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...
Columbus, Ohio -- A new bill is proposing changes to Ohio’s 71 construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfills, such as replacing $3,000 annual license fees with tipping fees of 30 cents per cubic yard...
Ventura County, Calif. – To generate approximately $2 million per year in revenue, the county will increase tipping fees at its Simi Valley landfill by 500 percent this July. Despite objections from several cities, county officials voted to...