The host of Green Earth Radio Patty Kovaks interviewed Waste Management Int’l VP Lynn Brown regarding Waste Managment’s dedication to environmental issues, their approach to landfills, plans for recycling and goals for public education. This interview may be downloaded from the Green Earth Radio archive.
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February
February
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November
November
Officials from the Waste Management landfill and the LaFarge cement plant have signed an agreement to use piped-in methane gas from the landfill to aid in the cement-making process.
The plan could save both companies thousands of dollars and eliminate the equivalent of 450,000 tons of coal a year from LaFarge’s manufacturing process, company officials said.
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October
October
While the lifespan of a shoe varies generally depends on the shoe design and construction, running surfaces, the runner’s weight/form/frequency, etc., most runners should expect a range of 350-500 miles out of a pair of rotated shoes. However some runners start experiencing pain after as few as 200 miles. As even casual runners can average 10 to 20 miles a week, it’s easy to see that a lot of running shoes are produced, sold and discarded in the United States each year. The production of these shoes is a material and energy intense process. And despite the fact that options exist for runners to reuse or recycle their old shoes, most old shoes still end up in landfills.