Method and apparatus for applying a daily cover to dumped waste
First Claim
1. An improved landfill management process comprising the method of providing a daily cover for a working face of a landfill having a surface roughly defined by a front laterally extending edge and a rear edge longitudinally separated therefrom, including providing a sheet-like member in a compacted storage form, said member having an extended length and width to cover at least a substantial portion of said working face, said member having a laterally extending trailing edge, fixedly positioning said trailing edge onto said landfill working face at a position longitudinally remote from said front edge thereof, thereafter at the end of the landfill working day moving the remaining portions of said member towards said front edge so as to extend said member and cover said working face and then removing said material prior to the subsequent landfill workday so as to provide dumping access to said working face.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for applying a "daily cover" to the working face of a landfill. A sheet-like member preferably of imperforate construction such as canvas and the like is positioned at the end of a working day at one edge of the working face such that one edge of the member is adjacent thereto. The member is then fixed to the landfill and then unrolled to its extended position to cover at least a significant portion of the working face and thus obviate the need for a conventional "daily cover" in the form of six inches to two feet of compacted earth.
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- 1. An improved landfill management process comprising the method of providing a daily cover for a working face of a landfill having a surface roughly defined by a front laterally extending edge and a rear edge longitudinally separated therefrom, including providing a sheet-like member in a compacted storage form, said member having an extended length and width to cover at least a substantial portion of said working face, said member having a laterally extending trailing edge, fixedly positioning said trailing edge onto said landfill working face at a position longitudinally remote from said front edge thereof, thereafter at the end of the landfill working day moving the remaining portions of said member towards said front edge so as to extend said member and cover said working face and then removing said material prior to the subsequent landfill workday so as to provide dumping access to said working face.
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