Where we've been

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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.