By Adrian Mcdermott  Landfills are more than just dumping grounds. A fair bit of thought and effort goes into the designing of a landfill. The process begins with the selection of an appropriate site for the landfill. You cannot have a site where the water table is high, because this increases the risk of the groundwater […]

At the Sacramento Recycling and Transfer Station on Fruitridge Road, three forklifts with whiny motors work in unison to move bundles of materials while on the other side of the building, a piece of heavy machinery rumbles as it moves a mountain of cardboard. Above it all are catwalks and ramps and two miles of […]

Landfill expected to generate revenue for county with no curbside pickup of trash or recyclables. The Cumberland County, Va., board of supervisors has approved a conditional land use permit and rezoning of 1,144 acres for a landfill. The board has also signed a host agreement with County Waste, which will own the facility. The site, […]

Nearly half of landfills today are privately owned, with industry controlling 85 to 90 percent of permitted capacity. Increasingly, more municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are becoming privatized, now controlling the bulk of waste in the U.S. Today, about half of them are privately owned, with industry controlling 85 to 90 percent of permitted capacity, […]

Water refill stations have been deployed at corporate offices, stores, hotels, schools and fitness centers in 42 states across the U.S. With plastic straws capturing the headlines, FloWater announced its new-tech water refill stations are now deployed at major corporations, hotels, schools and fitness centers in 42 states across the country. FloWater stated it has […]

Our species is pretty good at wasting food. Some we discard at the farm for being undersized or oddly shaped. Others we allow to decay in their shipping containers, thrown away before they even reach shelves. We leave even more foodstuffs wasting away in grocery stores, often by letting it sit there until it reaches […]

Contaminants in recycling can hurt the process and can actually result in batches of recyclable material being diverted to landfills. Waste disposal is an issue that the islands of Hawaii are serious about. The following items are contaminants and should not be added to the blue bins designated for recyclable items. Thin plastic bags damage […]