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Books on: landfills

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Waste-To-Energy in the United States: A Social and Economic Assessment

Book by T. Randall Curlee, Susan M. Schexnayder, David P. Vogt, Amy K. Wolfe, Michael P. Kelsay, David L. Feldman; Quorum Books, 1994

Subjects:

Energy Development--Economic Aspects--United States, Incinerators--Environmental Aspects--United States, Refuse And Refuse Disposal--Economic Aspects--United States, Waste Products As Fuel--Economic Aspects--United States

Collections: Entire Library

This book presents the first comprehensive and unbiased assessment of the social and economic factors that drive decisions about waste-to-energy (WTE) projects in the United States. Information about each WTE project initiated between 1982 to 1990 is combined with detailed socioeconomic data at the ...
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This book presents the first comprehensive and unbiased assessment of the social and economic factors that drive decisions about waste-to-energy (WTE) projects in the United States. Information about each WTE project initiated between 1982 to 1990 is combined with detailed socioeconomic data at the county level to identify the social and economic differences between counties that have completed WTE facilities and counties that have abandoned their projects during the planning process. To examine the effects of political objectives, public attitudes, and the decision process itself, the book reports on four in-depth case studies--two directed at communities that have accepted WTE and two that have canceled WTE projects. The book also discusses the potential health and environmental risks posed by WTE and alternative waste practices, legislative initiatives and regulatory uncertainties, and the potential for energy production from burning our municipal waste.
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Beyond Superfailure: America's Toxics Policy for the 1990s

Book by Daniel Mazmanian, David Morell; Westview Press, 1992

Subjects:

Environmental Policy--United States, Hazardous Wastes--Government Policy--United States, Pollution--Government Policy--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...the next environmental catastrophe? All landfills eventually leak, not only contaminating...widespread, the wastes still head for landfills that have neighbors who typically believe...contamination from the largely forgotten landfills and industrial sites scattered across...
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The Politics of Hazardous Waste Management

Book by James P. Lester, Ann O'M. Bowman; Duke University Press, 1983

Subjects:

Hazardous Wastes--Government Policy--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...RCRA the burying of hazardous waste at landfillS. 35 Then, in March 1982, EPA also...permit burial of drums of toxic wastes in landfills and issued interim rules to prohibit...stringent standards for new hazardous waste landfills which become effective on January 26...
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Fat of the Land: Garbage in New York: The Last Two Hundred Years

Book by Benjamin Miller; Four Walls Eight Windows, 2000

Subjects:

Refuse And Refuse Disposal--Health Aspects--New York (State)--New York, Refuse And Refuse Disposal--New York (State)--New York--History, Refuse And Refuse Disposal--Social Aspects--New York (State)--New York

Collections: History, Entire Library

This study of New York's garbage covers social and scientific theories of class and disease, and includes an in-depth study of the tortured history and imminent closure of the world's largest landfill, New York's Fresh Kills. Photos and illustrations.
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Groundwater Contamination in the United States

Book by Ruth Patrick, Emily Ford, John Quarles, Veronica I. Pye; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1987

Subjects:

Groundwater--Pollution--United States

Collections: Entire Library

...Bans on Liquids in Landfills and Land Disposal 376...399 Landfills 399...Table 6-17 New Jersey: Sanitary Landfills 205...

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Journal Articles on: landfills

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Managing the Solid Waste Crisis: Exploring the Link between Citizen Attitudes, Policy Incentives, and Siting Landfills

Journal article by Hunter Bacot, Terry Bowen, Michael R. Fitzgerald; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 22, 1994

Subjects:

Refuse and refuse disposal--Citizen participation, Sanitary landfills--Location

Collections: Entire Library

...attitudes, policy incentives, and siting landfills. by Hunter Bacot , Terry Bowen...years because citizens have associated landfills with a variety of social, economic, and...generally, and their opinions toward landfills specifically. We conclude our analysis...
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Electronics, Lead, and Landfills

