" MiceddPa er U U
Telephone Directories Included in
Commingled Paper (Specify) Included in
Other Paper (Specify) U U U
PAPER TOTAL 3, 112 , U U -13-, 112
* U=Unknown
NR=Not Recycled
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FORM A (Continued)
Material (1► (2) 13) (4) 15)
Categories Material Planning Nan program/ Non program/ _ Total
Unit/System Solid private mandated private rion- Tons
t Waste Program recycling In tons mandated
Recycling tons recycling in tons
Mandatory (MI or
Voluntary 1V)
'LASTIC PET #1 Tj64 M
HDPE #2 97 M U U 97
LHDPE #2 NR U U
PVC #3 NR U U
LDPE #4 NR U U
LLDPE #4 NR U U
PP #5 NR U U
PS #6 V U U
Other Plastic (specify) NR U U
Other Plastic (specify) NR U U
PLASTIC TOTAL 161 U U 1
JRGANICS Food Waste NR U U
Yard waste
isted separately MSW Compost NR U U
lelow) NR U U,
Other Organic
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ORGANICS TOTAL
AETAL Ferrous and 81-metal Food 209 M U U 209
Containers (inc. aerosol cans)
'errous Enameled Metal Appliances (white 53 M U U 53
goods) , ,
Whole Autos and Parts included inU U U
Other Ferrous U U U U
i FERROUS TOTAL 261 261
Jon ferrous Aluminum Cans/Foil 173 U U 173
Other Aluminum Included in u U
Other Non-Ferrous Included in U U
NON-FERROUS TOTAL 173 U U
* U=Unknown
NR=Not Recycled
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FORM A(Continued)
Material (1) (2) (3) (4) 151
Categories Material Planning Non-program/ Non-program/ Total
Unit/System Solid private mandated prlvate non- Tons
Waste Program recycling In tons mandated
Recycling tons recycling in tons
Mandatory(M)
or Voluntary (V)
GLASS Glass - Clear 319 M U U 319
Glass - Green 229 M U U 229
Glass - Brown
70 M U U 70
-Glass - Mixed NR U U
Glass - Plate NR U U
Other Glass NR U U
GLASS TOTAL 618 U U 618
COMMINGLED Glass, metal, plastic containers, NR U U
other (specify)
RUBBER Rubber, tires 126 U U 126
Other rubber NR * U U
TEXTILES Textiles/leather 59U U 5
WOOD Wood Pallets NR * U U
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Wood-Lumber 25 U U 25
Other wood (including C&D wood) NR * U U
WOOD TOTAL NR U U
CONSTRUCTION Asphalt NR U U
& DEMOLITION
DEBRIS (C&D)/ Concrete/Brick/Rock/Fines 144 U U 144
INERT
Contaminated Soil NR U U
Other C&O/Inert '5, 305 U U 5, 305
C&D/INERT TOTAL 5,449
U=Unknown '
NR=Not Recycled
* These materials not recycled at Town Facility, but C&D Haul and
Dispose vendor may extract some of them for recycling prior,
to disposal .
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FORM A (Continued)
Material (1) 121 131 (4) 151
Categories Material Planning Unit/ Non-program/ Non-program/ Total
System Solid private mandated .private non- Tons
Waste Program recycling in tons mandated
Recycling tons recycling in tons
Mandatory (M)
or Voluntary(V)
YARDWASTE Leaves 4, 685 U U 4, 685
(including
yardwaste to be,; Grass NR U U
composted{ U U 5, 222
Brush 5 , 222
Report as Wood Stumps Brush e In U U
incoming only Mixed yardwaste Included -in
Brush U U
Other yardwaste Included in
U U
YARDWASTE TOTAL 4, 6 8 5
4, 685
BATTERIES, Lead Acid Batteries i7 ' U U 17
HHW & PAINT
Dry Cell Batteries U �T
Paint Included in U U
Misc. Solvents Included in
U U
Other Household Hazardous 20 U U 20
REFRIGERANTS'' Refrigerants U48I U U 48
SLUDGES Sewage Sludge (wet tons) N/A U U
Water Treatment Plant Sludge N/A U U
i; Paper Mill Sludge N/A U U
OIL, Used Motor Oil 77 U U 77
ANTIFREEZE i Inc u e in
11 Used oil Filters used Not6r 0' 1 U U
Antifreeze 2 U U 2
Other (specify; such as vegetable U U U U
oils{
OTHER Specify material (type and quantity)
INDUSTRIAL on separate sheet. See Appendix
D for examples
GRAND TOTAL
he above information was determined from: Scale data:
Estimates:
Combination of actual measurements and estimates: X
,NA=Not Accepted
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FORM R
Waste Reduction and Reuse
See Appendix E for Source Reduction Strategies
Please Include methods even if tonnages are unknown.
