Boost Revenue: Monitor Landfill Airspace Capacity

Airspace can be a great asset for landfill owners and operators.

Typically, landfill operators are paid per ton of waste disposed but there is only a set amount of airspace, as permitted by the local municipality and design capacity. To be efficient and profitable, landfill managers must strategically monitor remaining airspace to increase its volume and extend the life of the landfill, while maintaining worker safety and operational efficiencies.

It’s simple:

the more density you can achieve = the more volume you can handle = the more revenue you can generate.

Calculate Airspace Value

Volumetric surveys of landfill sites give site manager and municipal authorities up-to-date information about how the landfill capacity is being filled. Traditional surveying methods involve ground teams manually completing these surveys or often done using helicopters or drones. Either method is time-consuming, costly and potentially dangerous, limiting frequent and accurate landfill surveys.

MUD® SAR landfill airspace capacity monitoring models and measures the entire landfill, including its subsurface, to detect the remaining airspace. MUD® SAR satellite data provides baseline 3D survey maps and volumetrics and compares each successive survey to detect and measure remaining capacity. Highly accurate volume calculations are available as maps and cross-sections of individual cells or the entire landfill site.

Monitor landfill airspace to detect volume and remaining airspace capacity.

Regulators require that landfill operators have planned for adequate and safe disposal capacity, typically for a minimum of 15 years. If existing capacity is not sufficient or will be exhausted, areas for new solid waste facilities or existing facilities that will be expanded, must be identified.

MUD® SAR customized satellite data collection gives site managers access to more specific data to aid in short and long-term planning for maximum airspace use.

Gain the competitive edge with MUD® SAR accurate airspace calculations.

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