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The Tennessee Bottle Bill is citizen-supported container-deposit recycling legislation, which if enacted will place a 5-cent deposit on beverage containers sold in Tennessee. The bill applies to containers made of aluminum/bimetal, glass or any plastic, containing soft drinks, beer/malt beverages, carbonated or non-carbonated waters, plain or ...
United States. Dickson County, Tennessee, 14 acres (5.7 ha) balefill section opened 1990, partially closed 1996 [3]; Tooele County, Utah balefill at Tekoi, Skull Valley Indian Reservation, operated by Waste Management of Utah; balefill section operated until 2010; bales were approximately 45 inches (1,100 mm) x 45 inches (1,100 mm) x 60 inches (1,500 mm) and weighed 4,000 pounds (1,800 kg).
The United States' overall beverage container recycling rate is approximately 33%, while states with container deposit laws have a 70% average rate of beverage container recycling. Michigan's recycling rate of 97% from 1990 to 2008 was the highest in the nation, as is its $0.10 deposit. [2]
Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corp., 855 F.2d 1188 (6th Cir. 1988), [1] was an environmental lawsuit filed by citizens of Hardeman County, Tennessee, led by Steven Sterling, who sued Velsicol Chemical Corporation for contaminating their water supply through improper disposal of toxic chemicals.
Private property owners in Buncombe County can now apply for the Private Property Debris Removal Program. Asheville Helene debris removal totals 140,000 cubic yards. How to apply for debris removal
This is a list of Superfund sites in Tennessee designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
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In addition, Waste Connections runs landfills for waste disposal (82 solid waste landfills as of September 2019). [6] [7] In Q3 2017, 67% of revenue was from solid waste collection, 21% from solid waste disposal and transfer, 4% from recycling, 5% from its oil industry waste operations, and 3% from other sources.