Journal article by Valerie J. Brown; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 112, 2004

Subjects:

Electronics industry, Refuse and refuse disposal, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste management

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Electronics, Lead, and Landfills. by Valerie J. Brown Ironically...lead found in electronics sent to landfills. In a report sponsored by the U.S...But is the lead that is actually in landfills a health threat? "It has never been...
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Biodegradable Plastics Could Replace Landfills with Compost Heaps

Journal article by Susan S. Lang; Human Ecology, Vol. 30, 2002

Subjects:

Plastics--Biodegradation

Collections: Entire Library

...Biodegradable plastics could replace landfills with compost heaps by Susan S. Lang Instead of landfills clogged with computer and car parts...polyethylene, and polypropylene--end up in landfills. Not much can be reused or recycled...
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Aerobic Landfill Test Cells and Their Implications for Sustainable Waste Disposal

Journal article by Adam D. Read, Mark Hudgins, Paul Phillips; The Geographical Journal, Vol. 167, 2001

Subjects:

Decomposition (Chemistry)--Analysis, Sanitary landfills--Management, Waste disposal in the ground--Environmental aspects

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...PHILLIPS (**) Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) landfills world-wide are experiencing the consequences...characteristics of anaerobic Municipal Solid Waste landfills have been studied, yielding a significant...Clean Air Act (USA), methane generated in landfills is typically in excess of 45 per cent...
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Waste Disposal in First-Nations Communities: The Issues and Steps toward the Future

Journal article by Lalita Bharadwaj, Suzie Nilson, Ian Judd-Henrey, Gene Ouellette, Laura Parenteau, Ceal Tournier, Daryl Watson, Darcy Bear, Gilbert Ledoux, Austin Bear; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 68, 2006

Subjects:

Refuse and refuse disposal--Methods, Refuse disposal industry--Environmental aspects, Sanitary landfills--Usage, Waste management industry--Environmental aspects, Waste management--Methods

Collections: Entire Library

...First Nations Communities Solid waste landfills or garbage dumps are common sources of...Perhaps it was anticipated that the local landfills would be managed with periodic collection...records of active and inactive dumps and landfills in First Nations communities, at least...

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Magazine Articles on: landfills

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Redeveloping Landfills into Golf Courses

Magazine article by Michael Mclaughlin, Robert Gardner; Public Management, Vol. 88, May 2006

Subjects:

Golf courses--Design and construction, Golf courses--Management, Refuse and refuse disposal--Methods, Waste management--Methods

Collections: Entire Library

Redeveloping Landfills into Golf Courses. by Michael...occupied by municipal and other types of landfills. Regulatory programs are changing to...and new challenges for converting old landfills into productive real estate developments...
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The Sludging of America: Sewage Waste Spread on Farms and Landfills Is Causing Chronic Health Problems

Magazine article by Tom Bisogno; E, Vol. 7, May-June 1996

Subjects:

Sewage sludge--Environmental aspects

Collections: Entire Library

The sludging of America: sewage waste spread on farms and landfills is causing chronic health problems. by Tom Bisogno...other pollutants, the material is now being spread on Americas landfills, farmlands and prairies. The waste, known to contain 25 carcinogens...
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The Danger of Space Junk: In a Place without Landfills, What Goes Uphad Better Come Down

Magazine article by Steve Olson; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 282, August 1, 1998

Subjects:

Space debris--Analysis, Space environment--Analysis, Space pollution--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

The Danger of Space Junk: In a Place without Landfills, What Goes Uphad Better Come Down. by Steve Olson On the wall of Darren McKnights office, in Reston, Virginia, is...
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Danger of Space Junk: In a Place without Landfills, What Goes Up Had Better Come Down

Magazine article by Steve Olson; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 282, July 1998

Subjects:

Space pollution

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Danger of Space Junk: In a Place without Landfills, What Goes Up Had Better Come Down. by Steve Olson ON the wall of Darren McKnights office, in Reston, Virginia, is...
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To Incinerate or Not to Incinerate: Richard Gilbert and Mark Winfield Debate the Burning Issue

