Honolulu Has A Landfill Problem. Here’s A Possible Solution
For example, a dedicated plant at Honolulu airport could handle airport waste, while the U.S. Navy might establish a plant at ...
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Expired Aminbazar landfill – a growing threat to Dhaka's air, global climate
The environmental clearance certificate for the Aminbazar landfill site in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, expired in 2017 but the Dhaka North City continues to dump waste on this exhausted site, ...
National Observer1d
The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not ...
Los Angeles Times6d
Finally we know where toxic ash from the L.A. wildfires could end up
The Times has identified seven landfills that have taken steps to ... Canyon for more than 60 violations for excessive air pollution and nuisance odor violations. Fefferman said he recently ...
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Paper straws are not safe for health and the environment
US President Donald Trump signed an order reversing the use of paper straws, and reinstating plastic straws with immediate ...
Forever chemicals in sewage sludge: A growing contamination crisis
A new EPA report warns that PFAS in biosolids may contaminate water and food. In NC, past use as fertilizer threatens ...
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water pollution
A torrent of news on dirty water has spilled over into next month ... dump Tons of waste dumped in poorly regulated riverside landfills or directly into the waterways that flow across three ...
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A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump
"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...
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How Are Microplastics Affecting Climate Change?
The presence of microplastics in marine environments disrupts carbon cycles and contributes to climate change, affecting ecosystems and greenhouse gas dynamics.
CSR Wire6d
Cisco Sustainability 101: What Are Life Cycle Assessments?
Do you feel a bit lost when people refer to certain environmental sustainability topics and aren’t sure where to start when ...
How the pollution of today will become the ‘technofossils’ of the far future
It’s fun to conceptualise like this, and set the human story within the grand perspective of Earth’s history. But there’s a ...