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Every piece of trash you throw away doesn’t just disappear — it’s buried, controlled, and managed inside massive engineered systems designed to prevent something far worse. Modern landfills are not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock A Wyoming landfill claims to be the first in the nation to divert hazardous e-waste using a process designed ...

A final report from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) shows that there is no significant risk to human health from radium in landfill leachate. The multi-year study of all ...

Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus receives funding from Georgia Tech's Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI). Joe Frank Bozeman III receives funding from Georgia Tech's Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI). Every ...

HARRISBURG, Pa.- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has concluded that water runoff coming from the state's landfills does not pose a radiation risk to residents. On Friday, ...

For many residents of Rutherford County, the conversation about waste management started with a smell. What those residents discovered is that the challenges facing Rutherford County are not just ...

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a penalty of more than $3 million against the owners of the Coffin Butte landfill. The DEQ says it’s the largest civil fine that the agency ...

The Bantargebang landfill processes most daily household waste in Jakarta Karla Marie Sanford has contributed to PEOPLE since 2026. Her work has previously appeared on the Los Angeles Times, ...

Brookhaven is asking state regulators to approve a five-year extension of the town's landfill operating permit as the town moves to complete the oft-delayed shutdown of the lucrative but troubled dump ...

Odors that neighbors attribute to Coffin Butte Landfill could come from other industrial sources, the landfill’s owner said in its rebuttal to new evidence submitted as Benton County Commissioners ...

Three communities launched composting pilot programs last fall and became the first in the state with municipal curbside composting. Residential participation has grown but not hit capacity yet.