Landfill foes reject PR help from Republic Services

Alexander Morrison
Staff Writer, Spartanburg Herald-Journal

ENOREE, S.C. -- Members of a group opposing the creation of a nearby landfill say they recently turned down assistance from a public relations firm working for a competing landfill.

Republic Services offered RESCUE free consultation with the Brett Public Relations firm, according to several group members.

"We didn't want to tarnish our image," said Ralph Clark, chairman of the Regional Enoree Society for the Conservation of the Upstate Environment. "We just felt it wasn't the right thing to do to use one waste management company against another." . . Read more

Ohio EPA permit approval for solid waste rail transfer station

OHIO EPA PUBLIC NOTICE

JMW SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION
1800 ALLEN AVE SE CANTON
OH ACTION DATE : 01/24/2006
FACILITY DESCRIPTION: AIR
IDENTIFICATION NO. : 15-01594
ISSUANCE OF FINAL (AFTER DRAFT) STATE ONLY
PTI SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION.

JMW TRUCKING SERVICES, INC.
512 45TH STREET, S.W. CANTON, OH 44706 OH ACTION DATE : 01/24/2006
FACILITY DESCRIPTION: SOLID WASTE
IDENTIFICATION NO. : 76-00-01

This final action not preceded by proposed action and is appealable to ERAC. Persons wishing to be on Ohio EPA's interested parties mailing list for this project must submit a request in writing to Ohio EPA, Division of Solid and Infectious Waste Management, Attn: Systems Management Unit, P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, Ohio 43216-1049, Tel: (614)644-2621.

Notice is hereby given that on January 24, 2006, Ohio EPA issued a Permit-To-Install (pti #02-19601) to JMW Trucking Services, Inc. (JMW), 512 45th street, S.W., Canton, Oh 44706.

This permit approval authorizes construction of the proposed JMW solid waste rail transfer station and allows JMW to increase the amount of solid waste transferred at the transfer facility. [emphasis added]
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Leachate leak - large landfill equipment scraped rocks into clay dam

Garbage water leaks into storm water pond

Kootenai officials don't believe leachate escaped landfill into Fighting Creek or Lake Coeur d'Alene


By Erica Curless
Staff writer, The Spokesman-Review.com

SPOKANE, Wash. - Up to 3,000 gallons of garbage water leaked Tuesday at Kootenai County's landfill near Fighting Creek and possibly drained into the facility's storm water pond.
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Landfill burning since November, DEP gives landfill more time to stop burning

By Lynette Wilson
Pensacola News Journal

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The owners of the Saufley Field Landfill have until Feb. 16 to put out the fires and reduce its height or face temporary closure and a $1,000 per day fine, according to an agreement entered into Wednesday with the state Department of Environmental Protection. . . Read more

Residents may have to pay price to clean up toxic landfill

Local toxic landfill threatens
water supply

WLNS.com, 6 News

LANSING, Mich. - A toxic landfill in Ionia is creating problems that stretch all the way to city hall. The city is struggling to clean it up, but they're drowning in bills trying to figure out how. Now Ionia residents may end up having to pay the price. . . Read more

Landfill fire burning six days

By Kristen Kridel
Herald Tribune

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- A landfill fire burning for days is sending up a lot of smoke, but tests have determined the air remains safe to breathe, a state spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The landfill on Zemel Road, owned by Southwest Land Developers, has been smoldering for the past six days. It is one of four fires burning in Florida landfills; the other three are in Northwest Florida. . . Read more

Landfill-moratorium backers take case to Senate

By Paul E. Kostyu, Copley Columbus Bureau Chief
Canton Repository

COLUMBUS - Last week, supporters of a moratorium to stop new and expanding landfills appeared before an Ohio House committee.

This week, they were back making their case to an Ohio Senate committee.

Two pieces of identical legislation, House Bill 417, sponsored by State Rep. Scott Oelslager, R-North Canton, and Senate Bill 224, introduced by State Sen. Kirk Schuring, R-Jackson Township, are trying to accomplish the same thing and so far have taken parallel tracks in their respective chambers.

