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2012-01-30T06:23:00.000-08:00

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When change is worth the pain, reflections at year's end.

2011-12-29T11:24:00.000-08:00

New Year's resolutions, we've all made them. Usually they involve some change we want to make in our life to improve it. Change is never easy, but the resulting improvements provide the reward we need to keep going till we can make that change a habit we can maintain. Stopping to take time to reflect on our personal life is important.

Reflecting and contemplating change for an operation or organization is an even greater challenge and equally important. The manager who reflects on his business, and looks at the big picture, cares just like an individual who is steward of his body. If as a business we want to reach larger goals, have a smoother operation, or make more money it will only happen if we make changes to our operation. It doesn't work to expect different results from the same operation.

Why do we make resolutions to exercise or eat more healthy? We do it because our bodies will run better, we won't be tired and sluggish, we will be able to accomplish more in our days. So it is with a business. Changes won't be without pain, but the end results will be worth it.

What changes do you want to make going into the New Year? Take time this week to consider what it might take to improve your operation, then be willing to overcome the pain it might take to achieve that goal.

Customer finds savings significant

2011-11-28T05:45:00.000-08:00

This article highlights how Posi-Shell is making a difference in a North Carolina customer's landfill.

Profitability and maintenance

2011-11-15T12:12:00.000-08:00

Maintenance often gets a bad rap. By definition maintenance is the process of preserving something or someone. My own experience in learning the value of maintenance stems from my husband of 30 years who has done a great job maintaining my car and so much more. Along the way he also taught our children the value of maintenance (a favorite story they tell is about the time they left their bicycle out in the rain and they had to stand in the rain to see how they liked being left outside in the elements). Maintenance usually comes at a price sometimes time, sometimes money - often both.

The recent issue of MSW Management magazine (Nov/Dec 2011 page 22) has an article titled "The Profitability and the Art of Landfill Equipment Maintenance". It highlights that the size of a landfill's fleet of equipment requiring maintenance will be governed in part by what type of cover operation they choose.

Recently in our office here we have been studying the cost of maintaining various pieces of landfill equipment, specifically to study what kind of savings are available to a landfill that opts for Posi-Shell as their daily cover. It is significant. When you can greatly reduce the hours of use on a haul truck (or two), a dozer, scraper, loader, or excavator the process of preserving your fleet is much easier.

Daniel Duffy's article does a great job of highlighting how best to protect your equipment in the harsh landfill environment. He quoted Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. "Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance." If you want less maintenance - use a system that requires less equipment.

Making the most of your landfill

2011-07-28T07:08:00.000-07:00

When it comes to landfills, technology is opening many doors both reducing the amount of material going into a landfill and the harvesting of resources from a landfill. Making the most of the landfill as a resource includes taking care in the filling. Soil layers from daily cover or intermediate cover take up valuable space, reducing the amount of material coming in, reducing the amount of compaction a landfill can achieve, and often interfering with the movement of leachate and gas.

Reducing the amount of soil going into landfill cells opens the door to greater revenues. Moving soil can be a significant expense in terms of manpower, equipment, and fuel use.

At Wastecon coming up in August we will be serving up dirt at our booth #609. Stop by and have a cup, and talk with us about your landfill. We'd love to learn what you are doing to make the most of your resource.

For the Birds

2011-06-17T08:09:00.000-07:00

A problem common to most landfills are birds, digging in the trash, messing things up, generally being a nuisance. At Waste Expo this year, just a couple isles from us we could see a bird on a pole - and in the Waste & Recycling News that I got today I see they did an article on that bird. It seems that Predatech - the company who had the booth - have created this battery operated bird to mimic the look, sound, and movement of a live falcon. Falcons as birds of prey have been effectively used by some landfills to help deter the nuisance birds. However not every landfill has the right people available to host a live bird deterrent program. Now there is a new option. Predatech created this robot bird.

Just thought we would put this out in case you hadn't see the information. If you need a new way to combat nuisance birds - check them out at www.predatech.ca .

