Seneca Landfill News & Industry Updates
10/24/2018The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has scheduled another National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, to be held on Saturday October 27th, 2018 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.To find your nearest location, visit https://takebackday.dea.gov/.If you have unused, unneeded prescription drugs, this is a safe, convenient, and responsible way to get rid of them. The Take Back Day provides an opportunity for...Read More
10/5/2018In a recent ACT News executive interview, Ed Vogel of Vogel Holding and Seneca Landfill discusses his unique approach to renewable fuel market development, highlighting how Vogel became the first company in Pennsylvania to refine landfill gas into CNG for vehicle fuel. "Ed Vogel Sr. started the company’s first municipal waste landfill in 1965, the Seneca Landfill in Butler County. More than a...Read More
10/2/2018Seneca Landfill is dedicated to improving our communities and protecting our environment. We have experts on staff to ensure that we're keeping the water and air around us clean, pure and healthy.Part of our mission is to raise awareness about how you can play a part, too. Household pollution is one of the leading contributors of environmental problems, including groundwater contamination. Along...Read More
9/12/2018In August, members of Seneca Landfill and Vogel Holding, Inc. attended WASTECON® 2018, SWANA's annual conference focused on the most pressing issues related to the waste management industry. Conference topics ranged from rural waste collection issues to innovation trends. Attendees met thousands of industry colleagues, all working towards shaping the future of the solid waste industry for the...Read More
8/30/2018Ever wonder what you shouldn't recycle? Or why you can now put all of your recyclables into one container? TC Recycling's video answers these questions (and more) in their new video! In 2017, our sister company TC Recycling invested several million dollars into state-of-the-art sorting and processing equipment. This new equipment is able to process 600 tons of recyclable materials per week,...Read More
8/7/2018One of Seneca’s main priorities is protecting the environment. Stormwater is one area of the environment we protect and erosion control plays a big part in protecting surrounding waterways. Seneca Landfill is designed and constructed according to permitted Erosion and Control Design Plans consisting of stormwater benches, down chutes, perimeter ditches, and sedimentation ponds. This...Read More
7/24/2018Stormwater runoff pollution is a widespread challenge for communities across Pennsylvania. Over the past 100 years, roads, parking lots, sidewalks, and roofs have become a major part of our communities. As a result, rain that should naturally soak into the ground instead goes into storm drains and, from there, directly into rivers and streams. This stormwater carries significant pollution,...Read More
7/5/2018Recent tree plantings are just one way that Seneca is fulfilling its mission of protecting the environment and giving back to the community. Trees provide many environmental benefits including:Clean Air – Trees naturally remove pollution from the atmosphere. Trees sequester carbon from the air and help combat climate change;Wildlife Habitat – Many wildlife rely on trees for food, cover, or...Read More
6/5/2018On Thursday May 17, a group of interested and motivated local high school students toured the Seneca Landfill and TC Recycling facilities. The students from the Shenango School District in New Castle were juniors and seniors, and members of the Shenango’s Conservation Club at school. The visit was part of the community outreach program coordinated by the combined Lawrence-Mercer Counties...Read More
6/4/2018The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) announced that Seneca Landfill, Inc., has been named the winner of the SWANA Silver Excellence Award in the Landfill Gas and Biogas category. The award will be presented at SWANA’s annual conference, WASTECON®, on Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee.Seneca Landfill is receiving the award for its CNG...Read More
6/1/2018Seneca Landfill, Inc. recently opened a fast-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) facility, under the name of Lego-V. Seneca operates a gas collection system in our landfill to capture the methane gas that is generated when waste breaks down. The gas is siphoned out of the landfill cells using a series of wells and pipes, taking it to our onsite processing system. After multiple stages of...Read More
5/14/2018Dates for the annual Clean Up days for Jackson Township have been announced.Jackson Township residents have received a coupon in their Spring 2018 Township Newsletter. Please bring your coupon, along with up to one truckload of unwanted items, to Seneca Landfill. For more information, visit http://www.jackson-township.com.Monday-Friday June 18-22 from 8am -2pmSaturday June 23 from...Read More
5/7/2018Dates for the annual Clean Up days Lancaster Township have been announced.Seneca Landfill has again agreed to partner with Lancaster Township to host its residents the week of June 4, 2018 to dispose of unwanted items. Residents have received a newsletter with a coupon for this event. Bring your coupon, along with up to one truckload of unwanted items, to Seneca Landfill. Monday - Friday June 4 -...Read More
4/17/2018Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018Time: 10 AM - 2 PMLocation: Children's Hospital Employee Parking Lot (55th and Harrison Streets, Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)Details: Donate your gently-used materials to be reused by local non-profits such as Humane Animal Rescue, Pittsburgh Center for Creative Reuse, Free Ride Pittsburgh, Off the Floor Pgh, Free Store Wilkinsburg, Goodwill of Southwestern PA, Global...Read More
3/12/2018The PA Resources Council has released its 2018 schedule of events for Drug Take-Back, Hard-To-Recycle Collections, Household Chemical Collections, and Reuse Fest. Reuse FestDate: Saturday, April 21, 2018Time: 10 AM - 2 PMLocation: Children's Hospital Employee Parking Lot (55th and Harrison Streets, Lawrenceville, Pittsburgh)Details: Donate your gently-used materials to be reused by local...Read More