Residents living near a toxic waste dump in Melbourne's north are demanding a health impact study amid concerns of a cancer cluster in their community. Opponents of the Tullamarine Hazardous Waste Landfill, which is now closed, have conducted a study More...

For years, power and coal companies have been freely dumping toxic coal ash into unlined landfills and unsafe ponds. Coal ash is hazardous waste from coal-fired power plants filled with dangerously high levels of arsenic, selenium, mercury and other More...

Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold called on the state Wednesday to delay approval of putting coal ash in a landfill just across the county line in Baltimore until the federal government has decided whether the waste should be treated as h More...

Unlike other Indian states and countries, over 7,000 tones of Delhi’s waste is either recycled or send to landfill sites. Incineration of waste, a method adopted by most countries, is usually not possible in Delhi due to the state’s uniqu More...

Apr 07, 2010 (LBO) - A Malaysian-Bahraini joint venture, Orizon Renewable Energy, plans to invest 230 million US dollars in Sri Lanka to set up a power plant that will generate energy from solid waste, the investment promotion agency said. The Board More...