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Results for keyword: Landfills

  • When yesterday’s garbage becomes today’s collectible

    A visit to Glass Beach in California leads to dumpster-diving on a grand scale, and offers a preview of future geologic strata

    by Alan Kesselheim, Sep 27, 2004

  • Wanted: Leak-proof dumps

    Because arid Wyoming built landfills without liners, at least 21 of the state’s dumps are now leaking dangerous chemicals into groundwater

    by Allison Fashek, Jul 19, 2004

  • Trash talk

    A new edition of "Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage" by William Rathje and Cullen Murphy, reports the fascinating findings of the University of Arizona's "Garbage Project."

    by Michelle Nijhuis, Dec 03, 2001

  • New dump may trash Tacoma's water

    Local critics worry that a new landfill may pollute drinking water used by Eatonville and Tacoma, Wash.

    by Kasia Pierzga, Sep 10, 2001

  • Composting takes out the trash

    California has cut its landfill waste by 40 percent, and some give composting the credit.

    by Rebecca Clarren, Aug 14, 2000

  • Park may get trashy neighbor

    Park officials and environmentalists protest a proposed landfill at Eagle Mountain, Calif., right next to Joshua Tree National Park.

    by Elizabeth Manning, Sep 29, 1997

  • Utah takes waste that Arizona rejected

    An unusual collaboration between two working-class, largely minority communities means that waste originally meant to be shipped from Richmond, Calif., to a landfill in Mobile, Ariz., will be sent to a less controversial site in Utah.

    by James Bruggers, Feb 03, 1997

  • County trashes waste plan

    Residents of Elmore County, Idaho, are upset by plans to put the state's largest landfill in their backyard.

    by John Rosapepe, Dec 09, 1996

  • A guide to some trashy reading matter

    Review of two books on trash - The Garbage Primer: A Handbook for Citizens and Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage.

    by Ed Quillen, Mar 07, 1994

  • Federal land managers put up no-dumping signs

    Bureau of Land Management changes open-arms policy for landfills.

    by Ed Quillen, Mar 07, 1994
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