In this episode of NothingWasted!, we bring you a dynamic session from WasteExpo Together Online: “Beyond the Basics of PFAS.” The discussion focused on where the waste and recycling industry currently stands on managing per- and polyfluoroalkyl...
In landfills, easily degradable matter (e.g. food waste/organics) degrades relatively quickly and contributes to biogas generation (Figure 1, sharp rise and peak). Once the proportion of the easily degradable matter drops below a certain level due...
Hawaii’s Kekaha Landfill Phase II is projected to hit capacity in June 2027. The Kekaha Landfill Phase I opened in 1953 and closed in 1993. Phase II was initially vertically expanded in 1998 to about 60-feet above mean sea level.
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New York's Fresh Kills Landfill closed 20 years ago. Residents gathered to reminisce about the fight they had to close the landfill on Staten Island...
Hartland, Maine residents will meet in April to decide if the town’s old landfill will stay open or close. Either way the decision will have long term consequences for the town of about 1,600 residents.
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