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Utilities Department
Solid Waste
Transfer Station Update
December 1, 2009
Solid Waste Transfer Station Update
• Transfer Stations Functions
• Transfer Stations History
• Facilities Planning
• Current Situation
• Action Plan
Solid Waste Transfer Station Update
• Transfer Stations Functions
• Transfer Stations History
• Facilities Planning
• Current Situation
• Action Plan
Transfer Stations Functions
• Provide efficient and economical management
of solid waste
• Make the cost of garbage collection and
disposal equitable to all residents
• Eliminate thousands of cross-County truck trips
– Easing traffic on major roads
– Reduces greenhouse gases
• Transfer stations handle about 60% of the
County’s Class 1 waste
Solid Waste Transfer Station Update
• Transfer Stations Functions
• Transfer Stations History
• Facilities Planning
• Current Situation
• Action Plan
Transfer Stations History
• Porter Transfer Station (1972 - present)
• Tangerine Transfer Station (1982 - 1990)
• Tropical Transfer Station (1976 - 1986)
• McLeod Transfer Station (1986 - present)
Transfer Stations History
• Porter Transfer Station
– 37 years old
– Surrounded by residential developments
– Rated at 187,800 tons/year
– Currently processing 161,000 tons/year
• 43,000 tons/year commercial
• 118,000 tons/year residential
– One-shift operation
– Cannot be expanded
Transfer Stations History
• Porter Transfer Station
Transfer Stations History
• McLeod Transfer Station
– Lease with the City of Orlando
– Renovated in 1986
– Rated at 250,000 tons/year
– Currently processing 235,000 tons/year
• 185,000 tons/year commercial
• 50,000 tons/year residential
– One-shift operation
Transfer Stations History
Solid WasteTransfer Station Update
• Transfer Stations Functions
• Transfer Stations History
• Facilities Planning
• Current Situation
• Action Plan
Facilities Planning
• Refuse Disposal
Facilities Plan - Orange County Solid Waste Tons
1990 1,000,000
Actual Tons
– Identified need for 900,000 Projected
Tons
transfer station in 800,000
northwest to meet 700,000
future growth 600,000
– 187,800 tons/year 500,000
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Facilities Planning
• 20-acre site
Orange County Solid Waste Tons
purchased
1,000,000
– Vulcan Road Actual Tons
Projected Tons
900,000
• Public outreach 800,000
– Traffic and roads 700,000
impact 600,000
500,000
– Operations
400,000
• Decision to delay 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
construction
Facilities Planning
• In 1995 experienced significant reductions in
solid waste deliveries to transfer stations and the
landfill
– New private transfer station
• In 1999 initiated a business plan for the Solid
Waste Division
– Impact of new business trends
– Address financial impact
– Evaluate options
Facilities Planning
• Solid Waste Business Plan
– Identified additional tonnage needed to maintain
financial feasibility
– Flow control was not an option at the time
– Pursue commitments from municipalities through
interlocal agreements
• Apopka, Ocoee and Winter Garden required the County to
commit to building the transfer station on the northwest
Facilities Planning
• Solid Waste Master Plan
– Initiated in 2006
– Identified extensive growth in the west and northwest
– Identified need for new site for transfer station
• Purchased site no longer met the projected needs
• More efficient and cost-effective to build a large facility and
close Porter Transfer Station
• Estimated capacity of 313,000 tons/year
• Capacity could be expanded
– Recommended option – NWWRF
– Public outreach started in 2007
Facilities Planning
• Transfer Station
Siting Effort
– New consultant with
design and siting
background
– 21 potential sites
were evaluated
Facilities Planning
• Sites were ranked and a
short list of the top five sites
was developed
– Three sites in unincorporated
Orange County
– One site in the City of Ocoee
– One site in the City of Winter
Garden
• City of Ocoee
– Amended land use ordinance
• City of Winter Garden
– Express objections to
potential site
Solid Waste Transfer Station Update
• Transfer Stations Functions
• Transfer Stations History
• Facilities Planning
• Current Situation
• Action Plan
Current Situation
• Again
experiencing a Total Solid Waste by Year
decline in solid 1,400,000
1,300,000
waste delivery to 1,200,000
1,100,000
our facilities Tons 1,000,000
– Solid waste 900,000
800,000
volumes have 700,000
declined 17% 600,000
500,000
overall in the last 400,000
year 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Current Situation
• Financial situation has changed
– Significant expenses
• Closed two cells
• Opened new cell
– Credit Market Challenges
– Reserves
– Economic outlook is uncertain
Solid Waste Transfer Station Update
• Transfer Stations Functions
• Transfer Stations History
• Facilities Planning
• Current Situation
• Action Plan
Action Plan
• Modify Porter Transfer Station Operations
– Evaluate interim cost-effective internal efficiencies to
increase capacity
– Divert commercial waste from Porter to McLeod
Transfer Station
• Makes available a residential capacity of 50,000 tons/year to
meet future growth
• Potential financial impact on businesses
Action Plan
• Modify McLeod Transfer Station Operations
– Increase hours of operations
• 1 ½ shifts
• Can increase about 125,000 tons/year capacity
• About 90,000 tons/year available to meet future growth
• Monitor waste volumes closely
• Postponed siting of new transfer station
– Initiate process again in 2012
Action Plan
• Develop a Contingency Plan
– Economy recovery faster than currently
projected
– Acts of Nature
• Contingency Plan
– Increased hours of operations
– Potential private-public partnerships with
existing private transfer stations
Modern Transfer Station
Orange County Solid Waste Tons
1,200,000
Actual Tons
Projected Tons
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
200000
300000
400000
500000
600000
700000
800000
19
94
19
95
19
96
19
97
19
98
19
99
20
00
20
01
20
02
20
Class I Tons by Year
03
20
04
20
05
20
06
20
07
20
08
20
09
Total Solid Waste by Year
1,600,000
1,400,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
800,000
600,000
400,000
200,000
0
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Tons
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