Buena Vista Landfill readying last cell, signaling site's limited time

Workers for Buena Vista Landfill in California are preparing the last cell on the site to accept waste, meaning the landfill probably has just 20 years or less to continue operations.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 27, 2015

Illinois senate sends bill to gov to keep gas plant waste and PCBs from landfill

Waste products used 100 years ago to heat and light Illinois cities have been unearthed and deposited in a landfill which sits over an aquifer.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 26, 2015

WISErg making food waste into high-nutrient fertilizer

Two former Microsoft employees have found a way to take such waste and turn it into a product that helps farmers and consumers grow vegetables and other food.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 26, 2015

IA county to accept bird flu corpses at landfill, though officials' concerns remain: report

Concerns loom regarding contamination, but  officials have a disposal plan that they think will guard against the spreading of the disease.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 21, 2015

DEP, Casella see settlement

The settlement also provides in-kind services to the county.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 20, 2015

IA city takes recycling approach to fight spread of bird flu

Through a unique recycling approach that saves it money, Des Moines, IA is talking steps to slow the spread of the bird flu.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 20, 2015

GA county receives landfill expansion grant

It's an expansion that's necessary to avoid hauling construction waste to a landfill not owned by the county.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 19, 2015

Groot building transfer station, construction waste recycling center faces backlash

Lake County, IL soon will have its first waste transfer station, but local residents are still fighting the approval of the transfer site.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 19, 2015

MI legislation would ban all reclamation activities at landfills

State legislation proposed by a Michigan representative would prohibit all reclamation activities at landfills in the state, and halt TerRenova Richfield LLC's plans to re-open Richfield Landfill.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 19, 2015

Covanta, Onondaga Cty extend pact, plan upgrades for WTE plant

By extending its pact with Covanta, Onondaga County, NY is preparing for an upgrade of its facilities.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 18, 2015

CO county government looking to privatize landfill operations

Pitkin County officials in Colorado are working their way toward privatizing their landfill operations, but contractors are feeling like they were strung along.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 18, 2015

Lower Saucon officials fear landfill is unsafe for residents, request state study

A DEP inspection found methane levels that were more than 10,000 parts per million in sections of the landfill.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 18, 2015

NJ town recieves funding to start school food recycling project

The Sustainable Jersey Small Grants Program is awarding $200,000 this year to municipalities for projects. 

By Jonathan Barnes • May 18, 2015

Industry odors easy for neighbors to smell, trickier to solve or prevent

Preventing or mitigating those odors requires a strategy and an understanding of the nature of the business.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 15, 2015

Texas A&M looks to take on food waste

Texas A&M academics are brainstorming ways to reduce food waste at the university, across the nation and worldwide.

By Jonathan Barnes • May 15, 2015

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

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

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