Tag: landfill
Work ready to start on $70M landfill gas-mining project near Blenheim
Construction will begin this month on a $70-million project to mine methane gas from decomposing trash at one of Ontario’s largest landfills near Blenheim. The project at the Ridge Landfill…
Near Bordeaux, a solar power plant built on a former landfill
In the midst of government reflection on a new action plan to significantly reduce the country’s carbon emissions by 2030, the European conference on energy transition is being held in…
Marie Saglio, in Bombay at the heart of the largest landfill in India
Marie Saglio, born in Paris in 1969, teaches the anthropology of contemporary India at Inalco. She specializes in social exclusion, slums in India and Brazil and migration issues. She is…
A landfill is planned for Galina Dymova’s cranberry lands – the dispute over waste management measures the state of civil society in the Republic of Komi in Russia
SYKTYVKAR A small group of people have gathered in front of the cultural center of their hometown on a rainy, cold morning. The reason for the gathering is the landfill…
Renewable natural gas project considered for Watford-area landfill
News Local News A proposal to convert landfill gas at the Twin Creeks landfill near Watford into renewable natural gas has the potential to produce enough energy each year to…
Gabon and France agree to rehabilitate the Mindoubé landfill
On the sidelines of the One Forest Summit in Libreville, Gabon and France signed an agreement on Wednesday March 1 to rehabilitate the Mindoubé public dump. Now located in the…
Clothing returns are often thrown in the landfill: “Huge waste”
Do you usually order several different sizes of clothes to be able to try on at home if you shop online? Then you should be aware that the goods you…
The protected Lake Suchitlán in El Salvador is actually like a landfill
There is so much garbage from other places in the lake that it is difficult to travel there by boat. The local residents started cleaning the lake on their own,…
Cryptocurrencies: the crazy plan of a Welshman to find his bitcoins thrown in a landfill
It’s the hard drive of an old laptop, languishing in a landfill the size of a football pitch in Newport, South Wales. It belongs to James Howells, who says he…
Take action to stop landfill fires
Fires at landfills are increasing more and more – last year there were fires at 141 waste facilities in the country. The fires cause damage to both the local environment…