Yes, according to a new company in Randolph, NJ called BIOtech Products that will receive an award for environmental stewardship from the Society of Plastics Engineers March 9 in Florida. BIOtech has ...
Landfills are one of California’s largest sources of the greenhouse gas methane, which is dozens of times more powerful than carbon dioxide at heating up the planet. But even when landfills shut down, ...
In 38 states, landfills are the largest source of methane emissions. Reducing atmospheric concentrations of this powerful greenhouse gas is a top priority for climate action. California has set the ...
A recent report from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency states landfill capacity is ``sufficient '' for the next 15 years in Illinois and for the next 40 years in the Quad-Cities. The annual ...
Any climate action plan that wants to quickly turn the tide of global warming has to tackle methane, which traps orders of magnitude more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide in the first years ...
Nov. 25—ROCKLAND, Maine — A century ago, it seemed like a good idea. Quarries that dotted the landscape were being retired and there was a need for more landfills for waste. But decades later, the ...
SUFFOLK — The South Hampton Roads regional landfill is filling up faster than previous planning scheduled, leaving questions about how residents will dispose of their waste in the future and what it ...
Eliot Wessler lives in Whitefield and works with a number of grassroots organizations in NH’s North Country. Let’s start with the bad news: New Hampshire’s Department of Environmental Services (DES) ...
WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI — A Washtenaw County landfill near some Northville-area neighborhoods is nearing the end of its capacity, and the firm operating it wants to expand. Pushback from residents who ...
Dave Miller: This is Think Out Loud on OPB. I’m Dave Miller. We talk a lot about CO2 as a greenhouse gas and for good reason. Billions of metric tons of it go into the atmosphere every year, creating ...
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26 January 2021, Brandenburg, Schwanebeck: Snow lies on the former landfill. The 52-hectare landfill has existed since the 1950s and had been in operation since the 1970s as a managed pit and ...