SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Construction on a new portion of the City of Springfield’s landfill has started and the new portion contains a special liner system KOLR 10’s Madison Hever went out to see ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Springfield city council approved a budget adjustment of $1.4 million on Monday to the Department of Environmental Services for construction of a landfill liner. The liner … ...

"We put 2 feet of clay on the bottom to create a clay barrier, and on the top we install a plastic liner that seals the landfill off from the underlying soil," he said. "Then we put a cover on top of ...

The landfill’s liner is made from non-permeable clay, meaning water can’t penetrate it. The liner is also made up of a thin sheet of flexible plastic called high-density polyethylene.

As the population has grown in the region, so has the amount of garbage Horry County takes into its landfill. In the 2015 ...

The Broome County landfill in Nanticoke is adding a 13-acre cell for household trash by 2025, incorporating a $14.8 million ...

Pima County officials have again delayed the opening of a new pit at the Sahuarita landfill for landscapers and other commercial haulers. The project, which began in mid-2004, was originally ...

The geothermal liner will collect heat, up to 120 degrees, from the decomposing garbage packed in above it. That energy will be transferred about a quarter-mile to a leachate wastewater treatment ...

A recycling operation in Taylor applied with the state Department of Environmental Protection to undergo improvements to resume landfill operations for construction and demolition waste ...