Cumberland County Improvement Authority

Landfill

Solid Waste Application

The landfill comprises 75 acres and each day handles up to 550 tons of solid waste generated in Cumberland County. It has received recognition as the Best Class B Landfill in North America.

Pretreatment Facility

This facility treats leachate from the landfill before it is transported to the Sewerage Treatment Plant in Bridgeton. It makes the Solid Waste Complex one of only two closed-loop systems throughout the state.

Tire Shedder

Cumberland County Solid Waste Complex
On-site Beneficial Use of Tire Chips

The Cumberland County Improvement Authority has identified the following on site use for the tire chips that will result from the shredding of tires on-site.

* The tire shedder has two-one hundred horse powered electric motors that provide hydraulic power to shred the county’s tires. This unit can process up to 1,800 car tires per hour and reduces the tires into 3” x 6” shreds. Tire shreds will be used at the toe of slope on active cells as a drainage medium to facilitate the percolation of storm water to the Leachate Collection System. This will help to prevent the formation of mosquito colonies.

Scrap Tires

For further information on Scrap Tires, please visit the State of New Jersey, Department of Environmental Protection’s website at http://www.state.nj.us/recyclenj.