Nuisances

Tips and strategies for preventing and eliminating landfill nuisances, such as strong odors, contamination in the waste streams and dangerous fires.

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Legislators Push Back Against Proposed Waste Transfer Station in Bastrop County, Texas

Oct 27, 2017

The local community is concerned about the potentially negative and dangerous impact on local traffic, an odor nuisance and the fact that the location of the proposed facility is in the 100-year floodplain.

Preventing and Dealing with Landfill Fires

Sep 26, 2017

An effective fire response plan can include an incident command structure, which needs a number of focused groups.

New Odor Control System at N.C. Landfill Experiences Problems

Sep 19, 2017

The new system has been broken or running intermittently this month due to electrical and mechanical issues and changes in wind direction.

High Cadmium Levels Found at Camden, Tenn., Landfill

Sep 13, 2017

Recent groundwater tests revealed more than five times the acceptable amount of cadmium.

Alligator Removed from Liberty Recycling in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Sep 12, 2017

A sanitation driver at Liberty Recycling in Tuscaloosa, Ala., discovered an 8-foot alligator underneath his 18-wheeler truck on Monday.

Group Opposes Plans for New Landfill Site in Waco, Texas

Sep 11, 2017

Local residents claim the new landfill would increase the odor and traffic problems.

Solar Project in Portland, Maine, Forces Officials to Address Longstanding Issues at Closed Landfill

Aug 29, 2017

The issues at the closed landfill site are delaying plans to create a 4-acre solar array.

S.C. Loophole Causes 90-Foot Trash Pile at C&D Facility

Aug 15, 2017

Okatie, S.C.-based Able Contracting Inc. is home to a nearly 90-foot trash pile made of wood, cardboard, plastic and other construction debris.

Composting Pile Fire Closes Central Maui Landfill in Hawaii

Aug 14, 2017

The fire was deep under the compost heap.

How Landfills Combat Massive Garbage-Feeding Bird Flocks

Aug 09, 2017

The challenge extends throughout much of North America where landfills are investing time and money to tackle what has for some of them become a big problem.

Nuisances

Tips and strategies for preventing and eliminating landfill nuisances, such as strong odors, contamination in the waste streams and dangerous fires.

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