Elsewhere, landfill permit denials occurred in Virginia and Michigan, while a landfill odor lawsuit continues in Illinois and landfill expansion plans in Mississippi remain on hold.

The pause is not related to owners’ ongoing attempts to expand the dump, or to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ...

Clark County Public Health is celebrating the diversion of over 50,000 pounds of waste from landfills in 2024 through their ...

The Old Mill District, which also oversees the operations at Hayden Homes Amphitheater, is stepping up its efforts to reuse, ...

Many local nonprofit organizations say they are concerned after the U.S. Office of Management and Budget attempted to freeze ...

America leads the world in producing more trash than it knows what do with — running out of landfills by 2036.

Republic Services’ request for a conditional use permit allowing the expansion of Coffin Butte Landfill should be rejected. Granting this permit would remove the current limit of 1.1 million tons ...

The construction industry creates about 600 million tons of trash each year, more than twice the amount of everyday garbage ...

Through research, public education, advocacy, litigation and action, Environment Oregon advances policies and practices that ...

In an important development for the sustainability movement, Oregon and Colorado are implementing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws ...

The move comes after Reworld Marion said it would stop accepting waste at the end of 2024 and burning will cease at the ...

An Environmental Protection Agency inspection last summer found dozens of methane leaks at the Coffin Butte landfill in Benton County, Oregon. The site accepts more than 1 million tons of garbage ...