Address: 5500 Church Road, Felda, FL 33930
Hours of Operation:
- Monday - Friday 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Saturday 7 a.m. - noon
Please Note: Effective
October 4, 2023 there will be a nominal fee of $10 for safety vests purchased at the
Lee-Hendry Landfill. High-visibility safety vests must be worn at all times while at the disposal site. You may provide your own vest or purchase one at the facility.
Refusal to adhere to this policy will result in denial of entry to this facility.
The Lee/Hendry Landfill, located in adjoining Hendry County, accepts inert ash residue generated at the Waste-To-Energy facility as well as bypass refuse from the solid waste transfer station and residuals from the construction and demolition debris recycling facility.
The facility consists of a 38-acre Class I (MSW) disposal area, a 36-acre Ash Monofill and a 25-acre Class III (construction and demolition debris) area. The total acreage available for development for each area is 90 acres Class I, 36 acres Ash Monofill, and 128 acres for Class III material. The Class I and Ash Monofill landfills are double composite high-density polyethylene (HDPE) lined areas with leachate detection as well as leachate collection zones. Although not required under current regulations, the Class III area is lined with a single composite liner, although not required by regulations at the time of construction.
To support the disposal areas, three sets of leachate ponds collect and store leachate from the individual areas. Total storage capacity is approximately 9 million gallons.
The Class I and Ash Monofill disposal areas incorporate environmental safeguards in their design. These include detection layers between the liners that are monitored continuously, and monitoring wells around the site that are sampled semi-annually to test ground water quality. The Class III landfill is also part of the ground water monitoring network. A liquid waste material called leachate is generated within the landfill. Leachate is caused by the decomposition of the refuse and the percolation of rainwater through the waste material. Landfill practices minimize leachate production through effective daily and intermediate cover methodologies.
Designed to minimize environmental impact, great attention was given to landscaping, gas and water pollution control at the landfill. Operational procedures require covering refuse, which reduces the possibility of fire, odor and gas mitigation. No burning is allowed on site. Although there are no odor or gas issues and the facility operates below the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) threshold for gas collection and control system, Lee County has developed initial plans for landfill gas management in the event the landfill gas must be addressed in the future.
With the closure of the Gulf Coast Landfill, owned and operated by Waste Management of Florida Inc., in Fort Myers, Lee County has limited disposal area in the event of a natural disaster such as a hurricane, which is not uncommon for the Florida peninsula. Part of the design capacity considerations in constructing the Class III disposal area was to ensure the availability of disposal space in the event of a need for quick community debris management.