It’s been nearly eight years since one of the worst derechos in history reared its head in the Midwest, swiftly advanced east, and ripped through the Appalachians and the mid-Atlantic, but Billy Basham, who was Roanoke, VA’s solid waste management...
Landfills are essential, even with the push to divert more would-be-trash and put it to use — and even as alternative means to manage it as trash evolve. Still, even the largest disposal sites are finite, so the industry continually works to find...
Of all environmental sample types — groundwater, wastewater, soil — leachate is the most complicated to sample and analyze, because it contains many constituents that landfill operators must be aware of and understand...
About 40 percent of the food produced globally gets wasted at some point along the food chain. And according to the food waste reduction think tank ReFED, seeing that food gets to its final destination for consumption has to do largely with...