Landfill: Page 56
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The end of trash trains at Kentucky's Big Run Landfill results in layoffs
Under an agreement prompted by two years of residents' complaints of odors, the dump will now only take in local garbage.
By Arlene Karidis • April 21, 2016 -
UPDATE: EPA discusses alternatives to capping West Lake Landfill
While the EPA intends to prevent radioactive contamination from spreading, there are debates regarding methodology.
By Arlene Karidis • April 20, 2016 -
Smart technologies, new approaches are extending the life of a North Carolina landfill
Winston-Salem is building a new $4.7 million cell, utilizing several filling methods, and installing a GPS landfill management system to track waste placement.
By Arlene Karidis • April 20, 2016 -
Fort Collins, CO official: Landfill bans alone do not guarantee recycling
If a city is to implement a landfill ban on a certain material, it will also need to implement public education and enforcement in order to see success.
By Kristin Musulin • April 19, 2016 -
Advanced Disposal takes Republic to court over smelly Michigan landfill
Russ Knocke, a spokesman for the Republic division Allied/BFI, denied its gas collection system at the Arbor Hills Landfill is responsible for odors.
By Arlene Karidis • April 14, 2016 -
South Texas ranch granted draft permit to host one of state's busiest landfills
The proposed Pescadito Environmental Resource Center would accept 1 million to 2 million tons of municipal, community, commercial, and institutional waste a year.
By Arlene Karidis • April 13, 2016 -
San Juan, CA puts kink in county plan to continue importing trash
The city is holding out for a larger share of the county's revenues for the trash imported into Prima Deshecha Landfill.
By Arlene Karidis • April 12, 2016 -
Deep Dive
What are the 'real' numbers behind landfilled waste tonnage and landfill gas emissions?
As municipalities try to reach waste diversion goals, they may be mislead by a large discrepancy in tonnage statistics from EPA studies compared to other industry studies.
By Arlene Karidis • April 11, 2016 -
Ontario County shoots down Casella's request for variance on landfill expansion
The proposal to dig 5 feet rather than 10 would have saved Casella $1.8 million to be put toward other solid waste management plans.
By Arlene Karidis • April 11, 2016 -
Hawaii County approves $6M for lead cleanup at Kealakehe Metal Salvage site
The County reports that soil on the property where Kealakehe Metal Salvage ran was contaminated with lead concentrations above Hawaii’s environmental action levels.
By Arlene Karidis • April 11, 2016 -
Ohio squashes $100M recycling facility deal with Team Gemini
The plan was slated for completion in June, but there were concerns about the feasibility of the technology on a large scale.
By Arlene Karidis • April 8, 2016 -
Santa Cruz considers road to zero waste as last landfill cell opens
Today, 70% of the county’s trash never makes it to the dump, but is recycled, which has been buying the municipality time.
By Arlene Karidis • April 7, 2016 -
Deep Dive
SWANApalooza: 3 industry leaders go head-to-head with opinions on landfill bans
To ban, or not to ban? That is the question surrounding organics at the landfill.
By Kristin Musulin • April 6, 2016 -
The keys to leachate treatment (and management) success
Leachate management typically eats through about 30% of the landfill operation budget, largely due to tight controls to safely manage it.
By Arlene Karidis • April 6, 2016 -
EPA forces New York DEC to clamp down on CWM Chemical Services for leachate runoff
Gary A. Abraham, an attorney for the local governments, does not believe CWM can meet the forthcoming tougher standards.
By Arlene Karidis • April 4, 2016 -
Report: Only 8% of waste at Ontario County Landfill in 2015 was from home county
The other 92% of the mixed municipal solid waste came from 26 counties across New York, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.
By Arlene Karidis • April 4, 2016 -
Orange County, CA launches $60M gas-to-energy site at Irvine's Bowerman Landfill
The long-awaited facility will be able to generate 160,000 megawatt-hours a year from methane gas.
By Arlene Karidis • April 1, 2016 -
Alabama landfill to now accept industrial, C&D waste from 3 bordering states
The motivation behind the approval was to expand services for a more financially viable landfill.
By Kristin Musulin • March 31, 2016 -
Michigan landfill using septic waste to accelerate decomposition, create renewable energy
While the approach has shown promising results, the public has expressed reservations, mainly tied to odors and health concerns.
By Arlene Karidis • March 30, 2016 -
Louisville, KY invests $350K for a 10-year solid waste management plan
The municipality is calling in multiple stakeholders to help shape the plan aimed to help the region meet its 90% diversion goal by 2042.
By Arlene Karidis • March 29, 2016 -
Rising landfill temperatures across country spark speculation among officials
Some researchers believe elevated temperatures are being caused by air intrusion during gas collections, as well as poor cover maintenance.
By Arlene Karidis • March 28, 2016 -
L.A. County official suspects potential expansion at Scholl Canyon landfill, sparking controversy
Despite skepticism around planned activity at the landfill, Glendale spokesman Tom Lorenz has ensured that the city does not have plans to expand.
By Arlene Karidis • March 24, 2016 -
Two near-capacity Pennsylvania landfills consider major expansions while residents protest
Landfill operators at both Chrin Landfill and Keystone Sanitary Landfill have said if they cannot grow, they will run out of space by 2019.
By Arlene Karidis • March 24, 2016 -
US Rep. Hank Johnson introduces coal ash bill following landfill leaks, spills
The Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act would enforce tougher coal ash dust prevention measures; implement better groundwater monitoring; and prohibit coal ash residuals within five feet of groundwater.
By Arlene Karidis • March 23, 2016 -
Montgomery County Planning Commission
West Virginia reverses landfill ban on televisions, other electronics
The ban had unintended consequences, namely taxing authorities who kept reaching into their pockets to compensate for the accumulating loads of e-waste.
By Arlene Karidis • March 22, 2016
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