Sentence examples for landfill standards from inspiring English sources

PBLS started its operation in 1991 as a semi-aerobic system complying with Level II sanitary landfill standards by establishing a controlled tipping technique.

But San Diego officials responded that the warning "is obscure enough to confuse any reasonable applicator". The modern garden-waste recycling industry arose after a 1988 federal clampdown on landfill standards forced states to substantially reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills.

Toxic lead and cadmium in coal ash could be tossed into landfills under standards more lenient than those that apply to coffee grounds.

In fact, lined landfills are standard in developed countries.

In Germany the composite liner is the main component of standard landfill cappings for municipal and hazardous waste landfills and the compacted clay liner (CCL) for landfills for inert or low-contamination waste.

But Arnie Berghoff, a spokesman for Browning-Ferris, said he believes the landfill meets current safety standards.

But in 1988, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency instituted the first federal standards for landfills, designed to make them safer.

PERC's "environmental audits" inspired many of the green initiatives — including recycling on campus and reduced food waste sent to landfills — that are standard practices today.

Their final estrangement came in 2005, when Blagojevich claimed that Mell had asked him to cut environmental standards on a landfill operated by a relative who was soliciting Mell as an investor.

Consumption has increased the size of our landfills while decreasing the ethical standards we expect from businesses.

At 22 of the 50 landfills tested, the radiation exceeded standards for drinking water, though officials were quick to note that the findings were preliminary and that natural sources such as uranium could account for at least some of the radiation found.