Modern Landfill Management

Not all waste can be recycled, recovered, composted or converted into energy given the difficulties & costs inherent in the sorting of heterogeneous waste streams as well as the market inefficiencies for the final products.

Ultimately, the landfill will be the final resting place for waste which otherwise has no economic or resource value. However, the modern sanitary landfill is a far cry from the early open dumps.

Today's modern landfills are engineered to protect the environment - air, land and water from potential contamination.  They are double lined with both clay and synthetic liners to prevent drainage into the groundwater, and monitoring devices are placed between the liners to detect any rupture of the water-tight seal. Additionally, leachate collection systems are installed to draw out of the landfill all water which percolates through. This water is treated above ground at on-site leachate treatment facilities. The filling of the landfill is carefully controlled and monitored, with layers of cover materials being applied over layers of waste. Finally, the landfill is brought to a final grade, water runoff systems are engineered and installed, the landfill is capped with synthetic covers to prevent moisture from re-entering the landfill, and gas collection systems are installed to vent methane which is generated as a by-product of the waste decomposition. This methane gas extraction from the landfill is a viable and valuable by-product and should be harness to provide local energy.

Amerish International Corp.  can show you the many beneficial uses of landfill gas ranging from direct firing in industrial boiler applications, to the generation of electricity, to the conversion to pipeline quality natural gas. A separate contract of the energy phase of a landfill project can be provided.

On landfills where modern disposal techniques have not been practiced Amerish International Corp.  can offer a program to remediate potential environmental dangers.  This is known as Landfill Remodeling.

Following a detailed feasibility study on your existing landfill to determine technical and economic feasibility, our procedure creates new landfill space within your existing landfill footprint by excavating the landfill and reprocessing the materials found within, sorting and separating soil materials for reuse, sorting high-value recyclables, then shredding and compacting the remaining waste for land filling according to modern standards.

The trend of modern landfill facilities has been going in the direction of specialization. Modern landfill facilities require the following to be successful.

1. Garbage truck(s)

2. Real loading compactor(s)

3. Front end loader(s)

4. Roll off container(s)

5. Bulldozer(s)

6. Generators

7. Office trailer(s)

8. Office equipment

Key Benefits

• Recovery of high value recyclables

• Increased landfill space within the existing footprint

• Total environmental protection (Air, Water & Land)

• Old landfills brought up to modern standards

Total financing is available for landfill management.