Solid Waste Management Activities In Long Island Landfill

In Mantua Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, privately owned land once stood as one of the most hazardous waste sites in the United States. This site known as the Helen Kramer Landfill included 66-acres of waste, 11 acres of unfavorably conditioned vegetation, and no onsite residents. Prior to the early 1960’s, Helen Keller landfill was a sand and gravel excavation operation, but soon began to incorporate the disposal of waste material for about a decade. After the landfill received numerous inspections and notices between 1971 and 1977, the owner Helen Kramer was informed to cease operation of the landfill. As New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection reports indicated and area residents stated, “sporadic chemical

Emelle, Alabama not only holds one of the biggest commercial hazardous-waste landfill in America, but African-Americans make up 90% of the population of the town. A Choctaw Native American reservation in Philadelphia, Mississippi holds a 466-acre hazardous landfill (Wright 532). These statistics have revealed the sensitive boundary between racial and social classes. Specific human factors have driven the need for change in environmental practices, such as growing human population, increased natural resource consumption, and the effluent discharges of manufacturing. This situation has resulted in a significant negative impact on world ecosystems (Dietz, Ostrom, and Stern 1907). What ties both of these critical concerns

Managing Waste in Fredericksburg, VA The Public Works of Fredericksburg, VA. Takes water quality very seriously. The major issue in the city, as well as through the northern portions of the state, is the lack of control of the dumping by big industry. 2 The water pollution is high in total nitrogen, total phosphorous, and total suspended solids. The water above the fall line is mainly utilized for agriculture and commercial usage. The commercial usage also includes providing to local houses.

The decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals should be affirmed. The state of Eastland’s waste disposal regulation is neither discriminatory nor protectionist. Historically, businesses and professionals know that licensing requirements and authority belong solely to states and local governments. A state government does not violate the commerce clause when it sets licensing requirements for incineration and interment of fetal tissues pursuant to its autonomy and police powers in carrying out local activities that have always been its traditional function to ensure the health and safety of its citizens. Also, a state acts legitimately and fairly when having funded a public facility, with local taxpayers’ money, for

In Tallassee, Alabama, there is a landfill. This is not just a small-town dump, this is one of the largest landfills in the state of Alabama. In fact, according to the Huffington Post, "around 4:00 a.m. most mornings, a processional of trash-transporting semis thunder over old local bridges" to drop off their first loads.

Reports and case studies from grassroots organizations such as the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance (NYC-EJA) and others have conducted research on this subject. Their comprehensive reports contain information about negative health outcomes. EJA’s mission is to fight for health equity for all. Their campaign “Solid Waste & Transfer Stations”

Many people seem to think that when the nation is looking for a new place to put a landfill, that must mean the old landfills are closing or filling up. This is not necessarily the case. The nation does keep generating large amounts of waste that do need to be handled. However the political statement of “Not in My Backyard”, or Nimby, is really the issue surrounding landfills. Wealthy individuals with political influence do not want to live in a neighborhood with smelly and unsightly piles of trash, so that becomes one less location available for landfills. (Patterson III, 2010) So instead of having a landfill within their own area, some states pay other states, like Kentucky, to take their trash. So now the trash has a further way to travel

The major challenge for both the Gude and Millersville landfills was the threat of contamination from chemical pollution. Neither site managed to escape the stigma associated waste management, however Millersville ultimately had better government intervention and public interest. The Gude landfill is not as fortunate, and also had to contend with the complaints of foul odors emanating from the facility site and permeating the homes of nearby residents. Many homeowners had to endure the smell of rotten eggs, garbage and spoiling fish.

The New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation established the Brookhaven landfill in March 1974. Since then, residents have revealed many health concerns and other relative issues against the placement of the landfill. The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has been addressed in regards to a necessary public health consultation to draw attention to these concerns. After further cooperative agreements amongst the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) and ATSDR, a public health consultation was reached. Many solutions have been uncovered; however, the outcome has yet to be determined as it is evident that a reasonable response must be initiated through the cooperation of the government and community.

In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that Americans generated 250 million tons of municipal solid waste, MSW1, of which only 87 million tons were recycled or composted (“Municipal Solid Waste”, 1). This value, however, does not represent the total amount waste generated by the United States since MSW only accounts for 2 percent of total waste generated. As more trash is generated, space to construct more landfills becomes an issue. In order to reduce the amount of solid waste produced, the federal government must implement and enforce a new waste disposal method that emphasizes composting food waste.

Well they affect the community because when it gets hot and windy the smell from them travel around a small area which affects the value of the properties around. In 1948 a mound of garbage was started on Staten Island it was almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty by 2001 (Lerner). Thats a great deal of garbage since it only took 53 years for all of it to get there and it couldn’t have been light either since the statue of liberty is 450,000 pounds that's roughly 225 tons. Landfills do have a plus side for them though they do employ people. “Tens of thousands of people are employed at scrap yards” (lerner). Even though landfills are very abominable and putrid they still employed an abundance of people who desired jobs and couldn’t find work. To aid in the demand of landfills was the greatest jump in waste that increased a whopping four times more waste from 1960 to 2006 (lerner). This also probably helped with the giant mountain that was formed at Ellis Island from 1946 to 2001. Trading garbage! what has the world come to? Michigan and Canada do some trading to help each other out when Canada wants to get rid of some waste they just call Michigan and say “wanna trade some waste?” and Michigan says “ heck yeah dude” so they trade Canada gives Michigan 10,000 pounds of garbage to Michigan and then Michigan is allowed to export hazardous waste to Ontario’s landfills (Lerner). They have been trading since 2003! thats crazy, but if

     Another driving force behind the improper disposal of hazardous waste was the Mafia. “Organized crime controlled the solid waste disposal industry through the major trade associations, the relevant Teamster locals, and the connivance of political cronies”(Block, 1985, p.102). The Mafia has the ability to buy public officials with ease. This and their scare tactics led many EPA officials to do nothing about the illegal activities that took place. “Imagine an EPA inspector or state regulatory agent trying to deal with firms controlled by the members of the most powerful crime syndicates in the country”(Block, 1985, p.103).

1.     The Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) had humble beginnings in 1951 when forward thinking county officials had a vision of a better waste management system for the Monterey Peninsula, ending the era of unconditional garbage dumping that had prevailed. From this time on, a Board of Directors has labored to ensure that the waste from Monterey Peninsula residents is disposed of in an environmentally friendly manner that not only satisfies state and federal legal requirements, but ensures that the health of the peninsula is preserved for decades to come .

The privatization of municipal solid waste is a process by which municipalities decide to contract with private organizations for the collection and processing of societal waste. President and CEO of Brolin Enterprises which provides contracting services for pipeline maintenance, tank services, erosion control, vacs & trucking, one-call monitoring, right of way clearing, pig tracking, and emergency response believes municipalities should be more open to privatization of collection services (Begley 2011). Begley believes that communities have resisted privatization because solid waste management systems have always been considered a utility provided by the public sector (Begley 2011). He points to the economic downturn of 2008 as a major

Due to the uncontrollable dumping of wastes that causes environmental degradation, the government passed a law on solid waste management. The Republic Act No. 9003 which is “an act providing for an ecological solid waste management program, creating the necessary institutional mechanics and incentives, declaring certain acts prohibiting and providing