Alternative Daily Cover

What is Daily Cover?

Federal and State regulations require that landfills cover their solid waste daily with a minimum of 6 inches of dirt.

This “Daily Cover” is intended to:

  • Minimize disease vectors and animal attraction.
  • Control leachate and erosion.
  • Reduce fire hazard potential.
  • Minimize wind-blown litter.
  • Reduce noxious odors.
  • Provide an aesthetic appearance.
  • Allow accessibility regardless of weather.

Why Alternative Daily Cover?

Because of the cost to place six or more inches of dirt each day as a daily cover, and the value of air space that it consumes, many landfill sites are using Alternate Daily Cover. The savings in dirt hauling costs, and especially the value of air space, are very significant. Short term costs savings involved in switching to a fiber-based daily cover are immediate; the long term costs savings involved with extending the site, while longer to realize, are immense.

What is your Airspace Worth?

Landfill airspace is a valuable resource. It is essentially the only thing a landfill has to sell. In fact, you may think of your landfill as WASTE-MART; selling airspace to safely store solid waste. The value of your air-space is very critical to the landfill business. Several factors affect that value. They include:

  • Type of Waste
  • Compact Density
  • Tipping Fee
  • Compaction of Active Site
 

Waste Cover

Waste Cover is an alternate daily landfill cover manufactured from recycled paper and wood, polymers, enzyme complex, biological stimulants, and other proprietary ingredients. Waste-Cover helps breakdown the garbage faster and helps alleviate odors.

Waste Cover has been approved for use as a routine Alternative Daily Cover to be applied over exposed compacted waste material at the end of each working day to minimize vector breeding and animal attraction, control leachate and erosion, reduce fire hazard potential, minimize blowing litter, reduce noxious odors, and provide an overall aesthetic appearance to the landfill.

Waste Cover is more than just a cosmetic cover. The breakdown of organic materials is advanced through the stimulation of the microbial activity already present in the landfill materials. The odor control materials have been added to combat the inherent problem of "smell" existing in most landfills. These smells come from the never-ending process of the breakdown of the organic materials within the cell confines. All ingredients are not-toxic and biodegradable. Lend Mother Nature a helping hand, make your landfill more efficient by using Waste-Cover.

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