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.

Wastecon 2009

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!

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?

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.