In recent years, the municipality of Montebello started a $5.4 million initiative to rid its neighborhoods of potholes. Major streets were falling apart, spurring car accidents that averaged almost $600 per repair. One winter, after bearing the weight of rush hour traffic, Montebello’s northern freeway caved into a 75-foot-long pothole. The prevalence of patching and […]
The debris left in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria created a swell in the U.S. Virgin Islands’ (USVI) waste stream. Remnants of buildings and uprooted trees cluttered the roadways, disrupting the lives of some 100,000 residents. Many abandoned their vehicles and homes. The damages were irreversible. In total, 72 miles of refuse needed […]
What happens when two of the industry’s best join forces? Meet Atmos Technologies. Atmos brings two of the leading municipal solid waste and environmental remediation daily cover and odor control providers under one roof. Rusmar, Inc. was the innovator of foam daily cover application systems for landfills and environmental remediation sites across the county. Its […]
A short drive south of downtown Detroit is the Riverview Land Preserve, an approximately 400-acre solid waste landfill opened in 1968 that presently receives around 2,500 tons of trash a day. It’s a dynamic site with private homes, public spaces and local waterways all in close proximity. Consider its geography: Residential neighborhoods are immediately adjacent […]
Daily cover in a solid waste landfill is a capital-intensive operation. Generally, at a minimum, three large pieces of equipment are required: a backhoe, a bulldozer and a dump truck. What if one of those breaks down unexpectedly? And what if replacement is the only solution? Is there room in your CapEx budget to buy […]
