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Hawaii County approves $6M for lead cleanup at Kealakehe Metal Salvage site
The County reports that soil on the property where Kealakehe Metal Salvage ran was contaminated with lead concentrations above Hawaii’s environmental action levels.
By Arlene Karidis • April 11, 2016 -
Ohio squashes $100M recycling facility deal with Team Gemini
The plan was slated for completion in June, but there were concerns about the feasibility of the technology on a large scale.
By Arlene Karidis • April 8, 2016 -
Santa Cruz considers road to zero waste as last landfill cell opens
Today, 70% of the county’s trash never makes it to the dump, but is recycled, which has been buying the municipality time.
By Arlene Karidis • April 7, 2016 -
Deep Dive
SWANApalooza: 3 industry leaders go head-to-head with opinions on landfill bans
To ban, or not to ban? That is the question surrounding organics at the landfill.
By Kristin Musulin • April 6, 2016 -
The keys to leachate treatment (and management) success
Leachate management typically eats through about 30% of the landfill operation budget, largely due to tight controls to safely manage it.
By Arlene Karidis • April 6, 2016 -
EPA forces New York DEC to clamp down on CWM Chemical Services for leachate runoff
Gary A. Abraham, an attorney for the local governments, does not believe CWM can meet the forthcoming tougher standards.
By Arlene Karidis • April 4, 2016 -
Report: Only 8% of waste at Ontario County Landfill in 2015 was from home county
The other 92% of the mixed municipal solid waste came from 26 counties across New York, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire.
By Arlene Karidis • April 4, 2016 -
Orange County, CA launches $60M gas-to-energy site at Irvine's Bowerman Landfill
The long-awaited facility will be able to generate 160,000 megawatt-hours a year from methane gas.
By Arlene Karidis • April 1, 2016 -
Alabama landfill to now accept industrial, C&D waste from 3 bordering states
The motivation behind the approval was to expand services for a more financially viable landfill.
By Kristin Musulin • March 31, 2016 -
Michigan landfill using septic waste to accelerate decomposition, create renewable energy
While the approach has shown promising results, the public has expressed reservations, mainly tied to odors and health concerns.
By Arlene Karidis • March 30, 2016 -
Louisville, KY invests $350K for a 10-year solid waste management plan
The municipality is calling in multiple stakeholders to help shape the plan aimed to help the region meet its 90% diversion goal by 2042.
By Arlene Karidis • March 29, 2016 -
Rising landfill temperatures across country spark speculation among officials
Some researchers believe elevated temperatures are being caused by air intrusion during gas collections, as well as poor cover maintenance.
By Arlene Karidis • March 28, 2016 -
L.A. County official suspects potential expansion at Scholl Canyon landfill, sparking controversy
Despite skepticism around planned activity at the landfill, Glendale spokesman Tom Lorenz has ensured that the city does not have plans to expand.
By Arlene Karidis • March 24, 2016 -
Two near-capacity Pennsylvania landfills consider major expansions while residents protest
Landfill operators at both Chrin Landfill and Keystone Sanitary Landfill have said if they cannot grow, they will run out of space by 2019.
By Arlene Karidis • March 24, 2016 -
US Rep. Hank Johnson introduces coal ash bill following landfill leaks, spills
The Coal Ash Landfill Safety Act would enforce tougher coal ash dust prevention measures; implement better groundwater monitoring; and prohibit coal ash residuals within five feet of groundwater.
By Arlene Karidis • March 23, 2016 -
West Virginia reverses landfill ban on televisions, other electronics
The ban had unintended consequences, namely taxing authorities who kept reaching into their pockets to compensate for the accumulating loads of e-waste.
By Arlene Karidis • March 22, 2016 -
Virginia approves Dominion's controversial coal ash landfill
The request to move the existing coal ash to a lined landfill was shot down, but Dominion will not be able to import more coal ash from outside the county.
By Arlene Karidis • March 17, 2016 -
UPDATE: Wheelabrator to protest SPSA trash agreement with RePower South
The Southeastern Public Service Authority’s board voted for a "notice of intent to award" RePower South a trash contract, which has met strong opposition.
By Arlene Karidis • March 17, 2016 -
Pennsylvania DEP installs air sampling monitors near Keystone Landfill for 3-month study
Samples from three locations will be analyzed for ammonia, volatile organic compounds, sulfur gas, methanol, and other various toxic chemicals.
By Arlene Karidis • March 16, 2016 -
Smelly Michigan landfill prompts House bill that would hike fines for odor violations
Coloma, MI residents are hoping the bill will pass and force the Orchard Hill Landfill operator to resolve the strong odor emanating from that dump.
By Arlene Karidis • March 16, 2016 -
UPDATE: 47 employees to lose jobs as Harford, MD waste-to-energy site closes
"This is all Energy Recovery does, so we don't have any other place to put people, so their jobs will be ending," said company President Jeffrey Poulton to The Baltimore Sun.
By Arlene Karidis • March 15, 2016 -
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Philadelphians forced to clean their own city streets due to budget cuts
Some communities have major litter problems, however many residents believe money should be put toward the city's education system instead of trash cleanups.
By Arlene Karidis • March 14, 2016 -
Lebanese government announces temporary solution to trash crisis
An eight-hour cabinet meeting resulted in an interim solution intended to solve the crisis that has plagued the country since July 2015.
By Kristin Musulin • March 14, 2016 -
Tennessee county to tackle leaking landfills with leachate-management system
A $200,000 management system would collect, treat, and dispose of leachate from two landfills to prevent contaminants from flowing into the Stones River.
By Arlene Karidis • March 11, 2016 -
UPDATE: Air, water tests around Kentucky's Blue Ridge landfill safe, despite radioactive waste
Kentucky is warning all landfills to be on the lookout for illegally dumped radioactive waste, following an investigation of low-level radioactive shipments that were delivered in 47 sealed boxes.
By Arlene Karidis • March 10, 2016
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