landfills

Mountains of holiday food and packing waste are clogging landfills. Is there a better way?

Photo: A huge mountain of trash is piled up inside the cavernous Athens material recovery facility in Sun Valley on…

11 months ago

Toxic chemical reactions fuel crises at L.A. County landfills

Photo: The Sunshine Canyon landfill lies just beyond the Granada Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles. Area residents have complained of…

11 months ago

NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising

Photo: The land beneath the New York City area, including the borough of Queens, pictured here, is moving by fractions…

1 year ago

Most Bottled Water Contaminated With Microplastics

Plastic has become an incredibly harmful convenience, now threatening environmental and human health alike, and in more ways than one.…

6 years ago

Coal Ash Dumps Are Contaminating Groundwater in 22 States

Coal ash located at the Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Virginia, appears in a photo taken on June 26,…

6 years ago