Resource Management Plan Vol. 2 Program Background DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. Peoria County, Illinois June 16, 2014

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1 Resource Management Plan Vol. 2 Program Background DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Peoria County, Illinois June 16, 2014

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3 CURRENT PROGRAM BACKGROUND DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY AREA Peoria County encompasses 629 square miles and is made up of many cities, townships, and villages. The County has four cities (Peoria, West Peoria, Chillicothe and Elmwood), eleven villages (Bartonville, Bellevue, Brimfield, Dunlap, Glasford, Hanna City, Kingston Mines, Mapleton, Norwood, Princeville and Peoria Heights) and twenty townships: Akron, Brimfield, Chillicothe, Elmwood, Hallock, Hollis, Jubilee, Kickapoo, Limestone, Logan, Medina, Millbrook, Princeville, Radnor, Richwoods, Rosefield, Timber, Trivoli, West Peoria and Peoria. Peoria County s estimated population was 186, 834 people in 2011, which is a slight increase from 183,433 people in Peoria County is made up of 85% urban and 15% rural areas. In 2011, single- family homes, determined as between one and four housing units in a structure, was 67,041 households. In addition, there were 11,127 multi- family households, which is determined as five housing units and above, in Peoria County. Figure 1: Map of Peoria County Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/12/2014 Page 46

4 EXISTING AND CURRENT STATE AND COUNTY REGULATIONS This section of the Resource Management Plan contains some additional background information of the existing and current County programs, and describes some proposed strategies to be used to achieve the projected County goals. Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act The Illinois General Assembly recognized the solid waste management crisis that faced all communities in the state and passed the Solid Waste Management Act and the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act (SWPRA) beginning in The General Assembly stated that many parts of the state had inadequate and rapidly diminishing disposal capacity for municipal waste, waste reduction and recycling was preferred to the disposal of municipal waste, removing certain materials from the municipal waste stream would decrease the flow of waste to sanitary landfills and aid in the conservation and recovery of valuable resources, and lastly, that counties should have the primary responsibility to plan for the management of municipal waste within their boundaries to insure the timely development of needed waste management facilities and programs. With these Public Acts, the State of Illinois assigned to counties the responsibility for conserving remaining landfill space by requiring the counties to develop adopt, and implement plans that reduce reliance on landfills for waste disposal and establish solid waste management directions for a 20- year period. The Solid Waste Management Act established the following preferred order of waste management methods for the state: 1. Volume reduction at the source; 2. Recycling and reuse; 3. Combustion with energy recovery 4. Combustion for volume reduction; and 5. Landfilling For all counties with a population of 100,000 or more, an officially adopted plan must be submitted to the Agency for the management of municipal waste generated within its boundaries. The adopted plan shall follow the established waste management hierarchy as stated as State policy above (Section 2 ISWMA). The Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act require the following issues be discussed in all required county or municipal solid waste management plans (Section 4 ISWMA): 1. A description of the waste generation rates in the county and projections of waste generation rates over the 20- year planning period with an assessment of the variable waste generation factors; 2. A description of the current waste handling and disposal practices and the remaining permitted capacities of the facilities being used; 3. A description of the facilities and programs proposed for managing the county s waste for the 20- year planning period including an analysis of facility and program size, cost, and financing methods; 4. An evaluation of the environmental, energy, life cycle cost and economic advantages and disadvantages of the proposed waste management facilities and programs. 5. A description of the time schedule for the development and operation of each proposed facility or program. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/12/2014 Page 47

5 6. The identity of potential sites within the county where each proposed waste processing, disposal and recycling program will be located or an explanation of how the sites will be chosen. For any facility outside the county that the county proposes to utilize, the plan shall explain the reasons for selecting such facility. 7. The identity of the governmental entity that will be responsible for implementing the plan on behalf of the county and explanation of the legal basis for the entity's authority to do so. In 1991, the Peoria County Board adopted the original Peoria County Solid Waste Management Plan in agreement with the ISWPRA. The Peoria County Solid Waste Management Plan completed a 20- year plan and has completed five- year updates as required and reviewed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in 1996, 2001, and There are three entities responsible for parts of this plan including the Peoria County Recycling & Resource Conservation Office which is responsible for implementing the Plan, the Health and Environmental Welfare Issues of the Peoria County Board oversees the activities of the Recycling Office, and the Peoria County Board is responsible for adopting the integrated solid waste management plans and updates. Programs of the Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act are funded through fees on owners and operators of facilities who dispose of solid waste and recycling and are subject to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency permitting requirements. Illinois Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act Amendments were made to the original State Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act in 2012 by the Governor of Illinois. The new legislation expands the number of covered electronic products in Illinois from four to seventeen. Beginning in 2012, all manufacturers of the new list of covered electronic products must now register with the IEPA and meet an annual recycling goal. The following list contains the new list of covered electronic products: Televisions Video Game Consoles Monitors Printers Computers (laptop, notebook, netbook, tablet) Electronic Keyboards Facsimile Machines Videocassette Recorders Portable Digital Music Players Digital Video Disc Players Small Scale Servers Scanners Electronic Mice Digital Converter Boxes Cable Receivers Satellite Receivers Digital Video Disc Recorders FREE DUMPING POLICY The Peoria City/County Landfill allows residents of Peoria County to dispose of one load of residential refuse per week at no charge. Residents may dispose of additional loads of residential refuse in the same week for a charge of $5.00 per load. The Peoria County Board approved this unique program and all state taxes on free and reduced rate wastes are paid for by the County s recycling program. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/12/2014 Page 48