(Examples: Report pallet reconditioning and textiles reused here.)
MATERIALS METHOD OF REDUCTION (ONS
Municipal Solid Waste -- Volume-based pricin
( i .e. , the "Town 5000tons (est . )
Garbage Bay" progtan
--Per pound charges
(tiptees) -
22,000 tons (est )
-- Re-use/Exchange Cent r 100 tons (est)
Grand Total; 27, 100 tons
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FORM C
Recycling and Waste Reduction/Reuse Rates
FORMULA FOR DETERMINING RECYCLING RATE:
Total tons recycled (Grand Total from Column 5, Form A) - A = 14 , 796
Total tons solid waste generated (Item 12, cover sheet) C = 56 , 000 '
RECYCLING RATE = A x 100% 26%
C
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FORMULA FOR DETERMINING WASTE REDUCTION/REUSE RATE:
Total tons from waste reduction and reuse (Grand Total from Form B) . B = 27, 100
Total tons solid waste generated = C = ' 56, 000
WASTE REDUCTION/REUSE RATE = Q X 100% - 48%
C
TOTAL COMBINED RECYCLING/WASTE REDUCTION/REUSE RATE = 74%
Note: Waste reduction figures are based on actual measurement
of 4, 000 tons per year to the "Town Bag" program and an
estimated 22 , 000, tons (of mostly) , commercial and C&D Waste )
due to an increase in tip fees in 1995 .
The "Total Tons Solid Waste Generated" of 56 , 000 is an
estimate based on per 'person generation rates prior
to '1994 (when the Town Bag Program went into effect . )
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Town of Southold
-Solid Waste Management Plan—MARCH 2000 COMPLIANCE REPORT
IMPLEMENTA'T'ION PLAN
1. ImQlementation Schedule
a. 1. Review of Milestones
This list includes milestones contained in Tables 5-1 (Solid
Waste Planning Actions) and 6.6-1 (Recycling Project Schedule) of the Town's 1995
SWMP. , Current Planned or Actual dates represent the updated Implementation
Schedule.
DATE STATUS
MILESTONE
Item#
Original Planned Current Planned or Achieved Not
Actual Achieved
Solid Waste Planning Actions
1 State approval of SWMP Spring 1995 Summer 1995 X
Update and revised CRA
2 Receive NYSDEC permit for
construction and operation of Summer 1995 Summer/Fall 2000 X
permanent transfer station
3 Receive NYSDEC permit for
construction and operation of Summer 1995 2000 X
full-scale yard waste
composting facility
4 Construct permanent transfer Spring/Summer Fall/Winter 2000 X
station 1996
Construct and begin operations Spring 1994 Fall 2000(full operation X
5 of full-scale yard waste not until 200 1)
composting operations
Submit annual reports to Annually Annually beginning
6 NYSDEC for the yard waste beginning Spring Spring 1999 X
composting operations 1996
Negotiate and finalize next 5- Summer 2002 Town has option to rebid
7 year contract for hauling in Summer 2000; Town X
residual waste to existing may re-bid for out of state
permitted facility hauling OR negotiating
an IMA for VIM
disposal on Long Island
8 Initiate 5 year"long-term' Summer 1994 Summer 1994 X
hauling of residual wastes
9 Submit annual reports to Annually Annually beginning
NYSDEC for the transfer beginning Summer January 1994 X
station. 1995
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1. Implementation Schedule(continued)
DATE STATUS
MILESTONE
Item#
Planned Actual Achieved Not
Achieved
Solid Waste Planning Actions
10 Methane gas investigation. Summer/Fall 1994 Summer/Fall 1994 X
11 Groundwater investigation Summer/Fall 1994 Summer/Fall 1994 X
12 Submit Closure Investigation Fall/Winter 1994 Fall 1996 X
Report
13 Perform Fishers Island metal Summer/Fall 1994 Summer/Fall 1994 X
dump investigation
14 Submit closure plan for Fall/Winter 1994 Fall/Winter 1994 X
Fishers Island metal dump.
