Chesser Island Road Landfill

About our facility

The Chesser Island Road Landfill serves residential, municipal, industrial and commercial customers in Florida
and Georgia. The landfill is a Subtitle D non-hazardous waste facility that is permitted to accept special,
residential, commercial and agricultural waste, as well as construction and demolition debris, CERCLA waste
and non-hazardous liquid waste for solidification. It has no daily volume cap, which affords the landfill to adjust
quickly to market conditions and changing customer needs. A total of 20 people are employed at the facility,
which is owned by Waste Management, North America’s leading provider of waste and environmental services.
All employees are trained annually to stay in compliance with U.S. Occupational Safety and Health
Administration requirements as well as environmental regulations. Over the years the landfill has had an
excellent safety and environmental record. Chesser Island Road Landfill is also certified by the Wildlife Habitat
Council.

Site Facts
• Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday:
6:00 am – 5:00 pm
Saturday: 7 am - noon
• Property Size:
831 acres

Location:
367 Chesser Island Landfill Road
Folkston, Georgia 31537

Telephone: (912)
496-7918 (912) 496-
1132 - fax

District Manager:
Morris Purvis

Special Waste Contact:

(912) 496-7918

An aerial view of the Chesser Island Road Landfill. The facility provides waste disposal services
for residential, municipal, industrial and commercial customers in Georgia and Florida.

The Chesser Island Road Landfill site totals 831 acres of contiguous land, and currently has a 237-acre “footprint” where
waste is being deposited. A 14-acre portion of the landfill has been certified closed and has a final cap system in place.

Environmental protection
Both Waste Management and Chesser Island Road Landfill are committed to the highest standards of environmental
responsibility. Our landfill has always utilized the most rigorous environmental protection standards to protect surface
water, groundwater, air quality and environmental conditions.

Surface and groundwater protection

The Chesser Island Road Landfill uses a liner system to protect groundwater and to collect liquids called “leachate,” which is
created by rainfall or other liquids percolating through the waste. The liner system (from bottom to top) consists of a 24-inch
layer of compacted clay, a “geosynthetic” (or manufactured) clay liner, a 60-mil high-density polyethylene (HDPE) liner, and a
leachate collection zone. The leachate collection zone, which is comprised of a 24-inch layer of sand and a series of collection
pipes, conveys the flow of leachate over the liner so it can be efficiently removed from the landfill. The leachate is drained to
collection sumps where automated pumps remove the leachate and transport it to an above-ground holding tank. It is then
piped to an on-site pug mill, which is a pecialized mixing machine, where it is combined with fly ash for solidification.
 Anatomy of
Chesser Island Road Landfill
Cover Vegetation

Top Soil

Protective Cover Soil

Drainage Layer

This storm water retention pond at Chesser Island Road Landfill was constructed Geomembrane
to collect and control surface water runoff from the landfill.
Compacted Clay
Waste Management ensures groundwater protection by sampling and analyzing
groundwater from wells around the landfill site. The landfill has also constructed three
storm water retention ponds to collect and contro surface water run-off from the Daily Cover
landfill; these ponds are monitored continually.

Air quality Waste

The normal decomposition of waste inside a landfill
generates landfill gas, which is a greenhouse gas.
Waste Management uses the most advanced gas
monitoring equipment to ensure landfill gas emissions
do not exceed EPA regulations. The Chesser Island
Road Landfill collects the gas through a network of gas
extraction wells; the collected gas is piped to a flare Protective/Drainage
for destruction. Layer

Special Waste Leachate Collection

Pipe System
Special Waste is generated from most industrial and
Non-woven
manufacturing processes, industrial site clean-ups and Gas extraction wells like this Geotextile/Geonet
one collect landfill gas for
wastewater treatment plants. Examples include such destruction in a flare.
materials as industrial sludge, ash, asbestos and con- HDPE Liner/
taminated soil. Waste Management utilizes a Five Star Special Waste Program Geosynthetic
Clay Liner
to manage this type of waste at the Chesser Island Road Landfill. This program
involves five steps: Compacted Clay
1. Waste evaluation
2. Identification of disposal alternatives Prepared Subgrade
3. Documented acceptance at the landfill
Capillary Break
4. Efficient disposal operations
5. Ongoing site security and monitoring

The Five Star Special Waste Program was designed to protect the environment while providing the
most efficient and effective disposal alternative for special waste.

Call us!
The Chesser Island Road Landfill is meeting local and regional waste disposal needs in an efficient, effective and
environmentally responsible manner. We’re proud to be a vital and growing part of this community, and we’re
grateful to our neighbors, local vendors and the Charlton County staff for their support and cooperation. In
addition to providing a vital service, we aim to continue helping to make this region a great place to live and grow.

We’re always interested in hearing from you, so if you’d like more information please call us anytime
at (912) 496-7918.

Printed on recycled paper.

www.wm.com