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Newly discovered plastic-eating bacteria could be the key to combating landfill waste
2016-03-12 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BGR: An article published in Science this week discusses Japanese researchers discovery of Ideonella sakaiensis, a species of bacteria that is capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which accounts for an estimated one-sixth of global plastic production. The researchers say that when cultivated on the plastic, the bacteria produces two enzymes capable of hydrolyzing PET. These enzymes are crucial for converting the plastic into tow more environmentally friendly components, terephthalic...
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Koster Prods EPA on West Lake Landfill
2016-03-10 22:45:00| Waste Age
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for missing projected deadlines in its cleanup of the radioactive West Lake Landfill. read more
First Innovative Landfill Solar Panel Project in NC Coming to Onslow Co.
2016-03-10 22:35:00| Waste Age
Time Warner Cable News The first innovative landfill solar panel project in North Carolina is coming to Onslow County. read more
Riverbend Landfill: Another reason to reform Oregon's DEQ
2016-03-10 02:28:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
Riverbend Landfill: As someone who has been battling Oregon's Department of Environmental Quality for more than eight years over air and water pollution in Yamhill County, I was shocked but not surprised that DEQ has so miserably failed to protect the people of Portland from air contamination. Portland's deteriorating air quality has been news for years, with benzene a principal offender.
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Tennessee County Seeks to Stop Landfill Leaks
2016-03-09 23:20:00| Waste Age
Daily News Journal County officials want a new system to prevent their two landfills from leaking leachate into the Stones River. read more
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