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Cuts to solid waste fund affects recycling and Clean Green
Bellingham :: WA :: USA | 3 days ago
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Builders aren't building and consumers aren't spending. That means less trash is being collected from homes and businesses, causing a drop in tax dollars for a fund that pays for management of closed landfills in Whatcom County and recycling efforts.
Tags: waste fund, solid waste, Bellingham City Council, proposed cut, Jon Hutchings, Whatcom County Council, Bellingham, Environment, Whatcom County Washington, Recyclable materials, Electronic waste, Bellingham Washington, Industrial ecology, Landfill, Recycling, Waste management
Trash regulations tightened
Ashland :: CA :: USA | 6 days ago
Credibility The fiscal court unanimously approved restricting the amount of time a hauler can store collected garbage in areas not licensed as a landfill. “Plainly stated, the ordinance says you can’t sit around in your neighborhood with a bunch of garbage in your...
Tags: Boyd County, waste haulers, solid waste, Steve Sturgill, Ashland, Environment, Landfill, Waste management
Makati’s solid waste program wins 2009 Galing Pook award
Manila :: Philippines | 9 days ago
Credibility Makati City has scored another victory in its advocacy for environmental protection, as its solid waste diversion and reduction program has been named one of the Outstanding Local Governance Programs in the 2009 Galing Pook Awards. In a report to Mayor...
Tags: Makati City, galing pook, solid waste, waste diversion, pook awarding, Danilo Villas, Kalinisan, sa kalinisan, reduction programs, Philippines, Manila, Environment, Jejomar Binay, Cities in the Philippines, Alliance for Healthy Cities, Waste, Waste management
Thompson wants Congress to tackle e-waste
Ukiah :: CA :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility 10 AM PST Congressman Mike Thompson has asked for Congress to make a plan for disposing of its own discarded electronics. While federal lawmakers may be asked to craft their own plan, Mendocino County already ships off about 281 tons of TVs and computer...
Tags: Mike Thompson, Mike Sweeney, Congress, California Electronic Asset Recovery, solid waste, electronics waste, CEAR, Ukiah, Environment, Recyclable materials, Electronic waste, ECycle, Recycling, Recycling industry
Pakistan: Child Ragpickers Should Get Protection
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 16 days ago
Credibility Child labor is quite common and recognized as a serious problem in Pakistan. It is entirely difficult to present accurate figures of the child workforce; there is little doubt that child labor has assumed massive proportions in Pakistan. The actual total...
Tags: rag pickers, Pakistan, child labor, solid waste, child rag, Karachi, Karāchi, Labor rights, Rag, Debt bondage, Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Child labour, Childhood, Children's rights, Labor, Social Issues
Ethanol plant gets sober look from locals
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility Local officials are pondering, cautiously, a proposal to place an ethanol plant within the city The technology seems to work, but the contracts must be in place to make the operation a go, financially. Local officials mostly are taking a cautious stance...
Tags: Powers Energy of America, Earl Powers, Lake County, solid waste, Evansville, Waste Management Inc, Landfill, Waste, Electronic waste, Ethanol, Waste management, Recyclable materials, Recycling, Environment
Hodge leads solid waste district
Beirut :: Lebanon | 19 days ago
Credibility Hodge and his family live out in the country, he said, in Porter County’s Jackson Township — nearly 150 miles away — in extreme northwestern Indiana. But it’s a commute Hodge only has to take twice a week since he now rents an apartment in Lebanon to...
Tags: Lance Hodge, solid waste, Boone County, David Lamm, waste management, waste district, management district, Lebanon, Beirut
Surat inspires AMC's waste collection model
Sūrat :: India | 19 days ago
Credibility The gate to dumping site system is used by the Surat Municipal Corporation and the AMC implemented it on a pilot basis in the Vejalpur ward a few months ago. It now plans to extend the system to one ward each of all zones of the city. "We have decided...
Tags: solid waste, waste collection, AMC, vejalpur ward, Prashant Pandya, India, Sūrat, Waste, Surat, Municipal solid waste, Electronic waste, Waste management, Recyclable materials, Recycling industry, Environment
Gwinnett discusses settlement with waste haulers
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Gwinnett discusses settlement with waste haulers The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Negotiations ended Tuesday evening with no announcement of a settlement in a lawsuit private solid waste haulers filed against Gwinnett County concerning its snakebit...
Tags: waste haulers, Gwinnett County, solid waste, Atlanta, Environment, Atlanta metropolitan area, Gwinnett County Georgia, Law Crime
Judge: Receiver has authority to supervise DPW employees
Tamuning :: Guam | 23 days ago
Credibility Solid waste receiver Gershman, Brickner & Bratton Inc., appointed in 2008 to manage and supervise the Solid Waste Division of the Department of Public Works, has the authority to carry out disciplinary actions on solid waste division personnel, according...
Tags: Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood, solid waste, waste division, Mikel Schwab, Guam, DPW, Tamuning, United States Attorney, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Government of Guam, Leachate, Chalan Pago-Ordot Guam, Environment
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