Landfill Management

Landfilling as the Cornerstone of an Integrated Waste System

Philip O'Leary & Patrick Walsh

This course should provide landfill owners, managers, operators, consultants, regulatory agency specialists and others interested in the solid waste industry...

U.S. Solid Waste Industry, The: How Big is It?

Edward W. Repa

Measuring the size of the U.S. solid waste industry has never been as easy as stepping on a scale or whipping out a ruler until now. In the past, the...

Pushing the Envelope

By Lynn Merrill

Moving, spreading and covering trash expediently can make the difference between a well-managed landfill and one that struggles. With each charge into...

LANDFILL: A Web of LFG Project Funding Ideas

Sarah Nichols

Landfill gas (LFG) utilization projects don't grow on trees, and neither does money. To help LFG projects find money, the U.S. Environmental Protection...

Subtitle D: Compacting the Years

John T. Aquino

As parents know, the first 10 years can seem like a long time as a child matures. A youngster itself, Subtitle D celebrated its 10th birthday this year....

LANDFILL: There's Gas in Them Thar Hills

Sarah Nichols

Situated on the Blue Ridge Mountains, the studio of glassblower John Geci is just part of a complex of craft workshops and greenhouses used for artistry,...

Troubleshooting a Leachate Leak

By Edwin R. Slattery

Every plumber knows that finding a leak in an old, leaky faucet might mean that the entire plumbing system needs to be fixed. This unpleasant surprise...

LANDFILL: Washington Landfill Is No Longer for the Birds

Kim A. O'Connell

From the scarecrow in Mr. McGregor's garden, to the crack of noisemakers near airports, many have attempted to deter birds from places they don't belong....

LANDFILL: Landfill Rides on a Performance-Based Contract

Deb Bush and Attilio Corbo

When teaching a tyke to ride a bike, you eventually must let go and allow the child to pedal. In many ways that's what the Pinellas County Utilities Department...

Landfill Unwillingly Declared National Landmark

Fresno, Calif. -- U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton has named the Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill a national historic landmark. Fresno officials...

Landfill Gas Helps Chicago Go "Green"

Kim A. O'Connell

This year, companies that convert landfill gas (LFG) to energy may have a new end user the city of Chicago. In June, the city signed an agreement to make...

Putting on the Pounds

By Lynn Merrill

Landfill compactors maximize density using a combination of weight and physical manipulation to crush down trash into the thinnest possible layer. The...

A Special Report: Good Wood Gone Bad

By Patricia-Anne Tom

Solid waste managers take in the world's undesirables every day, but in doing so, a potential bomb chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood is waiting...

LANDFILL: Old Landfill Suits County Needs to a Tee

Kim A. O'Connell

For years, Atlanta's Fulton County has struggled to deal with the defunct Morgan Falls Landfill, which costs the county more than $200,000 in annual maintenance...

Sorry, Landfill Closed

By Kim A. O'Connell

What's happening to landfills in their afterlife....

Landfill Gas Part of President's Tax Cut

Washington, D.C. Included as part of President Bush's $1.35 trillion, 10-year tax cut are the extension of tax credits for electricity produced from...

Leachate Flow Control

By John A. Banks and David H. Penoyer

One Florida landfill was studied using computer simulation to help determine the appropriate design for a bioreactor's leachate collection and removal system.

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