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Enforcement
Madison County Planning and Development provides annual inspections of IEPA permitted facilities as well as responding to citizens complaints of open dumping, open burning and water pollution issues. This is done in conjunction with a delegation agreement between Madison County and the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. |
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This photograph is an open dump generated by a waste hauler on an adjacent piece of property from their operating yard. Most of the material is compost bags along with some large waste items. |
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What if I discover Open Dumping on my property?
If open dumping is found on your property, you should contact you local law enforcement or Madison County Planning and Development 618-692-7040 ext 4468. |
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This picture shows a typical open dump in Madison County. Most of the waste pictured was from an old farm dump site and from fly dumpers. |
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Permited Facilities
Madison County has 22 permitted solid waste facilities. These facilities include open landfill's, closed landfills, waste transfer stations, landscape waste transfer stations, construction demolition debris transfer stations, and industrial landfills. These facilities are inspected regularly to ensure compliance with their operational permit and the Illinois Environmental Protection Act. In addition to landfills, Madison County has several waste and compost transfer stations located through the county. |
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| Roxana Landfill Authority Landfill – Municipal waste hauler disposing of waste in the active area of the landfill. |
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| Roxana Landfill Authority Landfill – Large tipper, with waste from waste transfer stations in the St. Louis metro area. |
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| Roxana Landfill Authority Landfill – Picture of the landfill active area. |
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For More Information
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Open Dumps
Madison County annually inspects approx 100-150 complaints of open dumping. Abandoned piles of household garbage, yard waste, appliances, old barrels, demolition debris such as lumber shingles pipes and asbestos and tires can threaten the health of everything in the environment. Know as open dumps, these sites can be found through Illinois. Typically, they are found the empty lots, creeks and ravens along roadsides. If allowed to remain, open dumps ten to grown larger and attract additional dumping of solid waste and sometimes hazardous waste. |
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| This photograph is of an un-permitted landfill, which covers approximately 5 acres, this site is under remediation by the property owner. |
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This photograph is of a typical tire dumpsite, shown is approx 500 tires. |
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What is CleanFill?
Landfills' accept both clean fill and general construction and demolition debris. It is illegal to open dump either clean or general construction or demolition debris. Clean Construction or demolition debris is defined as uncontaminated broken concrete without protruding metal bars, bricks, rock, stone, reclaimed asphalt pavement, or dirt or sand generated from construction or demolition activities.
Clean construction and demolition debris can be recycled, buried below grade provided it is outside of a groundwater well setback zone or disposed of in a landfill. If the material is recycled, make sure the recycler is a bona fide recycler; otherwise, the generator, hauler and property owner where the material is placed may be subject to substantial penalties. If buried below grade outside of a ground water setback zone, the construction and demolition debris must be covered with sufficient uncontaminated soil to support vegetation within 30day's of the completion of the burial. Broken concrete without protruding metal bars may be used for erosion control.
If you choose to recycle construction or demolition debris, make sure the material is take only to a recycling facility in compliance with the Environmental Protection Act and regulations; otherwise the persons responsible for the generation, hauling and property where the material is disposed of may be subject to substantial penalties.
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Open Burning and Burning Barrels
Burning of waste on the ground or using, a burn barrel is illegal. Most communities have prohibitions of open burning of landscape waste. State law allows burning of landscape waste which was generated on the property and providing the burning does not take place in a "restricted area" which is defined as: any village, city or incorporated township plus a zone extending one mile beyond the boundaries where there is a population over 1,000 people. |
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| This picture shows an illegal burning of waste at an open dumpsite. |
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