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Seven Tips to Find a Reliable Contractor

by Katie Weismiller On April 30, 2014If a DIY renovation is not your style, no vendor is more important than a contractor you can trust to execute your design vision . National renovation experts share below the qualities every legitimate contractor should possess, and how to determine if a contractor is the best fit for your project. Follow this advice to find the pro who will transform your house into your dream home1. Ask for professional referralsIt may be…

The Polite House: What Can I Do About My Neighbors’ Trash Cans?

If you’re tired of staring at unsightly garbage way before pickup day, it’s time to have some tough conversations

What Dumpster Size Do You Need?

Compare dimensions and total volume of the most common roll off dumpster sizes to find the right dumpster for any project at home or on your work site.

IDEM permit would let landfill grow upwards

GOSHEN — The Elkhart County Landfill is seeking a state permit that would allow a 7.4 million-ton increase to capacity.

Power To Save: Tredegar Corporation Goes Landfill-free

NORWEGIAN TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- As you finish your lunch at work, you probably end up going to the trash can to throw something away. That's not the case at one plastic film manufacturing plant in Schuylkill County. Employees there are proud to be landfill-free.It's a familiar sound in lunchrooms everywhere, but these aren't trash bins. These bins are for different types of recycled materials that employees at Tredegar Corporation near Pottsville sort themselves.

Adopt Your Favorite Forest Preserves Site

The Forest Preserves of Cook County are home to nearly 70,000 acres of diverse habitats, miles and miles of trails and waterways, hundreds of groves, and so much more. While some Forest Preserves visitors frequent many different locations, many sites become favored sites. If a site has become your go-to spot for a

12 ways Exeter is tackling pollution

A campaign to help Exeter become congestion free is launching next month.

Methane from waste should not be wasted: Exploring landfill ecosystems

Each year, humans across the globe produce billions of tons of solid waste. Roughly 70% of this refuse ends up deposited in landfills, where it slowly decays. Yet, what may seem an inert accumulation of useless debris, is in reality, a complex ecosystem, teeming with microbial activity. Vast communities of microorganisms feed on the waste, converting it into byproducts—primarily carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane.

Colorado recycling: Tedious, cost-prohibitive, voluntary — and evolving

Recycling in Colorado is a tedious, cost-prohibitive business that remains largely voluntary for residents.

The zero-waste movement is coming for your garbage

Not wasting away: Brewer goes landfill free

More than five years after it set out to reduce waste at its breweries, MillerCoors said its breweries do not use landfills.

What happens when a landfill runs out of space?

According to the Waste Business Journal, by 2021 the average landfill will only have 15 years of life left.

Tactics for Battling Pesky Landfill Odors

Landfill operators must tailor their odor control efforts based on how waste is deposited.

Ask Us: "Clean" recyclables do not go to the landfill

Q: Please inform me if the "recyclables" the city picks up are truly recycled. I heard from friends living near the Blue Earth County Recycling Center that very little if

Scrappers: 15 Photos of Life on a Landfill

Around the world, thousands of people work as scrappers in landfills. These photos show you what life is like for them - and the humanity of these people.

Keep Mattresses out of the Landfill

Mattresses pose a serious problem when it comes to disposal. These large household products take up more than their fair share of space in landfills because they’re difficult to compact, clog machinery, and create large soft spaces that can turn into sinkholes after filling. The problem of mattress disposal can be confronted from two sides. The first is to recycle old mattresses, reusing their components to…