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Mesquite waved in the breeze at Antina Ranch as well control specialist Hawk Dunlap dipped a stick into a hole in the ground and smelled it. “See?” he asked, extending the stick.
On Thursday, the New York City Council approved a bill that will require New Yorkers to separate their food waste from regular trash, much as they already do with recyclable items.
It’s been on New York’s agenda for well over a decade. And, once again, it’s coming down to a last-minute battle in the final days of the legislative session.
It’s been on New York’s agenda for well over a decade. And, once again, it’s coming down to a last-minute battle in the final days of the legislative session.
The proposal is to slash the amount of garbage New Yorkers send to landfills by targeting one of the most common kinds of waste — packaging — at the source. A bill sponsored by Senator Pete Harckham and Assemblymember Deborah Glick would shift the responsibility of dealing with all that packaging from consumers and municipalities to the companies that distribute it. And those companies are pushing back hard.
Gas from dumps is more potent than carbon dioxide, a new report shows. Some Colorado landfills convert methane to electricity.
The Town of Riverhead partnered with nonprofits Long Island Organics Council and Green Inside and Out to launch the drop-off site in Calverton where organic waste will be converted into compost.
The weight of the 14 million tons of waste that Long Island generates yearly might be said to rest on the shoulders of one Stony Brook University researcher.
Most residents put their garbage out for collection at least once a week on Long Island. As long as it is picked up on time, their relationship with their trash ends there.
Los Angeles County’s Trash Interceptor 007 is experiencing its first winter storm season and it’s on a mission to collect tons of floating trash from Ballona Creek near Playa del Rey.
A new study found far more plastic in global oceans than previously believed — and the amount is doubling every six years….