WKRN-TV

Tennessee lawmaker proposes solid waste task force to tackle growing trash problem

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state’s largest landfill is nearing capacity; one lawmaker wants to form a solid waste task force to tackle Tennessee’s growing trash problem. Rep. Bryan Terry ...

WāstAway Brings Landfill Diverting Waste-to-Fuel Tech to Top Biofuels, Waste Recycling Conferences

Green Tech Firm’s Leadership Takes Center Stage at SERC, IBCE, American Biogas & SWANA RCon “Landfills are not ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic-makers used recycling as a fig leaf

Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching... The plastics industry has worked for decades to ...
Houston Chronicle

Houston City Council votes to give the Solid Waste Management Department a helping hand

As Houston’s Solid Waste Management Department faces ongoing challenges in providing basic services, such as consistent garbage collection and recycling pickup, City Council has promised to give the ...