Collection/Transfer — October 20, 2019Montreal, QC Plans to Divert 85% of Garbage Away from Landfills by 2030The city of Montreal unveiled a plan Thursday to divert nearly 85 per cent of its waste away from landfills by 2030. Enviro Connexions, the Terrebonne site that collects 40 per cent of Montreal’s waste, will shutter its doors in 10 years. Meanwhile, China — which once welcomed thousands of containers filled with Montreal’s discarded […] Collection/Transfer — October 20, 2019
Collection/Transfer — October 20, 2019One Person’s Trash, Another County’s TreasureAccording to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, or IEPA, there are seven active landfills in northwestern Illinois, known as Region 1. Trash is dropped by the ton every day from counties around the region. Landfills in Ogle County take some of Chicago’s waste. Haulers from Iowa and Wisconsin contribute to the sites, and some of California’s trash […] Collection/Transfer — October 20, 2019
Collection/Transfer — October 13, 2019Colorado Glass Recycling Sees Resurgence in Technology and SustainabilityMore than two million pounds of glass has avoided Colorado landfills in July and August thanks to a partnership between the End of Waste Foundation (EOW), Rocky Mountain Bottling Company and Momentum Recycling. The collaboration that began in June effectively creates a sustainable and circular economy in the glass industry in order to tackle a […] Collection/Transfer — October 13, 2019
Collection/Transfer — October 10, 2019Denton, TX Council Approves Landfill Disposal Contracts with Two Private Companies, Wise CountyThe Denton City Council members voted to authorize the contracts with Wise County, Frontier Waste and Community Waste to use the city landfill on Mayhill Road. Community Waste and Frontier Waste currently use the landfill, while Wise County does not. The three parties will deposit a maximum of 115,500 tons of solid waste annually for […] Collection/Transfer — October 10, 2019
Landfills — October 2, 2019Geosynthetic Turf Solutions for Final Closure: A Decade of Weather-Resistant and Environmental PerformanceAn engineered synthetic turf system provides long-lasting, geotechnically stable and environmentally friendly final cover system that significantly reduces construction time and maintenance costs while providing an ideal foundation for solar panel deployment. By Krista Willey The very first engineered synthetic turf final cover system, called ClosureTurf, was installed on an MSW landfill in Louisiana in […] Landfills — October 2, 2019
Circular Economy — September 26, 2019Waste-to-Energy is at Home in Circular Economy: CEWEP Presents Sustainability Roadmap 2035On 24th September 2019 CEWEP, representing the operators of European Waste-to-Energy plants launched the first ever Waste-to-Energy Sustainability Roadmap. The new document, presented in front of more than 100 European policymakers, stakeholders and industry representatives in Brussels details the sector’s vision to 2035 showing how the Waste-to-Energy sector provides essential services to the society. “We […] Circular Economy — September 26, 2019
Government and Regulations — September 24, 2019Boundary Change Puts Landfill Site Under Travis County, TX’s WatchBy a unanimous vote, Council approved an ordinance change amending the ETJ boundaries to put the property, which sits between Giles Lane and Springdale Road and north of U.S. Highway 290, in total control of Travis County, which two days earlier had voted to amend the section of its code governing the siting of solid […] Government and Regulations — September 24, 2019
Landfills — September 19, 2019Covanta Hempstead Celebrates 30 Years of Service to the CommunityCovanta Hempstead, Long Island’s largest Energy-from-Waste facility, is celebrating 30 years of service to the community. Opened in 1989, the facility is a vital outlet for sustainably managing the waste generated by residents of the Town of Hempstead and other neighboring municipalities. “When it comes to the environment and building a more sustainable future, we […] Landfills — September 19, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019Legislators Tour Boulder County, CO Recycling Facilities in Search of Solutions for State’s Recycling WoesSeveral members of the Colorado Legislature’s Zero Waste and Recycling Interim Committee toured recycling facilities in Boulder, Larimer and Broomfield counties to better understand how they could craft legislation to boost Colorado’s recycling system. The main difference between Colorado and California, according to Kate Bailey, the solutions director for Eco-Cycle, is the cost of landfills […] Collection/Transfer — September 17, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 15, 2019As Landfills and Incinerators Close or Reach Capacity, Massachusetts is Running Out of Places to Process TrashWith the closing of landfills across the state, the president of Westboro-based E.L. Harvey and Sons is spending an extra $1,500 per load to ship the refuse to places like Virginia and Ohio. Landfills, he said, are becoming scarce and the state’s seven incinerators that burn trash are at capacity and often closed for maintenance. […] Collection/Transfer — September 15, 2019
Collection/Transfer — September 10, 2019Casella Waste Systems, Inc. Announces Permit Expansion at Its WasteUSA LandfillCasella Waste Systems, Inc., a regional solid waste, recycling and resource management services company, announced that the State of Vermont Agency of Natural Resources and the Natural Resources Board have issued all necessary permits and approvals for the Company to expand its WasteUSA landfill located in Coventry, Vermont. The expansion will increase the lined disposal […] Collection/Transfer — September 10, 2019
Education — September 10, 2019Landfill Case Study: The Case for TrainingAchieving improved productivity and worker accountability. Jeff Winke Building landfills have become more complex and technologically sophisticated. Gone are the days when a smart owner could manage a site by pushing dirt over-collected refuse. Back then, measurements were close approximations and quality was achieved through the skills and experience of the heavy-equipment operator. Today, […] Education — September 10, 2019
