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Toutle area residents sound off on landfill at meeting
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 21:37
ShareThisTOUTLE — Many residents here still don’t like the county’s plan to buy the Headquarters Road landfill — and they blasted the way a forum about it was held Monday night.
Landfill causing problems for business
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 13:29
ShareThisImagine the dirt or ash from nearly 600 tons of trash wafting into your home or where you work, daily. We'll that's what happening to Gary O’Brien.
Baldwin testing shows arsenic in landfill groundwater 'naturally occurring'
Submitted by Earth News on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 04:20
ShareThisBAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Test results on soil at Magnolia Landfill indicate arsenic found in a test well in recent years is likely from naturally occurring chemicals at the Summerdale site, according to county records.
After much ado, Marion Ridge Landfill moving forward
Submitted by Earth News on Sat, 05/12/2012 - 05:00
ShareThisMARION — Building the Marion Ridge Landfill outside Marion’s northwest city limits in Williamson County remains a work in progress.
Peoria landfill committee, Waste Management disagree on road repair
Submitted by Earth News on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 19:46
ShareThisTrash and debris from the Peoria metro area pours into the Peoria City/County Landfill at 11501 W Cottonwood Rd where the garbage is bulldozed into the working section of the fill and then smashed downwards into a dense mass by a giant compactor tractor.
Waste Management Mahoning Landfill to produce Green Energy from everyday waste
Submitted by Earth News on Fri, 05/11/2012 - 08:13
ShareThisNEW SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, May 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Green energy will soon be helping to power homes, following Waste Management's announcement today on the groundbreaking of a gas-to-electric facility ...
Medical waste found at landfill
Submitted by Earth News on Thu, 05/10/2012 - 06:57
ShareThisIf another piece of biomedical waste slips into trash delivered to the city landfill, the Saskatoon Health Region will have to find somewhere else to take it, says the city's environmental services manager.
Landfill search for children turns up nothing
Submitted by Earth News on Wed, 05/09/2012 - 02:53
ShareThisA search of a Southern California landfill has turned up no sign of a toddler boy and his baby brother believed killed by their father at their Orange County apartment.
Landfill Search Resumes for Children
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 12:41
ShareThisInvestigators resumed their search Tuesday at a Brea landfill for the bodies of two children allegedly murdered by their mother's boyfriend, police said.
Meadowlands Landfill Solar Farm Dedicated
Submitted by Earth News on Tue, 05/08/2012 - 08:00
ShareThisKEARNY, N.J., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) today joined the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) and SunDurance Energy to dedicate the Kearny Landfill Solar Farm, ...
