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Solid Waste Management Plan Additional Information

The information presented in the following tables presents the quantities, characteristics and projected disposal rates of solid waste streams that will require management in Guilford County during the ten-year planning period from July 2009 through June 2019. Here are some definitions of terms used in these tables:

Baseline – the State of North Carolina has designated fiscal year 1991-92 as the baseline for comparison of solid waste disposal rates and waste reduction. Negative figures relating to waste reduction indicate an increase in the amount of waste disposed when compared to the baseline rate; positive figures relating to waste reduction indicate an actual reduction in the amount of waste disposed when compared to the baseline rate.

C&D Waste or Construction and Demolition Waste – solid waste resulting solely from construction, remodeling, repair or demolition operations on pavement, buildings or other structures, except inert debris, land clearing debris and yard waste.

LCID – land clearing and inert debris, including only concrete, brick, concrete block, uncontaminated soil, rock, gravel, untreated wood, limbs, leaves and stumps.

MSW or Municipal Solid Waste – any solid waste generated from the residential, commercial and industrial sectors other than hazardous waste, sludge, regulated industrial waste or solid waste resulting from an agricultural or mining operation.

Table 2–1 Guilford County,North Carolina TOTAL WASTE MANAGED
Fiscal Year	Population 1	MSW 2 Tons Landfilled	C&D Tons Landfilled	Total Tons Diverted	Total Tons Managed
1997 - 1998	385,852	467,536	51,949	69,318	588,803
1998 - 1999	391,008	474,945	52,772	69,206	596,923
1999 - 2000	393,434	613,768	142,987	184,347	941,102
2000 - 2001	422,179	555,284	174,728	202,135	932,147
2001 - 2002	425,931	544,138	214,429	80,814	839,381
2002 - 2003	428,643	538,715	170,866	70,384	779,965
2003 - 2004	431,606	491,060	168,165	65,600	724,825
2004 - 2005	434,949	441,231	205,035	79,332	725,598
2005 - 2006	442,355	476,040	227,566	81,819	785,425
2006 - 2007	451,087	531,626	169,834	79,145	780,605
2007 - 2008	460,784	491,268	138,381	91,449	721,098
1 Population Projections taken from North Carolina State Demographics, Projected Annual County Population Totals (http://www.demog.state.nc.us) 2 Includes residential, commercial, and industrial.
NOTES: Historical data taken from North Carolina Solid Waste Management Annual Reports and DENR’s County Waste Disposal Reports.

Table 2-1 provides historical data relating population to waste disposed of and recycled from July 1997 through June 2008. The figures indicating tons diverted include waste diverted from disposal through recycling and yard waste composting programs.

Table 2-2 Guilford County,North Carolina WASTE ESTIMATES BY SECTOR
Measurement	MSW			Total MSW	C&D Waste	Total Waste Stream
	Residential Waste	Commercial Waste	Industrial Waste
Percentage	29%	26%	23%	78%	22%	100%
Source: NCDENR Local Government Assistance Office.

Table 2-2 shows the total waste stream broken down by sectors.

Table 2-6 Guilford County,North Carolina FUTURE MSW TONNAGE PROJECTIONS BY SECTOR 1
Year	Population	Residential Waste	Commercial Waste	Industrial Waste	Total MSW	Total Waste Stream
2009-2010	475,826	189,050	169,490	149,930	508,470	651,880
2010-2011	481,488	191,290	171,510	151,720	514,520	659,640
2011-2012	487,327	193,610	173,590	153,560	520,760	667,640
2012-2013	493,167	195,930	175,670	155,400	527,000	675,640
2013-2014	499,007	198,250	177,750	157,240	533,240	683,640
2014-2015	504,846	200,570	179,830	159,080	539,480	691,640
2015-2016	510,731	202,920	181,920	160,930	545,770	699,700
2016-2017	516,753	205,300	184,070	162,830	552,200	707,950
2017-2018	522,775	207,700	186,210	164,730	558,640	716,200
2018-2019	528,796	210,090	188,360	166,620	565,070	724,450
1 A per capita generation rate of 1.37 tons/person/year waste used to project total waste stream tonnages throughout the period. Tonnages rounded to the nearest 10 tons.

Table 2-6 provides MSW tonnage projections for the fiscal years 2009-10 through 2018-19, broken down into residential, commercial and industrial sectors.

