landfill News
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Meet us at the Bavarian Waste and Landfill Days
Meet us September 29tn/30th, 2020 at the trade fair in Augsburg for the 21 st Bavarian Waste and Landfill Days covering the following topics: Developments in the circular economy Sustainable recycling Secondary raw material markets today and tomorrow Developments in landfill law and the landfill situation in Bavaria Innovative solutions for optimized landfill gas collection and treatment ...
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Baselines for measuring construction waste revealed
Methods for establishing baselines for both construction waste to landfill and carbon emissions on construction sites have been revealed by the Strategic Forum for Construction. It is hoped that having these methods in place to establish baselines will provide a step forward for meeting the targets of the Strategy for Sustainable Construction, launched in 2008. The strategy included targets on ...
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NEW JERSEY landfill owners agree to comply with clean air act ; new landfill system maximizes gas collection for potential energy recovery (NJ)
The second of two agreements to resolve longstanding problems with landfill gas emissions and their negative impacts on air quality at the Middlesex County and Edgeboro landfills in New Jersey has been reached to bring them into compliance with the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The two settlements together resolve all outstanding ...
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Survey respondents support Landfill Tax Rise
The CIWM Journal’s annual Great Waste & Resources Survey has revealed that the majority of respondents are in favour of the Landfill Tax escalator continuing to £100 or more. In order to measure the biggest influences and opinions of the industry over a twelve month period, the CIWM Journal team carry out the CIWM Great Waste & Resources Survey. The survey has revealed that ...
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Toa Baja agrees to close landfill; EPA applauds Puerto Rico solid waste plan
Major progress has been made over the past few years in improving the way solid waste is managed in Puerto Rico, according to US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator, Alan J. Steinberg. Regional Administrator Steinberg spoke about several solid waste achievements today at a ceremony at the Yolanda Guerrero Cultural Center. The Agency praised the Puerto Rico Solid Waste ...
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Landfill Project to Become a Renewable Energy Source for the State of Pennsylvania
Veolia Environmental Services Greentree Landfill Slated to become Waste Service Company's Newest Green Energy Producer Kersey, PA. - Veolia Environmental Services (Veolia ES) Greentree Landfill is well on its way to becoming one of Pennsylvania's newest green energy producers. The innovative renewable energy project, a partnership between Veolia Environmental Services and Beacon Landfill Gas ...
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San Joaquin valley landfill to spend $3.8 million to resolve clean air act violations
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that Forward Inc., of Manteca, has agreed to a settlement to resolve alleged violations of air pollution laws at its landfill in Manteca. The settlement requires Forward to spend approximately $3.8 million to improve the landfill’s gas ...
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EPA Reaches Legal Settlement with Operators of Arecibo Landfill to Reduce Waste and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a legal settlement with Landfill Technologies of Arecibo, the municipality of Arecibo and the Puerto Rico Land Authority to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act. As part of the settlement, the landfill’s owners and operators have agreed to make numerous upgrades to the landfill that will protect the health of area residents ...
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Call for government to fund programme of data gathering for waste prevention
The Government needs to fund a programme of data gathering in order to set waste prevention targets, according to LARAC principal policy advisor Andrew Craig. Speaking to MRW, Craig said the Government also needed to produce regular surveys of waste streams so that they could measure waste prevention. His comments follow the recommendations made by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ...
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UK Audit Commission warns of tax hike unless councils deliver waste infrastructure
Council tax bills may increase and services may be cut if authorities do not deliver planned waste treatment facilities and keep up the pressure to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to a new Audit Commission report. Well Disposed: responding to the waste challenge, says the UK can meet European Union Landfill Directive targets to reduce the amount of waste landfilled by 2013 if the councils ...
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U.S. EPA orders City and County of Honolulu and Waste Management to address stormwater violations at Waimanalo Gulch Landfill
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week issued an order to the City and County of Honolulu and Waste Management, Inc., to take immediate steps to address stormwater violations at the Waimanalo Gulch Sanitary Landfill on Oahu. EPA’s ongoing review of operations at the landfill revealed violations of the Clean Water Act and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System ...
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Putting a green cap on garbage dumps
Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as 'Phytocapping', could reduce the production and release of these gases, according to Australian scientists writing in a forthcoming issue of International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management. Despite legislative ...
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EPA Completes Construction of Water line in Chester and Washington Townships, N.J.
Officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today marked the completion of a water line extension that will provide a safe source of drinking water to 73 homes and businesses threatened by contaminated groundwater from the Combe Fill South Landfill Superfund site in Chester and Washington Townships in N.J. As a result, those homes and local businesses will no longer need treatment ...
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Johnson Joins CEC as New Senior Project Manager
Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) welcomes Scott Johnson, Senior Project Manager in the Waste Management practice of the firm's Phoenix office. At CEC, Johnson will contribute to the Solid Waste Industry Consulting Group. Most recently with Cornerstone, Johnson brings 20 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering and a background in both consulting and the private ...
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The Latest in Landfill Training
The Chartered Institution of Waste Management and the Environmental Services Association will bring you four landfill training courses in the coming months. So if you or anyone within your company needs training in Leachate, Geology or Landfill Gas Management then we have the course for you. Geology, Hydrogeology and Hydrology - 19 March 2014 - Shrewsbury Are you involved in the protection of ...
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Sellafield mistakenly dumps low-level radioactive waste in landfill
Nuclear decommissioner Sellafield mistakenly dumped five bin bags of low-level radioactive waste at a local landfill site on 12 April. Although an initial analysis has found no environmental implications, as a result of the incident Sellafield has suspended the disposal of bagged process wastes until further investigations have been carried out. According to Sellafield, the 30kg of waste were ...
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GM BeyondNow: Nine Steps Toward Landfill-Free
SOURCE: General Motors DESCRIPTION:Each morning, millions of people face the day with a cup of steaming hot coffee to help them get through those rough early morning hours. Then they dispose of their cup into the nearest garbage can and move on to the next task at hand. But if you’re one of those people, think about this the next time you throw away your morning coffee cup: 102 global General ...
By 3BL Media
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econ down-under
Australia catches up to meet highest environmental standards in treating hazardous wastes to avoid unnecessary landfill in the nearest future. In November 2009 econ industries signed a Basic Engineering contract to extend an existing treatment facility for industrial wastes with state-of-the-art process technology. The target of this engineering is to finally establish in 2011 a VacuDry plant ...
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GPT Waste announce increase in diversion from landfill
GPT Waste ensures that providing sustainable waste services to their clients remains the focal point of their business, therefore they carry out regular assessments to ensure they are meeting targets set by their clients and remain flexible in an ever-changing market. Following a recent review of the percentage of waste they are diverting from landfill, in comparison to 2015/16, GPT Waste are ...
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Recycle Track Systems (RTS) is bringing technological innovation and a shared sustainability vision to the waste removal process at Juice Press
Recycle Track Systems (RTS), a waste and recycling technology company headquartered in New York City, is proud to announce a new partnership with Juice Press – the East Coast's fastest growing organic food and beverage retailer. Leveraging its proprietary technology, RTS is disrupting the waste and recycling industry by reducing costs, diverting more waste from landfills, and ...
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