County hears landfill update: 37-year life estimate, recycling up to 13.2%

Vince Jamieson, district manager of Middle Peninsula Landfill, and Brian Lewis, director of engineering services, briefed the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors on landfill operations and community impacts at the board’s work session. Jamieson said the site has roughly four decades of remaining capacity at current maximum tonnage.

The update matters because the landfill handles the county’s municipal solid waste, provides contract revenue to the county and supports local convenience centers; changes in tonnage, costs or environmental controls affect county budgets and residents living near the facility.

Jamieson told the board, “If we max out on tonnage every year going forward, there's still 37 years of life.” He said that figure assumes a maximum intake of about 660,000 tons per year and noted the facility accepts waste from Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and occasionally from New York and New Jersey.

Waste Management provided multi-year financial and tonnage data: contract revenue paid to Gloucester County totaled $541,932 in…