15 Reclamation of mined areas Spring/Summer 1995 Summer 1995- X
(Fishers Island) Spring 1996
16 Submit Conceptual Closure Spring 1995 Fall 1995 X
Plan(Fishers Island)
17 Submit Final Closure Plan Winter 1995 Spring 1996 X
(Fishers Island)
18 ; Implement closure activities Spring/Summer 1996 Spring/Summer X
(Fishers Island) 1996
19 Submit Closure Certification Winter 1997 Winter 1997 X
Report(Fishers Island)
20 Submit postclosure Summer 1997 Summer 1997 X
registration forms(Fishers
Island)
21 Perform operation and Annually beginning Annually beginning
maintenance activities and Fall 1997 Fall 1997 X
annual reporting(Fishers
Island)
22 First compliance reports to March 1995 March 1995
NYSDEC X
23 2-year updates of SWMP March 1997 March 1997 X
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1. Implementation Schedule (continued) Y
- 'DATE STATUS OTHER/
Item# MILESTONE EXPLANATION
Original Current Planned Achieved Not j
Planned or Actual Achieved
Recycling Project Schedule
24 Bid and award contract for private
services or enter into intermunicipal July 1997 (A); x
agreement for residual waste for 2002,2007,2012,
additional 5 year period etc July 2000 (P) x
Town requires commercial
25 establishments and haulers to x
January 1996 2000
document and report all private
recycling efforts
Provide technical assistance to
commercial,institutional and January 1996 Ongoing x
26 industrial establishments
--conduct waste audits of
commercial facilities Ongoing Ongoing
--implement recycling in all Dec 1995 1995 x
schools
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1. Implementation Schedule-(continued)
DATE STATUS OTHER/
Item# MILESTONE
EXPLANATION -
Original Current Planned Achieved Not
Planned or Actual Achieved
Recycling Project Schedule
Develop demonstration office
paper recycling program in April 1995 1997
27 schools
--implement recycling in all Dec 1995_ -1995 X
schools
28 Expand Yard Waste Composting June 1995 Fall 1996 X
29 Enforce mandatory recycling Jan 1995 1994 X
ordinance
30 Analyze residential and June 1995 X Update planned for ;
commercial rates of participation 2000
31 Make improvements to self-haul May 1995 Summer 1995 X
drop-off site(original)
32 Expand/redesign Collection and - -May 1998 Summer/Fall 2000 X
Transfer Facility
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1. Implementation Schedule (continued)
DATE STATUS OTHER/
Item# MILESTONE EXPLANATION
Original Current Planned Achieved Not
Planned or Actual Achieved
Recycling Project Schedule
33 Private vendors process C&D Jan 1995 2000 X Local C&D vendor
debris permitted for C&D
transfer only(not
processing)
34 Publish newsletter on recycling May 1995 May 1995 X Lapsed due to lack of
and solid waste(original)
35 Require C&D recycling Dec 1996 Summer 1997
36 Add mixed paper as mandatory Sept 1995 N/A Town may keep mixed
recyclable - paper as voluntary
because volume-based
trash program
provides significant
incentive to-recycle of
this item.
