Private equity firm acquires Texas landfill gas company

New York-based Aperion Management made its second major investment in the environmental services industry, purchasing Tri Con Works.

By Nicole Wrona • April 7, 2014

Alaskan landfill reaching breaking point

The Dillingham landfill in Alaska is facing a series of troubles that officials hope to solve with the purchase of a new incinerator.

By Nicole Wrona • April 7, 2014

Legislation changes WV landfill limits

The bill changing regulation of drill waste accepted at solid waste landfill sites is awaiting a signature from the governor. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 3, 2014

Bill could grant burning Bridgeton landfill immunity

Questions and allegations have been raised regarding an amendment to a Missouri Senate bill that appears to shield the landfill from lawsuits filed by citizens.

By Nicole Wrona • April 3, 2014

Judge: No emergency order for soil tests at NJ landfill

Residents are not satisfied with the DEP's cleanup from 21 new well sites, and are seeking broader testing. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 3, 2014

EPA: Community could be at risk from underground fire

An underground fire smoldering at a Missouri landfill could reach nuclear waste buried at another nearby landfill and endanger residents. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 2, 2014

Obama administration orders methane strategy

The EPA is expected to introduce standards that will impact new landfills by summer of 2014. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 1, 2014

Seneca Falls, NY 'Trash Train' dispute at impasse

The local planning board is at a standstill concerning a rail project intended to service the Seneca Falls landfill. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 31, 2014

New landfill and recycling facility considered in Maine

An organization representing 187 towns in Maine is requesting the state's permission to open a landfill and recycling center designed to keep down costs. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 31, 2014

1M jars of peanut butter, valued at $2.6M, sent to landfill

The jars were refused by Costco due to leaked peanut oil that made the jars "unmerchantable," but the mega-retailer refuses to donate the peanut butter. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 28, 2014

Life after the landfill: Sites find new life when repurposed

With 10,000 shuttered landfills across the US, some sites are being converted into an entirely new setting that offers visitors respite and entertainment.

By Nicole Wrona • March 28, 2014

Supreme Court rules in favor of Texas landfill

The site has been at a standstill for 10 years as litigation dragged on, but construction can now begin. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 27, 2014

Can Manila turn into a zero-waste city?

Years after laws were created to prevent trash from taking over villages, a string of obstacles continues to prevent communities from diverting trash. One village is changing this.

By Nicole Wrona • March 27, 2014

Largest US landfill solar project underway in Mass.

The largest group of landfill solar projects ever constructed in the US is being built on shuttered landfills and brownfields.

By Nicole Wrona • March 26, 2014

Food diversion becomes priority for RI

The Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation calls on organizations and the public to help reduce statewide organic waste disposal. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 25, 2014

Colo. landfill has potential to become garden

A local solid waste center and an agricultural education program may collaborate to bring a growing dome to an Aspen landfill. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 25, 2014

Thieves steal solar panels from Mass. landfill

In a so-far isolated incident, the thieves struck at a landfill in the Cape Cod area. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 25, 2014

Army Corps of Engineers will construct MO landfill barrier

The barrier will be built to stop an underground landfill fire from reaching radioactive waste buried at another nearby landfill.

By Nicole Wrona • March 24, 2014

Search for 'E.T.' video game at NM landfill ends—for now

Two companies searching for buried copies of an unpopular E.T. video game released in the 1980s hit a snag this week when environmental regulators put the excavation on hold. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 21, 2014

New disposal method? Cannon shoots leachate into air

A water cannon is being used to dispose of leachate at a Michigan landfill, saving $200,000 in leachate costs during the past eight months.

By Nicole Wrona • March 19, 2014

Company aims to buy Mich. landfill for mining recyclables, waste-to-energy

TerRenova, a startup specializing in recycling materials at landfills, has offered $1M to buy a closed landfill that would be used for recycling mining. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 19, 2014

Report: Nuclear waste found at Pa. disposal area

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a report outlining the massive amounts of radioactive waste buried at the site, formerly used for manufacturing fuel for power plants and nuclear submarines.

By Nicole Wrona • March 18, 2014

Telephone survey fuels community speculation about West Lake landfill

A group hired by Republic Services has been gathering input from out-of-state residents about the controversial West Lake Landfill in Missouri.

By Nicole Wrona • March 18, 2014

ADEQ inspector fired for hunting on landfill

Gary Meador was fired by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality for hunting on the property he has inspected for the past 25 years.

By Nicole Wrona • March 18, 2014

DEP fines Pa. landfill, waste transport company $1.2M

Violations include improper storage of waste, improper signage and failure to use leak-proof containers.

By Nicole Wrona • March 17, 2014