gA^o. a 814? N\M5. - - Draft ilEObb 0570 3S32 M JUne 23, 2000 lid s * IVI « • I i r Ic Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Department of Environmental Protection ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 617-292-5500 ARGEO PAUL CELLUCCI BOB DURAND Governor Secretary JANE SWIFT LAUREN A. LISS Lieutenant Governor Commissioner . June 23, 2000 Dear Citizen: I am pleased to present the Draft Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan -A Policy Framework for your review and comment. The Draft 2000 Plan proposes the Commonwealth's long term goals for solid waste management and basic policies for waste reduction, recycling, and disposal for the next decade. Public hearings on this plan are scheduled around the state in July, as described in the attached Public Hearing Notice. The comment period will run through August 4, 2000. Our vision for the coming decade is one where we continually work to reduce the quantity and toxicity ofour waste to the maximum feasible extent, so that we dispose ofthe least amount ofwaste as possible. This is a long-term vision that calls for significant changes in the behavior ofthe public and private sectors and even changes in how goods are produced. Adopting this vision is critical ifwe are to protect public health and the environment and move toward a more sustainable future. The social and economic changes needed for maximizing waste reduction will require strong partnerships between the public and private sectors. Residents, businesses, institutions, and government must take increased responsibility for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste. The waste industry must fully embrace waste reduction as its core business and ensure that all recyclables are recovered and only the smallest amount of waste is disposed. Manufacturers also must change their role by taking more responsibility for the products they produce so that they contain less toxics, create less waste, and are easier to recycle. The Draft 2000 Plan moves us very strongly in the direction we need to go and presents a realistic timeframe for achieving key milestones. It lays out strategies for increasing source reduction and recycling, and for reducing the use oftoxic chemicals in products over the next ten years. At the same time, it also proposes a strategy to ensure that the trash that cannot be* reduced or recycled is disposed ofin environmentally sound ways. I encourage you to provide us with your comments on this proposal at the public hearings and in written comments. The Beyond 2000 Master Plan will affect us all, so your advice will be crucial ifwe are to prepare a final plan that adequately meets the waste management challenges we face as we enter the next decade. Sincerely, Jam C. Colman :s Assi stant Commissioner This information is availableinalternate formatbycallingourADA Coordinator at(617)574-6872. DEP on theWorldWideWeb: http://www.state.ma.us/dep %f Printed on Recycled Paper Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs Department of Environmental Protection ONE WINTER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02108 617-292-5500 ARGEO PAUL CELLUCCI BOB DURAND Governor Secretary JANE SWIFT LAUREN A LISS Lieutenant Governor Commissioner NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PROPOSED BEYOND 2000 SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN Notice is hereby given that the Department ofEnvironmental Protection (DEP) will hold public hearings on the DraftBeyond 2000 Solid WasteMasterPlan —A Policy Framework. DEP has prepared this Draft Plan in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 16, §21. The DraftPlan proposes the Commonwealth's long term goals for solid waste management and basic policies for waste reduction, recycling, and disposal for the next decade. DEP will conduct public information sessions to explain key components ofthe Draft Plan prior to the start ofthe public hearings. The information sessions and public hearings will be held on the following dates: Monday, July 17, 2000; DEP Southeast Regional Office, 20 Riverside Drive, Lakeville, MA; Information session: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Public hearing: 7:30 pm Tuesday, July 18, 2000; DEP Northeast Regional Office, 205 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA; Information session: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Public hearing: 7:30 pm Wednesday, July 19, 2000; DEP Western Regional Office, 436 Dwight Street, 3d Floor "Court Room", Springfield, MA; Information session: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Public hearing: 7:30 pm Thursday, July 20, 2000; DEP Central Regional Office, 627 Main Street, Worcester, MA; Information session: 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm; Public hearing: 7:30 pm Friday, July 21, 2000; 21st Floor, McCormick State Office Building, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA; Information session: 9:00 am - 10:00 am; Public hearing: 10:00 am Testimony may be presented orally or in writing at the public hearings. Written testimony will also be accepted until 5:00 pm on August 4, 2000. Written testimony should be submitted to: Glenn Keith Department ofEnvironmental Protection Bureau ofWaste Prevention One Winter Street MA Boston, 02108 Email: [email protected] Copies ofthe Draft Plan may be obtained by calling Kimberly Ihrig at 617-292-5961. Copies are also available at each ofthe DEP Regional Service Centers and at the DEP InfoLine in the DEP Boston Office (1 Winter Street, 2nd Floor). The Draft Plan also is available on DEP's Web Site at http;//www.state.ma.us/dep/bwp/dswnVdswrnpubs.htm Thisinformation is availableinalternate formatbycallingourADA Coordinator at(617)574-6872. DEPon theWorldWideWeb: http://www.state.ma.us/dep \fy Printed on Recycled Paper June 2000 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Summary Executive Chapter One: Introduction Purpose 1-1 Vision 1-1 Background 1-2 The Importance ofWaste Reduction 1-4 Key Challenges 1-5 Chapter Two: Waste Reduction Strategy Product Stewardship Initiative '. 