Landfill: Page 62
-
Using 60 mil versus 80 mil landfill liner debated in MI
A Wayne County, MI commissioner is concerned that a 60 mil liner to be used for an addition to a landfill is not thick enough to avoid harming local waterways.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 15, 2015 -
Fotolia
Nebraska landfill won't take Iowa birds
The owner of the landfill had been contemplating it.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 14, 2015 -
Wiretaps, raids lead to landfill workers charged, arrested in Baltimore
Five Baltimore city DPW workers are charged with crimes they are alleged to have committed while working at city landfills.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 14, 2015 -
Spicher's Appliances partners with GE recycling; targets 'energy hogs'
Citing the need for doing "the right thing," the Hagerstown, MD-based retailer expects to recycle about 10,000 appliances yearly.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 13, 2015 -
CA county contract decreases landfill fees
Today, Stanislaus County’s board of supervisors could OK an agreement on recycling and garbage removal that would decrease the fees paid by cities to send waste to the Fink Road Landfill and to the county’s waste-burning facility.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 12, 2015 -
Nicole Wrona
NH Local Farms Project to plant atop closed landfill
The Keene Energy and Agriculture Project in New Hampshire could be a model of effective, carbon-negative re-use of acreage in a closed landfill.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 11, 2015 -
Group denied on 2 of 3 concerns with Ontario County Landfill expansion
A New York judge ruled against most of a local group's issues with the Ontario County Landfill, but lingering questions and potential conflicts of interest remain.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 11, 2015 -
Birds killed due to avian flu cause landfill concern
Millions of dead birds could be transported across Iowa to be buried in a landfill, and officials in the county where the landfill is located are worried.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 8, 2015 -
Pack to Plate looking to give students food lessons, prevent waste
A Georgia nonprofit is instructing children about healthy food choices by teaching them about produce and attempting to save food from being tossed.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 7, 2015 -
TerraCycle embraces the challenge of recycling K-Cups
A New Jersey recycling company has tackled the challenge of recycling K-Cups, but will shoppers go along with the effort?
By Jonathan Barnes • May 7, 2015 -
Consumers Energy aims to remove 1M cubic yards of landfill waste from stream
The target for this is by 2019's close.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 6, 2015 -
UPS agreement with Clean Energy taps renewable natural gas
With this move, other shipping industry firms will likely follow its lead.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 6, 2015 -
California company plans to convert emissions into electricity
Ener-Core’s CEO says his company’s technology makes waste into electricity.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 5, 2015 -
©Nicole Wrona
Republic Services gas-to-energy facility planned near Los Angeles
The company's recently announced initiative focuses on communities and people, safety, materials management, and operations.
By Jonathan Barnes • May 4, 2015 -
Robert & Mihaela Vicol
Rumpke blankets odors at OH landfill, complaints down
The waste and recycling company said complaints are falling due to measures it took to contain the odor.
By Nicole Wrona • April 28, 2015 -
Fenimore landfill owners want officials to vacate, restore NJ site
Strategic Environmental Partners requested that state officials abandon the seized landfill and return the site to its original condition.
By Nicole Wrona • April 28, 2015 -
FL county allowed to use waste in construction of roads
Pasco County plans to use landfill waste converted into ash in roadways across the area.
By Nicole Wrona • April 27, 2015 -
From greenhouse problem to green-energy solution, SWACO methane project generates $1M
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio and Aria Energy struck a deal two years ago to make a green-energy solution.
By Nicole Wrona • April 22, 2015 -
NY county bans fracking waste in landfills
Albany County Legislature in New York unanimously passed a law prohibiting fracking waste from being disposed of at any site in the county.
By Nicole Wrona • April 17, 2015 -
Waste Management seeks to unload residential real estate holdings in IL
The waste and recycling hauler purchased the homes as part of a deal with the builder, and is now seeking to sell the properties.
By Nicole Wrona • April 16, 2015 -
Fotolia
IA landfill pays $100K for violations, collects $100K in damages
A landfill agency in Sheldon, IA, agreed to pay the state for dumping and environmental violations; the agency took incorrect advice from an engineer, leading to the non-compliance.
By Nicole Wrona • April 14, 2015 -
Cargill Hazleton achieves landfill-free status
The meat processing facility in Hazleton, PA, has been verified landfill-free by NSF International.
By Nicole Wrona • April 14, 2015 -
Food bank at US-Mexico border diverts millions of pounds of produce annually
Borderlands Food Bank distributes food rejected at the border to families in need.
By Nicole Wrona • April 13, 2015 -
Getty
Chrin Bros. landfill lawsuit against PA township settled
Williams Township will receive a $1.2 million payment in exchange for certain provisions.
By Nicole Wrona • April 10, 2015 -
USDA app aims to reduce expiration-related food waste
The organization hopes to put a dent in the billions of pounds of food wasted each year.
By Carolyn Heneghan • April 6, 2015
Previous