Magazine article; Alternatives Journal, Vol. 33, July 2007

Subjects:

College faculty--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, College teachers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Environmental consultants--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, European Union. European Environment Agency--Reports, Gilbert, Richard--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Incineration--Health aspects, Incineration--Public opinion, Incineration--Usage, Refuse and refuse disposal--Health aspects, Refuse and refuse disposal--Methods, Sanitary landfills--Health aspects, Sanitary landfills--Usage, Waste management--Health aspects, Waste management--Methods, Winfield, Mark--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes

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...landfill present additional health risks. Landfills also produce methane, a potent greenhouse gas. As a result, a landfills contribution to global warming is...reliance on conventional mixed-waste landfills. Research completed for Friends of...

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Newspaper Articles on: landfills

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Help Fund Trash Landfills, Solons, Local Officials Told; DENR Secretary Reyes Asks LGUs to Consolidate Efforts

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 10, 2006

Subjects:

Refuse and refuse disposal, Sanitary landfills, Waste management

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Help Fund Trash Landfills, Solons, Local Officials Told; DENR...congressmen to help finance sanitary landfills with their countryside development...where LGUs could locate their sanitary landfills. Reyes also directed all regional offices...
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Room for Trash Wasting Away Garbage Removal Costs to Soar as Landfills Max out, Counties Fight New Ones

Newspaper article by Mike Riopell; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Away Garbage Removal Costs to Soar as Landfills Max out, Counties Fight New Ones...Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD - Suburban landfills might be full in four years, a state...landfill space by 2009. Five of the 10 landfills operating in the area are scheduled to...
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DuPage Aiming to Bring Recreation to Old Landfills

Newspaper article by Robert Mccoppin; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), January 21, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...DuPage Aiming to Bring Recreation to Old Landfills. by Robert McCoppin After...put a bigger flat area on top of the landfills, to provide room for parking and other...collisions. Past proposals called for the landfills eventually to include such winter recreation...
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Landfill's Closing Will Require More Trash Stations

Newspaper article by Patrick Waldron; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 14, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Landfills Closing Will Require More Trash Stations. by Patrick...Transfer stations act as midway points between curbs and landfills. Neighborhood garbage trucks drop off loads at a transfer...which then get piled into larger trucks for dumping at landfills. For years, the county board has said it will not pursue...
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Plaid Calls for Wales' First Green Belt to Stop Spread of Landfills

Newspaper article; South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales), April 3, 2007

Subjects:

Refuse and refuse disposal, Waste management

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Plaid Calls for Wales First Green Belt to Stop Spread of Landfills. Byline: By Ben Glaze South Wales Echo Plaid Cymru today called for Wales first green belt to be established close to the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: landfills

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Recycling

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...time, most solid waste has been deposited in landfills or dumps. Landfills are filling up, however, and disposal of wastes...recycling center. Newspapers take up much volume in landfills, and some recycling programs seek to collect them...
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Solid Waste

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...an increasingly acute problem. See also environmentalism ; radioactive waste . Landfills Approximately 62% of municipal waste is placed in landfills. If the waste is dumped untreated, it can promote the proliferation of rats, flies...
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Lead Poisoning

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...lead include water that has passed through old lead pipes, paint in older buildings, lead improperly disposed of in public landfills, and industrial sources such as mining, smelting, and recycling processes necessary to produce lead for batteries and other...
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Sewerage

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...digestion, they may be dried and incinerated at 1200 to 1400 degrees F (650 to 760 degrees C). In other cases solids are buried in landfills or dumped far at sea, although environmental objections to such dumping has led to its drastic curtailment. See pollution...
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Mining

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...smelters can cause sulfurous dust clouds that result in acid rain. Abandoned strip mines have often been used as unregulated landfills for hazardous wastes. Several pieces of legislation in the United States, the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act...

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