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-7- <br />[hen dozing and compacting SC Into thin horizontal layers with heavy equipment. <br />Inactive areas of this cell [hat ere no[ undergoing these load ing operations <br />are covered with hear( synthetic linings to con[efrr odors artd prevent Insect <br />Infestation. 71rey el lmi mate the need [o cover the newly-added garbage of th <br />e dirt laver at the end of each day's operation. <br />A comparative study has been made of a modern sanitary landfill wherein <br />re latlrely thin (J1 .5 fee[ in height), 24-sire, above-ground cells (smell <br />lndlr ld ual above-ground landf ll ls) were built, quick if filled with refuse end <br />then capped [o nlnlmlxe leachate productton,and a Cellular landfill of the <br />same capacity (manic (pal refuse produced by a population o[ 100,000 for 7l1 <br />rears). This study Ind lca[ed [hat the the Cellular Landoll had 26 percent <br />less volume, !t used only ]4.6 percent of the natural building ma[erle ls, <br />required on lr I9.1 Dercent of [he lend Brea, had only 16.7 Dercent of the <br />capital costs, less than 55 Dercent of the operating costs end much lover <br />enrironmen[al costs Chan the conrentlonal landfill. Also, the Cellular landfill <br />has the poten[lal to generate methane gas rich a gross ra lue of up to S10.b1 <br />per ton o[ garbage. <br />important features of this her landfill that may be ca[egorlxed as aesthetic <br />include its covered loading processes, env Lronmental features, [he minimum usage <br />o[ land area and natural building mate rfa ls, the peace-of-m Ind afforded hr its <br />high degree of enrlronmental securl[/. its appearance es a grass-covered hll 1, <br />its eventual use as a site for summer and winter apo its or •[ev property, etc. <br />Since the fill within a Cellular Landfill is maintained Sn a dry state <br />r lrt uallr forever, many types of solid end absorbed liquid wastes can be safely <br />d1sD^sed of wit him 1t [ha[ can not be disposed of in the Dresent landfills <br />(l.e., soils and tailings contaminated rich incrgantc, organic end radloactire <br />chemf call or minerals, beach sands and grave is the[ have been impregnated rich <br />petroleum In an ocean spill, organic materiels such as savage sludge, septic <br />tank pumpings and manure that ere mired with dirt or other materiels, sbsorbed <br />I lquld chemicals, soluble salts, etc.). <br />It should not be necassary for the Cellular [anditll [o go through e,r- <br />tenslre laboratory and/or pilot plan[ testing since, in i[a "dry" made of <br />operation, It is simply an Improved engineer[ng design. A small commercial <br />I;mdfill would serve yell as t[9 first epDltca[lon. <br />Thy ,uit hnr anA Inventor la currently seeking an opportun lt/ [o build and <br />~•o•v ,r.~ rhrr Irv+t nPpl 1, nt run of this new ter hnol og/. Inquiries are velcom. <br />_4_ <br />Dr. Paul H, Johnson, Presid env <br />JOHHSOH RESEARCH AND DEYF.LOPf1EHT I:ORP. <br />P.O. Bar ll <br />McIntosh, NM 87032 <br />(505) 394-5479 <br />s <br />• <br />• <br /> <br />