To rot or not: landfill designers argue the benefits of burying garbage...

Science News;  October 6, 1990 ;   Loupe, Diane E.;   787 words ......University of Arizona's Garbage Project unearthed disturbing surprises while excavating landfills during the late 1970s...scraps they buried in landfills decomposed readily...vividly demonstrated, many landfills instead preserve garbage...

EPA rules may promote large regional landfills

Chicago Sun-Times;  September 12, 1991 ;   Charles Campbell;   493 words ......Agency set national standards for garbage landfills Wednesday, issuing rules that could speed...dangerous chemicals at nearly all sites. New landfills will have to meet more stringent conditions...program would leave too many loopholes for landfills in states with looser regulations. The...

Virginia Environmental Agency to Name Landfills Causing Most Pollution.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  July 8, 1999 ;   Springston, Rex;   707 words ......Business News Jul. 8 -- Dozens of old local landfills throughout Virginia appear to be leaking...which of the old, but still operating, landfills are causing the most pollution. Speaking...of Engineers to help it study the old landfills. The panel's chairman, state Sen. Bill...

Fort's landfills might pose risks // Army will clean up sites

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 11, 1996 ;   SUSAN DODGE;   282 words ...Gases emitted from two landfills at Fort Sheridan could pose a hazard...about 50 feet from the edge of the landfills, which also are leaking into Lake...decide whether to move or cap the landfills. The most risky gases include benzene...

University of Arizona Garbage Project Offers Tips on Avoiding Food...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  August 26, 1997 ;   Barrett, Rick;   398 words ......United States. A University of Arizona Garbage Project concluded that large quantities of...interviews with Milwaukee families, Garbage Project scientists found that many people...throw away, says Wilson Hughes, a Garbage Project researcher. In addition, many families...

Army likely to OK caps for landfills at Fort Sheridan

Chicago Sun-Times;  January 2, 1997 ;   SUSAN DODGE;   405 words ......million plan by February to cap two leaking landfills at Fort Sheridan instead of digging them...because no one knows what is buried in the landfills, which are leaking water into Lake Michigan...already made their mind up to cap the landfills, and they are not going to listen to...

Landfills: Maryland's Overlooked Source of Smog

The Washington Post;  March 20, 1994 ;     582 words ......pollution and that the big hazard of landfills is their threat to groundwater. These...posed by gas emissions that emanate from landfills. According to the Environmental Protection...Department of Environment, during 1990 landfills in the Baltimore area alone spewed out...

4 landfills to resume operations

New Straits Times;  May 13, 2006 ;   Minderjeet Kaur;   302 words ...Minderjeet Kaur New Straits Times 05-13-2006 4 landfills to resume operations Byline: Minderjeet...Lifestyle PETALING JAYA: Four of the 16 open landfills ordered closed for polluting water will...the 16 dumpsites was at zero. The four landfills have been upgraded to level three, an...

Landfills, treatment plant to be built

New Straits Times;  April 21, 2006 ;     180 words ...New Straits Times 04-21-2006 Landfills, treatment plant to be built Edition: Main/Lifestyle SHAH ALAM: Two landfills and a plant to treat the waste will...Dr Mohd Khir Toyo yesterday said the landfills would be established in the north and...

Landfills pack garbage between layers of clay.(Neighbor)(Kids ink)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);  July 20, 2005 ;     521 words ......know: What happens to all the garbage in landfills? Write Kids Ink, care of the Daily Herald...Bowden What happens to all the garbage in landfills? asked Tracey Edwards, 13, a soon-to...United States ends up in one of the 3,000 landfills that dispose of trash nationwide. There...

EPA Issues First Rules for Landfills

The Washington Post;  September 12, 1991 ;   Michael Weisskopf;   501 words ......underground drinking water from leaky landfills, the Environmental Protection Agency...for garbage dumps. The nation's 6,000 landfills will have to install special devices...soil to prevent pest infestation. New landfills will have to be rimmed with a clay and...

Leaks seen as threat at closed landfills

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  August 3, 2007 ;   ALEX NUSSBAUM, STAFF WRITER;   620 words ......08-03-2007 Leaks seen as threat at closed landfills -- Watchdog calls for more DEP monitors...LOCAL Edtion: All Editions Dozens of old landfills in North Jersey could be leaking chemicals...There's a slew of toxic chemicals in [landfills], from heavy metals to other materials...

Smog From Landfills

The Washington Post;  June 20, 1995 ;     412 words ......suggests I was mistaken when I said that landfills were the greatest stationary source of...smog-forming gases in Prince George's County. Landfills are a significant and unregulated source...organic compounds (VOCs) are released from landfills each year. But VOCs are only one, perhaps...

Zero garbage project at the fair

BioCycle;  March 1, 1997 ;   B J Jones; Steve Peary; Scott Wilkerson;   787 words ......the closure of substandard landfills. It was no surprise that...CGCF. Now called the Zero Garbage Project, the program includes source...one-half weeks. The Zero Garbage Project alone needs more than 200...volunteer t-shirt. THE ZERO GARBAGE PROJECT A core group of ...

EPA SAYS MORE LANDFILLS IN PUERTO RICO MUST BE ADDRESSED

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 15, 2006 ;     440 words ......current operations at their improperly run landfills, EPA Regional Administrator Alan J. Steinberg...Toa Baja, Aguadilla and Santa Isabel landfills do not have required protections and...close down current operations at their landfills. "It is my intention to work hand-in...