2-1 Source Reduction Strategy 2-3 Source Reduction Goals and Objectives 2-3 Source Reduction Programs 2-4 Toxicity Reduction Strategy 2-5 Toxicity Reduction Goals and Objectives 2-7 Toxicity Reduction Programs 2-8 Recycling Strategy 2-9 Recycling Goals and Objectives .2-11 Recycling Programs 2-12 Food Waste Recycling Initiative 2-14 Promoting Innovative Technologies 2-16 Chapter Three: Generation and Management of Solid Waste Solid Waste Generation and Management, 1994-1998 3-1 Total Waste Generation and Management 3-2 Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Management 3-3 Non-Municipal Solid Waste Generation and Management 3-4 Transition to Waste Reduction 3-4 .... Measuring Waste Reduction 3-6 Measuring Source Reduction 3-6 Chapter Four: Non-Municipal Solid Waste Streams Summary ofManagement Options 4-1 Dependence ofNon-MSW Materials on Landfills 4-3 Beneficial Use Determination Review 4-3 Summary ofSpecific Non-MSW Materials 4-4 Draft 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan June 2000 Chapter Five: Management Capacity Projections No Net Import or Net Export Goal 5-1 Waste Management Capacity Projections 5-1 Disposal Hierarchy 5-3 Permitting Strategy 5-4 Phased Disposal Capacity 5-7 Ensuring That Facilities Operate Safely 5-9 Reserve Capacity 5-10 Waste Management Capacity Projection Assumptions 5-10 Appendices A Appendix - Data Collection and Analysis MSW Appendix B - Management Overview by Municipality Appendix C - Recycled Materials by Town Appendix D - Available Recycling Access by Material and Town Appendix E - Landfill Capacity Appendix F - Combustion Capacity G Appendix - Integrated Solid Waste Management System: Disposal Facilities in 2000 H Appendix - Active Transfer Stations in Massachusetts in 2000 Draft 2000 Solid Waste MasterPlan June 2000 Summary Executive Introduction The Year 2000 marks the end ofa decade ofmanaging solid waste in Massachusetts under the 1990 Solid Waste Master Plan and its Updates. In the last ten years, Massachusetts has made We tremendous progress in reducing, reusing, and recycling its waste. have also worked to ensure that those wastes that are not reused or recycled are disposed ofin the most environmentally safe manner possible. Since 1990, we have reduced waste disposal by an estimated 40 million tons, avoiding the need to build ten 1,500 ton-per-day landfills or combustors. In 1998, our municipal solid waste We recycling rate stood at 36%, more than triple the rate in 1990. have seen the provision of comprehensive recycling services expand to 85% ofour population, and have seen tremendous growth in the Massachusetts recycling industry, creating newjobs and adding to the health ofour We economy and our environment. have also kept significant quantities oftoxic materials from improper disposal through hazardous household product collection programs and have adopted the most stringent mercury emission limits in the nation for our municipal waste combustors. Finally, we have closed more than 100 unlined landfills that posed potential threats to our groundwater resources. These actions have helped to preserve and sustain the quality ofall of our communities. As we enter the 21st Century, it is time to update our integrated solid waste management strategy to move us closer to our goal ofgenerating and disposing of as little waste as possible. This Beyond 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan - A Policy Framework charts our course for the next ten years by providing an overarching policy framework for managing solid waste in the Commonwealth that will lead to a more sustainable future. Vision and Key Policies The vision we adopt in this Plan is one where we continually work to reduce the quantity and toxicity ofour waste to the maximum feasible extent, so that we dispose ofthe least amount of waste as possible. In many ways, thejob we face is not different from in the past - we must reduce the amount ofwaste produced, reuse and recycle as much as possible, take out the toxics, and dispose ofwhat is left in a way that protects public health and the environment. However, to go beyond the progress we have already made, we must embrace sustainability principles which require us to generate less waste and to view discarded material that has served one purpose not as waste, but as a resource for another purpose. This will require us all to take greater responsibility in managing our resources. All ofus who produce waste - whether government, institutions, businesses, or citizens - must take greater responsibility for reducing, reusing, and recycling our waste. The waste industry must fully embrace waste reduction services to ensure that all recyclables are recovered and only the smallest amount ofwaste is disposed. Manufacturers must take greater responsibility for the products and packaging they produce that unnecessarily and too often end up as waste. Draft 2000 Solid Waste Master Plan June 2000 Increasing our ability to reduce waste is a wise investment that will greatly benefit the Commonwealth. Reducing waste generation and increasing recovery ofuseful materials will add to our economy and promote greater sustainability in our communities, conserve land and natural resources, and result in the need for fewer landfills and combustion facilities with their potentially adverse impacts. This Plan includes a number ofkey policies and initiatives that will help us achieve our vision over the next ten years: • Waste Reduction Milestones - increase waste reduction capacity and establish new waste reduction milestones that account for source reduction, recycling, and toxicity reduction. By 2010: Achieve 70% waste reduction ofmunicipal solid waste (MSW) and construction and demolition (C&D) debris (60% MSW waste reduction and 88% C&D waste reduction). Substantially reduce the use and toxicity ofhazardous products and provide convenient hazardous product collection services to all residents and very small quantity hazardous waste generators. • Source Reduction - place a greater emphasis on reducing waste generation by expanding source reduction programs, especially targeted at businesses. • Product Stewardship - launch a new initiative with manufacturers to encourage, and in some cases require, them to share in the responsibility for managing the products they produce with the goal ofreducing and eliminating toxics and waste. • Multi-family Recycling Legislation - pursue legislation requiring that residents in multi- family units be provided with access to recycling. • Unprocessed C&D Waste Ban - increase recycling ofC&D debris by banning the disposal C&D ofunprocessed in 2003. • Enhanced Waste Ban Enforcement - hire additional staffto ensure compliance and enforcement ofwaste bans. • Recycling Benefits Plans - require disposal facilities to implement Recycling Benefits Plans as a way to increase their role in ensuring recovery ofrecyclables from the waste stream. • Improved Facility Safeguards - issue revised site assignment regulations to provide increased protection ofsensitive receptors from solid waste facilities and revise landfill design standards to require all new landfill cells to use a double liner system with leak detection. • Disposal Capacity Schedule - phase in needed disposal capacity on a set schedule to allow time for waste reduction to increase and to prevent overbuilding ofcapacity. 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