Safety

Safety at Foothills Landfill

At Foothills Landfill, keeping our community and our workers safe is the most important thing we do. Safety is a priority throughout our operations, from the very base of our Landfill’s liner to the trucks we screen as they enter our gates. We keep all visitors safe by asking them to follow these Landfill Rules and Requirements.

How We Protect The Community

  • Built Strong: Our on-site employees have over 120 years of combined waste management experience.

  • Protects Groundwater and/or Surface Water: Foothills Landfill monitors its existing waste footprint with 8 individual groundwater monitoring wells and 3 surface water monitoring points. Each of these is tested routinely for a host of chemical and physical parameters to ensure that Foothills keeps the environment clean. We contract with third party hydrogeologists, engineers, groundwater technicians, storm water technicians and the latest lab analysis techniques to verify that our groundwater and surface water are safe.

  • Protects the Air: Our onsite landfill gas technician routinely monitors the surface of the landfill and 14 gas probes for methane. This verifies that the landfill gas collection system is operating properly and capturing greenhouse gases.

  • Screened for Radiation: Foothills Landfill screens every load of waste for potential nuclear radiation with an industrial RadComm Radiation Detection System. This ensures that every load that enters the site is free from potential radioactive waste.

  • Inspected Regularly: Foothills Landfill is inspected throughout the year by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and the Jefferson County Public Health. Foothills Landfill has an excellent compliance record and strives to exceed the regulatory standards at all times.

  • Overseen Continuously: Foothills Landfill uses a sophisticated data management software that allows our operators to monitor the leachate storage system right from their smart phones. This ensures that our personnel are informed about our infrastructure operation 24-hours a day.

Think. Choose. Live.

Republic is dedicated to the safety of our employees, customers and the communities we serve. Our ‘Think. Choose. Live.’ slogan encapsulates our everyday safety message to our employees to: Think about what you are doing, Choose the safe answer, and Live to go home to your family. According to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Republic’s safety performance has been 42 percent better than the industry average for the past eight years.

At Foothills Landfill, keeping our community and our workers safe is the most important thing we do. Safety is a priority throughout our operation, from the very base of our landfill’s liner to the trucks we screen as they enter our gates. We keep all visitors safe by asking them to follow these Landfill Rules and Requirements.