Equipment Efficiency 

By Cheryl Dunson

To the landfill layman, dozers, loaders and scrapers look like an army of giant mechanical insects pushing and prodding waste into place while other members...

Paving the Way for New Liner Technology 

John J. Bowders and J. Erik Loehr University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, Mo.

New tests have shown that asphalt barriers may be an alternative to traditional Subtitle D landfill liners, according to a study by the University of...

Landfill Fuel Cell Project Begins Amid Energy Concerns 

Brook Raflo Assistant Editor

As traditional energy sources become more costly and face stricter regulations, Braintree Electric Light Department (BELD), Braintree, Mass., is investing...

Avoiding the Slippery Slope 

V.L. Wilson, W.D. Evans and T.D. Stark

Valuable lessons were learned in designing and constructing composite liner systems, leachate recirculation, surface water management and interim slope stability....

Golden Gas Projects 

Shelley Cohen

The EPA recognizes the best and the brightest landfill gas projects and people.Projects on the "cutting-edge," this year's four award-winners caught the...

Mapping Landfill Space NASA Style 

Kevin P. Corbley

Recognizing that air space is a landfill's most valuable asset, NASA, in 1997, funded a proposal under its Earth Observation Commercial Applications Program...

Lessons in LFGTE 

Joel Zylstra

When creating a landfill gas-to-energy project, there's always room for improvement.Similar to the game of basketball, developing a successful landfill...

Good Business Scents 

Lynn Merrill

Beyond good housekeeping, there are techniques to help control odors in containers and at facilities.Odors are as much a part of the waste industry as...

Growing a Landfill Cover 

Pat McGuire

When Ft. Carson, Colorado Springs, Colo., began considering options for a landfill cover, it wanted something that would protect the environment, human...

Fighting a Landfill Fire 

Tony Sperling

The cost of extinguishing a landfill fire only is exceeded by the potential damage to the surrounding community.

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3 Miles of Pipe Underground 

Shaunna J. Watterson and Thomas A. Shuput

Nothing more than a landfill for nearly 30 years, Berkeley's Cesar Chavez Park now has been safely converted into a haven for kite flyers, dog walkers...

Landfill Siting Case Reaches U.S. Supreme Court 

Brook Raflo

In a Supreme Court case pitting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers against local proponents of an Illinois landfill sited on seasonal ponds, both sides...

Investigating the Impact of NSPS Guidelines 

Thomas A. Bilgri and Anthony M. Pelletier

When National Source Performance Standards (NSPS) surface emissions monitoring (SEM) began in 1999, many landfill operators worried how the guidelines...

Landfill Managers' Sourcebook 

Patricia-Anne Tom

Waste Age helps landfill managers cut to the chase in its annual reference guide.Need to know the latest land-fill guidelines or how to install a landfill...

Landfill Gas Projects Reach Deep in the Heart of Texas 

Brook Raflo

By the end of 2001, Houston-based Reliant Energy will construct 12 landfill gas-powered electric generating facilities at Waste Management Inc.-owned...

Landfill Hits and Myths 

Chaz Miller

Landfills manage to inspire an extraordinary amount of passion as well as nonsense. Instead of being viewed as public health necessities, they often are...

Kicking Ash in Central Florida 

By Daniel E. Strobridge

At its essence, leachate management consists of two basic steps: pump and treat. But add ash to the mix, and collection and treatment becomes infinitely...

Gold from Landfill Gas 

Michael Fickes

While they traditionally have made money based on what they take in, landfills can get paid based on what goes out, thanks to a new trading system.Landfills...

LANDFILL: Pooling Helps Small Landfills Market Methane 

Beth Rudner

Small landfills have a problem marketing their methane - unless they are located adjacent to a large industrial site where their gas could be tailored...

Landfill to be Built Near Alabama Historic Site 

Melanie A. Lasoff

Amid controversy and cries of "environmental racism," the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM), Montgomery, Ala., has granted Alabama...

Breaking Down Compactor Selection 

Mickey Cereoli

In the life of a landfill, space - not time - is money. Keeping that in mind, a landfill compactor is essential to getting the most for your dollars....

LANDFILL: Bioreactor Landfills: But Does It Save Money? 

Prentiss Shaw and Amy Knight

Amidst all the buzz about wet tomb landfills, landfill operators want to know whether the long-term benefits of recirculating leachate through their landfills...

Friend or Foe 

WASTE AGE STAFF

At its essence, leachate management consists of two basic steps: pump and treat. But take into account local climates, limitations at local publicly owned...

Down-to-Earth Look at Landfill Markets, A 

John T. Aquino

One of the more famous Waste Age covers shows astronauts landing on Mars holding bags of garbage, saying, "We come in peace. Where's your landfill?" Life...

LANDFILL: Landfill Lights the Arizona Sky 

Courtney Hull

Across the country, commercial facilities are taking advantage of landfills' gaseous resources. One such facility is Arizona's Tucson Electric Power (TEP),...