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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 Neal Bolton Among the many things landfill managers do, managing airspace is a top priority—after all, it is a landfill’s primary resource. To do it well, this singular task requires expertise in such different disciplines as surveying, finance, civil engineering, regulatory compliance, machine operation, recycling, and an understanding of the biological, chemical, and mechanical processes of decomposition. And yet no manager—regardless of his or her talent—can do all of these things without help. So...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Airspace, Compaction, Management
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 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 John Trotti I’m going to come at this in a backhanded fashion, referring first to a presentation made by Jeremy O’Brien, SWANA’s Applied Resources Foundation (ARF) director, at the association’s “The Road to Zero Waste” this past February. Focusing principally on the economic benefits of zero waste performance, he offered a number of local community benefits as offsets to what are by any measure daunting systems costs. Among these were such factors as: (1) retaining rather than exporting...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Diversion, Management, Wastes
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 Justin Tseng Up until four decades ago, waste management practices in Japan looked very similar to those found in the US. However, in the 1970s, new legislation driven by the scarcity of landfill space pushed Japan to seek such solutions as waste-to-energy. Beginning in the 1990s, growing environmental awareness and stricter laws like the 3Rs policy brought the country to the forefront of the waste management industry. One of the greatest enabling factors for this transformation was a cu...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Wastes
Written by Daniel Hoornweg, Perinaz Bhada-Tata, and Charles Peterson A worldwide assessment of municipal solid waste, “What a Waste: A Global Review of Solid Waste Management,” was released by the World Bank in March 2012, http://www.worldbank.org . With a focus on municipal solid waste (MSW) and its management in urban areas, the report is timely. Cities are now home to more than 50% of the world’s population, and this rate of urbanization is still increasing. Waste characteristics —Globally, city...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Management, Operations, Wastes
Written by Penelope B. Grenoble “Renewable Portfolio Standard credit is big money, but what’s surprising is a lot of these companies are banking on it to help them put their business plans together.” —Caroll Mortensen, Director, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery “It’s going to take some incentives. The subsidies have to come from somewhere.” —Charley Tripp, Bureau Manager, Southeast Resource Recovery Facility, Long Beach, CA What does it look like when a co...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Engineering, Equipment, Management
Written by John L. Roll Managing leachate to meet current and projected environmental standards is a challenge. Man-made treatment wetlands, also called biotreatment cells, may be able to address these challenges or at least play a role. Leachate volume and water quality are affected by type of waste, precipitation, and landfill status (new, active, or closed). Because of high variability in constituents and their concentration, leachate can be one of the most difficult and expensive wastewaters to...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Landfill, Management, Operations
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