SCS Blog

October 15, 2018

Visible Emissions – What You Need to Know

People often use the term “smoke” to describe visible emissions because incomplete combustion from boilers, furnaces, generators, and other combustion equipment fueled by solid and liquid fuels like coal and diesel oil were subjects of the original visible emissions evaluation system developed in the late 1800’s. Since then, evaluation ...

October 10, 2018

A Walk in The Park – NYC Landfill to Park

While the closure of any landfill requires intense planning, the work being done to safely cap and redevelop the Freshkills Landfill is predicted on intense oversight. Suffern, New York-based SCS Engineers (https://www.scsengineers.com/) has been tabbed as the design engineer for the final phase of the Freshkills project.

October 9, 2018

Thank You to Our Clients

“Our greatest reward is client satisfaction.” Mr. Jim Walsh, President, and CEO of SCS Engineers. Thanks to you, SCS Engineers has received awards and industry recognition for research achievements and … Continue reading Thank You to Our Clients

October 4, 2018

Plastics Sorting Best Management Practices Guide Released

Three sorting levels provide flexibility on how extensive a study is necessary. For example, PET, HDPE natural and HDPE color are common plastic commodities nationwide; almost every recycling program is recycling the sub-categories in Level 1. While Levels 2 and 3 add more sub-categories so that the solid waste ...

September 27, 2018

Iowa Recycling and Solid Waste Management Conference – October

Meet SCS Engineers professionals at the 2018 Iowa Recycling and Solid Waste Management Conference and Trade Show, October 8-10 at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Registration for this … Continue reading Iowa Recycling and Solid Waste Management Conference – October