Gulls, crows and starlings turn up at an active tip face in numbers that no other site produces. A landfill, a transfer station or a large waste yard offers them an open working area, no reason to leave, and a food source that is physically replaced every time a load comes in. Numbers build through the day and the birds spread out across the plant, the haul roads and whatever sits next to the site.
This is the hardest environment we deal with, and it is worth being clear about why. There is nothing to exclude birds from — no roof, no opening, no structure to close off. There is no ledge worth treating, because the birds are on the ground rather than on a perch. And the working face moves, so anything fixed in one position is in the wrong place within days. The methods that work on a building do not transfer here.
What does work is treating the area itself so it is consistently unpleasant to work, and keeping that pressure on as the face moves. Flock Free Bird Repellent Spray is the product for this. It is a visual, scent and taste deterrent, it dries clear, and it is applied across an area rather than along a line — which is what a tip face needs. For use around children and pets. Use as directed.
Flock Free Bird Repellent Spray
The same repellent in three sizes. Which one you want is a question of how much area you are covering and how often — a transfer station bay is a different job from an active face worked daily. The concentrates are diluted before use; the ready-to-use bottle is mixed already.
Reapply on a schedule rather than once. That is the whole method here: the attraction is replaced every time a load is tipped, so the deterrent has to be replaced alongside it. Cannot be shipped to CT, IN, MD, MT, RI, DC or NM.
Flock Free Bird Repellent Spray - Ready-to-use Bird Deterrent
$21.99
32 oz ready to use, no mixing. Suits spot work — a bay, a skip, a gate area, or the run-up to a face rather than the face itself.
Flock Free Bird Repellent Spray Concentrate, 32oz
$99.00
32 oz concentrate. Makes up to 16 gallons of ready-to-use product, which is the practical size for treating an area repeatedly.
Flock Free Bird Repellent Concentrate, 1 gallon
$395.00
One gallon of concentrate. For a site treating a working face or a large yard on a regular schedule through the year.
Where To Start
Start with the 32 oz concentrate unless you already know the area you are covering — it makes up to 16 gallons, which is enough to establish what your site actually gets through in a week before committing to the gallon. Keep the ready-to-use bottle for the smaller fixed spots that get treated between rounds: the bay, the gate, the weighbridge apron.
Treat the area birds are actually working rather than the whole site, and move the treatment as the face moves. Consistency does more here than volume.
Prices shown as listed at the time of publication.
Related Bird Control Resources
A smaller version of the same problem sits behind most commercial buildings — see bird control for dumpster areas for bin stores and corrals, and open areas for yards and ground with no structure to work with. Landfills and waste facilities are most often a problem with seagulls, crows, starlings and pigeons. You can also browse the full Bird Control range.