The first landfill operated by NTSWA was a natural renovation landfill, once permitted to accept municipal and residual wastes. It was opened for operation on August 19, 1980 and serviced Bradford, Sullivan and Tioga Counties in Pennsylvania. The old municipal waste landfill was operated by the area-fill and trench methods with natural renovation of leachate taking place in the strip-mine spoil that underlies the site. Refuse was deposited and compacted in two-foot layers, comprising of eight-foot lifts and then covered with required daily and intermediate soil cover. On April 9, 1990, this landfill was closed because it did not meet waste management regulations requiring liner systems.

Today, this facility is permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) (Permit # 101201) to accept only construction and demolition wastes. These include boards, shingles, insulation materials, roofing, siding, etc. All municipal wastes received at this site are transferred by NTSWA to the Sanitary Landfill in West Burlington Township, Bradford County. (See NTSWA Transfer Station and NTSWA Landfill #2).

This landfill is still a natural renovation site, utilizing the underlying soils as a liner system. Less than 20 tons per day are buried here, due to the limitations of construction and demolition waste amounts in the NTSWA service area. All incoming wastes are weighed on a certified scale system and haulers are charged accordingly. These haulers range from private sector professional waste haulers to individual residents of the area.

A computer system is used to automatically read weighs from the scale system and to tabulate the fees due from each hauler. All NTSWA systems are operated on this user fee or tipping fee. All NTSWA programs and operations are primarily conducted with revenue generated by the tipping fees.