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2. Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio - Wikipedia

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   The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) was established by the Ohio General Assembly in 1989 as part of Ohio House Bill 592, which created Ohio’s current solid waste management planning and regulatory programs. [1] [2] SWACO is a government-run entity responsible for the safe and sanitary management of all solid waste within its ...

3. Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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   The law banned the continued operation of unsafe landfills, and discusses the implications of hazardous waste, recycling, and renewable energy. [11] RCRA mandates that the federal government assist local communities in managing their wastes, declares that hazardous waste must be properly managed, and calls for research into better waste ...

4. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Recycling materials waiting to be barged away on the Chicago River Trash and recycle bin at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Recycling statistics (ca. 2014) [16] with similar numbers as of 2015 [17] An average of approximately 258 million tons of trash is generated by the United States in 2014 34.6% was recycled; 12.8% was combusted for ...

5. Solid waste policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Solid waste policy in the United States is aimed at developing and implementing proper mechanisms to effectively manage solid waste. For solid waste policy to be effective, inputs should come from stakeholders, including citizens, businesses, community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, government agencies, universities, and other research organizations.

6. Mountains of holiday food and packing waste are clogging ...

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   Reed, the Bay Area waste management spokesman, shared photos of the gargantuan piles of waste sitting in the company's San Francisco site. He said while these holiday spikes are predictable, they ...

7. Landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Despite an increase in population, the total amount of solid waste disposed in landfills has decreased since 1990. And as of 2017, Americans only discarded 52% of their waste in landfills, as opposed to 89% in 1980. [6] In 2013, about 32.7 million tons of MSW were combusted for energy recovery. [6]

8. List of waste management acronyms - Wikipedia

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   LACW Local Authority Collected Waste (all waste collected by the local authority. This is a slightly broader concept than LACMW as it would include both this and non-municipal fractions such as construction and demolition waste) LAPC Local Air Pollution Control; LARAC Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee; LAS Landfill Allowance Scheme ...

9. Atlantic County Utilities Authority - Wikipedia

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   The Pinelands Commission required that many of these landfills be closed by August 8, 1990. These new environmental regulations, together with New Jersey's Mandatory Recycling Act, necessitated a completely new system of solid waste management in Atlantic County.