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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...