6 COMMERCIAL RECYCLING ORDINANCE The Peoria County Commercial Recycling Ordinance (CRO) was officially adopted in July To achieve the County s goal of increasing the commercial and industrial recycling rate approximately 14 percent by 1995, the County determined approximately 85 percent of the commercial waste would need to be served by the recycling program. As required by the ordinance, every commercial customer of a commercial establishment which has recyclable materials must separate from all other refuse, garbage and municipal waste, their two largest recyclable materials. The collection of recyclables from each commercial building shall be by a hauler is selected by the commercial customer, including manager of premises or by an association governing such premises, or by franchise awarded by a municipality. Ownership of these recyclable materials remain with the commercial customer from the time the materials are set out for collection until removal by the licensed hauler. Each commercial business must keep on file records of the type and amounts of materials collected through their recycling program. These files must be shared in a report on a quarterly basis. In addition, no collecting and hauling garbage, municipal waste, recyclables or other refuse business can begin in the county without first procuring, for each vehicle, the appropriate license issued by the County for a hauler. All recyclables generated from within the County or delivered to a location in the County must be transported by a hauler in a vehicle with a license by Peoria County. Over two million tons of materials were reported as recycled between 1994 and Each year, the county recognizes leaders in recycling efforts through a Recycling Recognition Awards program for the past 14 years. The County has the potential to not only save additional costs from every business that waste is diverted from the landfill, but can use this extra revenue to help offset the costs of increased commercial recycling. FACILITIES INVENTORY Introduction The purpose of this section is to identify all existing waste reduction and waste services operating within the County. This section measures the amount of waste that is source reduced, recycled, composted and disposed within Peoria County and any adjacent counties. Existing Solid Waste Landfills Landfills accepting County waste during the last year are listed in Table 5. Current year disposal was based on State of Illinois and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency data available in the 2011 Bureau of Land- Division of Land Pollution Control, Waste Reduction and Compliance Section. In 2011, 4.8 million gate cubic yards of solid waste generated in the Peoria/Quad Cities area was landfilled at eight active landfills which reported more than million gate cubic yards of capacity remaining at the beginning of Total capacity was 4.3 million gate cubic yards more than the amount that was reported the previous year. Total capacity in the region increased 1.7 percent from the previous year. The landfills in Peoria and surrounding cities accounted for 25.1 percent of the more than one billion gate cubic yards of disposal capacity remaining statewide on Jan. 1, According to 2011 data, of the 4.8 million gate cubic yards generated in Peoria and surrounding counties, 21.3 percent of its waste receipts originated from seven other states. More than 1 million gate Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 42

7 cubic yards of out of- state waste were disposed at three of the Peoria and surrounding area landfills. 18 percent of the waste accepted at Upper Rock Island County Landfill came from Iowa. Envirofil of Illinois, in Macomb, accepted less than 1 percent of its waste from Iowa. Peoria Disposal Company (PDC) #1, Peoria also accepted waste from Iowa, and Wisconsin, as well as Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska. All active landfills in the county expect to remain open at this time. However, the Peoria Disposal Co. #1 Landfill in Peoria is close to closure, and plans to cease accepting waste sometime during The current facility is a 60- acre landfill with a capacity of about 7 million cubic yards of space that is estimated to be filled between the years PDC #1 is the only landfill in Illinois currently permitted to accept hazardous waste. In 2009, the City of Peoria and County of Peoria approved the Landfill Agreement with Peoria Disposal Company to operate the Peoria City/County Landfill #3 (PCCL #3). At this time, the plan is to locate PCCL #3 adjacent to PCCL #2. Knox County Landfill #3 in Oneida opened in 1982 and remains as the only county- owned facility that is also operated by the county. Jointly owned by the City of Peoria and the County of Peoria is Peoria City/County No. 2, located in Brimfield, which opened in 1998 and expects to stay open until All other landfills are privately owned and operated. The state s largest landfill, Spoon Ridge Landfill located in Fairview, has 50.6 percent of the landfill capacity in the region, translating to 12.7 percent of the State s capacity. The facility has been the state s largest landfill since Jan. 1, 1998, but has been inactive from June 2008 through An affidavit for certification of completion of closure (Log No ) has been submitted to the Illinois EPA for review. RESOURCE RECOVERY AND RECYCLING Single Stream Recycling Non- subscription curbside service is offered by the City of Peoria for free collection of curbside waste and recycling to their residents and parts of Peoria County by a contracted service vendor called Peoria Disposal Company (PDC). The remaining residents in Peoria, Chillicothe, West Peoria, Peoria Heights, Princeville, Dunlap, and Bartonville are offered subscription curbside service. This type of service provides residents the opportunity to pay or subscribe individually for waste and/or recycling service with PDS. In all of these programs cardboard, newspapers/magazines, #1-5, #7 plastics, bi- metal cans, aluminum, mixed paper and glass were available for collection. Rural Residential Recycling Program The Peoria County Board established an opportunity to improve and enhance rural residential recycling programs by appropriating the amount of $25,000 to award Rural Residential Recycling Grants. This funding provides financial support to rural community residential recycling programs to develop, enhance, and process the following targeted materials; paper and cardboard, plastics, glass, metals, electronics, and organic (food scrap) material. Cities, villages, townships, and park districts located in Peoria County who serve a population under 10,000 residents are eligible to apply for this funding. Eligible projects for this program include recycling curbside, recycling drop- off, and special event recycling programs. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 43

