Thoughts and decisions around PFAS as they relate to waste management are changing rapidly bringing uncertainty, including new and varying regulations and permits, impending surface water standards, as well as new information garnered from...
Due to the incineration of combustible gases from decomposing garbage, landfill flares have caused burn injuries to birds at the Meadowlands facility. A year ago, the state said they would replace the invisible flame that has caused the problem.
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy will host a series of regional webinars in September to educate the public on the latest investigations of sites contaminated by per- and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances as well as...
Subaru of America, Inc., the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) and National Park Foundation (NPF) have created an innovative partnership to reduce the amount of waste that the Denali, Grand Teton and Yosemite national parks send to...
The Montmorency-Oscoda-Alpena Solid Waste Authority recently conduct testing at an Atlanta, Mich. landfill and discovered high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), man-made chemicals in a broad range of consumer products, are on a growing number of regulators’ radars, as they are concerned about their potential environmental impacts.
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With the ongoing push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, researchers and the solid waste industry are spending time and money developing methods to measure landfill methane emissions—not only to be able to quantify landfills’ contributions to...
In California, Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) and its neighbor, wastewater treatment plant Monterey One Water, have entered a somewhat unusual relationship with unique benefits to each. And the relationship has payoffs for its...
Per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS), found in a wide range of consumer and commercial products, do not break down in the environment, and landfilling, wastewater treatment and combustion do not effectively contain or destroy them, concludes...
