Bangladesh’s Matuail Sanitary Landfill is leaking greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere. It’s estimated that the emissions rate is at about 4,000 kilograms an hour, which is the equivalent of running 190,000 cars. The landfill spreads over...

About a half dozen sanitation workers assisted a couple in North Carolina after they accidentally threw out a substantial amount of jewelry...

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Employees at a Republic Service landfill in Lorain County, Ohio recently saw what they thought was a human hand in a load that was dropped off...

A three-acre parcel of land in Rowan County, North Carolina is being used as a landfill for brush, stumps and some debris from demolished homes...

Landfill operators keep a keen eye out for hydrogen sulfide (H2S) emissions – this volatile compound found in landfill gas is a major driver of odors—even in concentrations as low as single-digit parts per billion they can be recognized and found...

A group of Pheasant Point Landfill employees and two Nebraska business owners allegedly particpated in a weighing scheme that would benefit the participating parties...