Judge permanently blocks Manhattan Project radioactive waste from Wayne Disposal landfill

The injunction bars the shipments of elevated radiation waste from sites managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Wayne Disposal. The hazardous waste facility is owned by Republic Services. 

The harms from the waste are long-lasting or permanent and cannot be offset with monetary damages, and monitoring and engineering controls at the landfill are insufficient, Cox said...

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/environment-climate-change/2026-05-28/judge-permanently-blocks-manhattan-project-radioactive-waste-from-wayne-disposal-landfill

 

Free Returns Are Complicated, Laborious, and Gross - The Atlantic

… All of that unwanted stuff piles up. Some of it will be diverted into a global shadow industry of bulk resellers, some of it will be stripped for valuable parts, and some of it will go directly into an incinerator or a landfill...

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/free-returns-online-shopping/620169/

America’s recycled plastic waste is clogging landfills, survey finds

Many facilities lack the ability to process ‘mixed plastics’, a category of waste that has virtually no market as new products ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/18/americas-recycled-plastic-waste-is-clogging-landfills-survey-finds

Wind Turbine Blades Can’t Be Recycled, So They’re Piling Up in Landfills - Bloomberg

Companies are searching for ways to deal with the tens of thousands of blades that have reached the end of their lives. ....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-05/wind-turbine-blades-can-t-be-recycled-so-they-re-piling-up-in-landfills

Why you shouldn't recycle plastic bags at home

https://youtu.be/kwuBfgvfUC4

I pick up plastic waste to save it from landfill. It's lonely but worth it | Environment | The Guardian

In my single-handed fight I have collected 180,000 items – 50 pieces of litter a day for 10 years. If only the world didn’t find this weird...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jul/04/i-pick-up-plastic-waste-save-from-landfill-lonely-but-worth-it?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=233598&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection