SWANA report offers guidance on landfill odor control

Landfills often can be a source of nuisance odors in their host communities, according to the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Maryland, and can generate complaints from residents living near the facilities. Sources of landfill odors include not only landfilled waste but also other facilities on the landfill site, such as leachate, stormwater ponds and landfill gas condensate tanks.

The SWANA Applied Research Foundation (ARF) has issued a new report that provides solid waste managers with up-to-date information and guidance on materials and strategies that can be used to control odors emanating from the working face of landfills.

“We are proud to be able to provide this report that addresses such an important and timely topic for SWANA ARF subscribers,” says Jeremy O’Brien, SWANA’s director of Applied Research. “SWANA would like to recognize and thank the organizations that comprise the ARF’s Disposal Group subscribers that identified and voted on this topic as well as supported and assisted in the research.”

The full report, “Landfill Odor Control with Alternative Daily Covers,” is currently only available to SWANA ARF subscribers. SWANA members receive free access to the report one year after publication.

Click here to learn more about the report and to download the executive summary.