8 Commercial Recycling Program The Peoria County Commercial Recycling Ordinance (CRO) was officially adopted in July To achieve the County s goal of increasing the commercial and industrial recycling rate approximately 14 percent by 1995, the County determined approximately 85 percent of the commercial waste would need to be served by the recycling program. As required by the ordinance, every commercial customer of a commercial establishment which has recyclable materials must separate from all other refuse, garbage and municipal waste, their two largest recyclable materials. The collection of recyclables from each commercial building shall be by a hauler is selected by the commercial customer, including manager of premises or by an association governing such premises, or by franchise awarded by a municipality. Ownership of these recyclable materials remain with the commercial customer from the time the materials are set out for collection until removal by the licensed hauler. Each commercial business must keep on file records of the type and amounts of materials collected through their recycling program. These files must be shared in a report on a quarterly basis. In addition, no collecting and hauling garbage, municipal waste, recyclables or other refuse business can begin in the county without first procuring, for each vehicle, the appropriate license issued by the County for a hauler. All recyclables generated from within the County or delivered to a location in the County must be transported by a hauler in a vehicle with a license by Peoria County. Over two million tons of materials were reported as recycled between 1994 and Each year, the county recognizes leaders in recycling efforts through a Recycling Recognition Awards program for the past 14 years. Many of the same economic benefits generated by residential recycling can be realized by commercial businesses and the county. The County has the potential to not only save additional costs from every business that waste is diverted from the landfill, but can use this extra revenue to help offset the costs of increased commercial recycling. Construction & Demolition (C&D) Peoria County currently does not have any programs in place for construction & demolition recycling. If a program and strategy were to be developed, there are facilities in the County that will accept these materials. Most recently, C&D recycling was first used by OSF Saint Francis Medical Center during their recent renovations. The Hospital used Peoria Disposal Company as a hauler to take all materials to Kirk C&D Recycling facility. Kirk C&D Recycling Facility, located in Bloomington, accepts all construction and demolition debris. This facility is the only one of its kind in Illinois south of the Chicago area. MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK Commercial Recycling Program The Peoria County Commercial Recycling Ordinance (CRO) was officially adopted in July As required by the ordinance, commercial businesses must fill out and return what and how much is recycled each quarter. Over two million tons of materials were reported as recycled between 1994 and Each year, the county recognizes leaders in recycling efforts through a Recycling Recognition Awards program for the past 14 years. Commercial businesses and the county can realize many of the same economic benefits generated by residential recycling. The County has the potential to not only save additional costs from every business Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 44

9 that waste is diverted from the landfill, but can use this extra revenue to help offset the costs of increased commercial recycling. FINANCING FRAMEWORK Current Costs and Finance Methods As Peoria County communities plan for their next progression of solid waste management and recycling programs, determination of current county costs and the organizational and funding systems, must be developed to have the capacity to support program growth and development. These challenges include determining who will take on what roles, identifying where financing will come from, specifying service details, choosing methods of service, determining goals and milestones, and many other options the County might consider. County Costs and Finance Methods In order to fund the programs, the County relies on the state mandated tipping fees for counties. For every ton deposited in the landfill, each county receives up to $1.27 for recycling and waste reduction programs. In accordance with contracts with the designated landfill operator, Waste Management, submits a check by the 15 th of the following month for tipping fee receipts. In addition, the County receives funds from licensing vehicles transporting waste and recyclables within the county lines. On average, there are approximately 120 vehicles each year at $50/license. Licenses are renewed annually and are valid from August 1- July 31 the following year. The County continues to utilize one- time grants when available and appropriate for their programs. The most recent grant applied for and received was from the Illinois EPA Electronic Recycling Grant in the amount of $2,000. The grant was to be used for education and awareness to community. Beginning this year, this grant will be available to counties on an annual basis. Local Tip Fee Surcharge The City- County Landfill is governed by an intergovernmental agreement between the City and County, the City and County may decide to distribute the revenue from the landfill in any manner that they choose and agree on. In addition, the Committee retains the expansion property, which may generate additional revenue in the future. Except for a local tip fee surcharge of $1.27 per ton, adopted pursuant to 415 ILCS 5/22.150), and any and all fees and/or charges contemplated by this Agreement and the Landfill Agreement, the County covenants and agrees not to levy or impose any other form of tax, fee, surcharge, host fee or other charge upon the treatment, solidification or disposal of waste at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility during the term of the Landfill Agreement. Landfill Expansion - PDC Transfer Station Option The Expansion also has a $3.00 per ton host fee plus additional payments of $2.05 M. Since the current facility generates $2.77 per ton, including the County s surcharge, it is likely to assume that some of the $3 per ton collected by the Committee may be directed to County recycling efforts. The Landfill Agreement does not dictate the expenditure of the host fee revenues by the City and County. Specifically, if the transfer station option is used, the County will lose its surcharge of $1.27 per ton. On the other hand, the Committee will receive a host fee of $3.00 per ton plus $2 M over the first 10 years. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 45