The Landfill Manager's Biggest Challenge

2011-06-16T06:46:00.000-07:00

In a conversation recently with a customer who manages a municipal landfill that gets no tax dollars - his response to a question about his biggest challenge told a lot about him. His concern was for his people - his employees. In order to secure for them a workplace he needed to make sure his site had the volume of waste to generate the needed revenue to keep a working environment possible. This means doing what they can to be competitive in a price dominated market. He looks to save and cut costs and run an efficient operation. Both the products they choose to use, and the way they run their operation contribute to that efficiency.

His concern for them changes the way they view their work. He spoke of employees who take pride in their work - in caring for the equipment they operate. They are all doing their part to make for an efficient operation - everyone's jobs depend on it.

The way I see it, there is a push for efficiency and cost cutting that will meet acceptance and cooperation. May they all succeed.

New Equipment Release

2011-04-12T08:29:00.000-07:00

This week our newest Applicator in the line was released - the PSA-1000. We are excited to be able to offer equipment to meet the needs of our customers that will benefit their operations. The reserve water tank, with it's own pumping unit - makes for easy cleaning of not only the Applicator - but also anything else you want to clean with a pressure wash. Our Posi-Tru Ground Clearance will enable this unit to go to the places where it is needed.

If you are in need of an application unit for spray-applied products give us a call. Details will be posted to our website shortly - but for now our staff can tell you all about this great applicator.

A landfill IS a terrible thing to waste

2011-03-10T09:11:00.001-08:00

While looking for some images today I ran across one that was just some text that read "A landfill is a terrible thing to waste". It was a headline for a newsletter for the San Leandro area of California. They were writing about landfill diversion rates and such - but it made me thing back to our last post about the discussion about green waste. Certainly it is a terrible thing to waste landfill airspace with anything that could be used beneficially elsewhere - including green waste.

Things to think about

2011-03-08T06:43:00.000-08:00

Recently while traveling in California we were made aware of a discussion that is being had on the subject of green waste and its use as an alternate daily cover (adc). To read the whole article go to this link.

All uses of adc are to be commended as they striving to conserve precious soil and air resources. California has certainly led the way in promoting conservation in many different ways.

Leachate on the move

2010-10-26T12:52:00.000-07:00

At a recent regional Swana conference the discussion of one session centered around reducing or fixing leachate seeps. This problem of leachate breaking out of the landfill at a location not in the design is not uncommon. In "The Solid Waste Handbook" William Robinson states that "The use of heavier textured soils as daily cover may interfere with the downward movement of leachate and has resulted in the appearance of leachate seeps on the side of a landfill."
The Swana conference presenter, a regional engineer for a publicly held waste company, stated one effective way of preventing these seeps is to use an Alternate Daily Cover product - thereby avoiding those heavier soil layers that can interfere with the flow of leachate through the landfill and reducing soil usage.
Todd Green, of American Environmental commented that Posi-Shell made a big difference for their landfill in eliminating leachate breakouts allowing leachate to make it's way to the liner and recirculate more quickly.
The importance of keeping leachate within the landfill is vital to public water and safety, taking the needed steps to protect our water makes the issue of daily cover more than just a decision of preference.

What do customers say? It's Easy.

2010-09-22T05:53:00.000-07:00

Things are going wonderfully. Thanks so much for coming down to go through everything with Barry and me. It was very helpful. So far, Barry and I are still the only ones doing the Posi-shell. We plan to slowly work some of the other guys into it. We’re trying to find the right mixture for us as far as adding the paint is concerned. But honestly, we have been very happy with the ease and the time that it will free up. Thanks again for everything!

Marcie A. Smith

Quality people

2010-09-22T05:48:00.000-07:00

A recent comment received from a customer just reflects what we enjoy as a part of the team at LSC - quality people.

From an email:
Just wanted to let you know Scott finished up out here and he did an outstanding job. I bet it's nice to have someone of his caliber working for LSC. Very cordial, polite, and technically very thorough!

Thanks again to all!

Respectfully,

Brian Van Straten|Operations Manager|Buena Vista Landfill Recycling & Solid Waste Services Operations

Quality people make all the difference.

