Compaction and Airspace: The Keys to Landfill Profitability

The business of landfills is air, selling empty space to be filled with solid waste, and in this industry not all air is equal. Landfills have the unique ability of being able to modify the lifespan of their product without changing the amount of product they started with. It all comes down to compaction. Volume may be fixed, but density is not, and the more solid waste you can fit into a given volume, the more valuable that space is. That is why it is absolutely necessary to have an accurate and reliable way of tracking the change in the volume of solid waste before and after compaction.

One of the newest and most helpful technologies being used to measure compaction ratios and airspace utilization is Mobile Mapping, also known as 3D laser scanning or ground-based LiDAR. By scanning an active fill area at two different points in time to obtain a fill volume and then dividing that by the weight of the waste received during that period, accurate densities can easily be calculated.

Mobile mapping provides the accuracy and data density of an aerial flyover, with the mobility and flexibility of a ground survey. Benefits include:

Cost Effective - Focusing on active fill areas reduces the time and cost of updating operationsScalable - Project coverage areas ranging from ¼ acre to 500+ acres using the exact same technologyEfficient - Much higher data acquisition rate, up to 36,000 points per second, compared to manual surveyingAccurate - A typical point cloud contains millions of measured points, with real coordinates, providing detailed terrain modelingProtection -Stay in compliance with design requirements from regulatory agencies. Problems can now be identified and fixed before they become expensive and time-consuming to repair.

3D Mobile Mapping makes tracking compaction ratios and airspace utilization more efficient than ever. Results can usually be delivered within a week of the initial data collection survey. Having accurate volume measurements performed regularly and reported quickly allows landfill operators to maximize the space they have available, which is the most influential and most controllable variable for increasing profitability of a landfill.

3D mobile mapping provides a wealth of fast, dependable information to better manage, predict and plan the operation of landfills. And all of this comes without the need for managers to purchase additional equipment or software, hire additional personnel or pay for specialized training.

The May 2011 issue of MSW Management, the solid waste industry journal, features a cover article detailing the importance and subsequent profit potential of managing and regularly monitoring compaction in solid waste landfills, the article can be found here:

http://www.mswmanagement.com/may-2011/airspace-compaction-techniques.aspx

Caleb Cass
Project Engineer
Firmatek 3D Mapping Solutions, LLC
http://www.firmatek.com/

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Compacting and sky: the keys to a landfill for profitability

Operation of landfills is air, selling the empty space fills solid waste, and in the industry, not all the air is equal. Landfills have a unique ability to modify the length of life, makes their product without changing the size of the product, which began with Everything refers to the Compact. The volume may be determined, but not and more solid waste you can fit in respect of a given volume, the more valuable, lack of space. Therefore it is necessary to strictly accurate and reliable way to track changes in the volume of solid waste before and after.

It is one of the newest and most helpful technologies, used for measuring the concentration ratio and the use of airspace, Mobile mapping, also known as 3D laser scanning, or ground-based LiDAR. Scanning area fill is active in two different points in time in order to obtain a volume of fill, and then dividing that by weight of waste, received during this period, you can calculate the exact density.

Mobile mapping delivers accuracy and data density aerial flyover, mobility and flexibility testing ground. Benefits include:

Cost effective -focusing on the areas of active fills reduce the time and cost of updatingscalable -operation project cover areas from ¼ Acre to acquire data of 500 + acres with exactly the sameefficient technology-a much higher rate, to 36,000 points per second, compared to manualAccurate -extraction of a cloud typical point contains millions of measured points, with real coordinates, defining detailed terrainprotection modeling of stay in accordance with the requirements of the project, from the regulatory agencies. Now you can identify problems, and fixed before they become costly and time consuming to repair.

3D Mobile mapping makes it easy to track your ratios of compaction and utilization of airspace more efficiently than ever. The results can usually be supplied within one week of initial data collection studies. Having exact volume measurements regularly and reported quickly allows operators of landfills to maximize the space they have available, which is the most influential and most controllable variable to increase the profitability of landfill.

3D moving map provides a wealth of information is fast, reliable better management, anticipate and plan of action of the landfills. And all this comes without having to purchase additional hardware to managers or software, to recruit additional staff or pay for specialized training.

Issue of May 2011, the processing of the management, the solid waste industry, see the article covers, the net weight and the subsequent gains potential management and regular monitoring of the compaction in solid waste landfills, the article can be found here:

http://www.mswmanagement.com/May-2011/airspace-Compaction-Techniques.aspx

Caleb Cass
Project engineer
Firmatek 3D mapping solutions, LLC
http://www.firmatek.com/

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