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Environmental Advisory Quality Council Solid Waste Management Program Update Department of Public Works and Environmental Services Working for You! A Fairfax County, VA, publication March 9, 2016 Compost Update Pilot project with food service vendor in Govt Center and Herrity Preconsumer food waste and yard waste Windrow composting at off-site facilities Solid Waste Management Program 2 Composting at I-95 • Small scale windrow • Lot C • Stormwater controls • • • • Permitting approach Exempt yard waste Conditionally exempt PBR Solid Waste Management Program 3 Glass Recycling – Initial Step Installed at I-66 1/8 inch Residents source separate and load 3/8 inch Bits and bobs Generates 3 materials Samples available for evaluation Solid Waste Management Program 4 Glass Recycling – Phase 2 Planned for I-95 Initial production used for road maintenance Coordination with Capital Facilities for use in county projects Solid Waste Management Program 5 Recycling Costs COMMODITY PRICES OVER THE YEARS Mixed Paper News(6) OCC $160.00 $140.00 $120.00 $100.00 $80.00 $60.00 $40.00 $20.00 $0.00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Solid Waste Management Program 2013 6 Enforcement of Chapter 109.1 • Outreach ongoing to businesses through field visits • Outreach through business associations and increased presence on web • Enforcement conducted as compliance assistance • New rules applicable to homeowners associations and solid waste brokers in addition to multi-family properties Solid Waste Management Program 7 Truck Traffic Displacement (Code of VA, Title 15.2-5121) 1. Privately owned and operated refuse collection and disposal services are not available on a voluntary basis by contract or otherwise 2. The use of such privately owned services has substantially endangered the public health or has resulted in substantial public nuisance 3. The privately owned refuse collection and disposal service is not able to perform the service in a reasonable and cost-efficient manner 4. Operation by such authority or the contract for such operation is important in order to provide for the development and/or operation of a regional system of refuse collection and disposal for two or more units. 5. An authority formed under this chapter shall not operate or contract for the operation of a refuse collection and disposal system which displaces a private company engaged in the provision of refuse collection and disposal unless: – It provides the company with five years' notice of its decision to operate such a system – The governing body or authority may pay a displaced company an amount equal to the company's preceding twelve months' gross receipts for the displaced service in the displacement area. Solid Waste Management Program 8 Additional Information For additional information, please contact Charles Forbes and Pamela Gratton 703-324-5226 & 703-324-5498 www.fairfaxcounty.gov/dpwes 9