Arrowhead Landfill Acceptable Waste Streams
Acceptable Waste:
Household Waste, Commercial Waste, Industrial Waste, Construction and Demolition Debris, Large Dead Animals and Highly Putrescible Waste
Special Waste: (Disposal of these wastes are subject to Hazardous/Solid Waste determination by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.)
Adbestos Waste, Foundry Waste, Petroleum Contaminated Waste, Municipal Solid Waste Ash, and Friable Asbestos
Waste Requiring Approval: (Disposal of these wastes require Alabama Department of Environmental Management approval prior to waste acceptance in the landfill.)
Septic Tank Pumpings and Sewage Sludge
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Definitions of Acceptable Waste
Household Waste: Any solid waste including garbage and trash derived from households including, but not limited to, single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, parks, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation areas.
Commercial Waste: All types of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other nonmanufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial wastes.
Industrial Waste: Solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes that is not a hazardous waste regulated under Subtitle C of RCRA. Such waste may include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following manufacturing processes: Electric power generation; fertilizer/agricultural chemicals; food and related products/by-products; inorganic chemicals; iron and steel manufacturing; leather and leather products; nonferrous metals manufacturing/foundries; organic chemicals; plastics and resins manufacturing; pulp and paper industry; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone, glass, clay, and concrete products; textile manufacturing; transportation equipment and wastewater treatment. This term does not include fly ash waste, bottom ash waste, boiler slag waste, or flue gas emission control waste which, result from the combustion of coal or other fossil fuels at electric or steam generating plants. Additionally, this term doesn’t include mining waste or oil and gas wastes, or conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste as defined in Rule 335-14-2-.01(5). Uncontaminated concrete, soil, brick, rock, waste asphalt paving, ash resulting from the combustion of untreated wood, and similar materials are excluded from this definition.
Construction and Demolition Debris: Waste building materials, packaging, and rubble resulting from construction, remodeling, repair, or demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings, and other structures. Such wastes include, but are not limited to, masonry materials, sheet rock, roofing waste, insulation (not including asbestos), scrap metal, and wood products. Uncontaminated concrete, soil, brick, waste asphalt paving, ash resulting from the combustion of untreated wood, rock, and similar materials are excluded from this definition.
Foundry Waste: Waste, including but not limited to, slag, sand, baghouse dust, etc. generated from foundry smelting and metal casting processes.
Petroleum Contaminated Waste: Any material, including but not limited to soil, debris, absorbent pads/booms, oil dry, etc., that has been exposed to petroleum products in such a manner that the petroleum product can be detected by a total petroleum hydrocarbon (TPH) analysis using Standard Method 503 D & E, EPA Methods 9071 or 418.1 Infra Red, and that analysis exceeds 100 ppm TPH.