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On a crisp winter morning in the scenic winter town of Conway, the odor of rotten eggs wafted through the air at the Lower Mount Washington Secure landfill, which overlooks the White Mountains.To mask the smell of decomposing waste and to keep pests...
The blue truck with Massachusetts license plates backed up to the trash heap and unceremoniously belched out its contents.Next to its rear tires at the Nashua landfill was a pile of mattresses – items that are illegal to throw out in the Bay State. No...
The government will push for the development of waste-to-energy projects, despite strong opposition from various groups, in hopes of at least putting a dent in the country’s perennial garbage problem.
The draft outline includes climate change and environmental justice considerations in the plan for the first time.
There is something about rot and decay – the organic kind, not the political – that I can’t resist.It’s not just the “circle of life” celebration of microbes turning yesterday’s lunch into tomorrow’s topsoil. It’s also the satisfaction of keeping...