HURLEY, N.Y. – Town officials have prepared a response to state violations involving the landfill leachate collection system but expect it will be several weeks before work can begin to resolve ...

A recycling operation in Taylor applied with the state Department of Environmental Protection to undergo improvements to resume landfill operations for construction and demolition waste. Environmental ...

Developing a compliance approach for a new regulation sometimes means overlooking unintended consequences of the chosen compliance method. Preparing for compliance with the new U.S. Environmental ...

Geomembrane systems serve as a critical barrier in landfill design, ensuring that leachate—liquid percolating through waste materials—is contained and managed effectively to prevent environmental ...

A Rostraver landfill operator’s plans to heat and evaporate 45,000 gallons of liquid runoff at the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill will be discussed at two public hearings being held by state ...

The Jefferson Parish Council on Wednesday unanimously selected River Birch as the contractor to operate and maintain the gas and leachate collection system at the closed portions of parish landfill in ...

A marina on the shores of Lake Memphremagog in Newport. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger The city of Newport has officially expressed its opposition to a 51-acre expansion of the neighboring ...

Landfills have a finite operational and economic life. When waste can no longer be accepted and the facility closes, it transitions from an income source to a financial and environmental liability.

WILLMAR — When it went online in the fall of 2015, the state-of-the-art leachate treatment system at the Kandiyohi County Landfill gained national attention. It is the first system of its kind in the ...