10 Landfill Expansion Contract - PDC Municipal Waste Guarantee City Municipal Waste Guarantee The City will guarantee its residential waste stream under this Contact beginning at such time as the public gate for the Expansion Solid Waste Facility opens. The refuse volume is typically 35,000 40,000 tons per year. The City makes no guarantee on the actual volumes. County Municipal Waste Guarantee In the event the County implements a County Waste Collection Program within the County of Peoria, then the County will guarantee that the Municipal Waste collected under the County Waste Collection Program be disposed of at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility. Land Acquisition Reimbursement Within ten (10) days after the Contractor receives a final and non- appealable local siting approval from the County pursuant to Section 39.2 of the Act for the Expansion Solid Waste Facility, the Contractor shall pay the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) to the County and the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) to the City, as partial reimbursement for the cost of acquiring the Expansion Area. Within ten (10) days after the initial acceptance of Municipal Waste at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility, the Contractor shall pay the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) to the County and the sum of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) to the City, as partial reimbursement for the cost of acquiring the Expansion Area. Committee Host Benefit Fee The Contractor shall pay to the Committee a Host Benefit Fee of $1.50 for each ton of Municipal Waste and Special Waste landfilled at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility. The Host Benefit Fee shall be adjusted annually on January 1 of each year at the same percentage rate that the Standard Gate Rate for Municipal Waste is adjusted. The Host Benefit Fee shall be remitted to the Committee on a quarterly basis, due on or before the 20th day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. City Host Benefit Fee The Contractor shall pay to the City a Host Benefit Fee of 75 for each ton of Municipal Waste and Special Waste landfilled at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility. The Host Benefit Fee shall be adjusted annually on January 1 of each year at the same percentage rate that the Standard Gate Rate for Municipal Waste is adjusted. The Host Benefit Fee shall be remitted to the City on a quarterly basis, due on or before the 20th day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. City Municipal Waste Rebate The Contractor shall pay to the City a rebate of $10.00 for each ton of Municipal Waste landfilled at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility that was collected under the City collection contract. The rebate shall be remitted to the City on a quarterly basis, due on or before the 20th day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 46

11 Fees for Solid Waste Management/Recycling State- allowable tipping fees for solid waste management/recycling shall be collected by the Contractor and remitted to the County on a monthly basis, due on or before the 15th day of the month following the month for which the fees were collected. During any calendar year, if the County solid waste management fee is less than $300,000, the Contractor shall pay the deficit by January 15th of following year. The payment shall be pro- rated for any partial year. The $300,000 minimum will be adjusted annually on January 1 of each year at the same percentage rate that the Standard Gate Rate for Municipal Waste is adjusted. County Municipal Waste Rebate The Contractor shall pay to the County a rebate of $10.00 for each ton of Municipal Waste landfilled at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility that was collected under the County Waste Collection Program, if any. The rebate shall be remitted to the County on a quarterly basis, due on or before the 20th day of the month following the end of each calendar quarter. Perpetual Care/Environmental Contingency Fund Within ninety (90) days of receipt of all permits from the IEPA to operate the Expansion Solid Waste Facility, the Contractor shall pay the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to the Committee for deposit into the Fund. Thereafter, the Contractor shall pay to the Committee a Perpetual Care Fund Fee of 25 for each ton of Municipal Waste and Special Waste landfilled at the Expansion Solid Waste Facility. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 47

12 Table 6: Existing Landfills Used by County Name Address City Phone Owner/ Operator Design Capacity cu ft. Atkinson Landfill Envirofil of Illinois Inc. Indian Creek Landfill No 2 Knox County Landfill #3 Peoria City/County Landfill #2 Peoria Disposal Co #1 Inc. Quad Cities Landfill, Phase IV Spoon Ridge Landfill Inactive June 08 Upper Rock Island Co. Landfill 137 Commercial Dr E 1400th St McMullen Rd 996 Knox Road 2150 N W Cottonwood Road 4349 W Southport Road Knoxville Road 10 Spoon Ridge Road th Ave N Atkinson Macomb Hopedal e Oneida Brimfield Peoria Milan Fairview East Moline Ext Atkinson Landfill Co. Waste Management of Illinois Tazewell County Landfill 2012 Remaining Capacity Total Permitted area acres Permitted Disposal Area acres Years Open 11,600,000 33,913, ,751,040 17,668, ,811,920 39,701, Knox County 1,800,000 4,705, Owner- County/ 7,477, , Operator- Waste 2021 Management Peoria Disposal Company Millennium Waste Inc. 1,847,000 6, ,852,200 12,438, BFI Waste Systems 84,600, ,317,000 1, Upper Rock Island County Source: 2011 Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois, Illinois EPA 11,079,400 15,948, Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 48