37 Work with school districts on Sept 1995 July 1994 X X
education programs
Evaluate technical and economic Dec 1997 Dec 2000 Being done in
38 feasibility of organic waste conjunction with
recycling compost permit
application process.
39 Next Biennial update March 1999 March 2000 -
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1. Implementation Schedule (cont'd)
a. 2. Discussion of implementation obstacles.
Few,SWMP elements that have not been enacted or achieved are attributable to
obstacles solely within the Town's control. Those that are typically have been
due to continuing uncertainty as to whether and how the Town will continue to
handle portions of the waste stream over the long-term. Others goals not
attained, such as C&D recycling, stem from an actual change in plans from those
originally stated(the majority of incoming C&D is being used temporarily as fill
to bring a portion of the landfill up to grade for capping purposes). Some also
have been the victim of funding or staffing problems' Nonetheless, the Town is
working to resolve these issues. For example, instead of funding a separate
ongoing newsletter or brochure, solid waste and recycling developments will be
reported in the Supervisor's newsletter scheduled to be published in the Spring of
2000 and quarterly thereafter.
a.
3. Discussion of actual or anticipated deviations from the implementation schedule.
N filestones not met and the reasons for them are presented in the table below.
Item# (from Milestone Not Achieved Original Planned Discussion/Reason Not Achieved
1. a.,i. above) Completion Date
2, Receive NYSDEC permit for Summer 1995 Engineering design for new facility was
construction and operation of begun in 1996. Howver,construction had
permanent transfer station to await approval of the'landfill closure
plan. Now,the Town is not certain it'
wants to continue with plans for a brand
new transfer station,but is looking at
possible smaller scale,modifications.
3 Receive NYSDEC permit for The application submitted in 1995
constriction and operation of Summer 1995 proposed placing the compost site over a
full-scale yard waste composting portion of the capped landfill. The Town
facility has reconsidered this approach,and a new
application for a relocated site is currently
in process,and should be completed in
spring of 2000.
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1. Implementation Schedule
a.
3. Discussion of actual or anticipated deviations from the implementation schedule. (cont'd)
4 Construct permanent Spring/Summer 1996 Construction date uncertain.
transfer station See Item#2 above.
5 Construct and begin Spring 1994 Equipment has been
operations of full-scale yard acquired to achieve volume
waste composting reduction of entire yard
operations waste stream. Awaiting
approval of formal
composting program.
6 Submit annual reports to Annually beginning Spring Approved yard waste
NYSDEC for the yard waste 1996 compost facility not yet in
composting operations operation.
20 Submit postclosure Summer 1997 Should occur as scheduled.
registration forms(Fishers
Island)
21 Perform operation and Annually beginning Fall Should occur as scheduled.
maintenance activities and 1997,
annual reporting(Fishers
Island)
24 Bid and award contract for Town is currently in the 3`d
private services or enter into year of its second 5-year
intermunicipal agreement 2000,2005,2010,etc haul and disposal contract.
for residual waste for The Town holds the option
additional 5 year period for the final 2 years,which
would start July of 2000.
However,instead of picking
up the option portion of the
contract,the Town is
investigating the feasibility
of entering into an inter-
municipal agreement for
waste disposal with another
Long Island Town.
25 Town requires commercial January 1996 Time and staffing issues
establishments and haulers have delayed this element.
to document and report all Also,this would involve
private recycling efforts additional registration
requirements for carters,
which the Town has yet to
require.
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1. Implementation Schedule(cont'd)
a.
3. Discussion of actual or anticipated deviations from the implementation schedule. (cont'd)
Item# (from Milestone Not Achieved Original Planned Discussion/Reason Not Achieved
1. a. L above) Completion Date
Provide technical assistance to Town has not yet established the resources
commercial,institutional and to move ahead with waste audits of private
26 'industrial establishments commercial establishments. Plans to
Ongoing distribute Waste Disposal questionnaires
--conduct waste audits to aid in this have yet to be developed.
