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“People don’t realize what it takes to run a landfill,” noted Tony Riviera, Managing Director of Landfill Operations for Cumberland County, New Jersey. “For example, they don’t know we have automated systems and don’t understand the complexity of the systems.”
First opened in 1987, Cumberland County’s landfill handles about 300,000 short tons of municipal solid waste per year. From the beginning, the operators liked to be on the cutting edge. From a heat exchanger that increases efficiency to a micro energy grid onsite, they work hard to show what’s possible.
When LoCI Controls approached the landfill with an innovative idea, the team at Cumberland County decided to take a closer look. At first it sounded too good to be true; LoCI would install its cutting-edge, real-time data and automated control system, which would increase gas collection efficiency at no cost to the landfill. To make it possible, the landfill would become a carbon project, and the sale of credits would cover the costs.