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Project of the Month: Cummings Road Landfill

This month, International Lining Technology is featuring one of our latest completed projects. Our team of 12 employees just finished installing 558,935 square feet of 60 Mil HDPE and 8-ounce Geotextile at the Cummings Road Landfill in Eureka, California. They started the project on July 15, and the project was completed less than two months later by September. International Lining ...

Sep. 21, 2015

By International Lining Technology

Ahlstrom announces paper release liner recycling initiative in Europe

Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, and a leading producer of release papers, has today announced a new initiative for recycling silicone coated paper release liners used by the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) label industry. This sustainability initiative aims to collect silicone coated supercalendered papers (commonly known as "glassine") once they have been utilized as ...

Nov. 8, 2012

By Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Landfill operator gets fined by the EA for polluting waterway

A Wiltshire-based waste management company Hills Waste Solutions has been found guilty of polluting a local river, potentially endangering fish and invertebrates. Hills Waste Solutions, which operates the Chapel Farm landfill site, at Blunsdon, Swindon, was fined £20,000 and ordered to pay £16,300 costs at Swindon Magistrates court, in a case brought by the Environment Agency. The court heard ...

Dec. 9, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

An end to landfill tax refunds – HM Revenue & Customs

The HMRC has restated that waste being used on landfill sites for roads, capping and liners will be subject to landfill tax. This adjustment comes in response to increasing numbers of refund claims by waste companies for past landfill tax payments and who, according to the HMRC, are challenging “the boundaries of landfill tax legislation”. The new adjustments are already being ...

Feb. 5, 2014

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

Ahlstrom announces paper release liner recycling initiative in Europe

Ahlstrom Corporation PRESS RELEASE November 8, 2012 at 10.00 Ahlstrom, a global high performance materials company, and a leading producer of release papers, has today announced a new initiative for recycling silicone coated paper release liners used by the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) label industry. This sustainability initiative aims to collect ...

Nov. 8, 2012

By Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Atlanta-based ClosureTurf™ Helps Landfills Go Green

The solid waste industry has “gone green.” Facing increased regulations, tighter budgets and community pressure, landfills are looking to reduce their environmental impact. One opportunity is through the use of ClosureTurf™, a ground-breaking closure system that has helped many landfills increase long term performance while simultaneously ...

Oct. 7, 2011

Republic Services Opens New Landfill And Transfer Station

Leading environmental services company Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE:RSG) today dedicated a state-of-the-art landfill and transfer station in Texas to meet the Rio Grande Valley's waste needs for the next 100 years. The new La Gloria landfill is a highly-engineered facility and was designed as a safe, environmentally ...

May 22, 2013

By Republic Services, Inc.

EPA Reaches Legal Agreement to Improve Operations at Moca’s Landfill

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the owner and the operator of the Moca Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Moca, Puerto Rico, have reached an agreement that will result in improvements at the landfill. The Municipality of Moca and Moca ECO-Park Corporation have agreed to take a series of steps, with EPA oversight, which will improve landfill operations, expand its municipal recycling ...

Oct. 9, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA reaches agreement with Honolulu to continue cleanup at Waipahu Ash Landfill

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City and County of Honolulu recently signed an agreement to begin work on the second phase of cleanup at the Waipahu Ash Landfill site on Oahu. “Honolulu’s latest agreement will allow the ongoing cleanup at the old ash landfill to proceed to the next stage,” said Jared Blumenfeld, EPA’s Regional Administrator for the Pacific ...

Apr. 10, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

VSEP System Transforms Landfill Leachate Into Crystal Clear Water for Reuse

New Logic Research (NLR) announced today the successful commissioning of another VSEP landfill leachate treatment system. The vibrating membrane system is operating at a landfill in Buga, a city of 100,000 people located in western Colombia. The 20-hectare landfill receives 570 tons of household trash daily from eighteen municipalities in the area. Landfill leachate is highly contaminated water ...

Feb. 8, 2012

By New Logic Research, Inc.

