landfill

Landfill tax rise of 700% sparks surge in fly-tipping

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Landfill tax rise of 700% sparks surge in fly-tipping as watchdog urges officials to monitor impact of environmental levies Treasury increased standard rate of landfill tax in real terms from 1998 to 2014 Contributed to 65 per cent fall in waste to landfill, National Audit Office said The NAO said that the move ‘incentivised more … Read more

Jimmy Hoffa is ‘buried in a steel drum at a New Jersey landfill’

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Jimmy Hoffa may be buried in a steel drum beneath other metal barrels at a New Jersey landfill site where excavators say there is proof a pit was once dug and filled in after the union leader’s 1976 disappearance.  The whereabouts of Hoffa’s remains has always been a mystery but according to Frank Cappola, the … Read more

Intel aims to use renewable energy and end landfill use by 2030

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Intel says it aims to run completely on renewable energy and stop sending trash to landfills by 2030 The company released its environmental goals for the next decade Intel says it wants to rely completely on renewable energy by 2030 In the same timeline it says it wants to reduce the amount of waste it sends … Read more

Hundreds of non-recyclable fiberglass wind turbine blades are pictured piling up in landfill

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Incredible photos have revealed the final resting place of massive wind turbine blades that cannot be recycled, and are instead heaped up in piles in landfills.  The municipal landfill in Casper, Wyoming, is the repository of at least 870 discarded blades, and one of the few locations in the country that accepts the massive fiberglass … Read more