Erin Smith

Calculations for Landfill

11/28/15

Contents
1 City Waste Information
1.1 Per Capita Waste Generation of Monroe County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.2 Characterization Data for State of Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1.3 Other Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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2 Materials Recovery Facility

2.1 Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.2 Stream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.3 Flow Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2.4 Annual and Daily tonnage of waste based on recycling
2.5 You may also include composting at your MRF but
must talk about collection), not paper products . . . .

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3 Landfill
3.1 Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3.2 Years to fill to Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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4 Liner

5 Leachate Collection
5.1 Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5.2 Leachate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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6 LFG Produced

7 Post-Closure Plan

City Waste Information

1.1

Per Capita Waste Generation of Monroe County

P er Capita W aste Generation =

tons
1.28
(22, 550 people) =
yr

1.2

tons
yr
tons
28, 864
yr

1.28

Characterization Data for State of Florida

dep.state.fl.us
Percent Waste as of 2013.

1.3

Other Waste

The above diagram describes the waste in Florida. However, to prevent future mudslides, Tree West has
done some extensive landscaping. This has resulted in 4,000 additional tons of yard waste. As Key West
grows the C&D Debris increases by 2,000 tons.

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2.1

Materials Recovery Facility

Collection

To encourage recycling, Tree West will employ curbside recycling from single family homes, and multi-family
homes (such as apartment complexes) will have several recycling bins in easy to access locations.

2.2

Stream

The city of Tree West will employ Source Seperated Recycling. Though there is a higher chance of contamination, the recovery revenue will be higher. The city will clearly label bins and provide educational
information to residents.

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Flow Chart

Environmental Engineering Fudamentals, Sustainability, Design. Second Edition. Jams R. Mihelcic and
Julie Beth Zimmerman

2.4

Annual and Daily tonnage of waste based on recycling

Materials
Recyling Rate
Annual Tonnage to Landfill

Paper
27%
4412

C&D Debris
50%
5010

Values from dep.state.fl.us

*Yard Waste is Composted
26.5% recycling rate

2.5

Yard Waste*
51%
3471

Metals
64%
1144

Cans
29%
1220

Other Plastic
7%
1146

Tires
25%
174

Food Waste
5%
1674

Textiles
4%
693

Misc
14%
2284

Total Annual
21226

Total Daily
58

You may also include composting at your MRF but only of green waste
and/or food (but must talk about collection), not paper products

The city of Key West already had Yard Waste collection in paper bags before the disaster. The city of Tree
West will continue to do this as well.

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3.1

Landfill
Capacity

Assume 3:1 slope both above and below ground. Determine the maximum height and depth of the landfill
based upon the dimensions given below. Permitted height is 50 feet and permitted depth is 20 feet*.
*Tree West is 0-2.5 feet above the Water Table. Therefore, the landfill will be above ground. Additionally,
due to the small population size, the landfill is designed for a height of 15 feet instead of the maximum 50
feet so that the landfill can close in a reasonable length of time (and reduce leachate production).

V olume of Obelisk

P hase I V olume

P hase I V olume

h
(Aa + aB + 2 (ab + AB))
6
10f t
(1500 (1940) + 1440 (2000) + 2 (1440 (1940) + 1500 (2000)))
6
28962000f t3

P hase I V olume

1072667yd3

Because the triangular space between PhaseI and PhaseII will be utilized, PhaseII will consist of this
exess volume.
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P haseI & P haseII

P haseI & P haseII

10f t
(2500 (1940) + 2400 (2000) + 2 (2400 (1940) + 2500 (2000)))
6
48270000f t3

P haseI & P haseII

1787778yd3

P haseII

(P haseI &P haseII)

P haseII

715111yd

P haseI

Because the triangualr space between PhaseIII and the two northern phases will be utilized, Phase III
will consist of this excess volume.

P haseI, P haseII &P haseIII

P haseI, P haseII &P haseIII

10f t
(2500 (2940) + 2440 (3000) + 2 (2440 (2940) + 2500 (3000)))
6
72770000f t3

P haseI, P haseII &P haseIII

2695185yd3

P haseIII

(P haseI, P haseII &P haseIII)

P haseIII

3.2
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907407yd

(P haseI & P haseII)

Years to fill to Capacity

PhaseI
1072667yd3

1100lb
yd3

U S ton
2, 000lb

yr
21, 226tons

= 28 yrs

715111yd

1100lb
yd3

U Ston
2, 000lb

yr
21, 226tons

19yrs

907407yd

1100lb
yd3

U Ston
2, 000lb

yr
21, 226tons

23yrs

PhaseII

PhaseIII

Capacity is 70 years

Liner

Rolls of Geomembrane are 8x100. The city of Tree West will use 100mil Conductive HDPE Geomembrane.
The conductive membrane has the advantage of being easy to test for damage.
3, 000f t side
8f t width of geomemebrane
2500f t side
100f t length of membrane
T otal

375

25

9375 rolls of geomembrane

Leachate Collection

5.1

Design

Single Slope Design that drains to the top of the PhaseI & PhaseII side for optimal leachate collection.
The drainage material will consist of geonet, covered by a geotextile to keep solids out of the geonet
Landfill will have a sump to collect the leachate, and a riser pipe to extract the leachate from the base of
the landfill.
The Leachate is stored on site, and then treated in the waste water treatment plant as industrial waste.
It will be monitored carefully to ensure that it is added in small enough quantities to not overwhelm the
system.

5.2

Leachate

1 ton of wate landfilled = 25L leachate

Year
Leachate Produced
1
5.3x105 L
2
1.1x106 L
3
1.6x106 L
4
2.1x106 L
5
2.7x106 L
6
3.2x106 L
7
3.7x106 L
8
4.2x106 L
9
4.8x106 L
10
5.3x106 L
11-40
5.3x106 L
Average
4.7x106 L

LFG Produced

Assuming a constant 21,226 tons/year inputs and a closure year of 2085.

Post-Closure Plan

The land will be used as a golf course. As a Florida tourist destination, there is almost always demand for
golf courses.