The Sellafield plant is the UK's largest and most hazardous nuclear site, storing enough high and intermediate level radioactive waste to fill 27 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

BBC: Sellafield inspection after 'intolerable risk' report

Montana's Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are in negotiations with Blixseth over alleged violations of the Clean Water Act, including the discharge of waste without a permit and the deposit of fill material in wetlands.

FORBES: Private Powder

Americans generate 2.5 million tons of e-waste a year more than enough to fill a line of dump trucks from our Nation's capital to Disney World.

WHITEHOUSE: Sprint Declares Commitment as E-waste Impacts Grow

Considering the opportunities to treat gas that would otherwise be flared, to unlock otherwise uneconomic shale and conventional gas fields, and increasing opportunities for biomass, waste and coal conversion, small-scale GTL may well have a significant niche to fill in our emerging energy picture.

FORBES: Gas-to-Liquids Plants: No Longer Exclusive to Larger Players

Waste and lower growth because of poor tax policy will only make the fiscal hole harder to fill.

ECONOMIST: Tax