13 Existing Transfer Stations Transfer Stations operating and accepting materials in the last year are list in Table 7. The landfill operator at Tazewell RDF developed a transfer station at its closed landfill. Waste Management/ Tazewell Transfer Station in East Peoria, was under development throughout After receiving its operating permit on Dec. 17, 2007, it opened just after the new year began in January East Peoria s privately owned and operated transfer station mentioned above handled 75,705 tons of municipal waste, which was 63.4 percent of that reported for the region. Table 7: Existing Transfer Stations Used by County Name Location Operator Owner Acres Opened Tonnage Items Accepted Peoria City/Co. Compost LSW Wigand Rec. & Transfer Facility Waste Management/ Tazewell Brimfield Chillicothe East Peoria Waste Management of Illinois Inc. Wigand Disposal Co. Waste Management of Illinois Joint City and County of Peoria, Solid Waste Disposal Board Wigand Disposal Waste Management of Illinois Source: IL EPA Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity Report ,386 Landscape Waste only Active, but tonnage unknown Municipal, recyclables, and landscape waste ,705 Commercial, light industrial, C&D, landscape waste and recyclables Existing Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) Eagle Enterprises Recycling, Inc. is the premier recycling services provider and processor in West- Central Illinois. Started in 1993, we currently offer residential curbside, municipal, commercial, and industrial recycling services in all or part of Henry, Bureau, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Fulton, and Warren Counties. Midland Davis operates recycling collection and drop off facilities at two locations, Moline and Pekin, Illinois. The corporate offices, located in Moline, also house their original scrap yard and a processing facility for metals, paper, wood and Moline residents curbside materials. The Moline facility has onsite processing equipment including a 600- ton squeeze box hydraulic shear, hydraulic baler for sheet iron, plastics and paper, genesis shear on crawler crane, aluminum can briquetter, two industrial tub grinders, and a customized torch cutting system. Acquired in 2005, the Midland Davis Pekin facility covers 8 acres and houses sales and administrative offices, their metal scrap yard and processing facilities, paper recycling facilities and curbside service facilities for Pekin and many parts of Tazwell County. At the Pekin facility, processing equipment onsite includes an aluminum can briquetter, 2 Hydraulic balers for paper/plastic, and a customized co- mingled sorting system. Midwest Fiber Recycling has facilities in Bloomington- Normal, Decatur, Springfield, and Peoria, servicing throughout Central Illinois. Midwest Fiber recently constructed a state- of- the- art single stream facility at its Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 49

14 Normal, IL location. The 92,000 square foot facility serves as a single- stream recycling hub for all of Central Illinois. The facility allows recyclable materials such as paper, glass, cardboard and plastic to be mixed, or co- mingled, in one container without being separated. At the Normal facility, Midwest Fibers consistently process over 2,500 tons a month in single stream materials with a capacity of processing 6,000 tons a month. Table 8: Existing Material Recovery Facilities Used by County Name Location Services Tonnage Items Accepted Eagle Enterprises Recycling Galva 6,500 tons/ annually Midland Davis Pekin Midland Davis Moline Midwest Fiber Recycling Henry, Bureau, Rock Island, Mercer, Knox, Stark, Peoria, Woodford, Marshall, Fulton and Warren Counties Newspaper, Magazines, Phone books, corrugated cardboard, office paper, plastics #1-5 and 7, Aluminum, steel cans, glass bottles and plastic bags Pekin Pekin and Tazwell County All grades of paper, plastics and metals. Moline Moline Metals, paper, wood, and Moline curbside materials Normal Bloomington, Champaign, 2,500 tons/ Paper, plastic, metal, glass and Decatur, Danville, month cardboard Galesburg, Mattoon, Morton, Peoria, Pontiac Springfield Existing Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Activities Non- subscription curbside service is offered by the City of Peoria for free collection of curbside waste and recycling to their residents and parts of Peoria County by a contracted service vendor called Peoria Disposal Company (PDC). The remaining residents in Peoria, Chillicothe, West Peoria, Peoria Heights, Princeville, Dunlap, and Bartonville are offered subscription curbside service. This type of service provides residents the opportunity to pay or subscribe individually for waste and/or recycling service with PDS. The service providers of these residents are described in Table 9. In all of these programs cardboard, newspapers/magazines, #1-5, #7 plastics, bi- metal cans, aluminum, mixed paper and glass were available for collection. Table 9: Curbside Recycling in Peoria County Name Location Items Accepted Residents of Chillicothe & Dunlap Wigand Disposal Metal cans, newspaper, clear glass bottles, plastic bottles #1 & #2 Residents of Elmwood G&O Disposal Metal Cans, Mixed Paper/Cardboard, Glass bottles, plastics 1-5 & 7 Residents of Peoria (free) Peoria Disposal Company Metals, Mixed Paper, Cardboard, Glass bottles, plastics #1-5, #7 Residents of Peoria Heights and Princeville Waste Management Metal cans, mixed paper, glass bottles, plastic bottles #1 &#2 Residents of Lake Camelot area Xwaste Disposal Metal cans, mixed paper, glass bottles, plastic bottles #1 &#2 The County has an extensive system of public, private and school drop- off recycling sites. As of 2011, to provide options to all Peoria County residents, the County and some adjacent counties currently operate, maintain and service sixty- two drop- off locations. Descriptions of these drop- off facilities can are displayed in Table 10. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 50

