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Stabilization of Shade Landfill Deep Mine Workings
Mine voids and overburden fractures are grouted.
 

“Green” Takes Root in the Phoenix Desert
A building’s form need not always follow the function.

Polystyrene: From Pollutant to Profit
New machine helps Los Angeles become first U. S. city to recycle
polystyrene foam.

Goodbye, Brownfield
Recreational campus rises out of the ashes of a brownfield.

Franchise Solid Waste Collection
New services for unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.

Greening Garbage Trucks: Trends in
Alternative Fuel Use


How to Choose Automated Refuse
Collection Vehicles

Research required to maximize collection efficiency.

Crafting an Acceptable Solid Waste Rate Increase
Ways to build your business case for
meeting cost of service.

Landfill Expected to Last 62 Years
Solid waste authority builds a new landfill.

Build It and They Will Come
A Charlotte County, FL, success story for development of solid waste convenience centers.

Landfill Design and Operation
Disposal sites, the final links in the  waste handling chain, are usually transfer stations and sanitary landfills.

Landfill Recycling
Primary reduction equipment helps pioneer a new path in landfill operations.

Saipan’s Solid Waste Management System Way
System success is serving as an example to other South Pacific islands.
 

 

 

New Refuse Trucks Serving Newark
New Jersey city updates aging fleet.

Innovative Merger of Sweepers and Cameras

A camera mounted on the dashboard of city sweepers enables Palmdale, CA, to address public safety and target street infrastructure repair needs.

Construction Waste Reduction and Recycling

A demonstration of how construction waste can be recycled in a downtown location with space constraints.

Mandatory Non-Residential Recycling Ordinance

Collier County, Florida, was able to balance regulation and market forces to generate a mandatory non-residential recycling ordinance.

 

 

 
Wood Waste Recycling Program Pumps Up Output
As a city's wood waste recycling program increasingly matures, rising volumes necessitated the purchase of new equipment to meet growing demands.

Keepin' On: MSW Plant Perseveres

We all know that death and taxes are inevitable. The French Island Generating Plant faces its own inevitabilities and prevails.