Tag: Waste management
Turkey bans polyethylene plastic imports
ISTANBUL — Turkey has banned the importation of ethylene polymer plastic waste as environmental groups sound the alarm on the world’s plastic consumption and...
Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash
Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls.
Across the...
EPA sets grants to restore ‘brownfields’ at blighted sites
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced more than $66 million in grants to 151 communities nationwide to assess and clean up...
South Dakota pitcher’s prosthetic arm found at recycler
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A college baseball player from South Dakota whose prosthetic arm was stolen from his vehicle got it back Tuesday after...
Mayor: Sewage lagoon embankment seeping, residents warned
SMITHLAND, Ky. — A sewage lagoon above a small western Kentucky city is seeping through its embankment and is likely to fail, prompting the...
US: Nuclear waste tank in Washington state may be leaking
SPOKANE, Wash. — An underground nuclear waste storage tank in Washington state that dates to World War II appears to be leaking contaminated liquid...
Water bill may open spigot for Biden infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — Rarely has a routine water resources bill generated so much political buzz, but as senators hoisted the measure to passage Thursday the...
Ukraine opens new nuclear waste site at Chernobyl
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine's president on Monday unveiled a new nuclear waste repository at Chernobyl, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster that...
Astronauts flying reused SpaceX rocket, capsule for 1st time
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the first time, NASA is putting its trust in a recycled SpaceX rocket and capsule for a crew.
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Florida to close wastewater reservoir with leak history
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida is moving to permanently close the leaky Piney Point wastewater reservoir that poured millions of gallons of water into...