15 Table 10: Peoria County Drop- off Sites County Drop- off Address City Phone Accepts Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Bartonville Square 1405 W Garfield Bartonville Metal cans, mixed paper/cardboard, glass bottles, plastics 1-5 & 7 Town of Normal Recycling Drop Box Location - Illinois Wesleyan U. Shirk Center City of Bloomington Recycling Drop- Off Site CRH Recycling Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Brimfield Township Building Midwest Fiber Inc Park St Bloomington E Emerson Bloomington W Bloomington Washington Route 150 Brimfield N Old Galena Rd Chillicothe Illinois Central College 1 College Dr. East Peoria City/County Drop- off Center W. Cottonwood Rd. Edwards Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Elmwood MoRT Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Hanna City Village Hall Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Northpoint Shopping Center Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Sterling Bazaar Peoria County Recycling Drop- off Site - Princeville/Highway North Station 201 Lilac St Elmwood N First St Hanna City N Knoxville Ave Peoria N Sterling Peoria N Evans Mill Rd Princeville Mixed paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles, plastics #1, #2, #3, #5, & #7 Mixed paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles, plastics #1, #2, #3, #5, & #7 Metal cans, mixed paper, cardboard, clear glass bottles, plastic bottles #1 & #2 Metal cans, mixed paper/cardboard, glass bottles, plastics 1-5 & 7 Mixed paper, cardboard, metal cans, glass bottles, plastics #1, #2, #3, #5, & #7 Metal cans, mixed paper/cardboard, glass bottles, plastics 1-5 & 7 Metal cans, mixed paper/cardboard, glass bottles, plastics 1-5 & 7 Metal cans, mixed paper/cardboard, glass bottles, plastics 1-5 & 7 Electronics & Appliances Beginning in January 2010, the state of Illinois passed the new Electronic Products Recycling and Reuse Act that require all manufacturers of computers, televisions, computer monitors, and printers to implement recycling and refurbishment programs for these four products when discarded from residences. There is a provision of this Act which bans 17 types of electronics from landfills as of January 2012, including Televisions, Monitors, Printers, Computers (including tablet computers), Electronic Keyboards, Facsimile Machines, Videocassette Recorders (VCR), Portable Digital Music Players, Digital Video Disc (DVD) Players, Video Game Consoles, Small Scale Servers, Scanners, Electronic Mice, Digital Converter Boxes, Cable Receivers, Satellite Receivers, and Digital Video Disc Recorders. A feature of this Act for Illinois residents is that there is no charge for residential e- waste dropped off at a collection site. If there is a fee, a dollar- for- dollar coupon good off the price of new equipment is given in exchange. Table 11 displays the participating locations for this program. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 51

16 Table 11: County Electronics Recycling Locations Name Location Accepted items American TV- offers residential service 5801 W. War Memorial Dr., Peoria TVs (larger than 27"), computer monitors and laptops accepted with a fee of $10, TVs smaller than 27", DVD players, VCRs, cell phones are free ATRecycling- offers residential and business services Best Buy- offers residential service Dr. Know PC Medic- offers business service Goodwill Industries- offers residential service IDS/ M&M Recycling Office Depot- offers residential service Radio Shack- offers residential service Retro- Tech- offers residential and business services Target- offers residential service Household Hazardous Waste 8202 N. University, Peoria 5001 N. Big Hollow Rd., Peoria 8214 N. University, Peoria TVs, computers, monitors, computer peripherals (printers, scanners, keyboards), cell phones, DVD players, VCRs. No fee for residential drop off; limit 10 items. TVs (32" and smaller), computer monitors and laptops, DVD players, VCRs, cell phones, and much more. Computers, monitors, and laptops Various locations Computers, monitors, and computer- related items; TVs (no consoles accepted), microwaves (working or not) and Xbox gaming systems 204 Morton St., Computers, monitors, and computer peripherals Peoria only 801 W. Lake Avenue, Peoria Sheridan Village, MP3 players, cell phones, cameras, camcorders, GPS, 4125 N. Sheridan, laptops, game consoles, blue ray, disks, PDA s and Peoria tablets, car audio, radar detectors, and e- readers. 625 W. Main St. Refurbishes only newer, working computer items and peripherals (keyboard, scanner, mouse), and audio equipment (stereo, speakers, CD players, etc.) Big Hollow Rd., Peoria Cell phones, MP3 players, ink cartridges, plastic shopping bags The Illinois EPA started the first Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) state program in 1989, coordinating one- day household hazardous waste collections each year in the spring and fall. Collections are scheduled on Saturdays, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., for the greatest convenience of working families. Residents are asked to bring harsh chemical cleaners, paints, thinners, antifreeze, weed killers, insecticides and pesticides, and similar hazardous household products. Explosives, propane tanks, fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, agricultural chemicals and business wastes are not accepted. Peoria County has participated in single- day collection events sponsored by IEPA in 2003, 2005, and According to data collected in 2009, Peoria County has collected at its events a total of 602 drums (197 in 2003), 200 in 2005, and 505 in 2008) of HHW (See Table 8 for the 55- gallon drum equivalents). Countywide participation was estimated at 0.74%, 0.72%, and 1.4% at each respective event. According to a feasibility study by the Peoria County Health and Human Services Department in 2009, based on cost data provided by the IEPA, the average cost per participating household for each single- day event in Peoria County is roughly $70. The average cost per drum of waste collected is approximately $300. However, the costs to the County include payment of $5,000 for the 2003 event and $17,000 for the 2008 event as a co- Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 52

