The Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority (GLRA) has submitted a proposal to accept municipal incinerator ash from Lancaster County to cover daily loads of waste deposited in the landfill, the authority board learned last week.
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Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority’s tipping fee is lowest in the region
The tipping fees for disposal of municipal waste at the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority —now the lowest in the region—could increase in 2026.
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Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority provides nesting boxes for kestrels
Kestrels are hatching in nesting boxes located throughout the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority.
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Natural solution to Lebanon’s 1970s waste crisis became a success story
In the 1970s, the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority came up with a unique way to treat the liquids produced when trash decomposes–a system of lagoons and ponds planted with cattails, bulrushes and lily pads.
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Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority’s one-of-a-kind pond system goes with the flow
The Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority has a unique system of ponds that rely on natural and biological processes to treat the liquids produced as waste decomposes.
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High temperatures decline at refuse authority’s gas collection wells
The unusual hot temperatures noted in some of the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority’s gas-collection wells have started to cool down, the board learned Tuesday.
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Refuse authority monitoring high temperatures of gas collection wells
Routine monthly monitoring of the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority’s gas collection wells turned up abnormally high temperatures—close to 135 degrees Fahrenheit—the board learned at its February meeting.
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Volume of waste was down in 2024 at Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority
The volume of waste in 2024 that went into the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority’s landfill was the second lowest in the last six years.
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Trash talk: A bird’s eye view of the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority
In Lebanon County, our waste ends up at the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority, a 500-acre tract about 3.5 miles north of Lebanon city.
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Refuse Authority Board approves 2025 budget, with no change in tipping fees
The board of the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority recently approved its 2025 budget, which called for keeping tipping fees at $72/ton.
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Refuse Authority to lower rebate in 2025
County commercial waste haulers will receive a lower rebate in 2025 for each ton of trash delivered to the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority.
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Gel-like black goo gumming up landfills across the country, including GLRA
It’s a sticky, rubbery, tar-like material known officially as “black goo”—and it’s showing up in landfills across the country including at the Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority (GLRA).
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Trash talk: Digging into the history of Lebanon County’s landfills
The Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority, one of 46 permitted landfills in Pennsylvania, was formed 65 years ago to manage the county's waste.
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Amount of waste sent to landfill decreased slightly in August
The Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority took in 1,756 tons of waste in August, a slight decrease from July’s tonnage but similar to previous years’ tonnage.
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What the duck? Rare bird from Europe and Asia spotted at Lebanon landfill
The common shelduck is not so common in Pennsylvania, and it has drawn hordes of bird enthusiasts to the landfill.
