ALFRED HITCHCOCK KNEW 40 years ago how scary swarms of birds can be. With bird populations often exceeding 10,000, there is no question that landfill managers need to know which methods effectively control the population...

IT'S THE MESSAGE NO LANDFILL wants to receive. Recently, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Boston, issued a notice of non-compliance to a construction and demolition (C&D) debris landfill for its failure to control odor...

THE START OF THE 109TH congress has brought about a familiar ritual: the introduction of bills designed to curb the flow of interstate waste. While the legislation may receive some attention in states where residents and politicians are agitated...

Norwegian rats have set out to see the world via international garbage shipments. The northern Sweden mining town of Kiruna has been invaded by thousands of rats believed to have crossed the border with trash heading for the city's local recycling...

GARBAGE SMELLS. WELL, NOT ALWAYS, but anyone with a nose knows that garbage can stink. A bag of meat or diapers left in a garbage can on a hot, humid summer day can send a powerful message about the mischief-making powers of bacteria and microbes...

SEEKING A CHANGE OF MOOD AND atmosphere, a Washington, D.C. resident decided to move to a rustic, suburban area near the Potomac River. He bought a lot, hired a builder and, for the next eight months, regularly watched as construction proceeded...

About 200 folks buried in a Jerusalem cemetery unfortunately have not been able to rest in peace. Police recently discovered mounds of trash while investigating a tip about two pistols found in one of the graves. According to workers at the Givat...

ABOUT 7,000 OVERWEIGHT buzzards are going hungry in Colombia because of a new garbage dump. The flock of birds put on their superfluous pounds munching on the 300 tons of trash that was brought each day to the Veracruz de Santa Marta dump, which...

SOLID WASTE FACILITY MANAGERS will attest that nothing harms community relations like poor odor control. But help is on the way, thanks to the Washington, D.C.-based National Solid Wastes Management Association's (NSWMA) report, “Managing Solid...

Washington, D.C. -- The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) has published "Managing Solid Waste Facilities to Prevent Odor," a report describing methods to control odors at landfills and transfer stations. The report also explains...