17 sponsor, plus approximately $3000 to $5000 for education and promotion of each event. The cost to the County was approximately $34,000 for three events, or $8.80 per household (a total of 3,870 households in three years) and $37.0 per drum (a total of 902 drums in three events over four years). There are four permanent facilities for disposal of HHW located in Illinois: in Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, and Lake County. All facilities operate under an inter- governmental agreement with the Illinois EPA for proper disposal of the waste. Facility information is provided in Table 12 below. Table 12: Permanent HHW Facilities in Illinois Location Open Operator Operating Cost Naperville 1979 Brookdale Road, Naperville, IL Rockford 3333 Kishwaukee St., Rockford, IL Lake County Gurnee, IL Chicago 1150 N. North Branch Street, Chicago, IL 1992 City Public Works Department 1995 City Public Works Department 2002 Solid Waste Agency of Lake County 2006 Chicago Dep. Of Streets and Sanitation $180,000/ye ar $70,000/yea r $221,800/ year $15,000/ year Collection ( ) 6,335 drums 5,600 drums 3,643 drums 700,000 lbs. ( ) Hours Participation Rate Weekends 2.5% in 2008 Weekends 2%- 4.3% prior to 2003 Weekends 3.1% in 2008 Tuesday, Thursday, 1 st Saturday of month The Illinois EPA coordinates one- day household hazardous waste collections each year in the spring and fall. IEPA seeks and encourages communities or organizations to cosponsor household hazardous collection events. Outside of the annual program, residents are encouraged to bring hazardous waste materials to the long- term facilities located in Naperville, Rockford, Chicago, and Lake County, IL. The following list the materials accepted at the annual IEPA event: Oil- based paints Paint thinners Herbicides Insecticides Pesticides Old Gasoline Pool Chemicals Cleaning Products Mercury Double bagged and wetted asbestos Household Batteries Used Motor Oil Drain Cleaner Lawn Chemicals Solvents Antifreeze Hobby Chemicals Aerosol paints and pesticides Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 53

18 Fluorescent lamp bulbs Old and outdated medicines and pharmaceuticals IEPA Single Day Hazardous Waste Events The IEPA coordinates one- day household hazardous waste collections each year in the spring and fall. Communities are encouraged to cosponsor collection events and applications are accepted each year and are kept active indefinitely. Peoria County participated in single day collection events sponsored by IEPA in 2003, 2005, and Using these three events as a representative sample, Peoria County s HHW feasibility study found that the county has collected a total of 602 drums at its events. Countywide participation was estimated at an average of 0.95% for those three events. Based on cost data provided by the IEPA, the average cost per participating household for each single day event in Peoria County is approximately $70, and the average cost per drum of waste collected is approximately $300. The costs to the County include payment of $22,000 for two cosponsored events, plus approximately $4,000 for education and promotion for each event. The cost to the County was approximately $34,000 for three events, or $8.80 per household. The County indicated that single- day collection events collect less than the desired volume of HHW and have a less than desired participated number. Appendix A shows a more detailed record of a HHW collection event in 2012 in Peoria County. In cooperation with the IEPA, Peoria County has conducted three one- day collection events for HHW. The amounts that were collected at these events are listed in Table 13. Permanent HHW Facilities Table 13: Peoria County HHW Collection Events Date # 55 Gallon Drums # Participants # Drums per Participant There are four permanent facilities for disposal of HHW located in Illinois. These locations include Chicago, Naperville, Rockford, and Lake County, Illinois. All facilities operate under an inter- governmental agreement with the IEPA for disposal and collection. The local agency assumes the costs and liability of operating the facility and collecting and storing the HHW. The two closest facilities to Peoria County are Naperville and Lake County which are both under 200 miles distance. Existing Medical Waste Home Collection The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is continually trying to find convenient and environmentally responsible ways for residents to manage pharmaceutical waste. Waste pharmaceuticals found at home come in the form of solid pills and capsules, creams, liquids and aerosols. Pharmaceuticals intended for pets are often identical to prescriptions for humans and should be disposed of in the same manner. The IEPA advises residents to save all old or unwanted medications for an IEPA sponsored household hazardous waste collection day. In addition, unwanted or expired medications can be taken to long- term household hazardous waste facilities in Naperville, Rockford, Chicago, and Lake County. Below, Table 14 lists medical disposal locations in Peoria County. Residents with medications needing disposal can drop- off materials at one of the six locations provided by the county. If one of these designated sites are not near a resident, drop offs can then take place at a city s annual event or at one of the permanent hazardous waste locations. Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 54

