In the United States, urban dwellers produce a whopping 250 million metric tons of solid waste every year.
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Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality insists the issue is a tempest in a garbage bag, pointing out that 80% of solid waste going into landfills last year was Michigan's own and that total waste fell by 5% last year.
Cases in the court's upcoming session include two suits to determine the legitimacy of patents, a case that will help determine the scope of federal jurisdiction in civil lawsuits, and a challenge by Waste Management to a Mississippi ordinance limiting where it can dispose of solid waste.
Cases in the court's upcoming session include two suits to determine the legitimacy of patents, a case that will help determine the scope of federal jurisdiction in civil lawsuits, and a challenge by Waste Management (nyse: WMI - news - people ) to a Mississippi ordinance limiting where it can dispose of solid waste.
For example, the facility at Pitsea in Britain, on the banks of the River Thames near London, accepts only solid municipal and commercial waste, because European law prohibits the mingling of liquid and solid waste, and of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
John Skinner, executive director of the Solid Waste Association of North America, expressed serious concerns regarding CFL dangers to workers who handle trash and recycling.
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Those are the very characteristics he finds in Republic Services, the No. 2 U.S. provider, behind Waste Management (WM), of solid-waste services, including collection, disposal and recycling of thrash.
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And the environmental impact does not stop there: in some countries, including the US, the report says, paper accounts for almost 40% of all municipal solid waste.
In the verdicts returned Wednesday, the defendants were found guilty of several counts of misappropriating public funds through their roles overseeing the city's Solid Waste and Recycling Authority between the years of 2006 and 2010.
The remaining solid waste with the help of modern sophisticated machinery is treated in special plants constructed for that purpose.
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The principal danger for people living near Jaduguda, say environmentalists, is a 40-hectare "tailing" pond used to hold liquid and solid waste produced in the processing of the ore into yellow cake.
So while Stern might come with a good amount of built-in publicity and a solid fan base, he could turn out to be a big waste of money for the network that is now owned by Comcast.
That includes bridges and roads, drinking water and wastewater pipelines, levees, power lines, solid waste systems, and a host of other things.
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"It's just a remarkable decrease, " says Bruce Walker, solid waste manager for Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability.
After the four-week trial, the other defendants were convicted of illegally taking money for sitting on Bell's Solid Waste and Recycling Authority, an entity they could not prove had been legally established or did any work.
The advantage of solid oxide fuel cells running so hot is that all that waste heat can potentially be put to good use.
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The Canadian city of Toronto, which has shipped much of its muck to Michigan in recent years, began sending all its solid waste there on January 1st after its own landfill had, well, filled up.
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