Articles
Why Landfills Are America’s Hidden Vaults of Raw Materials
Discover how landfill mining unlocks hidden raw materials, cuts extraction costs, and turns old waste sites into profitable resource vaults for nations and entrepreneurs. ...more
Business ,Waste
November 21, 2025•6 min read
The Executive Guide to Mining an Old Landfill
Discover Sam Barrili’s proven method for mining old landfills. A practical executive guide built from real experience to maximize safety, control, and profitability. ...more
Business ,Waste
November 20, 2025•6 min read
How Landfill Owners Are Transforming Dead Assets Into Massive New Revenue Streams—Without Disturbing Local Communities
Discover how landfill owners can turn closed sites into major revenue streams through modern landfill mining. Unlock hidden materials, cut long-term costs, and reclaim land value. ...more
Business ,Innovation
November 19, 2025•3 min read
America’s Hidden Mines: How Landfills, Closets, and Data Centers Can Shield the U.S. From the Next Critical Minerals Crisis
Discover how the U.S. can avoid the next critical minerals crisis by tapping into hidden reserves buried in landfills, forgotten devices in closets, and abandoned hardware in data centers. Learn how t... ...more
Business ,Waste
November 17, 2025•6 min read
America’s Next Resource Rush Isn’t in the Ground—It Is the Ground.
America’s landfills are the next resource rush. Learn how waste and landfill owners are uncovering copper, aluminum, plastics, and fuel buried for decades—and turning it into cash flow. ...more
Business ,Waste &Innovation
November 06, 2025•5 min read
The $11 Billion Blind Spot: What Every U.S. Waste Company Is Burying (Literally)
Discover how U.S. waste management companies are burying over $11 billion in recoverable materials and fuels every year. In this expert article by Sam Barrili, The Waste Management Alchemist, you’ll l... ...more
Business ,Waste &Innovation
October 23, 2025•4 min read
America’s Buried Fortune: How 8,000 Forgotten Landfills Could Fuel the Next Industrial Boom
Across America, 8,000 closed landfills hold over $150 billion in metals, plastics, and raw materials. Learn how modern geo-radar mapping and selective mining let municipalities extract hidden wealth, ... ...more
Business ,Waste
October 09, 2025•7 min read
Trash Is the Next Oil Field: How Waste Streams Are Quietly Becoming America’s Hidden Fortune
Discover how U.S. waste streams—organics, plastics, paper, tires, construction debris, and chemical residues—hold over $40B in untapped value. Learn how waste management companies can turn trash into ... ...more
Business ,Marketing &Waste
October 02, 2025•4 min read
How Smart Waste Managers Turn Trash Into Cash
Discover how U.S. waste management companies can unlock hidden profits by transforming municipal and industrial waste into secondary raw materials. From PAYT and Deposit Return Systems to AI sorting, ... ...more
Business ,Waste &Innovation
September 25, 2025•6 min read
Sam Barrili
I'm known as the go-to guy for talking about business strategies and growth strategies for waste management companies.
I started my journey in this field in 2009 when I finished my degree in Toxicological Chemistry and joined a wastewater treatment company to develop its market.
Since then, I helped dozens of waste management companies in America and Europe increase their annual profits by over 25 million dollars thanks to my SAM Method.
If you want to know if I'm a good fit for you, read an article or watch a video.
If you find it helpful, I’m probably a good match.
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