THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY Administration (NHTSA), Washington, has overturned its ban on the use of recalled tires in landfill construction. The final rule was issued this spring in response to a petition by the Rubber Manufacturers...

ALFRED HITCHCOCK KNEW 40 years ago how scary swarms of birds can be. With bird populations often exceeding 10,000, there is no question that landfill managers need to know which methods effectively control the population...

The proposal of Michigan state House Democrats to increase the state’s tipping fee surcharge appears to be going nowhere, according to a report in the Macomb Daily newspaper...

The Pennsylvania Legislature and Gov. Ed Rendell have reached a compromise on environmental-program funding, and state residents will therefore vote on a $625 million bond issue on May issue, according to media reports...

WITH THE HIGH COST to develop landfills, it makes considerable sense to save as much room for solid waste as possible. Daily cover material can take up precious space. “The space that landfills are selling is worth about $20 to $32 per cubic yard...

WHEN A CENTRAL MAINE LANDFILL was recently faced with having to build a new disposal cell to extend site life, the project managers got creative. In 1989,a landslide had nearly doubled the size of the Crossroads Landfil. Following the landslide...

SUCCESSFUL LAWSUITS AREN'T JUST about how badly the defendant supposedly behaved. A winning case depends on what the plaintiff has going for it, as two waste companies and their trade group learned when a federal appeals court tossed out their...

Chesapeake -- Virginia's Southeastern Public Service Authority has decided to accept construction and demolition (C&D) debris at its landfill despite threats of a lawsuit from private sector operators over the landfill's disposal rates. According...

THERE'S MORE TO CONSERVING landfill space than just driving over the trash. Compaction is a word that is often used in the landfill industry, but it is rarely clearly defined. The loose interpretation of the word leads many industry professionals...

Harrisburg, Pa. — In a recent poll of likely Pennsylvania voters, 64 percent of respondents said they would consider their governor’s proposed increase in trash collection fees to be a tax hike. Gov. Ed Rendell is advocating a $5 per ton increase...