Landfill: Page 54
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Report: San Diego County is largest California trash dumper
County residents' trash volume has risen three consecutive years, with numbers up 3% from last year.
By Arlene Karidis • May 5, 2016 -
EREF report: Determining environmental risks of closed landfills and best post-closure actions
The report focuses on methodology that can help guide post-closure care to inform on how and when to step down from active landfill control measures to passive ones.
By Arlene Karidis • May 4, 2016 -
Collapse at Guatemala City's largest garbage dump leaves 4 dead, 24 missing
The New York Times reported that 3,000 tons of garbage from the city's surrounding areas are brought to the dump daily.
By Kristin Musulin • May 2, 2016 -
Waste Management may get break in host fees in Okeechobee County, FL
The company, which has paid Okeechobee County about $89 million in host fees over 24 years, is trying to stay competitive with other regional landfills.
By Arlene Karidis • May 2, 2016 -
SCS Engineers tool helps Texas town design 20-year solid waste management plan
The tool, which can assess expenses and provide a framework to plan capital expenditures, could be applied to neighboring communities.
By Arlene Karidis • April 29, 2016 -
Federal judge orders Missouri's Bridgeton Landfill case back to circuit court
The 2013 lawsuit requests that Republic be ordered to extinguish the Bridgeton Landfill fire and control resulting odors, emissions, and hazardous liquids.
By Arlene Karidis • April 28, 2016 -
EREF awards $277,000 in solid waste research grants to North Carolina State, Yale
The grants will help support research tied to two hot industry topics: food waste reduction and utilization of non-hazardous industrial wastes.
By Arlene Karidis • April 26, 2016 -
World Bank: 'Technical and engineering solutions not a silver bullet' for growing waste problems
Unregulated or illegal dumpsites account for more than 40% of waste worldwide as global trash disposal is expected to reach 4 billion tons annually by 2100.
By Arlene Karidis • April 25, 2016 -
Data shows Minnesotans divert 1/3 more waste from landfills than 10 years ago
However residents of the state are tossing much more plastic film in the landfill, accounting for 382 million pounds of waste in 2015.
By Arlene Karidis • April 22, 2016 -
Wheelabrator proposes Saugus, MA landfill expansion while community fights to shut it down
The company claims that, if the expansion proposal is rejected, it will need to ship the ash to another landfill, which could cost more for the residents.
By Arlene Karidis • April 22, 2016 -
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Macon-Bibb County, GA to shutter two landfills, substantially expand recycling
The millions of dollars in closures are part of a plan that includes streamlining garbage collections and expanding recycling and yard waste offerings.
By Arlene Karidis • April 21, 2016 -
The end of trash trains at Kentucky's Big Run Landfill results in layoffs
Under an agreement prompted by two years of residents' complaints of odors, the dump will now only take in local garbage.
By Arlene Karidis • April 21, 2016 -
UPDATE: EPA discusses alternatives to capping West Lake Landfill
While the EPA intends to prevent radioactive contamination from spreading, there are debates regarding methodology.
By Arlene Karidis • April 20, 2016 -
Smart technologies, new approaches are extending the life of a North Carolina landfill
Winston-Salem is building a new $4.7 million cell, utilizing several filling methods, and installing a GPS landfill management system to track waste placement.
By Arlene Karidis • April 20, 2016 -
Fort Collins, CO official: Landfill bans alone do not guarantee recycling
If a city is to implement a landfill ban on a certain material, it will also need to implement public education and enforcement in order to see success.
By Kristin Musulin • April 19, 2016 -
Advanced Disposal takes Republic to court over smelly Michigan landfill
Russ Knocke, a spokesman for the Republic division Allied/BFI, denied its gas collection system at the Arbor Hills Landfill is responsible for odors.
By Arlene Karidis • April 14, 2016 -
South Texas ranch granted draft permit to host one of state's busiest landfills
The proposed Pescadito Environmental Resource Center would accept 1 million to 2 million tons of municipal, community, commercial, and institutional waste a year.
By Arlene Karidis • April 13, 2016 -
San Juan, CA puts kink in county plan to continue importing trash
The city is holding out for a larger share of the county's revenues for the trash imported into Prima Deshecha Landfill.
By Arlene Karidis • April 12, 2016 -
Deep Dive
What are the 'real' numbers behind landfilled waste tonnage and landfill gas emissions?
As municipalities try to reach waste diversion goals, they may be mislead by a large discrepancy in tonnage statistics from EPA studies compared to other industry studies.
By Arlene Karidis • April 11, 2016 -
Ontario County shoots down Casella's request for variance on landfill expansion
The proposal to dig 5 feet rather than 10 would have saved Casella $1.8 million to be put toward other solid waste management plans.
By Arlene Karidis • April 11, 2016 -
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
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