Scrap tire sustainability plan

This plan has been developed as a road map for giving consideration to all possible realistic solutions for improving scrap tire management in South Carolina and the region. The S.C. Scrap Tire Sustainability Plan has been developed by DHEC, in conjunction with a group of concerned stakeholders, to address issues such as: Increased management costs; Limited markets for recycled tires; Tire fee revenue has not kept pace with increased number of tires generated; Tire fee revenue has not kept pace with increased number of tires generated

Technical assistance

In May 2008, all existing landfill regulations [municipal solid waste (MSW), industrial, and construction and demolition debris (C&D)] were repealed and simultaneously replaced with a new regulation 61-107.19 that became effective May 23, 2008.This technical assistance sheet gives information on the post-closure permit conversion plan, what this means for facilities in post-closure and corrective action and the time line for permit conversions

A simplified multi-criteria evaluation model for landfill site ranking and selection based on AHP and GIS

This study used GIS based Multi-criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) approach for evaluating the most environmentally suitable landfill sites in the study area. The weights of relative importance of the factors guiding landfill siting were estimated using pair-wise comparisons in AHP. The maps showing suitable landfill sites were generated applying a weighted linear combination (WLC) in GIS using a comparison matrix to aggregate different significant scenarios associated with environmental and economic objectives. To determine the appropriate areas where landfill sites can be located, thematic maps for all the criteria were generated using GIS. A final map was produced showing suitability for the location of the landfill sites. The suitable sites having an area equal to or above 4 ha at one place and 90% of which is barren land were considered suitable for landfill. The selected candidate sites were ranked to get the most desirable sites for landfill