A celebration of 20 years

2010-08-30T06:54:00.000-07:00

The City of Albany Landfill, run by Joe Giebelhaus is a model of best practices in the modern landfill. Last week I got to see for myself as we went there to celebrate the 20 years we have provided the Posi-Shell product to the City of Albany Landfill for use as daily cover, intermediate cover and much more. The site has grown over the years from the "old days" of unlined landfilling practices. Today you will find there a modern lined landfill, with shredding capabilities to process those items that would otherwise decrease the ability to compact and place the waste efficiently. A well organized site with different locations to deposit waste of different types for proper processing makes the motion of the site smooth. Landfill gas is being captured and utilized to create electricity, and has been for years now. GPS software allows not only the operator to monitor the compaction beneath him, but management from the office can observe the movement as well, allowing them to properly plan as waste streams into the facility from many sources.

It was great to hear about the planning that is going into the future for this facility. Native trees and plants are going to begin to be grown there as they develop a nursery to eventually populate a preserve over the landfill as it moves into a closed state.

Today's landfill manager needs to be a person of many skills; people skills in managing the large crew required to staff such an operation, engineering skills to plan and organize the construction projects that are constant, business skills to make the best financial decisions to allow a facility to be profitable, and vision to plan ahead for a bright future as a facility closes and the space turns to a new life. Joe has shared his skills successfully in Albany and we count it a privilege to provide tools he can use.

Posi-Shell on Display

2010-08-23T10:56:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday, August 10th we were one of a select few vendors invited to a nationwide Waste Connections’ managers meeting held at one of their facilities near Denver, Colorado. Thanks again to the team at WCN for this invitation, as opportunities like this (live demonstration in one place for so many decision makers) are rare. We demonstrated our Posi-Shell Environmental coatings and set up one of our Solar-Spark Vent Flares as a static display.

Our Central and Western Regional Sales Managers, Jim Shumsky and JD Carter put in a lot of time bringing their demonstration units to the site and did a phenomenal job of showing our stuff. The day prior to the demo, they applied a panel of our long-term product and were able to show first-hand it’s durability because it rained like cats and dogs immediately after they applied it and on into the evening! This photo taken the next morning shows that NONE of the Posi-Shell washed!

Jeff, the manager for Waste Connections in charge of coordinating the event, did an awesome job as everything seemed to go off like clockwork. On Tuesday morning two tour buses arrived with a small army of the nation’s top landfill managers coming to check out various landfill products being demonstrated. One of our demo units contained a short-term (for overnight/week long cover) version of Posi-Shell and the other unit had the long-term version (multi-month/year cover).

Everybody seemed duly impressed with how quickly and efficiently Posi-Shell covered. When they were made aware that the overnight cover they were seeing costs less than a penny a square foot and that standard hydroseeding units can be used to apply it, the requests for site specific demonstrations started piling up.

Submitted by Joel Lanz - President

Problem solving

2010-07-27T10:14:00.000-07:00

"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." Voltaire

The current economy is pushing everyone to cut costs. Managers looking over their whole operation with an eye to cutting costs are challenged to put all of their problem solving skills into action. It is so important for each of us to have a large perspective when seeking answers. Remembering to look at situations from different angles, asking tough questions, and changing our perspective will give us an advantage. Keeping a broad perspective will definitely influence how you approach a problem - and it's final outcome.

Abraham Maslow said "If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail."

Take some time this week to stretch your mind, find one of the books out there just for that purpose. One you might consider "Mind Boggling one-minute Mysteries and Brain teasers". It's just a fun book but it will challenge you to think and just maybe it will help you gain the perspective you need.

Rain Shield in Vietnam

2010-06-28T08:48:00.000-07:00

Vietnam Waste Solutions operates a major modern landfill serving Ho Chi Minh City. Posi-Shell ADC and odor control coatings are an integral part of the daily operations at this site.

Southern Vietnam experiences a monsoon climate with daily heavy rains during the wet season, lasting throughout the summer. Landfill Service Corporation developed Xtreme Rain Shield tm to meet the challenge of providing a water based spray-on ADC which will not wash away in immediate heavy rain.

Field trials were conducted at the Da Phuoc Landfill in Ho Chi Minh City during July, 2009. Several possible mixtures were applied; complete success was achieved with the "monsoon" mixture which held up extremely well after an immediate heavy rain, and the cover remained intact after over 7 inches of rainfall over the following several days.

