Light from plastic bottles

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Are We Really Running Out of Landfill Space?

Since the most massive shut down of sanitary landfill spaces in US history in 1993, there have been very few new landfills created to take on an ever-increasing total volume of waste. Though rates of recycling have gone up considerably since then, the total rate of waste generation has also increased, to make the [...]

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The Connection Between Recycling and Alternative Energy

The Connection Between Recycling and Alternative Energy

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Why It’s Not a Good Idea to Use Landfill Leachate to Fertilize Bio-fuel Crops

Recently, it has been suggested that the organic sludge that is found at the bottom of landfills would be best used as a fertilizer for bio-fuel crops such as corn (aka maize), soybeans and canola. There are several reasons why this would not be a very good idea, despite the desire to do something [...]

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