Let's Look to Landfills

Jun 06, 2009 07:28

Landfills Hurting As Consumers Repair and Reuse << “ You can look at waste and see what the economy is doing,” said Tom Houck, manager at the Defiance County Landfill in northwest Ohio. He’s watched the amount of trash arriving at the landfill plunge 30 percent in the past year. >>

Landfill breaks new ground with trash-to-fuel process << SWACO, using technology developed in Cleveland and manufactured in Dublin, converts the methane gas naturally emitted by the landfill into fuel able to power advanced energy vehicles, said Ron Mills, executive director of SWACO. >>

Will Landfill Light up Lives? Proposal would put solar panel field near JFK in Rockaways << Local civic leaders have asked the Long Island Power Authority to install a solar panel field at the 118-acre Edgemere landfill along Jamaica Bay near Kennedy Airport - with waterfront access to park users. >>
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