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Waste
Management Products
EPI has developed a degradable film technology,
which can be applied as alternative daily cover (ADC) for
landfills or as a stretch wrap for municipal solid waste (MSW)
bales. This technology greatly assists in overcoming or even eliminating the problems
of conventional waste management.
Conventional
municipal solid waste management method involves the
transportation of waste from the collection points to a
landfill, placing the waste onto a working face, compaction of
the waste, and covering the waste with daily cover material. A
significant drawback of the conventional method is the loss of
valuable airspace due to the use of earthen daily cover material
and the generation of blowing litter, odors and leachate
before the waste is covered.
In EPI's technology, a specialized degradable
film is applied either during waste handling or after disposal
to entomb the waste. Blowing litter, odors and leachate are
controlled by the impermeable film. Valuable airspace is
conserved because the film occupies virtually "zero"
volume. EPI's films are degradable. The entombed waste will
eventually be released back to the landfill for degradation.
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