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

Gold rush? Metal mining in Maine landfills proves profitable

According to University of Southern Maine professor Travis Wagner, there may be over $114B in precious metals buried in United States landfills. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 17, 2014

ADEQ demands $2.4M returned from landfill owners

The owners of the Ozark Mountain Regional Solid Waste Management District have received notice that the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality wants the funding returned due to a failure to cover landfill maintenance costs.

By Nicole Wrona • March 14, 2014

Waste Management may get its first regional landfill in NC

The company made it through the first round of votes, with a second vote slated to take place in April. If approved, Waste Management will run the regional landfill in Randolph County, North Carolina.

By Nicole Wrona • March 14, 2014

Wis. DNR gives approval to convert landfill into sports complex

This is the first certification statewide issued by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that guarantees that the licensed site is free from contamination.

By Nicole Wrona • March 13, 2014

New WTE plant announced in Union County, SC

A new landfill-to-power project will begin in June at Republic Service's Upstate Regional landfill in South Carolina. 

By Nicole Wrona • March 13, 2014

Louisville starts new "Wet-Dry Recycling" program

Residents and businesses in Louisville, Kentucky will place wet and dry waste into separate bags, in an effort to increase the city's landfill diversion rate.

By Nicole Wrona • March 12, 2014

Group presents report to improve waste, recycling in Boston

Environmental groups outlined their recommendations to improve the recycling rate and increase the diversion rate in the city.

By Nicole Wrona • March 12, 2014

Bill: WV drill cuttings to be disposed of in solid waste facilities

The landfill bill is one of few regulating horizontal drilling cuttings and passed unanimously in the Senate.

By Nicole Wrona • March 11, 2014

Bill passed will aid with WV landfill closure

House Bill 4339 was passed this weekend, and will release funds from the state EPA to help fund the closure of a landfill in Elkins, West Virginia.

By Nicole Wrona • March 11, 2014