New transfer station opens in Pennsylvania state capital

Pennsylvania's Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority (LCSWMA) announced it has reached a major milestone in the transformation of the former Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, incinerator site, with the opening of a new 29,800 square-foot facility at the Susquehanna Resource Management Complex (SRMC) in Harrisburg.

The building adds transfer, maintenance, and administrative capacity to the site. Constructed to address operational efficiencies and improve customer experience, the $5 million transfer building will primarily be used for construction/demolition waste loads and smaller customer deliveries.

This keeps residents and smaller hauling customers off the main tipping floor of the waste-to-energy plant and out of the way of larger garbage trucks.

Benefits, according to LCSWMA, include improved traffic flow, reduced customer on-site time, and increased safety for customers and LCSWMA staff. In addition to the new transfer building, LCSWMA has invested approximately $8.6 million in other changes at the SRMC site over the last two years.

Examples include:

1. moving the main site entrance to 19th Street,
2. installation of a new scale house with separate inbound and outbound scales ,
3. numerous upgrades to the waste-to-energy plant, and
4. substantial improvements to site aesthetics.

These modifications not only enhanced the aesthetics of the site, but also increased site traffic flow and reduced on - site/cueing time by an averag e of 50 percent. T he transformation of the SRMC demonstrate s both LCSWMA’s standard of excellence, as well as a commitment to restoring the site into a community asset once again. To view photos of the transformation at the SRMC and learn more, visit www.lcswma.org/srmc.

LCSWMA's integrated system consists of the following : (1) a transfer station permitted to handle up to 2,200 tons per day; (2) a 1,200 tons per day mass burn waste-to-energy Facility in Lancaster and 800 tons per day mass-burn waste-to-energy facility in Harrisburg for the combustion of waste and production of electricity; (3) the Frey Farm Landfill, permitted for disposal of 2,000 tons of waste per day; (4) a countywide recycling program; and (5) drive-through Household Hazardous Waste Facility. LCSWMA’s mission is to manage solid waste and recyclable materials in an environmentally safe, reliable and efficient manner. Transfer Station Building at the Susquehanna Resource Management Complex (SRMC) Transfer Building Tipping Floor 19th Street Entrance