A liner timeline at Grand Central Sanitation

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · Waste Age; (United States)

OSTI ID:7274123

Woods, R

Since the promulgation of the minimum landfill liner requirements under RCRA's Subtitle D in September 1991, nearly every operating landfill in the US that has expanded horizontally has been brought up to speed with basic environmental protection measures, i.e., liners, leachate collection groundwater monitoring, etc. For most landfills, however, these changes did not happen overnight. For more than a decade, most of the states and countless private landfills have been anticipating the advent of Subtitle D and have been upgrading outdated landfills long before the federal regulations were enforced. Grand Central Sanitation, Inc. (GCS, Pen Argyl, Pa.), for example, is a case in point. The family-run company's sanitary landfill began operation as a 52-acre, natural renovation, or earthen barrier, fill in the early 1950s and its first two fill areas, now closed, had only natural soils as a liner. Today, GCS's facility has more than doubled its permitted capacity. Its 10th disposal cell, now under construction, is triple-lined with the latest synthetic geomembranes, including high-density polyethylene (HDPE) liners, geotextiles, geonets, and leachate collection systems.

• OSTI ID: 7274123
• Journal Information: Waste Age; (United States), Journal Name: Waste Age; (United States) Vol. 25:8; ISSN WAGEAE; ISSN 0043-1001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
LAWS
LINERS
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION CONTROL
RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS
SANITARY LANDFILLS
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL