Ivy Landfill Research Center-

--------There must be an understanding that the current landfill process and technology is an inexact science.  Current methods
have not been in existence for long enough periods of time to ensure their effectiveness.  Landfill technology is a field where
new 'discoveries and solutions' are constantly being studied and attempted.  Some work and some don't.  Devices such as liners,
caps, leachate collection, methane collection, and slurry wall systems are constantly being updated and revised to increase
efficiency.  As is evident at the Ivy Landfill where ground water contamination has occurred, methods must be taken to deal with
this problem.  There is a need to inform the general public that technological uncertainty is a given.

--------With this understanding in mind, my proposal for the Ivy Landfill is to create a research center where data from the landfill
is collected and studied.  It also represents an opportunity for interaction with the public so that there is a realization of the
effects of our disposable society.

--------The research center is sited in the center of the landfill along an existing bedrock spine.  This spine is ideal for traffic and
circulation.  This siting is the center for drawing all the information and data and also provides a place where the by-products of
the landfill are collected and treated.  The landfill no longer accepts municipal solid waste(msw) for land filling.  Two major roads
border the landfill to the north and south.  To the north lies Interstate 64 while to the south lies Route 637.  This provides an op-
portunity to alleviate large scale traffic on Route 637 which is a relatively small country road.  Trash trucks would enter from I-64
while individual scale trash is still brought in from Rte. 637.  At the center, where the two traffic flows meet,  a trancyclery is constructed
where trash trucks bring the msw to be transferred to larger vehicles for transportation to other landfills.  The individual scale trash
can be dumped there, but there is also  a recycling/resorting center where individual scale trash and recyclables can be brought for
sorting.  The scientists will be able to study the trash habits and rituals at two scales thus recognizing current trends and determine
methods of source reduction.
 

                                                                                IMPORT
                                                                                 feeding the center:  Municipal Solid Waste[2 scales]
                                                                                                                                       Public
                                                                                                                                       Laboratory, Control/Information/Vistiing Room
                                                                                                                                       Experimentation Plots
                                                                                                                                       Trancyclery
                                                                                                                                       Recycling/Resorting Center
                                                                                                                                       Composting
                                                                                                                                       Surface Water Sediment Pond
                                                                                                                                       Landfill Gas Refinery
                                                                                                                                       Landfill Gas Pumping System
                                                                                                                                       Leachate Treatment Facility
                                                                                                                                       Ground Water Contaminant Monitoring Wells
 
                                                                                EXPORT
                                         dispersal from the center:  Municipal Solid Waste[2 scales]
                                                                                                                                       Technology
                                                                                                                                       Energy
                                                                                                                                       Compost
                                                                                                                                       Education/Awareness

--------The center becomes a kind of theme park, the theme being education and awareness of the inherent uncertainty of a landfill and
the care it requires.  There are many activities to be experienced, all there to teach us something about ourselves.  Each 'venue' is distinct
and rigorous in its program and yet together they represent a symbiotic organism.  All the pieces affect the whole and each affects the
other to a certain extent.

-------This web site represents the 3rd 'pile' of work.  The first two piles were  crash courses on understanding how a landfill works and how
it affects people.  It was also time in which we determined our thesis or program for the site.  ------------process

 
 

msw/ traffic flow:  2 scale

information import/export

contamination plumes

natural forest regrowth

natural forest regrowth

 

-------Final site plan:                      -Interstate 64 to the north
                                                                           - Route 637 to the south
                                                                           - Research center sited along spine bearing north-east
                                                                           -To the left of the spine lies the grid of landfill gas collection pumps which all feed to a single pipe which
                                                                             then leads to the refinery
                                                                           -Diagonal red lines represent the data from the ground water monitoring wells
 

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