LSC now offers Xtreme Rain Shield tm in several mixtures tailored to specific climate requirements, ranging from temperate North American conditions with occasional rainfall, to Asian monsoon climates with daily heavy rain.

This product works!

Living up to your word - Xtreme Rain Shield tm in Asia

2010-06-28T08:24:00.000-07:00

It had taken well over a year to bring to fruition an opportunity for Landfill Service Corporation to demonstrate their Posi-Shell Cover System for a large environmental firm operating one of the solid waste landfills in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China. Due to encroaching populations, the engineers and managers of this well run facility conducted extensive international investigations for products to enhance the existing gas odor control measures already in place. They had become convinced that Posi-Shell, with it’s long history in this arena, would work for their situation as well. Additionally, they recognized Posi-Shell’s other numerous uses as well such as Alternate Daily Cover, Erosion Control, and Hydroseeding.

However, the Asian climates and weather conditions posed a serious challenge for a product, such as Posi-Shell, that is spray-applied and requires curing time. RAIN, lots of it, lots of the time!

After several months of working out the logistics involved with an overseas demonstration of this magnitude, LSC representatives departed in mid-September armed with their standard tool, Posi-Shell Advanced Formulation, but for this trip they would also be utilizing a newly developed additive called Xtreme Rain Shield, which had been developed for situations just like this. Xtreme Rain Shield is a cellulosic polymer additive, in layman’s terms, the product gives Posi-Shell an increased resistance to heavy rains…even before it has cured.

Having performed well during several field evaluations and a few commercial installations, the LSC team was confident in Xtreme Rain Shield’s ability to live up to it’s name, but had really only tested it up to a two inch rain, in a ten minute time span immediately after application. By demonstrating in September in Hong Kong, it appeared that simulated rainfall may be required (spraying water out of a hydroseeding unit), since the summer typhoon season was “technically” over in that region. The team welcomed this notion as controlled testing is better than testing left to the elements.

As things go, however, a latent typhoon had been lurking out on the Sea of China and decided to make landfall at the landfill the very first day of the demonstration! The first demo load was applied to this slope early afternoon Monday (photo 1), while the rain was beginning to come down in earnest (photo 2). Shortly thereafter everybody was sent to their homes or hotels as the storm intensified and continued through noon the next day. Overnight, it reached signal 8, which can have sustained winds up to 116 mph. Fortunately no major damage was inflicted in Kowloon or at the landfill, other than a few downed trees and several thousand square feet of a protective rain cover which was torn away by the wind.

Tuesday afternoon, when the team returned to the site, there was a short moment of suspense while heading to their demonstration panel, as they had just been told by the landfill engineer that over four inches of rain had fallen during the storm. To their relief though, he followed up by saying “…but the Posi-Shell looks pretty good”. Photo 3 shows the product after the storm. The dark streaks are areas where slight washing occurred, although not completely through to the soil beneath the cover. The landfill staff concluded that the washing probably only amounted to about five percent. A huge success given the fact that there was zero cure time before the rains started pounding it!

Why training?

2010-06-24T05:47:00.000-07:00

When a sales representative of your business goes in to talk with your customer or prospect how important is it that they know the ins and outs of your business? It is vital, particularly when the products and services you provide are new technology. You want to provide answers, and solutions to the problems your customer faces, and the sales representative is the link between you and them. Your representative needs to be able to clearly sort out just where the problem lies and give answers that will work.

Training for more than just head knowledge, but hand-on understanding will strengthen belief in your product among both your employees and the customers they serve. When you have a product that works you want everyone to know it. Training helps your messengers to be excited about what they have to offer.

Last week we spend two days learning to mix lab samples to diagnose the cause of various problems customers might face. Then we spend time shooting various covers to observe the coverages and curing. Lastly, we spent time honing public speaking skills, funny how the people who think they can't speak well tend to talk the longest.

Landfill Service Corporation believes in training, do you?

Where we've been

2010-05-26T11:38:00.000-07:00

This spring has been busy - our sales managers have been at regional trade shows all over the country. Most recently at the NY Federation of Solid Waste and Recycling show in Lake George, NY. It is a privilege to partner with so many great associations that work to help our industry keep up on regulations and to keep it's people informed on the topics we need to hear about.

