SPECIAL REPORT: Landfill Capacity & New Technology
Demand is Finally Catching Up With Excess Capacity; Critical in the Northeast

ISSUE: Volume 12, Number 9 & 10 Sept. - Oct. 2002

ABSTRACT:

Landfill capacity is something that in recent years we have come to take for granted. Most media attention has focused on increasing volumes of waste moving across state borders for disposal in large “mega landfills” in neighboring states. At the same time, there has been a notable failure of municipal recycling programs or at least a failure to further increase the recovery rates of various materials. To a certain degree, ever abundant and cheap landfill capacity is the culprit.

SECTIONS:

-Bioreactors
-Advantages of Bioreactors
-Bioreactors In Progress
--Buncombe County, North Carolina
--King George County and Amelia County, Virginia
--Florida Bioreactor Project
-Other Projects
-Bioreactor Pros & Cons
-Explanation of Terms and Landfill Capacity
--Current Landfill Capacity

DATA:
Table: Summary of Annual Disposal Tonnages and Remaining Capacity by Region (in Millions except for Years and Demand-to-Capacity Ratio)
Figure: Number of Active Landfills by Year
Table: Summary of Annual Disposal Tonnages and Remaining Capacity by State (in Millions of Tons except for Years and Ratio)
Figure: Sustainable Capacity vs. Demand For Landfill Disposal by Year (Figures in Millions of Tons)
Table: Summary of Annual Volumes of Waste Disposed in Landfills by Owner Entity (Figures in Millions of Tons)
Figure: Market Share by Major Company as Measured by Annual Volumes Landfilled in Company Owned Landfills (Figures in Percent of Total Landfill Volume)
Table: The Top 10 or So Largest Landfills by State And Total Landfill Capacity by State
-The following is a listing of the roughly 10 largest landfills in each state as measured by annual volume or tonnage of waste disposed. Also included is an estimate of capacity in terms of years of remaining life.

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