Landfills Signal Economic Downturn Shrinking Trash Volumes
Waste managers report 10 to 30 percent declines in trash as downturn reduces consumer buying, housing, and yard debris. Loudoun County Virginia landfill notes projected capacity extended by year and a half. Experts say reduced packaging, fewer new homes, and less dining out cut waste across industries.
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Washington
Richard S. Weber
Loudoun County
Circuit City
Weber
Loudoun Land
Virginia
Richard Doucette
Roughly Half a Nation's Trash Now Hits Landfills
From 1960 to 2007 Americans nearly doubled waste per person from 2.7 to 4.6 pounds daily and produced 254.1 million tons of household trash in 2007. Paper dominates, with yard trimmings, food scraps, plastics, metals, textiles, and glass shaping the mix. Reuse and repair rise as recycling, composting, and energy recovery shift tonnage away from dumps amid economic strains.
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EPA
United States
Brian McElroy
Friendly Computers
Herndon
Environmental Protection Agency
McElroy
Online death notices spur new digital afterlife services
After Jerald Spangenberg died during an online game his daughter sought to inform his gaming friends. The rise of posthumous email alerts has spawned services such as Deathswitch Slightly Morbid and Legacy Locker, offering automated messages, password protections, and fees to notify contacts after death. Experts note the growing role of online ties in both life and death.
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New York
Jerald Spangenberg
Melissa Allen Spangenberg
Chuck Pagoria
Morgantown
Spangenberg
Pagoria
Robert Bryant
Lawton
Oklo
Mike
Pamela Potter
Colorado Springs
Colo
Pamela
Bryant
David Eagleman
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
Jerry Spangenberg
Ann Allen
Melissa Spangenberg
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