La Ley 25.916 sobre Gestión de Residuos Domiciliarios: Una Pieza Nueva en el Tablero de los Presupuestos Mínimos de Protección Ambiental

El 4 de agosto de 2004, el Congreso sancionó la Ley de Gestión de Residuos Domiciliarios, como norma de Presupuestos Mínimos de Protección Ambiental conforme al mandato constitucional establecido en el artículo 41 de la Carta Magna reformada en 1994.1 La Ley 25.916 se agrega de esta manera a la …

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City Trash Plan Forgoes Trucks, Favoring Barges

Three years after the closing of the mammoth Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, the Bloomberg administration has drawn up a 20-year plan to deal with the city’s residential waste by shipping the bulk of it elsewhere by barge, officials who have been briefed on the plan said yesterday. Link …

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City Trash Plan Forgoes Trucks, Favoring Barges

Three years after the closing of the mammoth Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, the Bloomberg administration has drawn up a 20-year plan to deal with the city’s residential waste by shipping the bulk of it elsewhere by barge, officials who have been briefed on the plan said yesterday. Link: …

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Filtering Landfill Gas for Energy

There are over three million landfills in the United States. Although often erceived as both a health issue and an eyesore, landfills and their build-up of waste can have a positive outcome. Over time, the waste eventually decomposes and produces landfill gas (LFG.)

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