What we value most about trade shows are the people. The show organizers for sure - they provide the vehicle to make it happen. But also the people who walk the aisles. We have had the privilege of learning so many things by spending time talking with landfill managers about the things they are facing.

Along with trade shows we are getting out and meeting some new people in the engineering world. Thanks to everyone who has taken time to let us get to know more about the projects and problems that need solutions.

Something to consider about... flies

2010-03-29T09:25:00.000-07:00

In recent reading on other completely off work subjects, we came across this information about fly predators. Knowing that landfill people often fight battles with insects we thought some might find this link interesting. Your situation might be too large to battle it with these predators - but it certainly is an interesting thought, and maybe you have a home farm or pet situation where you might find this helpful. The link at the bottom will take you to the site where we found this information.

Long Term Preventive Area Fly Control

Any location where flies breed in manure or decaying organic matter can benefit from using Fly Predators. Because flies reproduce nine times faster than Fly Predators do, adding supplemental Fly Predators every three to four weeks during warm months keeps the population balanced for good fly control. If you release enough Fly Predators, they can control all the fly reproduction in the area. Effectively, you are treating your farm and kennel for flies instead of treating your animals.

http://www.gundogsupply.com/fly-predators.html?source=html-email&publish=1268697268

Raining Cats and Dogs? No problem

2010-03-18T09:51:00.000-07:00

As we have expanded our market to include the world we discovered the monsoon season! Knowing that a landfill needs to accomplish its cover rain or shine, they needed a solution that would withstand rain BEFORE it was cured. As we worked with Posi-Shell customers in Asia to solve the problem of monsoon rains - you know the ones where it can rain 4 inches in a hour without any problem- we successfully implemented this new additive to Posi-Shell, making it more versatile than ever.

The Posi-Shell Cover System doesn't need any additive to deal with rain once it is cured - but when heavy rains are expected within 12 hours of application we now have this great solution.

Technical Seminar brings Landfill and Erosion Control customers together

2010-03-18T08:20:00.001-07:00

In February we hosted an International Technical Seminar that brought together both Landfill managers that use Posi-Shell, and international distributors of Posi-Shell for erosion control use. The landfill managers were eager to learn about ways that the product is being used for erosion control around the world - and saw applications that might help them with some tough situations they face within their landfills. The distributors enjoyed learning more about the challenges the landfill managers face.

Thanks to our customers for the time they took to be a part of this Seminar.

Product Development

2010-01-21T10:13:00.001-08:00

As 2009 came to a close, Landfill Service Corporation released it's newest innovation, a literal one bag mix for the Posi-Shell Cover System. For a 1,000 gallon load we now offer a single bag that contains everything you need except the water. This exciting development will make daily cover even easier than it already was with Posi-Shell.

Solar Spark® Product Innovations

2009-11-12T06:13:00.000-08:00

LSC is developing a new self-contained flare system for the capture of carbon offset credits at smaller landfills. The flare will combust up to 100CFM continuous and will include all monitoring necessary for the relevant protocols. Stay tuned for more as we complete this system!

And we recently released the new more powerful Solar Power Vacuum, Model SPV-100 which produces a steady 42 CFM at the flare tip under atmospheric inlet conditions allowing positive ventilation of low pressure zones.

The SPV-100 is completely solar-powered and self-contained for independence from grid power, and built Solar Spark® Tough for low maintenance requirements.

Why Posi-Shell?

2009-11-09T06:51:00.000-08:00

More on the Top 5 reasons why Posi-Shell is the best tool in the Landfill Manager's toolbox.

