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Broome County Landfill

Location & Hours

286 Knapp Rd
Binghamton, NY 13905
607-778-2250

Hours:
M-F  7:00am-2:45pm
Sat. 7:00am-11:45am

*Landfill will be closed in observance of the following holidays: Memorial Day (Monday, 5/28/12), Independence Day (Wednesday, 7/4/12), Labor Day (Monday, 9/3/12), Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, 11/22/12), Christmas Day (Tuesday, 12/25/12) & New Year's Day (Tuesday, 1/1/13).

Loads Must Be Covered

 Covered loads are required to and from the landfill. All vehicles transporting solid waste and source separated recyclables to, entering and/or exiting the landfill site shall have loads appropriately covered or confined in the vehicle by use of tarpaulins, nets or other devices to prevent material from blowing or falling out from the vehicle. (It’s the law!) Failure to comply is a violation and subject to a fine.

Remember . . . When hauling trash, put a lid on it! Keep our roadways litter free.

Permit Information

Residential Customers can apply for a free permit sticker to save time weighing in and out.

Commercial customers must obtain a permit issued by the landfill.  Permits are for one year (July 1-June 30) and are prorated on a per month basis for the remainder of the year.  The application fee is $55 plus $30 per vehicle.  

For more information call 607-763-4434.

 

Tip Fees

Tip fees are prorated by weight and material type.  A complete listing of tip fees is listed in the Landfill User Guide.

Please Note: Credit cards are not accepted;cash or check only. 

Loads Requiring Waste Transporter Manifest

As per 6 NYCRR Part 360 Regulations and Division Policy each load of the following waste types require a Division accepted standardized Waste Transporter Manifest:

  • Sewage Sludge (biosolids)
  • Water Treat Plant Residuals
  • Grease Trap Waste
  • Waste Tires
  • Petroleum Contaminated Soil
  • Asbestos Waste
            Friable Asbestos
            Non-Friable Asbestos (Division Policy)

The below standardized manifest is required by the Division to receive approval for disposal.
Waste Transporter Manifest
 

 Asbestos

Friable Asbestos (easily crumbled, pulverized or reduced to powder)-Must be properly wetted down and double bagged in accordance to New York State regulations. Residents and commercial haulers should contact the landfill at 763-4434 to obtain approval to dispose asbestos at the landfill. If a commercial hauler is being used a valid NYSDEC 364 permit must be on file with the scalehouse and a manifest must accompany each load.  Friable asbestos is only accepted prior to 1:00pm on Thursdays.

Non-Friable Asbestos (roofing shingles, siding, floor & ceiling tiles)- Must be separated from other wastes. Notify the scale operator that the material being disposed of is non-friable asbestos.

For more information call 763-4434.

Residential Asbestos Form

Commercial Manifest Form

 

Give Back Program

Materials such as compost and wood pallets are available at no cost to residents while supplies last.

*Pleas note:  The landfill is currently out of compost.  More will be available in Spring 2012.

 

Brochures

Broome County Virtual Landfill Tour

The Broome County Landfill is a state-of-the-art facility.  Many residents have never visited the facility and often in error think of what years ago was a traditional dump.  Join us on this virtual tour as we show the ongoing activities at the landfill as we work to operate a clean facility for our residents.

 

News

 Broome County Landfill, Sections II/III

Sections II and III encompass about 40 acres, 20 acres each, and form a contiguous mound. The final height is expected to be at an elevation of 1620 feet above sea level. The bottom liner elevation ranges from 1408 to 1440 feet, so at the highest point there is about 200 feet of solid waste in place. When it is closed, it will contain an estimated 3,500,000 tons of garbage. Section II located on the east side opened in 1989; Section III opened in 1993; and the vertical expansion that joined the sections together began in 2004. 
 
Landfill compactor at work on top of Section II/III, August 2009.
 
 
Broome County Landfill, Opening Section IV
 
The construction of Section IV, Cell 1 was completed in 2002. However, the new landfill was not put into service at that time because additional air space was realized in the vertical expansion of Sections II/III. Final preparations were made to open the new cell during the spring and early summer of 2009. The leachate collection system that had been draining to a sediment pond was inspected, tested and connected to the main header that runs to the storage tanks and the onsite leachate treatment plant. [Leachate is liquid that results from precipitation percolating through waste and the decomposition of the waste.] Other ancillary systems were also checked and brought online.
 
Section IV, Cell 1 construction photo, new leachate storage tanks shown on right
 
To collect and remove stormwater and prevent the generation of excessive amounts of leachate, a geosynthetic membrane (raincap) was installed over 9 acres of the empty cell. It is estimated that the raincap, which cost $209,041, will remove approximately 10 million gallons of water from the leachate collection system in the first year of operation, a savings in treatment and disposal costs of about $450,000.  As filling progresses across the cell the raincap will be rolled back in sections until the bottom of the whole cell is filled. Portions of the raincap can then be used to shed water in areas of intermediate landfill cover. [Intermediate landfill cover consists of 12 inches of soil and is placed over the side slopes and the top areas of a landfill where no additional solid waste will be placed within 30 days.]

 
Raincap completed on July 27, 2009

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation approved the cell for use via a letter dated August 13, 2009 and the first select waste (residential garbage) went in on August 18, 2009. Only “soft” waste is placed in the initial layer across the bottom to protect the liner system from rigid objects, such as boards or pipes found in construction debris. 

Cell 1 is 12 acres, has a capacity of 954,000 cubic yards, and is estimated to be full in 5 years, at which time Cell 2 will be built and opened. The overall Section IV design consists of 13 cells.
 


First loads of waste going into Cell 1 on August 18, 2009.

 

 

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