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If you’re looking for someone who has worked tirelessly to elevate the practices—as well as the image—of the solid waste industry, look to the west. There, Department of Public Works for the City of Long Beach, CA, you will find Jim Kuhl, who has managed the Environmental Services Bureau since 1989. “I’m proud of the fact that we have one of the most innovative and effective solid waste management systems in the US,” says Kuhl. As well he should be. In 2009, the Solid Waste Association of North America ...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Human Resources, Management, Operations
By Larry Trojak Despite an impressive upturn in recycling rates nationwide in the last decade or so, it’s inevitable that landfills will continue to reach capacity, prompting closure, capping, and a move to alternate sites. Such was the case when the Rock Prairie Road Landfill near College Station, TX, a fixture to the area for more than 30 years, maxed out, shifting disposal to the newly constructed Twin Oaks Landfill. Operated by the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management Agency (BVSWMA, pronounced buh-...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Environment, Landfill, Operations
By Don Talend Landfill grading, and cross-slope grading in general, poses a unique challenge for automated grade control technology: that of holding grade by accounting for cross-slope dozer blade angle. A New York contractor that was awarded the contract to cap a landfill on Long Island, NY, recently employed an automated grade control system that suits cross-slope grading and maximized dirtmoving efficiency on a site that represented anything but an ordinary cut-and-fill project. Capping the 28-acre L...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Landfill, Operations, Technology
By Tony Miano The solid waste profession has consistently been an occupation listed in the top 10 when it comes to on-the-job accident rates and fatalities. Looking at accident numbers for the city of Phoenix, AZ, in 2000, I could not believe what was transpiring. The trend line, for vehicular accidents, was consistently heading north, and we decided to stop talking about safety and instead make it our top priority. It can be done, but the mindset needs to change from the top down. Safety programs come ...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Human Resources, Operations, Safety
Written by Chace Anderson The British Empire’s imperial power came from its Navy. British leaders viewed timber as a strategic resource for its naval shipbuilding. Since “John Bull” had not implemented a policy of resource sustainability, British Navy officers eventually found themselves looking out over a deforested British Isles. How did the “Redcoats” respond to this resource deficit? They restricted their colonies from harvesting timber, including white pines, which were especially good for mak...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Operations, Wastes
Written by Lori Lovely Multifamily recycling could help divert significant quantities of materials from the solid wastestream. Nationwide, roughly 16% of all residences are in buildings with five or more units. In the past, recycling programs typically bypassed multifamily dwellings. However, with heightened awareness of the need to conserve and recycle our resources by reducing what goes into the wastestream, many communities are now addressing the issue at locations with concentrated populations....... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Collection, Operations, Residential
Written by Sara Bixby Iowa is about as far from both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as you can get, not only in terms of geography but also frequently in our approach to things. One of my teen-age nieces, who also lives in Iowa, grumbled recently that her doctor’s office played “soothing ocean wave noises” in the background during a check-up. “I’m from Iowa,” she said. “I don’t understand how ocean waves are calming. I’m not used to them, so they make me anxious and not calmed. Crickets and combin...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Operations, Recycling
Written by Paul Stout Although some projects came before financial incentives, the Internal Revenue Service Section 29 tax credits helped usher in the large wave of landfill gas (LFG) to beneficial use projects of the late 1990s. Electrical deregulation and the requirement for electrical providers to have a certain amount of green power in their portfolios helped keep things going, at least in some areas, in the new millennium. More recently, Section 45 tax credits have helped many continue the LFG...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: LFG, LFGTE, Operations
Written by Paul Hauck The emerging paradigms are being driven by a growing awareness of the need for initiatives to address climate change, reduce greenhouse gasses, divert waste from landfills, derive beneficial uses from solid waste, improve municipal energy efficiency, and develop renewable energy projects, in particular, renewable energy derived from municipal wastes. Faced with an aging but rapidly expanding infrastructure, as well as the mandate to efficiently manage their assets, municipal g...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Operations, WTE
Written by Jeremy K. O’Brien This article provides highlights from a research memorandum recently published by the SWANA Applied Research Foundation (ARF) on the collection of organic wastes from high-rise buildings and apartment complexes. This research need was identified by North Vancouver, British Columbia, and selected for investigation during FY2012 (July 2011 through June 2012). The research memorandum presents the results of background research conducted with input and support provided by t...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Collection, Operations, Wastes
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