The bills would stop new solid waste and construction and demolition debris landfills, as well as expansion of existing facilities. . . Read more

Motley Fool comments on Waste Management

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Avoiding the Road to Ruin - Grabby Gregs and tall tales

By Seth Jayson (TMF Bent)
January 24, 2006

Management humility and honesty may not assure you a winning stock, but rapacious or dishonest management (and let's face it, those last two often go hand in hand) will nearly always cost you. Smart and motivated + greedy and unscrupulous = major troubles. I refer you to the textbook scandals at Enron, WorldCon (oops, I meant WorldCom), HealthSouth, Computer Associates (NYSE: CA), Waste Management (NYSE: WMI), etc. etc., in perpetuity, let us never forget.

Greedy management is a no-go.

Always.

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Waste Management truck cited for not securing loads

Driver cited for striking bridge with trash truck

WFMZ.com, 69 News
01-23-06

READING, Pa - PennDOT says a bridge in northwest Reading struck by a trash truck Friday did not sustain significant damage.

Police have cited the driver of the truck, owned by Waste Management, for not securing loads in a vehicle.

PennDOT says minor repairs are needed, but the bridge is safe and structurally sound.

Officials say another inspection will be done to determine how to make repairs.

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View related: Trash truck hits Reading bridge

Dozens of trash trucks inspected, 16 cited at Waste Management landfill, over 1000 trucks cited statewide since 2000

Trash truck violations found - State DEP finds problems with 16 vehicles entering or leaving Grand Central landfill

By Michelle Pittman
The Express-Times

PLAINFIELD TWP., Pa. - State environmental officials found several violations by haulers entering and leaving Waste Management's Grand Central Sanitary Landfill during two inspections this month, the agency said Monday. . . Read more

Committee hopes to step up hazardous waste collection

By Barb Limbacher
T-R Staff

BOLIVAR – Members of the Stark-Tuscarawas-Wayne Joint Solid Waste Management District’s Policy Committee are hoping to increase the collection of household hazardous waste. . . Read more

Landfills obsolete and environmentally damaging, Columbia expert says

Landfills are an anachronism that only cause environmental damage

Albany Times-Union
Sat., Jan. 21, 2006

ALBANY, N.Y. - I agree with Rita Redlich's Jan. 7 letter criticizing Mayor Jerry Jennings' proposed Albany landfill in the Pine Bush. She heard my recent talk on waste disposal alternates at Avila and summarized my arguments quite well.

Landfills are an anachronism. They will ultimately leak, even with liners, and emit a variety of air toxins that can pose health problems for those that live nearby. Landfills for organic wastes are now banned in Europe because of global warming concerns..Read more

Earth's limited supply of metals raises concern - tons forever lost in landfills

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LiveScience
19 Jan. 2006

If all nations were to use the same services enjoyed in developed nations, even the full extraction of metals from the Earth's crust and extensive recycling may not be enough to meet metal demands in the future, according to a new study.

To investigate the environmental and social consequences of metal depletion, researchers looked at metal stocks thought to exist in the Earth, metal in use by people today, and how much is lost in landfills. ...Read more

Waynesburg water contained high arsenic levels in 2001

Environmental Workgroup U.S. tapwater database

System Contaminant Report
Arsenic (total) Summary for: Village of Waynesburg Water

Water System Summary
State Arsenic (total) Report
National Arsenic (total) Report

Arsenic (total) is a metal that enters water by erosion of natural deposits, runoff from glass and electronics processing.

Sources of Arsenic (total):

- Industry

- Sprawl and Urban Areas (road runoff, lawn pesticides, human waste)
- Naturally Occurring (naturally present but increased for lands denuded by sprawl, agriculture, or industrial development)

Health Summary: Health effects from exposure to Arsenic (total) include: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicity, Cancer, Developmental Toxicity, Endocrine Toxicity, Kidney Toxicity, Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicity, Neurotoxicity, Reproductive Toxicity, Respiratory Toxicity, and Skin Sensitivity. ...Read more