Burning trash has a long history in the United States, and municipal solid waste incinerators have sparked resistance in many places. As an environmental justice scholar who works directly with ...

and social aspects of delivering municipal solid waste activities. The SWEEP describes itself as a market transformation standard targeting municipalities and waste management service providers to ...

When it comes to municipal solid waste, it wasn't that long ago that cities focused almost entirely on disposal. Only in the last 25 years or so have they begun to embrace recycling and materials ...

Households, small businesses and public service providers generate between 2.1 billion and 2.3 billion tons of municipal solid waste every year – from packaging and electronics to plastics and food.

The world produces over two billion tonnes of municipal solid waste every year, enough to fill over 800,000 Olympic sized swimming pools. Per head of population the worst offenders are the US ...

The DEC Solid Waste Management Program, through the Plan, outlines annual requirements for both the State and Vermont’s municipal Solid Waste Districts, alliances, and independent towns that take ...