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PFAS are probably the "most toxic drinking water pollutants we are aware of," according to a professor of earth and ...
With global population growth accelerating urban expansion, construction activity has reached unprecedented levels—placing immense pressure on both natural resources as well as the environment. A ...
This follows a malfunction last year when firefighting foam spilled from a suppression system at Brunswick Executive Airport.
Forever chemicals are leaving their mark at landfill sites around North Carolina, according to new data from the North ...
Kristina Smithe's business, Hiccup Earth, has 70,000 lightweight, pliable silicone cups that she rents out to interested ...
New York - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will propose a ban on Styrofoam, the substance commonly used for ... city will turn to extruded polystyrene foam, saying it clogs up landfills, does ...
Senate Bill 1531 would prohibit the sale or distribution of food containers containing Polystyrene Foam or Styrofoam. On April 30, SB 1531 passed through the senate and made it’s way to the house.
Nova Chemicals Corp. has officially commissioned its first polyethylene film recycling facility, Syndigo 1, in Connersville, ...
A growing number of cities are attempting to use data, often painstakingly gathered through dumpsite visits and household ...
The Solid Waste Advisory Committee hosted a paper-shredding event last Saturday to benefit Compassionate Care ALS (CCALS). Thirty-four hundred pounds of would-be trash (shredded paper cannot be recycl ...
The Friends of the Boy in Blue Civil War Memorial is organizing a celebration of the 10th anniversary of the dedication of a ...
"Just having another option for residents to recycle and looking for a way to divert the Styrofoam from the landfill," McPherson said. The new recycling process involves a machine that compresses ...