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Several fires have occurred in C-entry over the past two years. At least one, which began in a paper-filled trash can, was considered a possible case of arson...
Collecting trash is not a problem; disposing...
...growing numbers, financially desperate communities are making what seem like pacts with the devilish, opening their arms to garbage, toxic waste and nuclear refuse from distant states. Such trade-offs of trash for jobs seem certain to increase in number, given the growing crackdown by states on local landfills, impending EPA standards for construction of dumps and the recent Supreme Court decision prohibiting trash tariffs to discourage out-of-state dumping...
...Long term, our members recognize that if you're not in recycling, you'll be out of business in 10 years," says Allen Blakey, public relations director for the National Solid Wastes Management Association, the nation's trash collectors. Yet government-mandated recycling laws, by requiring haulers in some instances to pick up unmarketable items, are actually forcing some into bankruptcy. The danger in this short-term failure of recyclonomics, warns William Rathje, author of the recently published book Rubbish! The Archaeology of Garbage, "is that, in the interim, recycling enthusiasts will become disillusioned at reports of difficulties...
...there's money in trash, entrepreneurs will find it. And in many instances they have. Processors are turning a profit by recycling high-value steel and aluminum cans and, in general, paper cartons and cardboard. A Shearson Lehman analysis concludes that recycling is now attracting "the attention of the solid waste industry investor." In two areas in particular, innovative ideas are cropping...