Landfill
Residents worry Massachusetts waste incinerator is contaminating waterways
It was supposed to close 22 years ago. Now an aging waste incinerator landfill north of Boston has been given the go-ahead to add a half million tons of fly ash and bottom ash to its collection of materials — and local residents and community leaders are not happy about it.
Here’s another complication for fracking — radioactive waste
Fracking is already a controversial topic, with environmentalists charging that the technique could ruin drinking water, along with other pollution problems. But now, radioactive waste from drilling the wells is raising a whole new environmental concern.
What makes people overturn police cars in authoritarian China?
China has a trash problem. Its landfills are brimming, often with wasted food. So the government is trying to attack the problem with a “clean plate” campaign and more incinerators. But burning the waste has people up in arms.China has a trash problem. Its landfills are brimming, often with wasted food. So the government is trying to attack the problem with a “clean plate” campaign and more incinerators. But burning the waste has people up in arms.
Sweden imports waste from European neighbors to fuel waste-to-energy program
Sweden’s successful waste-to-energy program converts household waste into energy for heating and electricity. But they’ve run into an unusual problem: they simply aren’t generating enough trash to power the incinerators, so they’ve begun importing waste from European neighbors.
