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One week left to register for Trash Free Maryland's South Baltimore Brewery District clean-up! Go to trashfreemaryland.org to register. The event is June 9, 2024 10 am - 12pm starting at the parking lot at 701 W. Ostend Street. What I love about the Trash Free Maryland clean-ups is that volunteers collect data on the trash found - such as type of material, brand, etc. That data is used to back-up policy recommendations & initiatives, such as the plastic bag bill which has already greatly reduced the number of plastic bags found in our waterways! Data like this also sheds light on corporations responsible for pollution, such as Coca-Cola which was recently found (according to a study by breakfreefromplastic.org) to be the world's top plastic polluter for the 6th year in a row. You can check out their report at: https://lnkd.in/eJbAQ2N4

🗑Do you know where your trash goes? Our Trash Lives Next to this Community is a recent podcast episode from The Broadside by Anisa Khalifa and Charlie Shelton-Ormond from North Carolina Public Radio-WUNC that highlights stories from the community of Snow Hill. The residents of Snow Hill, once a thriving Black community in Sampson County North Carolina, live next to the largest landfill in the state. It covers approximately 1400 acres and although some waste is prohibited (flammable materials, factory farm waste, tires, vehicles, etc.), some residents have witnessed these items being dumped there. Though the landfill currently complies with its permits, some argue the laws are not strong enough and do not account for cumulative impacts. For example, in addition to the landfill, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports is the second largest methane emitter among landfills across the U.S., there are many factory-scale livestock production facilities in the area. And high levels of PFAS have been found in wells around the landfill. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has been brought in to test for PFAS and drinking water safety, and methane capture technology, which would generate electricity from the methane emitted from the landfill, has been proposed. However, many residents, who protested the siting of the landfill from the beginning, see these efforts as greenwashing and want the landfill closed. It is not projected to be full for another 20 years. Learn more via the links below: Episode can be found here - https://lnkd.in/eSnaNdXg Read Cameron Oglesby’s reporting for The Assembly on Roseboro’s Snow Hill neighborhood and its 50-year fight against North Carolina’s largest landfill - https://lnkd.in/eSJb7Mdt 

Peterborough, it's time for some trash talk. Everyone wants to complain about the littering problem, but like many things, few people seem to want to do something about it. It ranges from Buddy tossing his cigarette butt onto the road to someone putting their rejected household waste in municipal park bins, leaving no space for patrons to put their litter. And don't get us started on the people bagging up their dog's poop and tossing the bag onto the grass or into a tree. You could blame the city or county for not putting out enough rubbish bins or not collecting often enough, but ultimately, these are not so much on the city as those who immediately stuff a week's worth of garbage into these receptacles the minute they've been emptied. We need to do better. On many levels, we all need to do better. Learn how to properly recycle. Learn what goes into the clear waste bags, so they don't get rejected n the first place. See what other waste diversion initiatives are available with our pals at Clean Up Peterborough or GreenUp. If you're out somewhere and need to throw something out, don't just stack it on top of an already heaped trash bin. Take it home or find a different one. Even more effective than just running mouths is running a clean-up of a neighbourhood or a communal space. Our friends at the Ashburnham Monument Stewardship Group have an event this weekend to give the beloved hill some TLC before everything is covered in snow. You can join them and make sure that when Taylor's toboggan wipes out this weekend, it's not into a bag of frozen poop. "There is no Planet B" is more than just a hippie bumper sticker. It's a fact. The trash problem is something we can actually do right now to help reverse some of the damage. Let's get out there and put the trash where it belongs. Good talk. #TrashyThursday #EnvironmentalCauses #CleanUps #MamaTaughtYouBetter #ThursdayThoughts

To this day, I love the free wheelie bin initiative provided to landed houses. I remember since my house got the wheelie bin, it's easier to separate domestic trash and garden trash and to plan when to throw the trash outside so that we can follow the trash collection schedule. Along with the trash disposal rules, fines were also introduced for those who break the rules such as throwing bulk/garben trash into wheelie bins. I hope that the fines imposed on those who does not follow the trash disposal rules are more actively implemented. This is because there are still irresponsible people who will slip bulk/garden trash into the wheelie bins. This fine is one of the ways to instill discipline and teach the community about smart trash disposal. It's just that one of the annoying things that can't be avoided for me is that some people are lazy to separate the garbage or they are not alert to the schedule, they choose to throw the mixed trash into other house's wheelie bin when the trash collection day has passed. Maybe it's because they don't know what is the purpose of the wheelie bin and when is the exact garbage collection schedule. I hope Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) and Alam Flora Sdn Bhd can do initiatives such as sending messages to the community via telegram bots or any messaging apps for the domestic/garden/bulk waste collection schedule to serve as a visual reminder. Ts Dr Muhammad Heikal

NYC’s Commercial Waste Industry: STILL Hazardous 🚨 New report alert! Five years after NYC passed Local Law 199, private garbage trucks are still involved in shocking numbers of crashes—61 serious incidents from 2022-2024, causing 103 injuries and 3 tragic deaths. Even more concerning, 61% of these trucks failed safety checks, far above the national average. The root causes? Excessively long, overlapping routes, poorly maintained trucks, and fatigued drivers working grueling night shifts. NYLPI and the Transform Don’t Trash Coalition are calling for a full, citywide rollout of the Commercial Waste Zones System and strong enforcement of safety and environmental standards to address these risks. It’s time to make NYC’s waste industry safer for all! Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eZ9MzQQC

Thanks to Gothamist for covering our latest report with TDTNYC on how NYC's Commercial Garbage Companies Continue to Put Workers and the Public at Risk. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/eEMzY_eR

It's Earth Day! 🌎 Did you know that Kansas City residents discard an estimated 30,000+ mattresses each year? Nationally, it’s more like 20 million mattresses and box springs annually. End on end, that’s enough mattresses to circle the earth! Most are not recycled or repurposed. That means 450 million pounds of bed waste is taking up more than 100 million cubic feet of landfill space every year. And mattresses are particularly troublesome landfill tenants. They don’t decompose, they become refugees for bed bugs and other vermin, they take up a lot of space, and they contain non-biodegradable synthetic foam and fibers and hazardous flame retardant chemicals which can leach into drinking water. Learn more about how you can help our environment, our mission and children here in Kansas City by visiting https://lnkd.in/gHrFzwA. #sleepyheadbeds #earthday #beds4kidskc #kids #families #gentlyused #environment #thankyou #helpingchildren #helpingfamilies

Bins popping up in remote areas are at the taxpayer/ratepayer cost.The service cannot be viable and how much really goes into recycling.Most viable solution is to pick up with the one truck and take to landfill. In reality the taxapayer and rate payer gets slugged and the product still goes to landfill. As long as the circular wish recyclers can media clap,everyone-everything is ok. Meanwhile western countries are still dumping waste in the oceans/rivers as waste water. That waste contains plastic waste from sources like polyester non-woven and compostable packaging. Truth telling must happen before the "feel good" logos on multiple bins on your walking track.

Newburyport, MA is the newest community to start a Pay As You Throw Program. Their Overflow Trash Program began on October 14! If you are interested in reducing trash in your community, please reach out! Here are some of their changes: a. Each household* is limited to 64 gallons’ worth of trash to be picked up at the curb, per week, a reduction from 96 gallons. b. Residents can only dispose of more than 64 gallons of trash in a week if they place the additional trash in an official fee-based “overflow” bag. c. You may not use barrels bigger than the 64-gallon size. d.The fee for a bulk item disposal sticker has increased to $15, which more accurately reflects the true cost of disposal. Stickers may be purchased at Market Basket or Shaw’s at customer service windows, or at Black Duck, Richdale, and 7-Eleven from the cashier.

Did you know your trash and recycling cans need to have their lids fully closed for the city to ensure they get emptied? 🙉 While sometimes cans with slightly open lids still get serviced, there are instances where overflowing cans get skipped entirely. The reason is simple: during pick-up, if the lid isn’t shut, bags and trash can easily fly out, causing a big mess. To avoid this, make sure your cans aren’t overflowing and the lids are securely closed when you place them at the curb. Help keep the streets clean and ensure your trash gets collected! 💯 #canmonkey #cantocurb #closedlids