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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Editorial: Whatever happened to L.A.’s plan to end its reliance on landfills?

LA Times

The smoldering, stinking mess at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Castaic is a glaring example of the environmental and public health hazards created by burying our trash — and how state and local leaders have allowed this problem to pile up. Nearly two decades ago, the city of Los Angeles adopted a visionary plan to divert 90% of the city’s …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Laments Govt's Apathy Towards Dairies Near Landfills, Asks How Food Cycle And Citizens' Health Will Be Protected

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday said that the administration has turned a blind eye to the issues concerning functioning of dairies in the national capital and the cattle situated therein. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Manmeet PS Arora questioned as to how the dairies are presently working in violation of laws in Delhi, adding …

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10 months ago

California is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?

The Independent

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mountains of holiday food and packing waste are clogging landfills. Is there a better way?

LA Times

‘Twas the week after Christmas, and in a quiet corner of the San Fernando Valley, lines of waste collection trucks waited to offload their goods onto a growing mountain of garbage. And then there is the cardboard — or what Johnson refers to as “the Amazon effect.” Holiday wrapping paper, plastic bags and cardboard boxes fill waste facilities this time …

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1 year ago

Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

Associated Press

ELMSFORD, N.Y. — When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn’t sold got tossed out. where we’re helping people with food insecurities.” New York is among a growing number of states targeting food waste over concerns it is taking up diminishing landfill space and contributing to global warming as meat, vegetables and dairy release the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Americans are still putting way too much food into landfills. Local officials seek EPA’s help

Associated Press

CHICAGO — More than one-third of the food produced in the U.S. is never eaten. That’s why more than 50 local officials signed onto a letter Tuesday calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to help municipal governments cut food waste in their communities. The letter came on the heels of two recent reports from the EPA on the scope of …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Waste Not: How South Korea puts its food scraps to good use

Firstpost

Around the world, most of the 1.4 billion tonnes of food thrown away each year goes to landfills. New York City, which will require all residents to separate their food waste from other trash by next fall, has been observing the Korean system for years, a spokesperson for the city’s sanitation department said. Although individuals and businesses pay a small …

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2 years ago

Flat landfills on BJP’s agenda too, party vows app for MCD services

Hindustan Times

Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Friday released the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s 12-point ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the municipal elections, which promised citizen-centric services on mobile phones via a new “My MCD” app, clearance of all landfill sites by 2024, 100% scientific disposal of waste, abolishment of factory licences and housing for slum residents. This time, the BJP also promised …

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2 years, 1 month ago

World making little progress on food waste, a big climate problem

The Hindu

Every Thursday, California resident Richard Redmond takes a gallon-sized container of food scraps to the farmers market in the city of South Pasadena where it is collected and composted for use in gardens – an effort to reduce the amount of household waste he sends to landfill. Nations around the globe pledged in 2015 to halve food waste by 2030, …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Satellite data finds landfills are methane super emitters

Live Mint

Landfills are releasing a significant amount of planet-warming methane into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste, a study suggests. Scientists used satellite data from four major cities worldwide — Delhi and Mumbai in India, Lahore in Pakistan and Buenos Aires in Argentina — and found that city-level emissions in 2018 and 2019 were 1.4 to 2.6 times higher than …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Landfills are methane super emitters, Delhi, Mumbai among worst hit globally

India Today

Landfills are releasing far more planet-warming methane into the atmosphere from the decomposition of waste than previously thought, a study suggests. Scientists used satellite data from four major cities worldwide — Delhi and Mumbai in India, Lahore in Pakistan and Buenos Aires in Argentina — and found that emissions from landfills in 2018 and 2019 were 1.4 to 2.6 times …

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3 years, 1 month ago

How FOGO bins are diverting waste away from landfills and towards the garden

ABC

Food organics and garden organics bins are providing a solution to towering piles of rubbish in landfills, instead converting household waste into reusable compost. Key points: The food organics and garden organics waste system turns waste into compost Composting can take up to eight weeks FOGO bins are progressively being rolled out across the country Throwing out food scraps usually …

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4 years ago

Sri Lanka digs moat around rubbish tip to keep hungry elephants out

ABC

Sri Lanka's Government is digging a moat around one of its landfills to keep out hungry elephant herds and reduce conflicts between the animals and villagers. Key points: Elephants commonly rummage through landfills for food scraps They can die after eating plastic in the dumps There are around 7,500 wild elephants in Sri Lanka Dozens of elephants lumber out of …

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