The Town of Manchester owns and operates a bulky waste sanitary landfill on Olcott Street in the southwest section of Town. This regional landfill accepts construction and demolition debris (C&D), bulky wastes, and approved special wastes for onsite disposal. Special wastes include but are not limited to non-hazardous polluted and contaminated soils, sediments, and approved industrial waste such as casting sands. The Manchester Sanitary Landfill’s DEEP permit allows the Town to review and accept non-hazardous contaminated or polluted soils for reuse as cover material if the soils meet specific testing and contaminant level criteria. There is also a testing requirement for use of soils as intermediate cover material. As the landfill approaches its permitted capacity, soils approvable as intermediate cover material will be more important to the facility’s operation.
