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Yard Waste
Yard Waste: - The part of solid waste composed of grass clippings, leaves, twigs, branches, and other garden refuse. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Yard Waste:: |
New Bern Sun Journal,...means that the only clear restrictions on Vanceboro's residents prohibit them from burning in town rights of way or burning materials other than yard waste.
Yard waste not in biomass plant plans - 05 Aug 2008
Tallahassee.com,By Bruce Ritchie • DEMOCRAT STAFF WRITER • August 5, 2008 A Georgia company says it won't use city yard trimmings in a biomass gas power plant that it
No sorting required - 05 Aug 2008
Connect Savannah.com,City sanitation trucks will continue to collect household and yard waste. The recyclables will be collected every other week by separate trucks.
Compost bins discounted by city - 05 Aug 2008
Ballard News Tribune,Yard Waste Compost Bins $25 each (Retail price over $70). Limit one per household. The compost bins can be purchased online at
St. Lucie County may get first trash fee increase in 17 years - 05 Aug 2008
Vero Beach Press-Journal (subscription),The county's Solid Waste Baling and Recycling Facility wants to charge more per ton to dispose of garbage, construction debris and yard waste in
The City of Beaumont has cancelled all curb-side trash pick up on ... - 05 Aug 2008
Beaumont Enterprise,Heavy trash and yard waste can remain at the curb for pickup later this week. Trash pickup is scheduled to resume on Wednesday. Trash that would have been
Jackson Twp.: DAMA link seen as beneficial - 05 Aug 2008
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader,Supervisor Chairman John Wilkes Jr. announced during Monday night’s meeting that the township will agree to allow DAMA to set up a satellite yard waste
Business woman laments six days in jail - 05 Aug 2008
Macomb Daily,She fined them and ordered them to remove the compost - leaves, yard waste - in 30 days or face jail. They later paid the $7500 fine and $2500 in legal fees
"No Dumping": County residents peeved with illegal dumping - 05 Aug 2008
KSWO,Comanche County_Every year Comanche County has a problem with people dumping their old trash and yard waste on private property, leaving property owners to
Cities cut cost, but four-day week is a ways away for Alamance County - 05 Aug 2008
Burlington Times News,Owen said the city is also considering new options to dispose of its yard waste, something it currently does at the county landfill.
Morris fills vacated seat on Little Silver council - 05 Aug 2008
Asbury Park Press,...garbage truck for $165900 and, in a related issue, reminded residents that stepped up enforcement of brush limb and yard waste pickup will start.
Revenue declines prompt Modesto mayor to seek more than $7M in ... - 05 Aug 2008
Modesto Bee,Modesto's yard waste street pickup program, for example, is on the chopping block again, one year after residents rallied to preserve it.
Firm faces fines over yard waste - Aug 4, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,By Shaun Bishop Peninsula residents who dutifully fill up yard-waste bins with plant material may be surprised to know that some of it ends up with the rest
» 34 mins ago: Yard waste wasted « - Aug 4, 2008
Examiner.comDown in the dumps: The South Bayside Waste Management Authority is asking Allied Waste to pay back residents for composting services it allegedly did not
New Biomass Technology Dramatically Increases Ethanol Yield From ... - Jul 28, 2008
Science Daily (press release)...to dramatically increase the yield of ethanol from readily available non-food crops, such as Bermudagrass, switchgrass, Napiergrass—and even yard waste.
Seattle council to be hit up for 40 percent hike in water rates - Aug 1, 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerCustomers could keep their bills down by reducing the size of their garbage and yard waste containers, and by conserving water, Clarke said.
Anti-recyclers: Watch your step - Aug 4, 2008
District,Raw yard waste (limbs and branches) poses the threat of puncturing the landfill liner and provoking contamination. Under environmental protection laws,
Ethanol yield from grass, yard waste hiked - Jul 30, 2008
United Press InternationalUS scientists say they've created a technology that can dramatically increase ethanol yield from non-food crops, such as grasses and even yard waste.
Brush/yard waste drop-off - Jul 30, 2008
Wicked Local Wenham,The Hamilton Department of Public Works will begin accepting brush and yard waste Wednesday, Aug. 27, 9 am to 2:30 pm, at the landfill on Chebacco Road.
Palmer Twp. seeks solution to manage yard waste - Jul 30, 2008
Allentown Morning Call,By Madeleine Mathias Of The Morning Call Palmer Township supervisors, like many burgeoning suburbs, are faced every year with how to handle yard waste and
Greene County yard waste site re-opens - Jul 29, 2008
Dayton Daily News,By Jeremy P. Kelley Greene County's free yard waste drop-off site at 2021 Ferry Road in Sugarcreek Twp. will open Monday, Aug. 4, after a long delay.
CITY APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR YARD WASTE - Jul 29, 2008
KMAS,By Dedrick Allan 29/07/2008 The City of Shelton is applying for grant funds to begin collecting yard waste. The grant, in the amount of $33750 with a match
Quarantine zone rules - Aug 1, 2008
San Jose Mercury News,Set out your yard waste as usual. Green yard waste that is removed from quarantine areas by municipal pickup services is being treated to ensure that any
Efficient market theory - Jul 31, 2008
Jerusalem Post,..."Every day, a few thousand tons of trash are brought to Hiriya, and classified into three categories: construction waste, yard waste and household waste,
Put your food, yard waste to good use - Jul 22, 2008
The Olympian,If the company's nearly 11000 yard waste customers participate, there's the potential to substantially cut down on trash. "Even if they started with all the
Bag, compost or mulch yard waste - Jul 22, 2008
Edmond Life and Leisure,Yard waste and chemicals are harmful to wildlife and aquatic life. Because of these health and safety concerns, raking or blowing yard clippings or leaves
Delta bans plastic for yard waste - Jul 22, 2008
Surrey Leader,By Dan Ferguson - Surrey North Delta Leader Next year Delta residents won't be allowed to use plastic bags to pack lawn clippings, leaves and tree trimmings
New Albany's Mayor England announces yard waste blitz - Jul 18, 2008
New Albany Tribune,New Albany Mayor Doug England has ordered the Street Department to collect the backlog of yard waste throughout the city by the end of next week.