#1 Posi-Shell saves you money – whether you currently use soil, tarps, other revenue generating covers or another commercially available adc we can show you that Posi-Shell can save you money.
#2 Posi-Shell makes your landfill last longer. With approvals for overnight cover, weekend cover, intermediate cover and erosion control every landfill that uses Posi-Shell extends its life.
#3 Posi-Shell can be used for many things. In addition to what we just listed in #2 Posi-Shell can be used for recycling leachate and waste latex paint, ditch lining, hydroseeding and fire suppression to name a few.
#4 Posi-Shell is very easy to use. Start to finish a single operator can cover 20,000 square feet of trash in about 1 hour.
Which brings us to the reason we had fun demonstrating at Wastecon 2009.
#5 Posi-Shell sticks to anything. This might not be our most important reason – but it is the most fun to demonstrate. As you are well aware a landfill’s daily waste includes a LOT of slippery plastics. At Landfill Service Corporation we believe a cover should stick to those plastics. We’ve learned in our lab that these picnic plates fresh from the package typically represent the slipperiest plastics you will find – so we designed our splatterpult and set out to splat Posi-Shell product onto picnic plates. Video footage of this is being prepared and will be posted before long.

If you’d like to see Posi-Shell stick to your trash call. We’re always game to come and show you on your site just how easy it is to use, and the advantage it can bring to your site.

Wastecon 2009

2009-09-29T06:18:00.000-07:00

Well, Wastecon 2009 is history now.... unfortunately we haven't gotten our video posted here yet - we'll get it eventually. The new Splatterpult was a great success. We found young and old alike were drawn to see it sling Posi-Shell onto those plastic plates. We were able to share the Top 5 reasons why Posi-Shell is the best tool in the Landfill Manager's toolbox with a great number of people. If you weren't there and you'd like to see how well Posi-Shell would stick to your landfill - call us - we're more than happy to show it to you at your location.

Splatterpult!

2009-09-10T10:47:00.000-07:00

We're gearing up for the annual Wastecon conference. This year we have turned a corner in an attempt to better communicate just why every landfill manager should have Posi-Shell at his site. We created the Splatterpult, a catapult for throwing Posi-Shell at plastic picnic plates - the slippery surface is perfect to test it's ability to stick. If you're coming to Wastecon be sure to look us up at booth 1214. If you won't be there be sure to check back here to see our "behind the scenes" video that will feature some Splatterpult action and the lengths we went to to create our booth graphics.

Will Posi-Shell Damage my Leachate Collection System?

2009-07-07T07:01:00.001-07:00

NO - Posi-Shell has been used at conventional and bioreactor landfills for 20 years with no documentation of damage to leachate collection systems. The cement ingredients in Posi-Shell harden on the surface of the waste at the time of application. This one-time hydraulic cement reaction occurs only when the cover is first applied. If the hardened material later breaks up and is transported by liquids to the leachate system, it behaves the same as any other dirt, dust or other solid particles in the leachate. Soil covers contribute far more available solids than thin Posi-Shell coatings, and C&D landfills with a large amount of old cement materials do not report any greater incidence of leachate line clogging than MSW landfills.

It is true that leachate collection piping often exhibits a scaly hard build-up known in the landfill industry as “Bio-Rock,” however, this occurs in landfills not using Posi-Shell as frequently as in those which do. Bio-Rock is generally formed by complex biochemical oxidation-reduction reactions with leachate solids slowly flowing through the intermittent semi-aerobic conditions in the leachate collection pipes. This explains pipe camera observations that there are no “stalagtites” forming downward from the perforation holes; instead the Bio-Rock builds in thin, hard layers from the bottom up, beginning at the leachate flow-line in the pipe.

You can use Posi-Shell with complete confidence, based upon decades of experience, that no damage will be done to your leachate collection system. The important key to a well functioning leachate collection system is regular, normal cleaning of collection lines to remove “Bio-Rock” before it clogs the line; this maintenance is equally important for landfills using Posi-Shell or for landfills using any other type of cover.

Some of the winners

2009-06-30T13:41:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple of the winners at our InfoEx conference, Shawn Peckham and Mike Torrecillas - congratulations guys.

InfoEx 2009

2009-06-29T13:12:00.000-07:00

Waste Expo and InfoEx 2009 in Las Vegas are history now, but those who attended certainly enjoyed great opportunities to learn and to win. At InfoEx the speakers from across the country provided great insight into the savings they are enjoying using Posi-Shell. Guests with a wide range of needs and questions got answers and a chance to see the product applied in person.

