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 Stories About: Louisiana AND solid waste treatment and disposal
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A Heap of Sorrows
A controversial New Orleans landfill is set to close, but eco-disaster still looms |
Wayne Curtis |
10 Aug 2006 |
Main Dish |
| The logistics of cleaning up New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina are almost beyond comprehension. Louisiana's Department of Environmental Quality says some 15,000 houses are slated to be torn down, and demolition is the likely fate of 80,000 more. As a result, DEQ estimates, the city will ultimately truck off and dispose of some 20 million cubic yards of ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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Dumping to a Conclusion
Louisiana officials and enviros clash over disposal of hurricane debris |
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01 Nov 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Dumping to a Conclusion Louisiana officials and enviros clash over disposal of hurricane debris The pressure on regional officials to cleanse New Orleans of the trash and debris left by Hurricane Katrina is intense -- so intense that eco-groups say they're cutting corners, sending garbage to areas not equipped to handle it, and on the verge of creating a Superfund-sized toxic problem. Illegal dumping in ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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The Trash Money Crew
New Orleans garbage will fill at least 3.5 million truckloads |
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17 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| The Trash Money Crew New Orleans garbage will fill at least 3.5 million truckloads We'd hate to be the ones tasked with separating out the recycling: Cleaning up New Orleans will involve hauling 22 million tons of garbage and waste that have been moldering in the heat and damp since late August's Hurricane Katrina, including rotting food, ruined furniture, carpeting, metals, chemicals, and more. It's the ... |
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| Topics: Louisiana, news, solid waste treatment and disposal (all these topics) |
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One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Dead Mississippi
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12 Feb 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| One Mississippi, Two Mississippi, Dead Mississippi Six states whose waters feed the lower Mississippi River agreed this week to work together to reduce the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Fertilizers, sewage, and other nutrient-rich pollutio ... |
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| Topics: Arkansas, food and agriculture, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, marine life, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, oceans, rivers and watersheds, solid waste treatment and disposal, Tennessee, Texas, toxics (all these topics) |
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