•27 Develop demonstration office Town attempted to bring office paper
paper recycling program in April 1995 vendor together with schools and Plum
schools Island USDA facility in 1996. Vendor
was unable to initiate paper pick-up
program. Also,'schools claim to lack
resources to separately collect and deliver
paper to the Town Facility.
' 34 Require C&D recycling Dec 1996 Formal requirement may be incorporated
into new C&D contract to be initiated in
July 2000.
35Add mixed paper as mandatory Sept 1995 The Town's variable-rate waste •disposal
recyclable system promotes removal of mixed paper
from the waste stream and approx.75%of
available mixed paper currently is,
recovered on a voluntary basis. Due to
existing source-separation requirements,
however,commercial carters have'been
unable to add this item for their customers,
making further mandates unrealistic at
this point. '
37 Evaluate technical and economic Dec 1997 Will occur as part of yard waste permit
feasibility of organic waste - application process.
recycling
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2. DESCRIPTION OF RESOURCES
a. The Solid Waste District has a staff of 15 full time employees, including 2 devoted to
Administration and Management, and 5 part time employees. At the time of the 1997
eupdate, the District had the services of a volunteer part-time recycling coordinator.
These services are no longer available, and the Town has not planned to increase staff for
this purpose. The Solid Waste Coordinator is the chief administrative officer for the
District and reports directly to the Supervisor and the Town Board. The District's 2000
budget is $2.8 million. Approximately 30% of the District's revenues are raised through
taxes, the remaining 70%through user fees, including a variable-rate waste disposal
system("Town bag" program).
b. No changes to the District's funding mechanisms or management structure is anticipated
at this time, although development of a long-range management plan for the District is
now underway.
3. ACCOMPLISH IENTS/NEW ISSUES
a. The 1997-2000 period saw several significant developments that contribute towards the
MSW management goals set out in the SWMP.
1) Improved Marketing of Yard Waste Compost Products. In anticipation of
receiving ultimate approval of the Town's compost plan,the District acquired the necessary equipment
to process and compost all of the yard waste currently generated within the Town. Approximately
35,000 cubic yards of mulch, woodchips, and leaf compost were produced over this time and most of it
given away or sold to residents(each Town resident is allowed 500 lbs/year free). Sales in 1999
reached $40,000. These materials are also donated to a variety of public works and community
beautification projects. Approximately 15,000 yards of mulch has been retained at the landfill for use in
manufacturing top soil for the landfill cap.
2) Compost Permit Application. The Town will seek approval in its permit
application to compost portions of its MSW stream, such as food waste and fish processing waste, with
the aim of further reducing the out-of-town disposal of residual waste.
3) ' Addition of Flourescent Bulbs Source-Separated Recycling Program. Southold
has established a tlourescent bulb drop-off location at the collection center/transfer station in an effort
to remove these mercury containing bulbs from the waste stream. They are picked up for
recycling/disposal by Northeast Lamp Recycling of East Windsor, CT.
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3. ACCOMPLISHMENTS/NEW ISSUES (cont'd)
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b. New solid waste management issues affecting progress toward implementing the SWMP
are listed below.
SWMP Item Issue
• New Transfer Station Town to decide direction on this issue. Existing
design may be modified now that the landfill
closure plan is approved.
• Permit for Full Scale Yard Submission of engineering design and Part 360
Waste Compost Facility application in 2000. Town continues with
previously approved small-scale composting
program as well as volume-reduction of excess
yard waste(shredding and chipping)for give-away
program or use on-site as ground cover or slope-
stabilizing medium.,
• Divert C&D to Alternate Facility Town may wish to remain an outlet for small scale
C&D refuse. A local vendor is now operating a
permitted private C&D receipt and transfer station,
but is not yet able or permitted to receive all the
C&D that would be diverted'from the Town
facility.
• Bid for MSW Haul&Disposal The Town is exploring thte possibility of entering
into an IMA with a western Long Island town to
have its trash incinerated in a WTE plant.
