1. Solid Waste in NH

Solid Waste in New
Hampshire
Tara Mae Albert, SWOT Coordinator
Solid Waste Management Bureau
Why is Solid Waste Regulated?
It’s the Law!

RSA 149-M is in
Title X
Statement of
Purpose
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Why is Solid Waste REALLY
Regulated?
Proper and Integrated

Management of SW Can…
Protect human health;
Preserve the natural environment;
and
Conserve precious and dwindling
natural resources.
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How is Solid Waste Regulated?
RSA 149-M Env-Sw 100 – 2000

(aka The Law) (aka Solid Waste Rules)
Solid Waste Facilities in NH
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Waste Management Hierarchy
Source Reduction
Most
Preferred
Recycling and Reuse
Composting
Waste-to-Energy
Incineration
Least (no recovery)
Preferred
Landfilling
Waste Reduction Goal: 40% by

2000 RSA 149-M:2
Concern about environmental and economic

issues pertaining to solid waste in landfills and
incinerators
Reserve landfill and incinerator capacity for solid
wastes that cannot be reduced, reused, recycled
or composted
Achieve weight diversion through source
reduction, recycling, reuse, and composting, or
any combination of such methods
Discourage use of landfills or incinerators for
recyclable materials
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Current SW Permits in NH
• 15 Lined (7 Active)
Landfills • Over 350 Unlined (1 Active)
Least
Preferred
Incineration • 1 Operating (In permitting process)
(no recovery) • 9 Non-Operating
Incineration • 1 Operating
(Waste-to-Energy) • 1 Non-Operating
• 5 Operating
Composting • 10 Non-Operating
Recycling • Municipal TS, Scrap Metal, Asbestos, Single

and Reuse Source Recyclers, etc. (242 Operating)
Most
Preferred
Source • Source Reduction means there is no facility
Reduction necessary
Six of the Active

Lined Landfills
North Country
Environmental Services
Lower Mt. Washington
Valley
Lebanon Regional Solid
Waste Facility
TLR-III Refuse Disposal
Facility
Four Hills
Mt. Carberry
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How Much Waste We Generate
(Per EPA 2017)
4.5 pounds per person per day

(Equals)
1,642.5 lbs per person per year
(Equals)
0.82 tons per person per year
Multiply that with the population of NH: 1.35 Million
1,107,000 Tons of MSW generated per year in NH
And that’s just MSW! Some estimate that, as a state, we each

generate one ton of waste every year…1.35 M tons!
Total MSW Generation (per EPA 2017)

267.8 Million Tons (before recycling)
Other
Food Paper
4%
15% 25%
Yard
Trimmings
13%
Glass
4%
Wood
7%
Metals
Rubber, Plastics 9%
Leather & 13%
Textiles
10%
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Management of MSW
(NH values per 2017 AFRs)
Export
5%
Recycle
27%
Landfill
57%
Waste-to-
Energy
Total NH Solid Waste is 1.6 Million Tons 11%
(excludes imports)
***Approximate values.
Estimated Disposal Imports

to NH
(per 2017 AFRs)
1,104,560.32 Tons
…approximately half of the waste

disposed of in NH is from out of
state.
***Approximate values.
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National Recycling Rates of Selected
Products (EPA 2017)
99.1
100
88.4
Recycling Rate (Percent)
80
70.9
60
49.2
39.9
40 35.9 33.9
31.2 29.1
20
0
Lead-Acid Corregated Steel Cans Aluminum Tires Selected Glass HDPE (White PET Bottles
Batteries Boxes Beer & Soda Consumer Containers Translucent and Jars
Cans Electronics Bottles)
The Business of Solid Waste in NH
5,000 employees (public and private)

$290 million a year
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Out with the Why and in with the
What?
Defining Solid Waste
What is Solid Waste?

Putrescible material
Refuse
Residue from an air
pollution control
facility
Other discarded or “Putrescible” - liable to
abandoned material become rotten or foul
It also includes solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous

material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and
agricultural operations, and from community activities.
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Examples
Recyclable materials
Asphalt shingles
Municipal Solid Waste
Household Garbage
Bulky waste
Electronic waste
Propane tanks
Construction & Demolition
Debris
What is NOT Solid Waste?

Hazardous waste
Solid or dissolved materials in irrigation
return flows
Cut or uprooted tree stumps buried on-site
Municipal and industrial
discharges
Nuclear and nuclear
by-product waste
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What is NOT Solid Waste?
Septage or sludge
Yard waste
Certified Waste-Derived Products
Bodies of dead persons
When does a Solid Waste Stop

Being a Solid Waste?
Products that are made from “waste”
Items are certified either
By Rule or;
Through an application process
For example, your

binders today are made
from recycled materials.
They were once a solid
waste!
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Why is Solid Waste Regulated?

It’s the Law!

Proper and Integrated

RSA 149-M Env-Sw 100 – 2000

Solid Waste Facilities in NH

Recycling and Reuse

Waste Reduction Goal: 40% by

Concern about environmental and economic

Recycling • Municipal TS, Scrap Metal, Asbestos, Single

Six of the Active

4.5 pounds per person per day

And that’s just MSW! Some estimate that, as a state, we each

Total MSW Generation (per EPA 2017)

Estimated Disposal Imports

…approximately half of the waste

The Business of Solid Waste in NH

5,000 employees (public and private)

What is Solid Waste?

It also includes solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous

What is NOT Solid Waste?

When does a Solid Waste Stop

For example, your

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