Last time we checked, waste — landfills, smog, river sludge — was the price we paid for a healthy economy.
Seven drilling waste landfills operate in the state, with 16 more under construction or seeking state approval.
More than a decade of consolidation has left just a handful of commercial hazardous waste landfills in the country, which, they say, is not necessarily a bad thing.
According to the EPA, 648 of the 2,400 municipal solid waste landfills in the US have one or more landfill gas collection projects attached to them.
The question of providing environmental justice by dispersing hazardous waste landfills throughout the state was first raised by the Legislature in 1987.
In the first two years, the E.P.A. expects the rule to affect about 15,550 sources, including coal-fired plants, refineries, cement manufacturers, solid waste landfills and other large polluters, said Gina McCarthy, the agency's assistant administrator.
The study, published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change, examined more than 1,200 solid waste landfills, including those that are open and those that are closed and no longer accepting waste.
Its characterization is essential for recovery or disposal in hazardous waste landfills.
A numerical modeling approach has been developed for predicting temperatures in municipal solid waste landfills.
The optimal design of waste landfills is a complex, still unsolved issue.
