Please join us as we host an informational and educational open house for our friends and neighbors. Highlights of the event are a landfill tour by bus, kid-friendly games, WM trucks and equipment on display, food and prizes. The event provides insight into how High Acres Landfill and Recycling Center operates from construction and design to renewable energy production and organics composting. At the information booths, attendees can chat with all the entities that work in conjunction with the landfill including engineers, contractors, consultants, regulators, vendors and elected officials. We hope to see you there! This event is free and open to the public.
High Acres Landfill & Recycling Center Construction & Operational Update
1st Quarter 2023
Site Information
The High Acres Landfill began in 1971 and joined WM in 1972. The facility provides environmentally responsible solid waste management to the region. Located on approximately 1,500 acres, the facility offers many amenities. The permitted landfill consists of around 320 acres.
The team at High Acres Landfill provides this Construction & Operational Update summarizing the key enhancements that have occurred on-site through the first quarter of 2023. Going forward, WM will provide similar updates on a quarterly basis to the community. Key aspects of the updates will include community benefits, site construction activities, environmental performance and compliance and site monitoring activities.
Landfill Facts
Total Property: 1,500+ acres
Design Capacity: 3,500 tons per day
Closed Landfill: 72 acres
Western Expansion: 68.1 acres
Parkway Expansion Phase I: 20.1 acres
Parkway Expansion Phase II: 58 acres
Parkway Expansion Phase III: ~150 acres
Site Life: 2051
High Acres Open House
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023, 3 pm - 7 pm
Seneca Park Zoo Society
Environmental Innovation Award Recipient for Large Business
The Seneca Park Zoo Society’s Environmental Innovation Awards honor local and regional innovators working to create solutions to current environmental issues. This award celebrates leadership in environmental stewardship and brings together people seeking sustainable solutions and working for a greener tomorrow.
The team at High Acres is proud to receive this award and is committed to continuously evolving to become so much more than a waste management company. In addition to waste collection and disposal, were committed to sustainability investments and goals that focus on recycling, organics and renewable energy as well as educating others to act more sustainably; by doing this we go from solely a service provider to a true sustainability partner.
Our High Acres Nature Area which is a nature and recreational conservation site dedicated to wildlife and environmental research is just one example of our commitment to positively impacting the environment and the communities we serve. Sustainability is in the spotlight as never before, and our team is responding by incorporating sustainability into everything we do because we are always working for a sustainable tomorrow.
Site Construction Activities
Landfill construction and operation at High Acres are governed by the Facility’s New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) 6NYCRR Part 360 Permit, dated July 9, 2013. The NYSDEC approved landfill footprint in both the Towns of Perinton and Macedon is 360 acres, which 266 acres have been constructed with 94 remaining to be constructed. The Facility’s estimated remaining permitted site life has been calculated through approximately 2051. Photos and brief descriptions are provided below of ongoing 2022 construction activities.
New Flare Pad
Engineered filing for the new flare pad.
Road Realignment
Cell 14 perimeter landfill road realignment/excavation/utility flare relocation. Excavation continues and structural fill is being placed.
Summary
WM employs state-of-the-art odor control measures for the industry at the landfill, including more recent measures implemented and described in this update. We remain vigilant in our evaluation and implementation of best management practices and technology to enhance operations. WM continues its commitment to the Department and the community by continuing to conduct continuous ambient monitoring for hydrogen sulfide (H2S) at the South and North Monitoring Station and the Dudley/Northside School. The gas collection/control systems also continue to operate at high levels of efficiency this quarter. The data supports that landfill gas is being collected and not migrating off-site and that there is no indication that emissions pose any health concerns. The site’s gas collection and control system, operating records, odor control programs, off-site H2S monitoring data, enhanced quarterly surface scans, DEC notification hotline and follow-up data from a trained odor detection investigator, and DEC inspection reports, all indicate the landfill is operating in a manner that minimizes off-site odors to the greatest extent practicable.