MHF Services Concludes Work at Shpack Landfill Superfund Site

MHF Services (MHF), a leading provider of packaging, transportation, logistics and technical services, recently concluded work on the long-running Shpack Landfill Superfund Site remediation project in Norton, MA. Over the course of six years, MHF assisted the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the USACE’s prime contractor, The Conti Group, in removing approximately 77,400 tons of low-level ...

Dec. 14, 2011

Guam’s Ordot Dump closed, new landfill at Layon to open September 1

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice announced today that the Ordot Dump will stop accepting waste and work will begin to permanently close the dump. It is expected to take at least two years to finish the work to permanently close the Ordot Dump, which includes installing a cap and constructing stormwater, leachate and landfill gas controls. ...

Aug. 31, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Brothers Drinks saves 1.5 million square metres of label liner waste from incineration with the Avery Dennison and PET UK recycling scheme

PET is by far the most recycled plastic material in Europe, with the equivalent of over 66 billion bottles recycled in 2014. However, recycling siliconised PET liner is more complex and challenging, and was achieved in Europe only last year, when Avery Dennison reached out to PET UK in Scotland. Such recycling offers converters and brand owners an opportunity to move towards a more circular ...

Dec. 8, 2015

By Avery Dennison Corporation

5th Five-Year Review Completed of Auburn Road Landfill Superfund Site in Londonderry, N.H.

EPA has completed its Fifth Five-Year Review Report on the remedy implemented at the Auburn Road Landfill Superfund Site in Londonderry, N.H. The primary purpose of each five year review is to determine whether the selected remedy at a Superfund site is protective of human health and the environment. In addition, the five year review will identify any deficiencies, and recommend action(s) ...

Oct. 12, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Unilever Achieves 100% Zero Waste to Landfill at All 26 Facilities in North America

Unilever United States and Canada today announced that all 26 of its manufacturing and non-manufacturing headquarter facilities are now zero waste to landfill (ZLF). Other countries in which Unilever has achieved this milestone include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Japan. Reducing waste sent for disposal is a critical component of Unilever’s ...

Apr. 17, 2013

MACPRESSE @AUSTRALIAN Landfill & Transfer Stations Conference & Expo, Canberra, 27 – 30 July, 2015

We look forward to seeing you in Canberra (Australia) between 27 and 30 July at the 6th AUSTRALIAN LANDFILL & TRANSFER STATIONS CONFERENCE & EXPO. MACPRESSE will be present with our Australian distributor ...

Jul. 13, 2015

By Macpresse Europa S.R.L

New Logic´s Vibrating Reverse Osmosis Membrane System Solves Leachate Treatment Problem at Ecuador´s El Inga Landfill

New Logic Research announced today the successful commissioning of another VSEP vibrating membrane system at a municipal landfill – this time in Quito, Ecuador. The RO system takes landfill leachate from storage ponds and filters it to create clean water that is recycled and used as irrigation water. The water permeating from the system has only about 50 parts per million of dissolved ...

Jan. 8, 2013

By New Logic Research, Inc.

Specification Resource on the Web

geosIndex.com is a new online index of geosynthetic material data created to assist designers, specifiers and other professionals in their site materials selection process. geosIndex includes data for geomembranes (e.g., landfill liners, pond liners), geogrids (e.g., for retaining wall reinforcement), geotextiles for unpaved road support, geosynthetic clay liners for environmental remediation, ...

Apr. 26, 2007

By geosIndex

CETCO Announces New PVC Product Lines

AMCOL INTERNATIONAL (NYSE:ACO) CETCO SUBSIDIARY ANNOUNCES NEW PVC PRODUCT LINES ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - CETCO Lining Technologies Group, manufacturer of environmental products and quality geosynthetic materials, announces the addition of prefabricated PVC panels to its portfolio of products for engineered liner systems for waste and liquid containment applications. These geomembranes provide ...

Jan. 16, 2007

By CETCO Energy Services

Johnson Joins CEC as New Senior Project Manager

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) welcomes Scott Johnson, Senior Project Manager in the Waste Management practice of the firm's Phoenix office. At CEC, Johnson will contribute to the Solid Waste Industry Consulting Group. Most recently with Cornerstone, Johnson brings 20 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering and a background in both consulting and the private ...

Apr. 7, 2014

By Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC)

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