LandfillsNews and information about Landfills.Turning Trash to Fuel (KVEW Kennewick)- September 16, 2008 PASCO -- The average American produces four and a half pounds of trash each day. All that waste ends up cluttering landfills. Boise Cascade has now turned old pieces of wood, plastic and cardboard into a sustainable alternative fuel.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Landfills/SIG=126tfb7nj/*http%3A//www.kvewtv.c... West Memphis landfills close, leaving business owners with mess (WMCTV Memphis)- September 15, 2008 Landfills in West Memphis were closed Monday, leaving outraged business owners with nowhere to dump their trash.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Landfills/SIG=11jbesf6e/*http%3A//www.wmctv.co... Keeping Unwanted TVs Out Of Landfills (WCVB Boston)- September 15, 2008 With five months until the nationwide switch from analog to digital television transmission, many people may decide now is the time to get rid of old television sets once and for all.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Landfills/SIG=12e0pvv5r/*http%3A//www.thebosto... Keeping Unwanted TVs Out Of Landfills- September 15, 2008 With five months until the nationwide switch from analog to digital television transmission, many people may decide now is the time to get rid of old television sets once and for all.http://www.thebostonchannel.com/technology/17476377/detail.html?rss=bos&psp=technology Controlled drugs dumped uncontrolled into water - Minneapolis Star Tribune- September 15, 2008 MINNEAPOLIS - In a frustrating quirk in government policy, the most tightly controlled drugs like painkilling narcotics prone to abuse are the ones that most often elude environmental regulation when they become waste. Federal narcotics ...http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/28368629.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUvDE7aL_V_BD77... An Offer You Can't Refuse - San Francisco Gate- September 15, 2008 The metropolitan New York area has little nature to provide wind or solar power. What the area does have is landfills, lots of them. (Remember the trash barge controversies of the 80s) Decomposing garbage produces a quarter of the human-related ...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/green/detail?&entry_id=30268 Ze-gen Selected by AlwaysOn as a GoingGreen Top 100 Winner - Forbes- September 15, 2008 Ze-gen, Inc., a clean energy company providing advanced gasification technology to convert waste streams into synthesis gas and low emissions energy, today announced that it has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the GoingGreen Top 100 Winners ...http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/09/15/businesswire2008091500628... Coastside composters break it down (Half Moon Bay Review)- September 15, 2008 Over the course of the last decade, sanitation companies in the Bay Area have taken to the idea of reducing waste intake at landfills by investing in composting as a cost-effective and environmentally friendly alternative.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/Landfills/SIG=12jt03app/*http%3A//www.hmbrevie... Salada's "Unbottle Your Tea" Campaign Shows Health, Cost ... - Forbes- September 15, 2008 Salada Tea announced today the launch of its national "Unbottle Your Tea" educational campaign to promote the consumption of freshly brewed tea as a healthier, less expensive and more environmentally friendly alternative to bottled teas. Consumers ...http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/09/15/businesswire2008091500600... Advice on environmentally friendly electronics - Los Angeles Times- September 15, 2008 Americans love their electronics, but all those TVs, computers, phones and DVD players suck up energy and end up clogging landfills. How can you stay plugged in while minimizing the effect on the environment A good starting point is ...http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-bookmarks15-2008sep15,0,3495327.story |