But Robert Bullard, who heads the Environmental Justice Resource Centre at Clark Atlanta University, sees the shipment of waste from one county to a poorer, blacker one as part of a longstanding pattern that sees minority communities disproportionately burdened with hazards.
The amount of waste from households in Somerset has fallen to its lowest level since the 1980s, the county's waste and recycling service has said.
Those in favour of the development argue it is needed to deal with the thousands of tonnes of household waste generated in the county each year.
Those in favour of the development say it is needed to deal with the thousands of tonnes of household waste generated in the county each year.
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Breckland residents can take Christmas trees to Norfolk County Council waste centres at Thetford, Snetterton, Ashill, Hempton and Wymondham, where they will be composted with other green waste.
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This week's decision was influenced by an impassioned campaign by the Cumbrians who did not want to see waste buried in the county - and certainly not in the Lake District.
In 2001 Michael Koza, a civil engineer working in the waste management department in Sacramento County, Calif.
The South West Devon Waste Partnership, comprising Devon County Council, Plymouth City Council and Torbay Council, is backing plans for another incinerator at North Yard in Plymouth.
Plans for a waste incinerator in Hertfordshire have received county council backing, despite opposition from Tory party chairman Grant Shapps.
The objections now go to Oxfordshire County Council which deals with waste disposal planning decisions.
Viridor said it was disappointed by the decision as the quarry has been earmarked by the county council as a suitable waste site.
The facility is part of a 27-year waste management agreement between the city and county councils and private firm Resource Recovery Solutions (RRS).
The report included findings such as the incinerator being "far too big" to meet the needs of the county, and that other waste solutions out-performed incineration.
Chair of the Development Control Committee Bryan Hammond said those who voted in favour at Wednesday's all-day planning meeting were "mindful of the need for the county to manage its own waste".
If the county does reject the plan the Waste Recycling Group Ltd could then appeal.
Cornwall produces about 300, 000 tonnes of waste a year and, according to the county council, the region will run out of landfill space by 2014.
Councils in the west of the county have expressed an interest in taking waste from the Sellafield reprocessing plant.
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Cumbria had volunteered to consider housing the waste site, but the plan was vetoed by the county council.
It has left Cambridgeshire County Council with a problem of dealing with waste and has also hit its record of recycling 57% of waste.
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The county council said the plant was needed to stop waste going to landfill.
The waste, including mattresses and furniture, was dumped on Derbyshire County Council land at Syday Lane in Barlborough in early January.
County councillor Bill Borrett, responsible for environment and waste, said the site aimed to boost recycling and divert waste from landfill.
Three Cumbria councils voted on whether to proceed to the next stage in the process of investigating whether an underground nuclear waste store would be possible - and safe - in the county.
Hertfordshire County Council agreed plans for an energy-from-waste plant at New Barnfield, in October.
Plans for an incinerator were put forward by the county council in 2008 as much of Hertfordshire's waste was being landfilled.
The North Yorkshire Waste Action Group is also seeking its own judicial review over the county council's decision to grant planning approval in 2012.
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Top holdings include a water and sewer revenue bond issued by Miami-Dade County, Florida, an Atlanta, Georgia Water and Waste Revenue Bond, and a New Jersey Health Care Authority Revenue bond.
Suffolk County Council said it planned to use the land for a waste transfer facility.
Los Angeles County installed 30 of the units to harvest electricity from a large municipal waste center.
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