Reducing Cleaning Costs and Downtime in Leachate Treatment with ZwitterCo’s Fouling-Resistant RO
A landfill in Europe faced constant disruptions in its leachate treatment process due to severe organic fouling. These issues led to excessive chemical cleaning, frequent membrane replacements every two months, and prolonged downtime, driving up…
5 Leachate Treatment Mistakes Costing Your Landfill Money
Landfill leachate treatment is a necessary but expensive part of waste management. Many landfill operators unknowingly make decisions that increase operating costs, shorten equipment life, and limit the potential for water reuse. Avoiding these…
Revolutionizing Leachate Treatment: A Cost-Saving Success Story
Revolutionizing Leachate Treatment: A Cost-Saving Success Story A landfill in Europe faced a costly challenge — treating high-strength leachate with conventional RO meant frequent, expensive cleanings that strained operations and budgets. With…
Leachate Management Challenges Were Driving Up Costs—Until This Landfill Found a Better Way
Leachate Management Challenges Were Driving Up Costs—Until This Landfill Found a Better Way A U.S. landfill faced persistent challenges with leachate management. Minimal treatment before deep well injection led to severe well fouling and plugging,…
How Advanced Membrane Solutions Can Transform Landfill Leachate Treatment
Originally posted on wasteadvantagemag.com | February 2, 2025 Landfill operators seeking to optimize their leachate treatment processes should consider how advanced membrane solutions could benefit their facilities. With proven success in…
PFAS, Heavy Metals & Organics: Why RO is the Ultimate Leachate Solution
The Challenge of Landfill Leachate Treatment Landfill leachate is a complex and highly variable wastewater stream, often containing a mix of heavy metals, organic pollutants, salts, and persistent contaminants like per- and polyfluoroalkyl…
Unlocking the Full Potential of Water Reuse in Landfill Operations
Landfills face a dual challenge: managing leachate and meeting sustainability goals. Historically, leachate— the liquid that forms when rainwater flows through waste —has been treated and either disposed of or discharged, often at a significant…
From Directive to Dilemma: Tackling High-Strength Leachate with Advanced Membranes
The European Union Landfill Directive, implemented to minimize environmental impacts and promote sustainable waste management, has undoubtedly succeeded in reducing the volume of waste sent to landfills. Waste landfilling in the EU has dropped from…
The Hidden Threat of Landfill Leachate: How RO Membranes Offer a Sustainable Solution
The Growing Threat of Landfill Leachate Landfill leachate is an increasingly concerning byproduct of waste disposal, formed when rainwater seeps through layers of landfill waste, picking up a variety of pollutants along the way – things like heavy…
Reducing Environmental Impact: How Advanced RO Membranes Improve Landfill Leachate Management
Landfills are a fact of life, but the environmental impacts they generate can be significant. One of the biggest challenges they pose is landfill leachate—a liquid formed when rainwater filters through waste. This leachate can carry a variety of…