Tag: Environmental Compliance

Texans Breathing Easier After Big EPA Enforcement Settlement

Texans Breathing Easier After Big EPA Enforcement Settlement The recent enforcement action against a Port Arthur, Texas chemical manufacturer once again proves the EPA’s dedication to getting industrial facilities to clean up their act, and their community’s air, or face penalties and costly improvements. The company, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a […]

MSW Waste Recovery is Making a Difference

MSW Waste Recovery is Making a Difference Waste from homes and businesses comprises the MSW produced in the United States and in 2012 that waste amounted to about 251 million tons. On a daily basis, each of us generated about 4.38 pounds of trash in 2012, which while coming down from a high of 4.69 […]

Landfill GHG Emissions Showing Improvement

Landfill GHG Emissions Showing Improvement Since our beginning, people have thrown things away, leaving a trail of waste debris behind us for millennia. As populations have grown however, our local “dumps” have become MSW landfills – massive, manmade mountains of decomposing trash where nature take its course over weeks, months and years, all the while […]