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- 1989 LEE COUNTY ADOPTED SOLID WASTE MASTER PLAN
- 1991 LEE AND HENDRY COUNTIES ADOPTED INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY IN LEE COUNTY AND LANDFILL IN HENDRY COUNTY
- 1993 TWO TRANSFER STATIONS BUILT IN HENDRY COUNTY AND STARTED TAKING HENDRY COUNTY WASTE
- 1992 STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF LEE COUNTY WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY
- 1994 RENEGOTIATED LANDFILL OPERATIONS CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT, AND EXTENDED GULF COAST LANDFILL LIFE
- 1994 COMPLETED WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY CONSTRUCTION
- 1995 ISSUED HENDRY LANDFILL BONDS
- 1997 COMPLETED PHASE I CONSTRUCTION AT HENDRY LANDFILL
- 1998/1999 HAD ZERO UNEXCUSED EMISSIONS FROM THE WASTE-TO-ENERGY FACILITY FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT YEAR
- 1999/2000 CONSTRUCTED AND BEGAN OPERATING THE NONFERROUS RECOVERY SYSTEM AT THE WASTE-TO- ENERGY FACILITY, RECYCLING AN ADDITIONAL 750 TONS PER YEAR THAT WAS FORMERLY LAND-FILLED
- 2000/2001 STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW RECOVERED MATERIALS FACILITY IN DECEMBER OF 2000 AND OPERATIONS OF SAME IN SEPTEMBER OF 2001. THIS FACILITY PROVIDES IMPROVED OPERATING EFFICIENCIES AND INCREASED CAPACITY
- 2001 RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR A 'DISCARDED ELECTRONICS COLLECTION AND RECYCLING' PROGRAM
- OCTOBER 2002 BEGAN OPERATIONS AT THE NEW LEE COUNTY LANDFILL
- FY2002/03 COMPLETED PERMITTING TASKS FOR THE W.T.E. EXPANSION PROJECT
- FY2002/03 PERMITTED AND BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEE COUNTY TRANSFER STATION
- 2003 CONSTRUCTED AND BEGAN OPERATIONS AT THE COUNTY'S NEW YARD WASTE PROCESSING SITE
- 2003 INITIATED DOCUMENT SHREDDING / RECYCLING SERVICE TO ENCOURAGE RECYCLING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS AND OFFICE PAPER
- JANUARY 2004 ESTABLISHED CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING CONTRACT SYSTEM FOR THE W.T.E. EXPANSION PROCESS
- JANUARY 2004 COMPLETED AND STARTED OPERATION OF A NEW CONFIDENTIAL PAPER SHRED FACILITY
- MARCH 2004 ESTABLISHED A CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND ADVISE ON THE ANTICIPATED 2005 SW FRANCHISE COLLECTION CONTRACTS
- JUNE 2004 ISSUED CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR LEACHATE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THE LEE/HENDRY LANDFILL
- MID JUNE 2004 STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE LEE/HENDRY LANDFILL EXPANSION PROJECT
- AUGUST 2004 HURRICANE CHARLEY. DISPOSAL TONNAGE OF YARD WASTE DEBRIS WAS UP 100,000 TONS FOR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OF 2004 COMPARED TO THESE MONTHS IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS DISPOSAL WAS UP OVER 100,000 TONS FOR AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2004 COMPARED TO THOSE MONTHS OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL WAS UP 15,000 TONS IN AUGUST OF 2004 COMPARED TO AUGUST OF 2003. THE MAJORITY OF IT CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE HURRICANE, GROWTH IN LEE COUNTY DEFINITELY HAD AN IMPACT TOO
- DECEMBER 2004 INITIAL 5 ACRE LEE/HENDRY LANDFILL EXPANSION PROJECT COMPLETED AND APPROVED FOR OPERATION.
- JANUARY 2005 RECEIVED BIDS FOR THE 2005 SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE COLLECTION CONTRACTS. CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED IN MARCH WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF OCTOBER 1, 2005
- FEBRUARY 2005 BEGAN IN HOUSE OPERATIONS OF ASH HAULING
- MID-SUMMER 2005 COMPLETED LAYDOWN AREA TO RECEIVE MATERIALS FOR THE WTE FACILITY EXPANSION PROJECT
- JULY 2005 BEGAN SELF SERVICE TRANSPORT OF MSW FROM THREE TRANSFER STATIONS
- AUGUST 2005 STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF THE 275 FT SMOKE STACK FOR THE WTE EXPANSION PROJECT
- SEPTEMBER 2005 FINISHED CONSTRUCTION OF THE REVERSE OSMOSIS LEACHATE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AT THE LEE/HENDRY LANDFILL AND COMMENCED INITIAL OPERATION
- OCTOBER 2005 START OF NEW FRANCHISE COLLECTION CONTRACTS
- OCTOBER 2005 20 ACRE LEE/HENDRY LANDFILL EXPANSION PROJECT COMPLETE AND UNDERGOING FINAL INSPECTION; MID-OCTOBER TO BE READY FOR WASTE DELIVERIES
- OCTOBER 2005 HURRICANE WILMA MADE LANDFALL. HURRICANE WILMA GENERATED ABOUT HALF THE TONS OF DEBRIS AS HURRICANE CHARLEY DID IN 2004.
- JANUARY 2006 BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF THE WASTE TO ENERGY EXPANSION PROJECT
- MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MATERIALS RECYCLING FACILITY BY ADDING A PAPER RECOVERY SYSTEM TO THE COMMINGLED RECYCLING LINE WHICH RECOVERS 150 LBS OF PAPER PER HOUR
- SUMMER 2007 RECEIVED INNOVATIVE RECYCLING GRANT FROM FDEP
- MID SUMMER 2007 WTE EXPANSION PROJECT SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE
- AUGUST 18, 2007 FIRST FIRE AT THE THIRD COMBUSTION UNIT
- SEPTEMBER 2007 BOARD APPROVED MANDATORY BUSINESS RECYCLING ORDINANCE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2008
- OCTOBER 27, 2007 BOCC DEDICATION CEREMONY OF THIRD COMBUSTION UNIT
- COLLECTED AND RECYCLED 1,000,000 LBS OF DISCARDED ELECTRONICS IN FY2007
- COMPLETED FIRST FIVE MILES OF CHURCH ROAD IN OCTOBER OF 2007
- COMPLETED REMAINDER OF CHURCH ROAD JANUARY 31, 2008
- FEBRUARY 2008 STARTED RENOVATION AT THE TOPAZ AVENUE FACILITY
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