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Wake County Experience with Alternative Landfill Land Use

Wake County Experience with Alternative Landfill Land Use. Presented by: John Roberson, P.E. Director of Solid Waste Management Division. Presentation Outline. About Wake County Solid Waste North Wake Landfill (closed landfill) Land Use Concept Development in Progress

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Wake County Experience with Alternative Landfill Land Use

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  1. Wake County Experience with Alternative Landfill Land Use Presented by: John Roberson, P.E. Director of Solid Waste Management Division

  2. Presentation Outline • About Wake County Solid Waste • North Wake Landfill (closed landfill) • Land Use Concept • Development in Progress • South Wake Landfill (active landfill) • Land Use Plan Development • Ongoing

  3. About Wake County Solid Waste • Division of the Environmental Services Department • Provide disposal and recycling facilities management, litter and illegal dumping enforcement, landfill post closure management, outreach and education programs, etc. • Public enterprise programs supported by landfill tipping fees, a $20 annual household fee, grants and revenue generated from recyclables

  4. About Wake County Solid Waste • Manage17 active waste facilities: • 11 Convenience Centers for residential recycling and disposal • 2 Household Hazardous Waste drop-off locations for residential disposal • 2 Multi-Material Recycling Facilities for residential and commercial recycling  • 2 municipal solid waste disposal facilities; South Wake Landfill and East Wake Transfer Station • Manage multiple closed landfill facilities

  5. North Wake Landfill • 260 acre parcel in north Raleigh off Durant Road • Includes 3 distinct permitted landfills (all now closed): • Unlined MSW landfill • C&D landfill • Lined MSW landfill • Post Closure Landfill Use Master Plan commissioned in 2005 prior to closure of lined MSW landfill in 2008 • Extensive outreach effort to surrounding community

  6. North Wake Landfill • Master Plan comprised of 3 categories as follows: • Park related improvements (closed landfills) • School and Community Center (borrow site) • County facilities • Master Plan looked at national examples in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, California, New York, Florida and Virginia

  7. NWLF – Park Improvements • Efforts focused on lined MSW and C&D facilities • Improvements include a playground structure, picnic area, bathrooms, trails and an open play area • Includes a “Top of the Hill” trail • Park facilities jointly managed by the County Parks Division and Solid Waste – see website below for more information: • http://www.wakegov.com/parks/northwake

  8. Playground Structure Picnic area View from the Top of the Hill trail Bathrooms

  9. NWLF – School & Community Center • Property sold to WCPSS and COR for development • Elementary School • Community Center • Ball Fields

  10. NWLF – Solid Waste Facilities • Planned improvements to CC (done), MMRF and HHW facility (in design)

  11. South Wake Landfill • 831acre tract of land located between Apex and Holly Springs on NC 55 Bypass • Includes multiple closed MSW and C&D landfills along with recently (2008) opened South Wake Landfill (MSW) – 25 + year remaining capacity • Unlike NWLF, County decided to pursue Land Use Master Plan well in advance of closure of the landfill • Master Plan conducted over a 2 year period and the Outreach included staff from Apex and Holly Springs, adjacent property owners and the community at large

  12. South Wake Landfill • Master Plan divided into Districts • Districts have pre-closure opportunities (closure refers to when the SWLF closes). Opportunities include recreation, energy applications, County development and/or sale for private development. • Districts with limited or no pre-closure opportunities have post-closure concepts listed such as recreation or energy applications. • In most cases, there are prerequisites to these opportunities such as access roads or old landfill mining.

  13. South Wake Landfill • Master Plan has already provided guidance for a couple of projects: • Sale of some excess borrow property to Holly Springs for various recreational uses, including a Coastal Plain League baseball team • Numerous inquiries regarding available land – able to provide potential developer with good information • Redevelopment of current CC, MMRF and HHW sites – design this FY with construction in 2015/16

  14. Redevelopment of CC, MMRF & HHW Stephanie.Garehan@wakegov.com Convenience Center #2 Relocation and Multi-Material/HHW Expansion

  15. Impressions on Younger Generations • Picture shared from a local school classroom that was discussing where garbage goes…

  16. Questions? http://www.wakegov.com/recycling

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