Landfill Management

The Waste Age 100

Waste Age presents its 15th annual list of the 100 largest solid waste firms...

Trash in the Tank

Stephen Ursery

Several Years Ago, Former Vice-President and award-winning environmentalist Al Gore appeared on Saturday Night Live and, in a skit based on the premise...

Compaction Action

Steven Averett, Managing Editor

When flattened piles mean high scores...

Kudos

By Alice Jacobsohn

Norman Aardema bought South Chicago Disposal with his brother in 1981, running four trucks...

Magazines

By Chaz Miller

Most magazines are printed on coated, ground wood paper, which is the same kind of paper used by newspapers...

Product Survey: Landfill Liners

Agru America, Georgetown, S.C., manufactures the Super Gripnet geomembrane liner with high-density polyethylene or linear low-density polyethylene for containment and drainage applications, such as landfi ll caps and landfi ll slopes...

Listen Up

By Kenneth Bleyer and Will Flower

Dr. Joyce brothers once wrote, “Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery...

Breaking Down Leachate

By Ed Repa

An EREF study looks at how various factors affect leachate quality in post-closure landfills...

My Friend Jerry

Bill Wolpin

If You Are A Fan of Waste Age, you can thank dozens of people, but resting comfortably at the top of the list is Jerry Schwartz. Jerry may have been publisher...

Cash for Trash

By Michael Fickes

Private equity firms are buying and selling waste companies, and earning big profits...

Payback Time

By Chris Carlson

Twelve Pennsylvania landfill operators are seeking a refund of nearly $4 million in overpaid solid waste tipping fees. In 2005, the companies won a ruling...

Tips of the Cap

Joe Hastreiter

Addressing erosion and waste stability in capping a rural landfill....

Scrap Tires

By Chaz Miller

Stockpiles of scrap tires have been reduced by 81 percent since 1990....

Crystalline Vision

Stephen Poniatowicz

Innovative landfill gas-to-energy project fuels production of art glass....

Waste to Wealth

By Victoria Ludwig and Joe Fanjoy

Award-winning landfills provide local and global benefits....

Honor Thy Neighbor

By Todd Watermolen

Imagine someone saying, My neighbor is a landfill and a nice addition to the community. Are you kidding? How can this be? Well, start with a few of your...

Now Entering Mich.

By Chris Carlson

State's landfill disposal and Canadian imports drop...

Steel Cans

By Chaz Miller

Plastic and aluminum containers have replaced steel in the waste stream...

PRODUCT SURVEY: ODOR CONTROL

CB&I Howe Baker CB&I Howe-Baker, Tyler, Texas, offers four models of Sonozaire Odor Neutralizers for use in a variety of applications, including garbage...

From Methane to Masonry

By Dana Wilson

Landfill gas helps power an Oklahoma fired clay brick factory...

Covering Their Tracks

By Lynn Merrill

Landfills turn to daily covers such as tarps and foams to conserve airspace...

Salisburied Steaks

By Chris Carlson

A massive recall of 143 million pounds of beef from the Chino, Calif.-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Company, the bulk of which was provided to federal...