Waste compaction might not be rocket science, but it is a science. When Fred Caron, founder of Caron Compactor Co., unveiled ...

It's paper, which has a high decomposition rate, yet represents about 26% of the material in the landfill. Once dumped and a compactor begins compressing the trash, oxygen is taken out in what's ...

Handling trash isn’t just a Pickens County problem, it’s a worldwide problem, he said. The new compactor will be running this spring in another effort to minimize airspace in the landfill ...

It is then crushed or compacted by a large tractor called a compactor. It weighs over ... The rate at which we are dumping trash in the landfill is significantly higher than what it was a few ...

An 80,000 pound landfill compactor smashes down trash at the St. Louis County regional landfill near Virginia, Minn., on Nov. 12. The waste releases heat as it decomposes which the county plans to ...

A landfill compactor moves recently dumped trash at the Ada County Landfill. Darin Oswald doswald@idahostatesman.com In most cases, burying trash is the cheapest option — cheaper than recycling ...

County solid waste director says Rutherford has plan 'without negative impact to the taxpayer' 4 commission speeches in 2018 stop landfill expansion Commissioner says his 'vote is not for sale' on ...