Landfill Development

Modern landfills are will-engineered and managed facilities for the disposal of solid waste, landfills are located, designed, operated and monitored to ensure compliance with federal regulations. They are also designed to protect the environment from contaminants, which may be present in the waste steam Landfills cannot be built in environmentally-sensitive areas, and they are placed using on-site environmental monitoring systems.

These monitoring systems check for any sign of groundwater contamination and for landfills gas, as well as provide additional safeguards, Today’s landfills must meet stringent design, operation and closure requirements established under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).