Republic Services has scaled down its proposal to expand Coffin Butte Landfill as it attempts for a second time to win approval from the Benton County Planning Commission. The commission in 2021 unanimously denied the Phoenix-based company’s application for a conditional use permit to expand. The 178-acre landfill, north of Corvallis, takes more than half […]
Jun. 25—The former Witmer Road landfill in the Town of Wheatfield is a step closer to potentially housing a solar farm. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority announced recently it has reached a memorandum of understanding on the 60-acre site. It was done with Niagara County, Wheatfield and the Niagara County Refuse […]
Following growing public criticism, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are defending their decision not to search a landfill for the body of a missing Belmont man, Andy Tench. CMPD said in a statement Monday that after consulting with experts familiar with the Anson County landfill’s size and operation, they determined there is not enough evidence to justify excavation […]
CMPD won’t search landfill for missing Belmont man; family not giving up The mother of missing Belmont man Andy Tench said she won’t stop pushing to find him even after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced on Monday it won’t search a landfill where family members believe his body may be. Missing Belmont man’s mom petitions […]
Tipping fees at the self-supporting Steuben County landfill and its transfer stations will increase beginning July 1. Eric Rose, Steuben County Department of Public Works Commissioner, said the fee increase will fund the Steuben County Solid Waste Division Enterprise Fund. The Steuben County landfill and its transfer stations, in Erwin, Hornell and Wayland, rely solely […]
The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio has cancelled a $70 million project to create a 50-megawatt solar-panel farm that could have supplied electricity to about 5,000 Columbus homes. That means another of the planned sources for the city’s municipal green-energy aggregation program, whose power is being supplied by AEP, has been scrapped, further delaying […]
Other states dump trash in New Hampshire at a rate of around 900,000 tons per year, in large part because those neighbors have significantly stricter landfill rules. The Department of Environmental Services says its new regulations – currently in the process of being updated, as required every decade – will be more protective of human […]
The City of Ames may be changing the way it collects and disposes of the town’s solid waste, citing inefficiencies and cost-cutting initiatives. The Ames City Council discussed switching the city’s Resource Recovery Plant to a transfer station model and perhaps partnering with a new waste management company during their Tuesday, June 11 meeting. The […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s method of detecting methane leaks at landfills is flawed, and emissions of this powerful heat-trapping gas are likely much higher than what is being reported, according to a new study analyzing landfills in Illinois and seven other states. Released Thursday by the environmental nonprofit Industrious Labs, the study is the […]
Police are searching a landfill site in California for the body of a missing 3-week-old baby, after his mother was arrested on child abuse charges in Utah. Detectives with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were combing through waste at the Antelope Valley landfill in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, on Tuesday in the hope […]
Southeast Gainesville residents and local environmental groups are continuing their fight to shut down the Florence Landfill, a dump which many say threatens public health and safety. The landfill, owned by Southeast Landholdings Inc., is over 48 acres and lies across the street from historic Boulware Springs City Park and the Alachua County Sweetwater Preserve. […]
May 12—PALMER — A 20-acre expansion of the Mat-Su Central Landfill near Palmer has temporarily cut off access to a popular trail system and cleared a swath of forest, surprising users who say the closure came without notice. The disruption is temporary but touches on a long-term dilemma: The trails sit on Matanuska-Susitna Borough property […]