Table 2-7 Guilford County,North Carolina FUTURE C&D TONNAGE PROJECTIONS
Year	Population	Total MSW 1	C&D Waste 2	Total Waste Stream
2009-2010	475,826	508,470	143,410	651,880
2010-2011	481,488	514,520	145,120	659,640
2011-2012	487,327	520,760	146,880	667,640
2012-2013	493,167	527,000	148,640	675,640
2013-2014	499,007	533,240	150,400	683,640
2014-2015	504,846	539,480	152,160	691,640
2015-2016	510,731	545,770	153,930	699,700
2016-2017	516,753	552,200	155,750	707,950
2017-2018	522,775	558,640	157,560	716,200
2018-2019	528,796	565,070	159,380	724,450
1 A per capita generation rate of 1.37 tons/person/year waste used to project total waste stream tonnages throughout the period. Tonnages rounded to the nearest ten tons.

Table 2-7 indicates C&D tonnage projections related to population and MSW projections for the fiscal years 2009-10 through 2018-19.

Table 3-1 Guilford County , North Carolina HISTORICAL WASTE REDUCTION
Fiscal Year	Population 1	MSW 2	C&D	Total Tonnage	Per Capita Rate Tons Per Year		Waste Reduction 4
Fiscal Year	Population 1	MSW 2	C&D	Total Tonnage	Per Capita Rate Tons Per Year		County 1.48 TPY	State 1.35 TPY
1991 - 1992
SWM Plan:	353,536	471,540	52,390	523,930	1.48	(8.12)	---	---
State:				471,541	1.35	(7.40)	---	---

1998 - 1999	391,008	474,945	52,772	527,717	1.35	(7.40)	8.8%	0.0%
1999 - 2000	393,434	613,768	142,987	756,755	1.92	(10.54)	-30.0%	-42.5%
2000 - 2001	421,048	555,284	174,728	730,012	1.73	(9.50)	-17.1%	-28.4%
2001 - 2002	424,032	544,138	214,429	758,566	1.79	(9.80)	-20.9%	-32.5%
2002 - 2003	428,794	538,715	170,866	709,581	1.65	(9.06)	-11.5%	-22.2%
2003 - 2004	431,199	468,049	191,175	659,224	1.53	(8.38)	-3.4%	-14.3%
2004 - 2005	434,693	441,231	205,035	646,266	1.49	(8.15)	-0.7%	-10.4%
2005 - 2006	442,355	476,040	277,566	703,606	1.59	(8.71)	-7.4%	-17.8%
2006 - 2007	451,087	531,626	169,834	701,460	1.56	(8.55)	-5.4%	-15.5%
2007 - 2008	460,784	491,268	138,381	629,665	1.37	(7.51)	7.4%	- 1.0%
1 Population projections taken from North Carolina State Demographics, Projected Annual County Population Totals (http://www.demog.state.nc.us) 2 Includes residential, commercial, and industrial. 3 Estimated 100,000 tons of Land Clearing and Inert Debris (LCID) taken from total MSW listed on City of Greensboro SWMAR. 4 The waste reduction rate differs due to a discrepancy in the North Carolina Solid Waste Annual Report due to the exclusion of C&D waste from the calculation.
NOTES: Historical Data from North Carolina Solid Waste Management Annual Reports and DENR’s County Waste Disposal Reports. § Total MSW during FY 1991-92 includes waste disposed of in landfills plus tonnage diverted from landfills via recycling, composting, and mulching efforts plus C&D waste. § ( ) indicates per capita rate in pounds per person, per day.

Table 3-1 provides historical data on disposal rates and waste reduction efforts, and compares that data to figures from the state designated baseline year of 1991-92.

Table 2–1 Guilford County,North Carolina TOTAL WASTE MANAGED

Table 2-2 Guilford County,North Carolina WASTE ESTIMATES BY SECTOR

Table 2-6 Guilford County,North Carolina FUTURE MSW TONNAGE PROJECTIONS BY SECTOR 1

Table 2-7 Guilford County,North Carolina FUTURE C&D TONNAGE PROJECTIONS

Table 2–1
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TOTAL WASTE MANAGED

Table 2-2
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WASTE ESTIMATES BY SECTOR

Table 2-6
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FUTURE MSW TONNAGE PROJECTIONS BY SECTOR 1

Table 2-7
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FUTURE C&D TONNAGE PROJECTIONS