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Contaminants From Oil Spill Site Bound For Bennington

Trucks are hauling oil-drenched soil to a landfill near Omaha. Crews are building a five-acre pond to continue treating contaminated water.

Trucks are hauling oil-drenched soil to a landfill near Omaha. Crews are building a five-acre pond to continue treating contaminated water.

Trucks are hauling oil-drenched soil to a landfill near Omaha. Crews are building a five-acre pond to continue treating contaminated water.

Cari Allen, 43, described by friends and colleagues as friendly, passionate and caring vanished on Saturday night around 11pm in the Topeko, Kansas are

Updated: 6:42 PM CDT Jul 20, 2021 Its been two months since a 12-year-old boy with autism was last seen. Now, we know LaVista police called in the top landfill experts in the country to conduct an assessment. LaVista police Chief Bob Lausten said investigators quickly knew the dumpster in the apartment complex where Ryan Larsen was last seen could play a key role in ruling out certain theories in the boys disappearance. Within the first week, they had GPS tracking on the trash that wa...

Oklahoma passes legislation expanding plastics recycling The state will become the 11th to pass recycling legislation focused on the plastics industry. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed legislation April 19 that provides a modernized regulatory framework for advanced recycling technology in the state. Known as SB 448, the goal of the new law is to reduce plastic scrap waste, enhance operational certainty and increase the adoption of advanced recycling practices. The legislation expands existi...

The landfill is operated by Waste Management, who sent multiple employees home after discovering the ongoing activity.

Nebraska landfill loses $350K in weight scheme by employees Five employees of the Douglas County Landfill and two business owners who dumped refuse there have been charged with criminal conspiracy. As reported by the Lincoln Journal Star, five employees who worked in the landfill’s weighhouse and two business owners who dumped refuse there have been charged with conspiracy to commit theft in a scheme that could date back decades. In the scheme, authorities allege, employees of the weighhouse...