Solid waste services began for the NTMWD in 1980 when the NTMWD assumed operation of Richardson’s Lookout Drive Transfer Station and Brumit Landfill. The Brumit Landfill closed in 1982 and has now become Breckinridge Park. The NTMWD has since met the solid waste disposal needs of its five Solid Waste Member Cities and Collin County through development and subsequent closure of the Maxwell Creek and McKinney Landfills. The NTMWD 121 Regional Disposal Facility (121 RDF) utilized today is anticipated to meet the solid waste needs of the region for the next 40 years and is a component of the North Central Texas Council of Governments Solid Waste Master Plan. The NTMWD owns and operates the 121 RDF utilized by the Solid Waste Member Cities, Collin County, and haulers of collection waste in the vicinity of Collin County. The Solid Waste Member Cities are comprised of the cities of Allen, Frisco, McKinney, Plano, and Richardson.

To bridge the regional service, the NTMWD operates three transfer stations that serve as collection sites for commercial and household municipal solid waste collected within the service area of the Solid Waste Member Cities. At each of the transfer stations, the municipal solid waste is loaded into transfer trucks for transport by the NTMWD to the 121 RDF for safe and proper disposal.

During the 2007-08 Operations Year (October 2007-September 2008), the NTMWD safely disposed of nearly 817,000 tons of commercial and municipal solid waste. The NTMWD Solid Waste Member Cities accounted for 79 percent of the tonnage disposed; outside customers, including private haulers, contributed the remaining 21 percent.

Construction in the Solid Waste System totaled over $7.9 million, including expansion at the Custer Road Transfer Station, a new 121 RDF Citizen’s Convenience Center, a new 121 RDF Compost Facility, and a concrete foundation extension at the 121 RDF Fleet Maintenance Building.

As a benefit to citizens of the NTMWD Solid Waste Member Cities, a Citizen’s Convenience Center is located at each of the three transfer stations and at the 121 RDF providing residents with a site for disposal of household materials twice monthly, free of charge, with proof of residency and a current city issued utility bill. To encourage recycling and for protection of water sources, the NTMWD provides a collection site for used motor oil and used oil filters.

The NTMWD, and its Solid Waste Member Cities and Customers encourage recycling efforts and waste reduction activities that will prolong the life of the 121 RDF and to further protect the environment.

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