Eagle Valley Landfill

Eagle Valley Landfill provides safe and convenient disposal services for communities, businesses and industries throughout Orion Township and Oakland County. 

WM: Who We Are

As North America’s largest provider of sustainability and environmental solutions, we’ve enabled sustainability progress for businesses and cities across the country for decades. 

Now, our industry-leading sustainability vision will drive transformative impact for our customers and the communities where we live and work. Leveraging our infrastructure, world-class operations, and expertise, we’re focusing our strategy on three bold ambitions: materials are repurposed, energy is renewable, and communities are thriving. 

To achieve these ambitions: We’re evolving waste and recycling solutions to expand the reuse of materials, giving new life to things we no longer use, and lessening our collective footprint. We’re making landmark investments in innovative technologies that turn waste into new forms of energy, which can be used to power our trucks and your homes. We are empowering the communities where we live and work with knowledge and resources so they can thrive within clean, resilient environments. Together, we’re reinventing what’s possible.

About Eagle Valley

Site Overview

  • • Eagle Valley is a Type II solid waste disposal landfill and drop off recycling facility, first permitted in 1985.
  • • Located in Orion Township, Oakland County, Michigan, Eagle Valley is owned and operated by Waste Management of Michigan Inc., and regulated by the Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).
  • • WM has invested millions of dollars to develop Eagle Valley as a modern landfill with a state-of-the-art landfill gas collection and delivery system. This investment has allowed Eagle Valley to harness the renewable energy potential of solid waste and help power the local economy.
  • • Currently, the General Motors Orion Assembly plant uses Eagle Valley’s landfill gas to power a portion of the plant’s operations. Landfill gas from Eagle Valley and another local landfill helped General Motors virtually eliminate the burning of coal at the plant.
  • • In addition to serving as a source of energy to GM, WM also provides energy to DTE through a renewable energy plant that converts landfill gas into electricity. 

Community Collaborator

  • • Eagle Valley is an important community partner, contributing to the economy through local host fees, payroll, community donations, and real estate and property taxes.
  • • Eagle Valley has provided public information and environmental education to thousands of community members and area residents through on-site tours and off-site presentations in Oakland County. WM and its local employees have provided support to numerous local organizations including:
    • • Orion Art Center Dragon on the Lake
    • • Lake Orion Boo Bash
    • • Oakland County Green Schools
    • • Six Rivers Land Conservancy
    • • Leadership Oakland
    • • Orion Township Free Disposal Days

Environmental Features

Containment Design

Eagle Valley Landfill is constructed with an engineered liner and leachate collection system. The double composite liner system at Eagle Valley is a liner and leachate collection system comprised of re-compacted clay liner or geo-synthetic liner, followed by a 60-mil density polyethylene (HDPE) liner overlain by geo-synthetic secondary leachate collection system. This entire system is then repeated in a second layer to complete the double composite liner.

Leachate Collection and Treatment

Leachate is a combination of precipitation mixed with the liquid generated by waste as it decomposes. A majority of leachate is directly discharged to the local sewer system where it is treated at a publicly owned water treatment facility. 

Groundwater Monitoring

The site implements an Environmental Monitoring Program consisting of 27 groundwater monitoring wells, two surface water monitoring points, and 22 gas monitoring probes. All locations are monitored in accordance with EGLE-approved monitoring plans, and groundwater samples are analyzed by an independent third-party laboratory. Monitoring reports are submitted to EGLE for review.

Containment Design

Eagle Valley Landfill is constructed with an engineered liner and leachate collection system. The double composite liner system at Eagle Valley is a liner and leachate collection system comprised of re-compacted clay liner or geo-synthetic liner, followed by a 60-mil density polyethylene (HDPE) liner overlain by geo-synthetic secondary leachate collection system. This entire system is then repeated in a second layer to complete the double composite liner.

Leachate Collection and Treatment

Leachate is a combination of precipitation mixed with the liquid generated by waste as it decomposes. A majority of leachate is directly discharged to the local sewer system where it is treated at a publicly owned water treatment facility. 

Groundwater Monitoring

The site implements an Environmental Monitoring Program consisting of 27 groundwater monitoring wells, two surface water monitoring points, and 22 gas monitoring probes. All locations are monitored in accordance with EGLE-approved monitoring plans, and groundwater samples are analyzed by an independent third-party laboratory. Monitoring reports are submitted to EGLE for review.

Landfill Gas Management - Energy is Renewable

Eagle Valley is a modern landfill that uses a state-of-the-art landfill gas collection system. WM has invested millions of dollars in the local economy and Eagle Valley to capture the methane gas and harness its potential as a green energy source. Today, the green energy produced at Eagle Valley is equivalent to powering more than 3,200 homes. Statewide, the green energy generated at WM’s landfills could power more than 70,000 homes.

  • In 1999, Eagle Valley began piping landfill gas into the General Motors Orion Assembly Plant, where it helps power the plant’s operations. Landfill gas from Eagle Valley and another local landfill has allowed General Motors to eliminate the burning of coal at the plant, and saved the company several million dollars. 

  • In 2011, Eagle Valley began operating a Renewable Energy Plant.

  • As the nation and the State of Michigan look to utilize more renewable energy, landfills are finding new ways to harness the potential of landfill gas. The future for landfill gas-to-energy operations like those at Eagle Valley is bright. 

  • In 2008, WM partnered with Linde North America in California to create the world’s largest facility to convert landfill gas into clean vehicle fuel, liquefied natural gas. In the future, it’s possible this technology will be used at more and more landfills to create clean fuel and reduce dependence on oil.

Only WM

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Wildlife Habitat Council

WM has been a member of the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) since the 1980s, exemplifying their commitment to improving wildlife habitat through enriching existing and establishing new habitat on company land. 

The Wildlife Habitat Program at Eagle Valley provides important habitat for native wildlife as well as allowing employees and local community members to become engaged in outdoor education.

For more than 20 years, WM has collaborated with Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) to promote sustainability, wildlife preservation, biodiversity, and environmental education at the company’s WHC-certified sites. WM manages more than 13,500 acres of WHC-certified projects enterprise-wide.

At Eagle Valley Landfill, employees manage conservation projects focused on birds, landscaping, and wetlands, phragmites management, awareness, and community engagement. The conservation program at Eagle Valley Landfill has been WHC-certified since 2010. 

The Wildlife Habitat Program at Eagle Valley provides important habitat for native wildlife as well as allowing employees and local community members to become engaged in outdoor education.

For more than 20 years, WM has collaborated with Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) to promote sustainability, wildlife preservation, biodiversity, and environmental education at the company’s WHC-certified sites. WM manages more than 13,500 acres of WHC-certified projects enterprise-wide.

At Eagle Valley Landfill, employees manage conservation projects focused on birds, landscaping, and wetlands, phragmites management, awareness, and community engagement. The conservation program at Eagle Valley Landfill has been WHC-certified since 2010. 

Meet Dave Rogers, District Manager

Hear from District Manager, Dave Rogers, and learn more about Eagle Valley Landfill.

Address & Hours of Operation

Address
600 Silver Bell Road West
Orion, MI 48359

Hours of Operation
6:30 am - 5:00 pm
Monday - Friday

Closed
Saturday & Sunday