Otherwise,the current out of state transfer
operation is up for a 2-year renewal or re-bid in
July of 2000.
• New Scale Software The Town installed a new scale software system to
track incoming and outgoing waste and
recyclables. This system, called WasteWorks,
offers state-of-the-art tracking,and reporting
capabilities and should greatly enhance the Town's
ability to meet reporting requirements in an
accurate and timely manner.
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Solid Waste Management Plan - March 2000 Update
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5. REDUCTION, REUSE,AND RECYCLING
a) Following is a description of key elements of Southold Town's source separation
and recycling program.
1. Procedures for implementing the current program.
Collection Methods. Recyclables are brought to the Collection Center in two
ways: a) self-hauled by residents, and b)hauled from curbside by private carters.
a) Self hauled recvclables are accepted during the Collection Center's
regular hours, 7:00 am- 5:00 pm, Monday through Sunday. Self-haulers
deposit the following items at the recycling drop-off station: 1)glass
bottles separated by color; 2)tin and aluminum cans into separate 2-cu.
yard containers, 3)plastic containers; 4)polystyrene(PS)(#6 plastic); 5)
mixed paper,and newspaper(ONP). Corrugated cardboard is also
accepted, but at an outdoor"bunker" away from the main recycling drop-
off station.
The glass is deposited into 2-cu. yd containers. When full, the glass
containers are carried via forklift from the drop off station to roll-off
containers located at a below-grade storage area outdoors, approx. 60
feet to the north of the main collection building;the tin/aluminum cans are
brought-to an outdoor"bunker" (a 30'by 40' paved area enclosed on 3
sides by movable concrete block walls 4'in height); the plastic is hand-
sorted to remove HDPE and PET containers, which are then baled in one
of two small vertical downstroke balers. The remaining plastic consists of
a mix of#2 color containers and other miscellaneous plastic. This mix is
removed in a container via forklift and dumped in another outdoor
bunker;the PS is placed into bags set up in one of two PVC frame bins at
the drop-off station. There are separate PS bags for"peanuts"used in
shipping packages,block used to pack electronic equipment, and food
service containers.
Mixed paper is dropped off into 4-cu. foot size gaylord boxes, which are
then loaded via forklift into a van-type trailer for hauling to the recycler.
Corrugated cardboard is deposited in an outdoor"bunker"to hold until
there is enough to load an open-top trailer for hauling to the recycler. The
corrugated bunker is shared with carters bringing in corrugated from
curbside. ONP is deposited into small carts used to transport the paper to
a roll-off containers stationed at the outdoor storage area. The ONP is
then hauled out under arrangement with a private firm.
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5. REDUCTION, REUSE,AND RECYCLING
1. Procedures for implementing the current program (cont'd)
b). Private carters deliver source-separated curbside recyclables consisting
of all the same items as self-haulers, with the exception of polystyrene(#6
plastic). The glass bottles(also separated by color) are delivered directly
to the roll-off containers at the bi-level drop area; the tin/aluminum cans,
plastic containers, and corrugated cardboard are brought directly to the
outdoor"bunkers"that were mentioned above. The curbside plastic
comes in at too fast a rate too to allow it to be sorted to extract the
valuable HDPE and PET. It is merely loaded loose into an open top
trailer for hauling to a recycler. The haulers bring mixed paper to the
same gaylord boxes used by the self-hauling public. They bring ONP
directly to the roll-off in the bi-level area mentioned above.
Processing Design/Description-The facility to which self-haulers bring their
recyclables is a section of a large building(the Collection Center)that also
houses an enclosed facility for the residential and commercial delivery of garbage,
a mechanic workshop, and the Center's central office.
The main residential self-hauler recycling drop-off area is on a covered concrete
slab 50'x 25', open on one 50' side. It contains containers and bins for the drop
off of glass(sorted into clear, green, and brown), plastic,tin and aluminum cans,
and polystyrene. It also contains the vertical balers used to bale HDEP and PET
plastic, which is separated from the mixed plastic stream by facility staff. The
corrugated is deposited at an outdoor bunker that is also used by haulers
delivering corrugated from curbside. N6xed paper is deposited, by both self-
haulers and curbside haulers, to the gaylord boxes that are lined up along one
wall of the residential garbage drop-off floor.
