Michigan Senate approves bills to increase disposal fees and halt new hazardous waste facilities, with aim to reduce state's role as a dumping ground for out-of-state waste. The legislation faces a challenging path in the GOP-controlled house.| Planet Detroit
The Dominican Republic aims to modernize its waste management. But what will happen to thousands of people who rely on garbage to survive?| The Revelator
I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of garbage being stored in giant, artificial landforms—or simply buried underground like false geol…| BLDGBLOG
I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of garbage being stored in giant, artificial landforms—or simply buried underground like false geological deposits—might be inadvertently catalyzing chemical processes we neither understand nor know how to stop. I was thus excited to see a long investigation of this topic in … Continue reading "Uncontrolled Remains"| BLDGBLOG
China is the world’s largest MSW generator, producing as much as 175 million tons of waste every year. It is estimated that China’s cities will need to develop an additional hundreds of landfills and waste-to-energy plants to tackle the growing waste management crisis.| BioEnergy Consult
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, June 5, 2025 – Yesterday, while Bill 5 was being voted on in the Ontario Legislature, the Ford government posted amendments to the Blue Box Regulation, https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0009 that undermine waste diversion efforts and accelerate landfill expansion, including the controversial Dresden landfill. These changes prioritize cost-cutting and data collection over stronger recycling goals, The post Calling on Ontarians to Oppose Proposed Blue Box Chan...| Friends of the Earth Canada
“Enigmatic chemical reactions” have broken out underground inside two Los Angeles-area landfills, according to the L.A. Times. These “highly unusual reactions at Los Angeles County’s two largest la…| BLDGBLOG
“Enigmatic chemical reactions” have broken out underground inside two Los Angeles-area landfills, according to the L.A. Times. These “highly unusual reactions at Los Angeles County’s two largest la…| BLDGBLOG