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On July 15, 2014, Staff provided a brief update to the SWDD Board on the master plan timeline and received approval to make presentations to the five municipalities in Indian River County. Accordingly, a presentation was made to the municipalities as follows: • City of Fellsmere on August 21, 2014; • City of Sebastian on August 27, 2014; • Town of Indian River Shores on August 29, 2014;. • City of Vero Beach on September 2, 2014; and • Town of Orchid on September 4, 2014. ANALYSIS: Since the first Solid Waste Master Plan in 1985, the SWDD Board has updated and approved a plan to manage the present and future solid waste needs within Indian River County. The proper management consists of balancing the elements of generation, collection, diversion and disposal in a fiscally responsible manner while preserving and protecting the public health and environment. The scope of work for the 2014 SWMP included evaluating the useful life of the existing landfill, incorporating new requirements or goals imposed on the system due to legislative requirements and the IRC Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan), and performing a financial evaluation of the system to include both a short-term (operations/collection expenses vs. revenues) and Tong -term Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The 2014 SWMP recommends a phased approach to achieve higher recycling rates, extend the life of the landfill and provide higher level of services while keeping cost increases to a minimum. LANDFILL CAPACITY AND USEFUL LIFE: In the 2007 SWMP, based on the separate disposal of Class 1 waste and Construction & Demolition (C&D) debris, the projected capacity of the overall landfill was approximately 13.5 million cubic yards (CY) with a useful life projection through the year 2036. Based on the projected disposal rate and the current co -disposal operation of mixing Class 1 waste and C&D debris, the capacity of the overall landfill is approximately 13.4 million CY with a useful life projection through the year 2058. The mixing of the two materials has increased the compaction density and maximized the available space whereby extending the useful life of the landfill. The current projections are based on a per capita landfill capacity utilization rate of 1.28 CY for the Class 1 material and 0.42 CY for the C&D debris assuming the recycling rate remaining at the current 37%. In order to better understand what is going into our landfill and how to divert more material, a Waste Composition Study (WCS) was performed at the landfill in 2014. Comparing this to the previous WCS performed at the landfill in 2000, we have seen a decrease in the use of newspapers and an increase in electronics/plastic components. The WCS calculated the percentage by weight of materials found in residential and commercial solid waste delivered to the County's landfill for disposal. Overall, the WCS showed that our waste is composed of 46.5% of recyclables materials, 24.2% of compostable materials and 29.3% of all other wastes. The astonishing part is that the 46.5% of recyclable materials can be diverted from the landfill now through our existing program but unfortunately it is not being utilized to its full potential by our residents. There are opportunities for SWDD Agenda - Request to Adopt the 2014 Solid Waste Master Plan Page 2 of 6 152