19 Table 14: Medical Waste Collection Locations Peoria County Medical Disposal City Address Locations Bartonville Police Department Bartonville 5918 S. Adams Street Chillicothe Police Department Chillicothe 823 N. 2nd Street Peoria County Sheriff s Office Peoria 301 N. Maxwell Road Peoria County Courthouse Peoria 324 Main St. #215 Peoria Police Department Peoria 600 Southwest Adams St. Peoria Heights Police Department Peoria Heights 4901 N. Prospect Rd. #1 Existing Compost Facilities Fifty percent of the landscape waste handled in 2002 was managed at Peoria City/County Landfill #1. A new compost site in Peoria, LHF Compost, opened on June 4, Table 15 describes compost sites available to the residents of Peoria County. The LHF facility has been in business since It accepts food wastes from retail stores, pumpkin processing waste from two local canneries, and landscape waste and wood pallets from various other trash collection companies. Dry materials, i.e., wood pallets and yard waste, are received on a large concrete pad surrounded on three sides by ditches running to the East Branch of LaMarsh Creek. Wet materials are received in a concrete- lined pit that also overflows into ditches connected to the East Branch. The material is composted, using a windrow technique, on the approximately 10- acre site. LHF does not have a federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System, or NPDES, water discharge permit of any type. Table 15: Existing Compost Facilities Name Address Phone City Acre s Peoria Landfill #1 Compost LHF Compost Inc. Knox County Landfill Compost Site Macon County Composting Facility Great River Regional Waste Authority Transfer Station W. Cottonwood Rd W. Grub Rd. 996 Knox Road 2150E 3520 N. Bearsdale Road 111 Carbide Lane Operator Brimfield 1.4 Waste Management of IL Steven R. Harenberg Mapleto n Oneida 10 LHF Compost Inc. Paul Rosenbohm Knox County Landfill #3 Decatur 2 Evans Recycling Inc. Keokuk, IA Source: IEPA Report: Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management and Landfill Capacity in Illinois capacity/2009/report.pdf Ton/ Accepts Year 11,419 Grass, Leaves, Brush 1,453 Organics, yard waste- produces Better Earth Compost 3,765 Landscape waste 9,468 Landscape waste Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 55

20 Existing Wastewater Facilities Peoria County Greater Peoria Sanitary District is the main wastewater plant in Peoria County. Peoria Disposal Company (PDC) also has a treatment plant onsite, in addition to the hazardous waste facility onsite. Previously, Landfill #1 generated approximately 150, ,000 gallons of leachate disposal waste each year. Since 1998, the landfill has slowly become more saturated which is beginning to cause issues with gas collection, intermittent issues with gas migration and potential for groundwater contamination. An additional source of water in the system comes from the gas collection and control system (GCCS) possibly pulling in shallow seepage when the final cover is saturated. This is caused by the leaky nature of the fifteen year old system. All liquid, leachate, condensate and GCCS seepage is commingled and is either recirculated or disposed off- site. During 2013, all leachate will be disposed of off- site. In May 2013, Peoria County approved a contract with PDC for leachate disposal at the wastewater treatment facility. With this agreement, the cost for hauling and disposal to PDC will be approximately $0.21 per gallon which will allow for disposal of twice the amount of leachate under the current budget for Peoria County Marshall County In 1990, the current wastewater treatment plant was constructed to replace the 1940 East Side Trickling Filter Plant and the 1967 West Side Activated Sludge Plant. The wastewater flow from the Old West Side Plant is pumped via force main to Holly Lane pump station, then along with the West half of Marshall s gravity flow, the flow is pumped through an 18" diameter force main and discharged into a 44" diameter interceptor sewer line. This line also collects the East half of Marshall s gravity flow and flows to the inlet structure pump station of the plant, which is located at the East edge of town. The wastewater plant covers a pond area of 5.3 acres and 0.45 MGD (million gallons per day). The Daily Maximum Flow of the plant is 1.35 MGD. The treatment process includes mechanical bar screening, a primary aerated treatment lagoon and a secondary aerated treatment lagoon with a rock filter prior to the outfall structure. Table 16: Existing Wastewater Treatment Facilities Facility Name City County Gallons/year Beneficial Use of Biosolids Marshalltown WWTP Marshalltown Peoria Disposal Company #1 Biosolids Digester Gas Utilization Facilities Marshall Yes Unknown Peoria Peoria 150, ,000 Unknown Unknown Source: Marshall County, il.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=190&itemid=183 Peoria County Resource Management Plan 6/16/2014 Page 56