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Sandia announces completion of mixed waste landfill cover construction
Nov 03, 2009 |
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The Environmental Restoration Project at Sandia National Laboratories reports the successful construction of an alternative evapotranspirative cover at the Mixed Waste Landfill (MWL) in September. The 2.6-acre ...
Plastic waste: better to burn?
Aug 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Burning plastic can give off less carbon dioxide than burying it, scientists claim in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.
Landfill cover soil methane oxidation underestimated
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Landfilled waste decomposes in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of methane. Landfills are classified as the second-largest human-made source of CH4 in the U.S. Additionally, landfill gas contains numerous ...
Putting a green cap on garbage dumps
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Landfill sites produce the greenhouse gases, methane and carbon dioxide, as putrescible waste decays. Growing plants and trees on top of a landfill, a process known as 'Phytocapping', could reduce the production and release ...
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Bird flu virus remains infectious up to 600 days in municipal landfills
May 27, 2009 |
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Amid concerns about a pandemic of swine flu, researchers from Nebraska report for the first time that poultry carcasses infected with another threat — the 'bird flu' virus — can remain infectious in municipal ...
Landfill alternative to generate energy
Oct 22, 2007 |
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A Michigan company could become the first in the nation to generate electricity by incinerating waste, thereby reducing the need for landfills.
Landfills, chemical weapon debris possibly a good match, computer model suggests
Jun 28, 2006 |
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Putting building debris contaminated by chemical weapons into municipal landfills likely would pose only a minimal risk to nearby communities and the surrounding environment, according to a study scheduled for publication ...
It's safer to recycle, not dump, toxic electronics
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Standing in the bed of a pickup truck backed against the concrete ledge of the dump, the silhouette of an adult male teeters for a moment, a small but bulky television set held high overhead.
Microbes as climate engineers
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Jan 29, 2008 |
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We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitants on this planet we might be fighting a losing battle, according to an article in the February 2008 issue of Microbiology To ...
The future: Energy produced by pet poop?
Feb 21, 2006 |
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San Francisco has become the first U.S. city to consider turning dog poopies into methane, which can heat homes, cook meals and generate electricity.
Electronic nose sniffs out landfill odor
Jan 05, 2006 |
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An electronic nose has been developed to keep tabs on bad odors and methane gases at waste landfill and water treatment sites.
Old carpet to fuel Shaw plant
Jun 12, 2009 |
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That old, weathered carpet torn out from your living room could now be used to make new carpet.
New research will seal the future of green packaging
Nov 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Bath and the food & drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that will use recycled ...
Cleansing toxic waste -- with vinegar
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Engineers and environmental scientists at the University of Leeds are developing methods of helping contaminated water to clean itself by adding simple organic chemicals such as vinegar.
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