Waste Management

Tracking Trash with M.I.T.

M.I.T.'s Senseable City Laboratory launched a project to track the journey of garbage and recyclables, using small electronic sensors, in Seattle and New York City, in part to highlight the high cost of waste to the environment and cities.
18 September 2009 - 6:00am
The New York Times

City Gives Incentives To Recycle

In Corpus Christi, Texas, officials have entered a public-private partnership to give people more reasons to recycle.
13 August 2009 - 10:00am
Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Going Green With Brown and Yellow

Planetizen's Nate Berg reports on the latest trend in waste management: 'living machines' that treat human sewage in-house using plants.
5 June 2009 - 1:00pm
Wired

Don't Forget the Garbage

Using waste to create alternative energy is a strategy the Obama administration is neglecting, says North America’s largest garbage hauler Waste Management Inc.
11 May 2009 - 2:00pm
Bloomberg.com

Rich Waste, Poor Waste

This piece from The Economist looks at human-caused waste, how different economies generate it differently, and how they deal with it.
12 March 2009 - 9:00am
The Economist

States, Cities Keep Eye On Plastic Bags

The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that mirrors efforts in cities across the state and nation to reduce the use of plastic bags or charge for their use.
8 March 2009 - 7:00am
Dallas Morning News

Recycling Through Underground Tubes

London's Wembley City development is the proud owner of the first automated waste collection system in the U.K. Recycling or garbage are deposited in bins, then sucked underground, eliminating the need for trucks or garbage collectors.
11 December 2008 - 7:00am
Building

Distribution of Waste

Dow Jones Architects of London are proposing to create "waste towers", designed to compress waste locally before transporting to landfills outside the city.
25 October 2008 - 5:00am
BLDBLOG

Vancouver's Garbage Woes May be Alleviated

A proposal to turn part of a 6,000-hectare copper mine into a landfill has just been given the green light for an environmental assessment. The garbage dump would bury 250,000 metric tons of garbage from 25 local communities annually.
9 October 2008 - 11:00am
The Globe and Mail

LA Cops Take Out the Trash

The city of Los Angeles forms a task force of prosecutors, police, and others to combat illegal disposal of trash all over town.
12 September 2008 - 11:00am
The Los Angeles Times

The Zero-Waste Park

Eric Lombardi, a waste-management guru, has drawn up a fanciful plan for an "eco-cycle, zero waste park" which reimagines the dump as a composting, recycling, and educating facility.
27 August 2008 - 9:00am
WorldChanging

A City Serious About Recycling

With 70 percent of its waste already diverted from landfills, San Francisco continues to push forward with new laws and programs to increase recycling.
8 May 2008 - 12:00pm
The New York Times
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