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landfill

in environmental law, a site for the deposit of waste on to or into land where the site is a waste disposal site, or used for the storage of waste. The fact that a site for the deposit of waste is at the place of production of the waste does not prevent the site from being a landfill.

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Built by energy developer Ameresco Inc., the 11.5 MW biogas plant is located at the Ox Mountain Landfill, which is owned and operated by Republic Services and located in Half Moon Bay in San Mateo County.

GE Energy Helps Power New Gas-to-Energy Project in San Francisco Bay Area

The Reinhart and Townsend study profiles landfills that have experienced problems with unpleasant odors resulting from construction and demolition debris.

Evaluating the potential impact of a proposed landfill

EMCOR's new energy projects include designing and constructing gas cleaning and compression facilities, pipelines and blending and compression stations for the Greentree Landfill Gas Company, Kersey, PA and Imperial Landfill Gas Company, Imperial, PA, and performing EPC services for a new Johnson & Johnson Combined Heat & Power plant (CHP) in New Jersey;

EMCOR tackling the challenges of aging energy infrastructure

Whether the shredding is done purely to increase the volume of material that can fit in the landfill or whether it is also a first step in seeking out recycling markets, operating a shredder on site is becoming standard operating procedure at inert landfills.

Finishing last: shredding incoming material can help make an inert landfill operator the "last one standing" in a market region

The proposed plan would hit waste companies with the nation's highest dumping charge, revoke certification for a year if out-of-state jurisdictions dispose of banned and dangerous items, strengthen enforcement and ban landfill expansions until 2010.

Michigan dems propose out-of-state-waste restrictions

Townsend's goal is to help landfill regulators and managers decide how to allocate scarce resources.

Electronics, lead, and landfills

The company said Poplar View Landfill and Riverside Landfill are both long-life landfills in close proximity to downtown Knoxville, major highways and the University of Tennessee.

PE-Backed Meridian Waste closes acquisition of two landfills in Knoxville

It is the opportune time for Kenyans to be well enlightened.What is being proposed for the site in Gikono is an engineered sanitary landfill, not a dumpsite.

Landfill project managers, tell Kenyans it is not a dumpsite

The landfill, solid waste management and landfill gas support will vary according to task and can include civil, structural, mechanical, environmental and electrical engineering.

SCS engineers awarded consulting contract with Palm Beach County

The bottom line is that landfills harm people's health, the environment, and the climate.

Talking trash: CLF launches the zero waste project to tackle Massachusetts's trash problem

The capacity of the facility will eliminate the need for other landfills, Benavides added.