LANDFILLS: Compressed LFG Is Future Fuel Source 

Bill Siuru

Although landfill gas (LFG) typically is used to generate electric power, researchers have developed a new compression process that allows LFG to be used...

LANDFILLS: Are Today's Landfills Getting All Wet? 

Robert Hauser

Wet or dry? For many years, dry tombing -- which minimizes the water that filtrates through landfilled waste -- was the preferred method of cell design.In...

Landfill Revegetation: The Hidden Assets 

Deborah Marton

Nearly one-half of the nation's 6,000 municipal landfills closed in the early 1990s and thousands more will close by the end of the decade. What are we...

LANDFILL: Sports Fields Bloom Following Site Restoration 

Deborah Marton

Careful planning tempered by a site's unique conditions can result in ecological productivity, beauty and functionality when restoring a landfill to a...

LANDFILLS: State Creates Alternative To Superfund 

Robert Hauser Jr.

Cleaning closed landfills can be arduous and frustrating. Federal regulatory uncertainty, especially in relation to Superfund and U.S. Environmental Protection...

Landfill Rulings Made By Two State Legislatures 

WORLD WASTES STAFF

Charleston, W.Va. - After postponing a ban on yard waste disposal at landfills until 1997, state legislators have decided to provide their constituents...

LANDFILLS: Techniques Overcome Florida Landfill Erosion 

Michael D. Moore

The advent of modern lined landfills has brought an assortment of challenges, some familiar and some unique to today's facilities. Consequently, some...

LANDFILL: Texas Landfill Uses Old Tires To Collect Leachate 

David H. Canup

Discarded tires, long considered a landfill pest, may actually be a blessing in disguise for some landfill operators. Across the country, old tires are...

Landfill Operators Still Struggle With State And Federal Regs 

Cheryl L. Dunson

"If your state regulatory agency passes a rule, ignore it," advised a local solid waste official at a recent technical seminar. Frustrated by inconsistencies...

Landfill Expansion Also Protects Natural Habitat 

WORLD WASTES STAFF

Delavan, Wis. - What began as an 80-acre landfill expansion has resulted in a plan to preserve and restore a biologically diverse ecosystem and to protect...

LANDFILLS: Creative Financing Helps Landfills Strapped For Cash 

Chuck Satchwill

Using a unique construction bidding process, an Ohio waste authority has developed a financing approach that is allowing it to expand an existing landfill...

LANDFILLS: Cooperative Efforts Drive Landfill Trends 

Robert Hauser

Over the last three to five years, regulations for siting, permitting, designing, constructing and operating a landfill have increased. While Subtitle...

Landfill Owners, Operators Granted Financial Assurance Extension 

WORLD WASTES STAFF

Washington, D.C. - A final Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruling gives owners and operators of municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills two more years...

LANDFILLS: Scientists Take A New Approach To Treating Leachate 

Judith Bender

A simple, cost-effective system for treating leachate may be on the horizon. A Louisville, Ky., landfill currently is testing microbial mesh squares,...

Landfill Containment From Top To Bottom 

Robert C. Bachus and Kwasi Badu-Tweneboah

Subtitle D is making landfill history while causing managers to come up to code or go out of business. The details can be confusing, but the goal is simple:...

LANDFILLS: Communities Seek New Ways To Fund MSW Programs 

Dan Klusman

As industry demands increase and municipal budgets shrink, ma-ny communities are exploring alternative ways to fund landfill construction, composite liners,...

LANDFILLS: Public, Private Landfill Ownership Battles Continue 

Robert Hauser

Increasing capital and operating costs combined with competition for public funds are prompting communities to evaluate the privatization of sanitary...

LANDFILLS: Hazwaste Landfill Operators Face Difficult Times 

Jon Hanke

The 1990s are shaping up to be a less-than-memorable decade for operators of commercial hazardous waste landfills.Overall waste volumes for this specialized...

LANDFILLS: Operators Use Piggyback Concept To Meet Regs 

Robert Hauser Jr.

Federal mandates to close unlined landfills have inspired renewed interest in one innovative concept - the piggyback landfill.To site today's landfills,...

LANDFILLS: New Landfill Infrastructure Offers Challenges Managers Demand Regs 

Robert Hauser Jr.

What was once a town dump is now a complex, engineered landfill. As a result, today's landfill managers must go beyond compacting and covering the waste...

Landfill Management Faces A High-Tech Future 

Derek Willis

In the north central region of Florida, the ongoing process of siting Alachua County's new municipal solid waste landfill has brought the issue of safe...

LANDFILLS: SEAMIST Monitors Landfills For Hazardous Wastes So, let 'eym at it! 

William D. Siuru Jr.

SEAMIST (Science and Engineering Associates Membrane Instrumentation and Sampling Technique), an innovative technique for landfill monitoring and sampling...

LANDFILLS: Alternative Liners Gain Momentum From Subtitle D 

Robert Hauser

In response to Subtitle D regulations and the need to address specific site issues, the industry is developing alternative liner systems that use new...

LANDFILLS: Landfill Gas VOCs Clean Up Leachate Costs 

Henry Kerfoot

More money often is spent cleaning up landfill volatile organic compound (VOC) problems when less costly measures could be used. Under Subtitle D, MSW...

Landfill Reuse Rises As Space Becomes Scarce 

Robert Hauser, Jr.

When Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle D regulations were proposed in 1988, the U.S. Environmental Pro-tection Agency (EPA) estimated...