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  2. List of landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of landfills in the United States. A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment . Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.

  3. Landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Landfills are the third-largest source of methane emissions in the United States, with municipal solid waste landfills representing 95 percent of this fraction. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] In the U.S., the number of landfill gas projects increased from 399 in 2005, to 594 in 2012 [ 17 ] according to the Environmental Protection Agency .

  4. Waste Management, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Waste Management has said that the plant, announced in April 2008, and built and operated by The Linde Group with state funding, is the world's largest facility to convert landfill gas into vehicle fuel. [40] [41] [42] Waste Management works with environmental groups in the U.S. to set aside land to create and manage wetlands and wildlife habitats.

  5. Just 5% of America's food waste is composted. Which states ...

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    Americans composted about 3.3 million tons of food waste in 2019, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent estimates. That may seem like a lot, but consider that between ...

  6. Chicken bones? Pizza boxes? See what Fresno residents ... - AOL

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    SB1383 identifies landfill methane emissions as “climate super pollutants,” and cites organics, including food scraps, paper, and cardboard as major methane contributors that make up 50 ...

  7. America’s landfills are ‘garbage lasagnas’—fetid layers of ...

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    America’s landfills—and the environmental havoc they create—are sizable. There are roughly 1,200 landfills currently in operation, and on average, each one takes up about 600 acres of land ...

  8. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Landfill bans make it illegal to dispose of certain items in a landfill. Most often these items include yard waste, oil, and recyclables easily collected in curbside recycling programs. States with landfill bans of recyclables include Wisconsin, California, Minnesota, Michigan, [4] and North Carolina. [5] Other states focus on recycling goals.

  9. Toxic ‘trash juice’ a problem at four NH landfills, including ...

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    The landfill also failed to file reports and investigative reports when leachate flowed into its collection system at rates that were supposed to trigger such notifications to the state. Those ...