Curbside glass and ONP are delivered to roll-offs located in the bi-level drop
area; curbside cans, plastic, and corrugated are delivered to the outdoor bunkers.
Marketing Arrangements. See Attachment 1.
2. Public Relations and Education Programs.
Formal public education efforts consist of the following:
• Presentations and special events for schools and groups on recycling,
household hazardous waste, and waste reduction;
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5 a), 2. Public Relations and Education Programs (cont'd)
• Technical assistance for businesses or others with special waste problems
• A column in the Town Supervisor's quarterly newsletter.
5 b) Discussion of differences in program.
There are no significant differences(other than those discussed in Section 1
above)between the current program and that contained in the latest approved
version of Southold's SWAP/CRA-
5 c) Evaluation of reduction/reuse/recycling potential of new materials.
Through 1999, the only items in the current approved CRA that are not yet
included in the Town's recycling program are rubber and polystyrene(PS)
(although some PS"peanuts" are recycled as packaging for mail order shipping _
outlets). Items,still scheduled to be added to the Town's recycling program in
the long-term phase(after changes are made to the transfer station)are 1)other
paperboard, 2) other rigid plastic, 3)other flexible plastic, 4)food, 5)aluminum
foil, and 6) aluminum furniture.
1. Present markets and specifications.'
pecifications. The Town currently has a market for
clean aluminum foil and aluminum furniture and accepts,these materials.
Formal evaluation of recycling opportunities for other paperboard, other
flexible plastic, and food has yet to occur, as the'physical'and logistical
setup at the existing facility are insufficient to support establishing drop-
off sites for these items. (Detail about existing marketing
arrangements for recyclables can be found in Attachment 1).
2. Present and potential technical feasibility of reduction, reuse, recycling,
or composting. Formal evaluation of,such opportunities for recyclables
scheduled to be added in the long term phase has begun in the context of
the yard waste compost permit application. In the past, no markets for
paperboard or other flexible plastic have been identified through recycling
vendors available to the Town. The option of composting food Waste has
been addressed in ad-hoc fashion through the periodic acquisition and
distribution of composting brochures developed by Cornell Cooperative
Extension, as well as through a home compost bin demonstration set up'
at the Southold recycling center. There has been a substantial reduction
in food waste delivered to the transfer station due to out-of-Town
disposal by private haulers of much of the commercial waste, including
that from local restaurants, generated within the Town. In the event that
food waste composting is ultimately approved, the Town would establish
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5 c) Evaluation of reduction/reuse/recycling potential of new.materials (cont'd).
a strategy to get this waste back in its control. Similar diversion as well as
reduction of waste has occurred as a result of the Town's volume=based"Town
Bag" garbage disposal system.
3. Implementation schedule for additional materials. Implementation of recycling of
food waste, other paperboard, and additional flexible plastic is still scheduled for
the long-term phase.
5 d) Discussion of progress toward achieving SWMP/CRA goals.
At this SWMP update cycle, the Town continues to move toward achieving its
SWMP/CRA goals. The landfill cap project as agreed to in the 1994 stipulation of
settlement is well underway; previously developed plans for a new transfer station are
being reevaluated for the best possible arrangement;the volume-based disposal system
substantially reduced the amount of incoming waste handled by the Town; and the
Town's recycling rate in 1998 of 63%(including yard waste)actually exceeds the mid-
term phase goal set out in the 1995 CRA already approved.
Issues such as diverting C&D to a private facilitie(s) and tracking private waste
management and recycling efforts still remain to be addressed in the long-term phase.
5 e) Copy of all current source separation laws.
There have been no changes to the Town's Solid Waste Code since the 1995
SWMP/CRA update.
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