Material, Design Key to Landfill Capping
Landfill caps should be designed using appropriate materials and with stability in mind, according to Agru America, manufacturer of MicroSpike Liner. While geomembranes, predominately linear...
View ArticleSuperfund-Site-Turned-Solar-Farm Wins EPA Award
A former Superfund site in New Jersey remade as a solar power farm has received the first-ever EPA Region 2 Excellence in Site Reuse Award. The award recognizes Brick Township’s reuse of a former...
View ArticleEPA Tightens Landfill Methane Emissions Rules
The EPA has issued two proposals to further reduce emissions of methane-rich gas from municipal solid waste landfills. Under the proposals, new, modified and existing landfills would begin collecting...
View ArticleLandfill Construction Is More Efficient, Less Expensive with GPS
Landfill construction projects can be finished more quickly and with far less money spent using GPS or machine control. GPS finishing allows engineers to achieve more accurate and precise designs,...
View ArticleLandfill-Free Ford R&E Center Diverts 230K lbs. of Waste Annually
Ford’s Research & Engineering Center is now landfill free, helping the automaker achieve its goal to trim global waste-to-landfill by 40 percent per vehicle produced from 2011 to 2016. The campus...
View ArticleAmericans Recycling Less, Sending Twice as Much Waste to Landfills
Americans don’t recycle as much as the EPA thinks and are sending more than twice as much waste to landfills, according to a study on solid waste disposal rates. Yale University researchers looked at...
View ArticleEPA Issues Final Landfill Methane Emissions Rules
The EPA has released final standards for new and modified municipal solid waste landfills and emission guidelines for existing landfills. The post EPA Issues Final Landfill Methane Emissions Rules...
View ArticleAir Liquide to Build Its First Landfill Biogas Plant in the US
French company Air Liquide will build and operate its first US landfill biogas purification plant in Walnut, Mississippi. The post Air Liquide to Build Its First Landfill Biogas Plant in the US...
View ArticleLandfill or Sustainable Business Park? Michigan County Considers the Question
Rather than expanding a landfill that is expected to run out of room for more trash by 2030, a Michigan county hopes to build a sustainable business park on the land originally planned for landfill...
View ArticleBusinesses in a Wisconsin County Face Rising Costs from Too Much Trash
A county in Wisconsin is facing a time when it will need to make some important decisions – and pay some significant costs – when its landfill reaches capacity in an estimated three to five years. The...
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