Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:30:05 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Chatham County Landfill – WARNINGS ABOUT MISINFORMATION
WARNINGS ABOUT MISINFORMATION!
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The message posted by Preserve Chatham County on December 27, 2010 is spreading misinformation.
Educate yourselves about the plans for the Chatham County Landfill and then please go to the meetings.
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SOME FACTS FROM THE SAME SOURCE CITED BY PRESERVE CHATHAM COUNTY:
1. Chatham County does NOT generate less than 50 tons of trash per day (TPD) (approx. 18,000 tons per year). (The unincorporated, “rural” regions of Chatham County generate nearly this amount of waste, without including the waste generated by the municipalities — such as Pittsboro, Siler City, etc. — and business waste.
2. Chatham County generated over 100 tons per day (TPD) (approx. 42,000 tons per year) in 2008.
3. Chatham County is projected to generate about 200 tons per day (TPD) (approx. 73,000 tons per year) by 2025 and over 300 tons per day (TPD) (approx. 123,000 tons per year in 2050)
4. I can’t find any information saying that the county has decided how big the landfill will be yet. (despite Preserve Chatham County saying that the county is “rapidly moving forward with deciding on a location for a Regional landfill – that’s 500 tons of trash/day!”)
5. The feasibility study did NOT “[propose] a 500-ton per day landfill as the minimum needed to be economically viable.” Instead, the study evaluated a number of possibilities, including the “do-nothing” option (called Option 1).
6. The feasibility study also evaluated alternatives to a landfill such as waste incineration, waste handling, and waste conversion. The study says that to take advantage of these alternatives a landfill would still need to be built, and many of the possible options would require much more trash to be shipped in to be feasible, and many of the possible options would likely reduce our air quality.
To see these facts for yourself go to:
http://www.chathamnc.org/Index.aspx?page=1268
And click of the link for “Feasibility Study, March 2009”
(http://chathamnc.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=8905)
OR
http://chathamnc.org/Index.aspx?page=1402
And click of the link for “2009 Solid Waste Feasibility Study”
(http://chathamnc.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=8905)
*These facts are found on pages 1 and 2, and in figure 1 “Population and Waste Disposed vs. Time in the BACKGROUND section.
*More facts can be found on pages 2 and 3, in the EVALUATION OF LANDFILL ALTERNATIVES section
*Yet More facts can be found on pages 15 and 16 in the CONCLUSIONS section.