Modern technology for landfill waste placement
- Landfill Service Corp., Apalachin, NY (United States)
The City of Albany, New York, together with the principals of Landfill Service Corporation, proposed in November 1991 to demonstrate the successful practice of biostabilized solid waste placement in the newly constructed, double composite lined Interim Landfill located at Rapp Road in the City of Albany. This is a small facility, only 12 acres in area, which is immediately adjacent to residential neighbors. Significant advancements have been made for the control of environmental factors (odors, vectors, litter) while successfully achieving waste stabilization and air space conservations goals. Also, the procedure consumes a significant quantity of landfill leachate. The benefits of this practice include a dramatic improvement in the orderlines of waste placement with significant reduction of windblown dust and litter. The biostabilization process also reduces the presence of typical landfill vectors such as flies, crows, seagulls and rodents. All of these factors can pose serious problems for nearby residents to the City of Albany`s Interim landfill site. The physically and biologically uniform character of the stabilized waste mass can result in more uniform future landfill settlement and gas production properties. This can allow for more accurate prediction of postclosure conditions and reduction or elimination of remedial costs attendant to post closure gross differential settlement. Recent research in Europe indicates that aerobic pretreatment of waste also reduces contaminant loading of leachate.
- OSTI ID:
- 405683
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950177-; TRN: 95:005291-0018
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Waste Tech `95, New Orleans, LA (United States), 23-25 Jan 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Waste tech `95; PB: 530 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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