Our door prize winners will certainly enjoy their Wii entertainment system, GPS, digital camera and digital frame.

If you missed out this year - there's always next year, and your chance to win. But if you are using ANY other daily cover - don't wait till next year. We can start saving you money now.

Do you believe?

2009-04-07T11:47:00.001-07:00

We're out to prove that at whatever given quality level you prefer, Posi-Shell is the least expensive ADC available in North America. Our sales staff are equipped with product and equipment to go to any site and prove that claim to be true.

We have the versatility in Posi-Shell to provide alternate daily cover that does it's job - but can also be turned into a great erosion control cover, intermediate cover.... and so much more. Why would anyone want to use anything else?

Waste Expo - will you be there?

2009-04-06T08:08:00.000-07:00

We're actively preparing for the upcoming InfoEx conference and reception at the Waste Expo. There are no better people than our customers to tell you about how well Posi-Shell works in the field.

If you're going to be there - we'd love to see you. Call us to register and be sure to stop by our booth #13003 at the show.

InfoEx June 9th

2009-03-10T07:12:00.000-07:00

June 9th Landfill Service Corporation is proud to announce a new event, InfoEx. Taking place in association with the Waste Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The InfoEx Conference is your opportunity to interact with industry professionals who share your challenges.

Join us for a practical session and learn how Posi-Shell can help you confront the economic issues we are facing in 2009. Our speakers (all long-term Posi-Shell users) will share with the group how, by using Posi-Shell, they have....

Reduced their operating costs significantly

Extended the life of their landfill dramatically

Increased their versatility

This is a few hours you won't want to miss!

Contact Nancy Crane at 800.800.7671 for registration information. Register by April 15 to receive a free Landfill Service Corporation Hat. We hope to see you there.

Welcome Back

2009-03-10T06:48:00.000-07:00

Customers in the Central Region can look forward to an old face visiting them again. Jim Shumsky is back servicing the Central Region. We're excited to have him and know he'll take great care of that Region.

Are you yellow?

2009-01-19T07:24:00.000-08:00

A recent demo featured Posi-Shell in yellow. Since this site often sprays with little sunlight they found that the yellow will give them more reflective light and help them see where they have sprayed. Amazing, the difference a color can make.

TB-200 News

2008-12-04T10:20:00.000-08:00

On October 1st, Landfill Service Corporation introduced their new Posi-Shell Mobile Demonstrator Units. The first unit was introduced on the West Coast by Glenn Becker, Landfill Service's Western Regional Manager. Additional units will soon be delivered to our other regional managers throughout the country. The Posi-Shell Demonstrator Units can apply 2000-3000 sq. ft. of Posi-Shell per load directly on trash or areas requiring erosion control.

"What used to take weeks to schedule and orchestrate, now can literally be done in a couple of hours" says Landfill Service Director of Sales & Marketing, Jerry Gaube. Landfill Service expects these units will enable them to triple the amount of demonstrations they did last year. "The demand for Posi-Shell has grown significantly, our units will help us meet this demand".

The Posi-Shell Cover System is a spray applied, cement mortar coating, similar to stucco, that is used as landfill daily cover, intermediate cover, soil erosion and odor control.

Managing Leachate With Posi-Shell

2008-12-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

"Previously, before we used Posi-Shell, we experienced leachate breakouts associated with what now is known to be the almost 1 foot of daily cover placed after each day's waste receipts. Using Posi-Shell allows the leachate we recirculate to penetrate deeper and eventually make its way to the liner quicker and does not tend to migrate laterally towards the edge of our slopes. This is a great product benefit."
from a letter from
Todd Green
American Environmental

Posi-Shell in Vietnam

2008-11-25T10:27:00.000-08:00

Landfill Service Corp., recently went on a major international tour demonstrating the power and effectiveness of Posi-Shell. View this video of Posi-Shell in Vietnam.

Former Kansas City Chiefs Linebacker to Manage Central U.S. Territory

2008-11-24T12:43:00.001-08:00

Former Kansas City Chief and Texas Tech All- American linebacker, Brad Hastings, has joined LSC as Central U.S. Territory Manager. Brad brings a wealth of solid sales management experience with him. Formerly, Brad managed the ten state southern region for Interstate Battery Corp.

