One of THR’s greatest assets is that it is directly rail-served. The Ohio Central Railroad delivers railcars directly onto THR’s 6,000 foot long rail spur. Once on THR’s track, the THR locomotive moves loaded railcars into the rail unloading building. In 15 minutes or less, up to 100 tons of waste is unloaded from each railcar. THR has one of only two enclosed rail unloading buildings, Sunny Farms being the second, within the State of Ohio, and has the only certified state-of-the-art rail scale at an Ohio landfill.
Since the Ohio Central Railroad is serviced by the CSX and Norfolk Southern railroads, there are very few locations that cannot be serviced by THR.
For THR’s local customers, trucks are quickly processed over its truck scales. Most trucks are unloaded and leave the landfill within 15 minutes of arrival.
Waste Services
Tunnel Hill Reclamation Landfill Profile:
- 2,200 acre site
- Permitted Daily Capacity: 8,000 tons
- Permitted Capacity (millions):
- Total with Expansion: 240MM Cubic Yards / 151MM Tons
- Active Permit: 28.5MM Tons
- Serviced daily by Ohio Central Railroad with access to CSX, NS and Canadian Pacific
- Remaining life of 100+ years based on current fill rates
- CERCLA approved.
Acceptable Waste at THR Landfill
The Tunnel Hill Reclamation Landfill can accept the following waste streams:
- Municipal Solid Waste
- Construction and Demolition Debris
- Contaminated Soils
- Specialty Wastes
For municipal solid wastes and construction & demolition debris no specific approvals are required prior to delivering wastes to the reclamation landfill. For contaminated soils and other specialty wastes prior approval must be granted by the landfill.
Not Acceptable Waste at THR Landfill
- Whole Tires
- Yard Waste
- Batteries
- CFC Appliances
- Liquid Paints
- PCB
- Hazardous and Infectious Waste
Specialty Waste
Specialty waste is any waste material which, because of its physical characteristics, chemical makeup, or biological nature requires either special handling procedures and/or permitting, or poses an unusual threat to human health, equipment, property, or the environment. SFL can accept many types of specialty wastes. A waste profile and supporting analyticals must be submitted in advance.
For customer convenience, download our Waste Profile Form.
Generally specialty waste can include, but is not limited to:
- Asbestos containing materials
- Ash from fires, furnaces, boilers, or incinerators
- Auto shredder fluff
- Baghouse dust
- Chemical compounds or petroleum products – new or used
- Contaminated soils
- Drill cuttings
- RCRA empty containers
- Contaminated soils and USTs
- Debris and/or residue from spill cleanup work
- Demolition waste from industrial facilities
- Foundry sand
- Industrial process wastes
- Liquid sludge and/or paste type material
- Non-fryable asbestos
- Non-infectious medical waste
- Off-specification products or outdated products (i.e. food, consumer or industrial products)
- Pharmaceutical wastes
- Pollution control wastes
- Resource exploration, mining & production wastes
- Sandblast grit
- Wastewater & Sludge
Specialty Waste can be broken down into two categories: Industrial Waste or Pollution Control Waste
Industrial Specialty Waste:
- Fertilizer or agricultural chemicals
- Food & related products
- Inorganic chemicals production
- Iron & steel manufacture or foundries
- Chemicals production
- Rubber, plastics & resins manufacturing
- Pulp & paper industry
- Off-specification retail products
- Incinerator ashes
- Rubber & plastics production
- Stone, glass, clay & concrete products
- Textile industry
- Transportation manufacturing
- Metallic dust sweepings
Pollution Controlled Specialty Waste:
- Water & wastewater treatment sludges
- Contaminated soils
- Baghouse dust
Operations
The Tunnel Hill Reclamation Landfill offers solid waste services and is directly rail-served, with over 6,000 feet of track on-site. The landfill maintains sufficient equipment on-site to move and unload up to 50 railcars per shift. The landfill is eligible for twice-daily service from the Ohio Central Railroad short line and can be accessed by all of the major Class 1 railroads.
Rail Accuracy
THR has the only set of certified state of the art rail scales in the waste business in Ohio. This means that entire railcars can be weighed at once (which is quicker than other methods) and customers only pay for product actually removed from railcars and placed in the active landfill.
Rail Security
THR has one of only two permitted and enclosed railcar unloading facilitates in the State of Ohio. Railcars are pushed underneath an overhead platform, where CAT grapples unload the cars into shuttle trucks that go directly to the active landfill face. This system of railcar unloading (compared with unloading from the side) reduces railcar damage and allows our railcars to be more efficiently cleaned out.
Rail Access
Rail Lines: Ohio Central Railroad via Norfolk Southern & CSX Transportation
Rail Car Types: Containers, Gondolas
Rail Car Capacity: 50 Railcars/ Shift
Distance & Districts
From Ohio Major Cities:
- Columbus: 60 Miles SE
- Dayton: 130 Miles E
- Cincinnati: 160 Miles NE
From Other Major Cities:
- New York, NY: 500 Miles W
- Boston, MA: 700 Miles SW
Districts:
- Coshocton
- Fairfield
- Licking
- Perry
