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
2nd 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 (A Zero Waste Event)
Thursday, August 3rd, 2023, 3 pm - 7 pm
Community Wellness Champion
High Acres is helping its employees and community members Get Home Safe Everyday. Watch the video below on CPR training awareness.
Fairport Canal Days
High Acres is a proud supporter and sponsor
At the Fairport Canal Days, over 100,000 attendees gather over the course of one weekend to enjoy a variety of food, drink, and craft vendors along with live music and other entertainment.
High Acres provides the garbage services for the event and is proud to support Canal Nights working towards Zero Waste event for the first time in Canal Days history.
All the food waste generated from Canal Nights was brought to High Acres for composting. WM is Always Working For A Sustainable Tomorrow and is happy to help get in front of the initiative.
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 Perinton and Macedon is 320.4 acres, which 234.1 acres have been constructed with 86.3 remaining to be constructed. The estimated remaining permitted site life has been calculated through approximately 2051. Photos and brief descriptions are provided below of Q2 2023 construction activities. Temporary odors may occur during trenching and construction activities that are necessary for project completion and future improvements. Currently bidding cell 15A for 2024 construction.
Cell 14 Changes
The Cell 14 perimeter landfill road realignment, excavation/utility flare relocation and construction continues, flare pad concrete has been poured, and the road is nearly to grade.
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.