Waste pickers Salmaa and Usmaan Shekh, right, search for recyclable materials during a heat wave this month at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu, India. Chaturvedi, who has worked with waste pickers for more than two decades, said extreme heat has added new risks to waste pickers who are already victims of social discrimination and appalling work conditions. …
As landfill operators struggle to extinguish a damaging fire deep within Chiquita Canyon Landfill, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it is taking the lead in efforts to contain the problem. Steve Cassulo, Chiquita Canyon’s district manager, said the landfill doesn’t believe installing a 2,000-foot-long fire break or barrier is necessary or feasible. Between 2011 and 2016, the …
A months-long landfill fire in Alabama reveals waste regulation gaps toggle caption Zoe McDonald/WBHM The smell started seeping into Krissy Harmon's home late at night the weekend after Thanksgiving. toggle caption Zoe McDonald/WBHM The regulatory gap ADEM, the Alabama agency that regulates the state's landfills, doesn't consider environmental waste to be solid waste, and neither does the EPA. Even if …
