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Monday, August 24, 2009 1:03:13 PM
Key Factors Affecting Solid Waste Management in Connecticut.
The context for solid waste management in Connecticut has changed substantially since the last statewide solid waste management plan was adopted in 1991. The following are among the key issues that will shape solid waste management in coming years:
If Connecticut doesn’t substantially increase the rate of MSW disposal diversion, it is projected to have an increasing shortfall of MSW in-state disposal capacity.
Currently there is increasing out-of-state capacity for solid waste disposal at competitive prices.
Solid waste is a commodity subject to interstate commerce laws.
Bonds that financed the construction of the MSW RRFs will be paid off, and municipal contracts to supply MSW to Connecticut’s RRF facilities will expire over the next two to fourteen years. Over this same time period, disposal capacity at four of the six MSW RRFs may shift from public to private ownership.
Recycling and solid waste management services are increasingly privately run and market-driven.
Connecticut’s waste diversion infrastructure is stagnant and State and municipal funding is inadequate to support and achieve increased source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
Nationally, recycling of non-traditional material streams has grown significantly.
National and global recycling markets have grown substantially.
Other states and communities have demonstrated an ability to achieve higher waste diversion rates than Connecticut has achieved to date.
There is a growing interest in product stewardship and producer responsibility policies.
MSW
As shown in ES Figure 1, it was projected that in FY2005 approximately thirty percent of the municipal solid waste (MSW) generated was recycled; fifty-seven percent was burned at six regional MSW Resource Recovery Facilities (RRFs); nine percent was disposed out-of-state; and four percent was disposed at in-state landfills. Connecticut is more reliant on waste-to-energy facilities than any other state in the country. This reliance on RRFs results in a significant reduction in the volume of waste ultimately needing disposal at a landfill.
Over the past decade, Connecticut has become more reliant on out-of-state disposal options for MSW (mostly at out-of-state landfills). Since FY1994, out-of-state disposal of Connecticut-generated MSW has increased from approximately 27,000
tons/year to 327,000 tons/year in FY2004. This raises issues regarding inconsistency with the statutory hierarchy, and increased risk due to disposal cost fluctuations and
availability.
The context for solid waste management in Connecticut has changed substantially since the last statewide solid waste management plan was adopted in 1991. The following are among the key issues that will shape solid waste management in coming years:
If Connecticut doesn’t substantially increase the rate of MSW disposal diversion, it is projected to have an increasing shortfall of MSW in-state disposal capacity.
Currently there is increasing out-of-state capacity for solid waste disposal at competitive prices.
Solid waste is a commodity subject to interstate commerce laws.
Bonds that financed the construction of the MSW RRFs will be paid off, and municipal contracts to supply MSW to Connecticut’s RRF facilities will expire over the next two to fourteen years. Over this same time period, disposal capacity at four of the six MSW RRFs may shift from public to private ownership.
Recycling and solid waste management services are increasingly privately run and market-driven.
Connecticut’s waste diversion infrastructure is stagnant and State and municipal funding is inadequate to support and achieve increased source reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting.
Nationally, recycling of non-traditional material streams has grown significantly.
National and global recycling markets have grown substantially.
Other states and communities have demonstrated an ability to achieve higher waste diversion rates than Connecticut has achieved to date.
There is a growing interest in product stewardship and producer responsibility policies.
MSW
As shown in ES Figure 1, it was projected that in FY2005 approximately thirty percent of the municipal solid waste (MSW) generated was recycled; fifty-seven percent was burned at six regional MSW Resource Recovery Facilities (RRFs); nine percent was disposed out-of-state; and four percent was disposed at in-state landfills. Connecticut is more reliant on waste-to-energy facilities than any other state in the country. This reliance on RRFs results in a significant reduction in the volume of waste ultimately needing disposal at a landfill.
Over the past decade, Connecticut has become more reliant on out-of-state disposal options for MSW (mostly at out-of-state landfills). Since FY1994, out-of-state disposal of Connecticut-generated MSW has increased from approximately 27,000
tons/year to 327,000 tons/year in FY2004. This raises issues regarding inconsistency with the statutory hierarchy, and increased risk due to disposal cost fluctuations and
availability.
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