Solid Waste Environmental Programs

Protect Your Landfill’s Long-Term License to Operate

Environmental risk is now tied directly to community trust, regulatory confidence and long-term asset viability. Onterris helps operators connect landfill gas, methane, leachate, PFAS, odor response and compliance into proactive environmental programs that protect business continuity.
Protecting License to Operate for Landfills and Solid Waste
Engineered treatment systems and field validation services supporting reliable water and environmental remediation outcomes.

Leading landfill operators manage the system, not the symptoms

Landfill operators face more scrutiny, more data and more complex environmental pathways than legacy infrastructure was built to manage. We help solid waste leaders manage environmental risk as one connected system, not individual symptoms.

Stay ahead of regulatory change

Create compliance programs that navigate complex local, state and federal requriements

Align technology to your operation

Find the best technology to meet your budget, goals and operation

Strengthen community trust

Defensible data and transparent reporting to enhance regulator and community confidence

Connect your environmental programs

Connect strategy, execution and reporting with one accountable partner across air, water and waste

Protect your license to operate

Proactively mitigate risks to secure your growth strategy and bottom-line efficiency

Build resilient infrastructure

Combine advanced testing and treatment to manage emerging contaminants within aging infrastructure

Environmental clarity for complex waste operations

Onterris brings together field monitoring, laboratory analysis, treatment technology, permitting strategy and regulatory insight to protect community trust, compliance confidence and long-term license to operate.
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One trusted partner for any environmental challenge

Onterris helps landfill operators connect permitting, compliance, water treatment and air quality into proactive environmental programs that protect long-term license to operate. Talk to an expert today.
Featured guide

The Environmental Strategy Maturity Curve


A practical roadmap to move from reactive compliance to proactive environmental leadership

  • Understand the 5 stages of environmental strategy maturity
  • Identify common indicators and risks at each stage
  • Learn how to progress along the maturity curve
  • Get a guide to connect environmental performance to business outcomes

Trusted experts for any environmental challenge

Our specialists work alongside your team to solve complex environmental challenges with practical, field-tested solutions.

Kyle brings more than 15 years of experience in environmental consulting within the solid waste sector, working with waste management and industrial organizations. His expertise includes permitting and compliance under 40 CFR RCRA hazardous and solid waste regulations, as well as SPCC and SWPPP programs, with a focus on supporting operational performance and regulatory compliance.
Cullen brings more than 32 years of experience in environmental engineering and remediation, working across leading consulting firms and research institutions. His expertise spans in situ and ex situ remediation, site characterization, human health risk assessment, industrial water management, wastewater treatment design and oversight and AFFF transition services.
Dave is a licensed engineer with over 20 years of experience in water treatment and environmental remediation. Dave focuses on the use of novel technologies for the removal of emerging contaminants such as PFAS and carcinogenic volatile organics from the environment. Before this, he spent 22 years in the United States Air Force as an environmental engineer and occupational health consultant.
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Environmental solutions for solid waste operators

California Advances Landfill Methane Monitoring Ahead of 2027 Compliance

New monitoring technologies and faster repair timelines will redefine landfill methane compliance before 2027

Stabilizing Leachate Disposal at Champ Landfill: Scalable PFAS Treatment With Foam-X

Practical coordination and proven treatment kept wastewater moving while PFAS requirements evolved

Landfill Methane Regulation Is Coming to Canada

With regulations coming in 2028, municipal leaders who act now will shape how landfill methane is managed, not just how it is regulated

Turning Odor Signals Into Operational Intelligence

For solid waste and wastewater treatment facilities, real-time odor monitoring connects complaints, weather, operations and chemical data so teams can act faster

Why Landfills Are Now Central to the PFAS Conversation

Landfills are passive receivers of PFAS, but managing it requires an active strategy

Talk with our solid waste team

Get expert guidance on PFAS, leachate, landfill gas, permitting and other critical environmental challenges, so your team can protect your landfill’s license to operate.

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