Bettendorf adjusts yard-waste rules - Jul 21, 2008
Quad City Times,From the city of Bettendorf: Because of this morning’s storm, the City of Bettendorf is relaxing yard waste collection rules for its regular garbage
More yard waste pick-up for rural areas - Jul 18, 2008
Orleans Star,Starting this fall, the City of Ottawa will increase leaf and yard waste pick-up in rural non-village areas to four collections a year.
Yard waste facility closed Aug. 4-18 - Jul 22, 2008
Russellville Courier,The yard waste facility, located near the Russellville Animal Shelter, will be closed Aug. 4-18. It will reopen at 9 am Aug. 19. The facility will be closed
Yard waste site accepting storm debris - Jul 17, 2008
Wausau Daily Herald,KRONENWETTER — The village of Kronenwetter will open its yard waste site at 4496 Martin Rd. from 8 am to 6 pm today and tomorrow.
Plastic bags on way out in Delta's curbside collection of yard waste - Jul 19, 2008
Delta-Optimist,Delta council approved a staff recommendation this week to make the change to the yard waste collection program. Delta is following the lead of several
Morning preview: Utility costs, cell phones, GI Bill and Reader ... - Aug 4, 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerWe look forward to a good conversation on whether Seattle can afford the rate proposals and, in particular, whether big cuts in yard waste can be a
Trash is piling up along the North Shore and, unfortunately, it's ... - Aug 2, 2008
Sault Star,Even excuses, such as wanting to return the yard waste and tree limbs to nature where they belong, are bunk. "Compost," said Yusko.
From Yesterday's Supper to Tomorrow's 'Black Gold' - Jul 27, 2008
Gotham Gazette,Backyard composting, in which residents combine yard waste with food waste themselves to create compost at home or in community gardens, is the cheapest way
Embrace recycling of food waste - Jul 17, 2008
The Olympian,The city of Olympia has moved a step closer to its vision of “zero waste,� with the expansion of its yard waste residential program to include food waste
MYRTLE BEACH - Aug 3, 2008
Myrtle Beach Sun News,Myrtle Beach's Solid Waste Division wants to remind residents that solid waste, recycling, yard waste and bulky items are collected on the same day in each
Worm poop is a plant's best friend - Jul 30, 2008
Chicago Journal,Smith said in the "blue cart" wards-which have curbside recycling-vendors are processing yard waste differently. Residents of these wards can put yard waste
Millage increase required bravery, strength - Aug 2, 2008
Tampabay.com,One bin could be for yard waste — a year-round cash crop in topsoil-challenged Florida (compost works!). Another bin could hold newspaper and paper products
Many Olympia residentsto soon dump food waste - Jul 7, 2008
The Olympian,By John Dodge | The Olympian • Published July 07, 2008 The city of Olympia will expand its yard waste residential program to include food waste and
Waste not, want not : Can sewer sludge be a valuable resource for ... - Aug 3, 2008
Northwest Arkansas Times,The city composts biosolids with wood chips, yard waste and sawdust for a resulting product called Dillo Dirt. The Dillo Dirt is sold to vendors,
Residents gearing up for pay-as-you-throw trash - Jul 31, 2008
Worcester Telegram,The expense to collect rubbish, recycling and yard waste will continue to be paid through property taxes. But the cost of rubbish disposal increases with
Officials warn against outdoor burning - Jul 29, 2008
Hickory Daily Record,State officials are encouraging North Carolinians to avoid burning yard waste, although there's not a burn ban in place, because "the current drought
Crews 99 Percent Done With Storm Pickup - Jul 30, 2008
KETV.com,City crews said they are 99 percent finished with the yard waste pickups resulting from the June 27 storm. They have worked around the clock during the past
Region of Peel Civic Holiday Hours - Jul 30, 2008
Brampton News,Garbage and recycling (blue box, green bin and yard waste) will be collected one day later for the remainder of the week. There will be no change to the
Heat delays Raleigh recycling collections - Jul 30, 2008
WRAL.com,Raleigh, NC — Eight recycling routes and six yard-waste collection routes weren't completed Tuesday because of high temperatures, city officials said
DEC, AG, launch investigation into transfer station - Jul 25, 2008
Community News Weekly,The company picks up the yard waste for free, mulches it and sells it. Clifton Park residents are allowed to take all the mulch they want at no cost.
Town Looks into Contract Change to Cut Trash Costs - Jul 17, 2008
RedOrbit,The amount of yard waste was much more than Nascimento had anticipated and has cost the town much more in tipping fees in summer than if the yard waste was
It's time for Seafair and car-free Sundays - Aug 1, 2008
Seattle Post IntelligencerOh, how I love using the city-sanctioned yard-waste container for composting food scraps, something we were unable to do in an apartment.
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