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Pandemic garbage boom ignites debate on waste-to-energy By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press Published: July 9, 2021, 8:47pm Share: 4 Photos A worker unloads a garbage truck June 22 at ecomaine in Portland, Maine. Waste-to-energy converters like ecomaine are seeing an uptick in the amount of trash they collect to produce power. (patrick whitTLe/Associated Press) Photo Gallery PORTLAND, Maine — America remains awash in refuse as new cases of the coronavirus decline — and that has reignited a debate about the sustainability of burning more trash to create energy. W...

Greater Noida: GNIDA plans to set up a solid waste management centre ranging between 1,500 and 2,000 sqm area in collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and HDFC Bank. At the centre, dry waste will be segregated and processed into a material recovery facility (MRF). It will also process and dispose of waste colllected from homes. The authority will develop an application that will track garbage disposal. The first phase of the waste centre will be established and operated by HDFC bank for four years under its CSR initiative. The authority has directed the health depa...

Local boys live out their dream; become garbage men for the day Boys learn about trash truck and tour Landfill Local boys live out their dream; become garbage men for the day and last updated 2021-04-10 23:21:16-04 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — You might remember Jaxon Hancock from when we reported on him last week. He’s the 8 year old boy who’s picking up trash to clean up his community. He said his dream profession is a garbage man. On Saturday, he got to live his dream as a garbage man for the day. The City of Corpus Christi reached out to him to join the Corpus Christi Solid Was...

The Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) and A & B Timber, Inc. (“A & B”) entered into a February 1st Consent Administrative Order (“CAO”) addressing alleged violations of certain Arkansas solid waste and water pollution provisions. See LIS No. 21-017. The CAO provides that DEQ investigated complaints alleging that A & B: . . . improperly disposed of solid waste and caused pollution of waters of the state at a site located northwest of the intersection of Calhoun 53 and Calhoun 235, Hampton, Calhoun County, Arkansas ("Site 1 "...

The U.S. CLEAN Future Act, recently introduced to Congress, is the first major piece of climate legislation during Biden's presidency. Photo by Darren Halstead/Unsplash U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, together with subcommittee chairs Bobby Rush and Paul Tonko, introduced the CLEAN Future Act on March 2, 2021. While numerous climate bills are introduced in each Congress, this proposal deserves special attention: It is the first major piece of climate legislation to be introduced since President Biden assumed office, and it is authored by le...