As an All-American at Texas Tech, Brad was named All Southwest Conference Team for three consecutive years and in 1986 he was named as the runner up for the Dick Butkus Award, a award annually given to College Football's best linebacker. From 1987-89 Brad played for the Kansas City Chiefs before knee surgery forced his retirement.

Brad lives and maintains his sales office in Arlington, Texas.

Jerry Gaube to Oversee Sales & Marketing

2008-11-24T12:41:00.000-08:00

Jerry Gaube has joined LSC as Director of Sales and Marketing. Jerry brings over twenty-five years of executive experience developing the growth strategies of several, large international companies. Until recently he ran his own sales and marketing executive consulting firm.

Upon graduation from college, Jerry's career actually began as a player and scout in the NY Yankee organization and in 2007 he was named to the Athletic Hall of Fame of his Alma Mater, Binghamton University.

Jerry resides in Vestal, NY with his with Bette Anne. They have three boys.

SWANA Honors Landfill Chairman

2008-11-24T12:40:00.000-08:00

Landfill Service Corp., Chairman Dave Hansen received a Distinguished Individual Achievement Award from the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) in June.

Lauding his service to the organization as a symposium presenter and leader, a spokesman from SWANA said, His contribution to SWANA's Landfill Management Division is really invaluable. We will continue to rely on his experience as we move forward."

Monsoon Concerns Lead Landfill to Product Invention

2008-11-24T12:39:00.000-08:00

Setting up a new customer in Asia we put our Posi-Shell Applicator through it's paces and it performed well, proving again "if your dozer can go there so can our Applicator."

Our experience in Asia brought to light the need to create a version of Posi-Shell that would be resistant to the monsoon rains experienced in that region of the world.
With Dave Hansen heading the charge, and the team in Apalachin supporting and verifying his efforts, we are pleased to announce that the initial field trials of this product were successful. The site showed very little washing, even with a monsoon rain falling just two hours after application.

We Come to You for Demonstrations

2008-11-24T12:38:00.000-08:00

Did you know that Landfill Service Corp., can arrange to bring a demonstration of Posi-Shell to your site?

You can call us or request a demonstration online, and we'll arrange a time to show how easy Posi-Shell is to apply, discuss the environmental benefits of using the product, and show you exactly how it can extend the capacity and life of your landfill.

Posi-Shell Gets Noticed

2008-11-24T12:37:00.002-08:00

Professionals in the solid waste management industry know how valuable Posi-Shell is for their uses. Now other industries are discovering the unique benefits of controlling erosion with Posi-Shell. A recent visit to an erosion control trade show caused a buzz about the product.

Posi-Shell® Cover provides a hard-shell coating to effectively protect against wind and water erosion. Typical applications are on intermediate and pre-closure areas of landfills and other large sloping soil surfaces.

Municipalities and corporate clients have come to Landfill Service Corp., and borrowed the technology for other purposes, including managing sloping surfaces, lining ditches and controlling other areas where erosion is a concern.

One of our clients, a New Jersey-based chemical company, has found success and convenience with the process.

"We have been using Posi-Shell to prevent soil erosion on our side slopes. Because of weather conditions, we can't always complete the work on the slopes, so using Posi-Shell prevents soil loss."

You can view Posi-Shell in action the Landfill Service Corp. website, or request a demonstration on your site to see in person how Posi-Shell works.

Joel Lanz Takes on Role as LSC President

2008-11-24T12:37:00.001-08:00

Longtime clients are already familiar with Joel Lanz, who has been named to the top spot at Landfill Service Corp. For 17 years, Joel has been with LSC, most recently as Division Vice President.

Joel's experience, judgment and enthusiasm will be a wonderful asset to our clients as well as to the entire LSC team.

Under Joel's leadership the LSC Team recently developed innovative products such as our Posi-Shell® Advanced Formulation and the SPV-550 Solar Powered Vacuum. Joel will continue to lead our efforts to offer you the latest solutions and the utmost in customer service.

David Hansen and Dennis Super will remain active company management as Executive Officers and members of the Board of Directors.

For more information about the innovations the LSC team is exploring, visit our website.