A city shifts into full-scale recycling

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Leacheate and methane leaks from unlined landfills in Burlington, VT caused residents to file a class suit against their city government in the mid-1980s. Today, Burlington is a model community for waste recycling in the US. Its Environmental Depot, Wood and Brush Depot and Burlington Compost Project, curbside collection projects and double-lined landfill enable city residents to recycle or dispose of their wastes economically, safely and efficiently.

Management, Design and construction, Leaching, Sanitary landfills, Burlington, Vermont, Fills (Earthwork)

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Recycling and composting grow faster than corn in Kansas

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An overview is presented on the sharp rise in the number of recycling and composting facilities for municipal solid waste in Kansas, along with a listing of the business and agency partnerships that made the increase possible. Other topics include the state's public education campaign and a compost test-site and research center at Kansas State University.

Kansas, Research, Compost plants, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling, Kansas State University

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Catalog company tackles textile recycling

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Lands' End is expanding its program for recycling textile waste and reducing the need for landfill. The company achieved a recycling rate of some 88% for waste generated in 1999.

Clothing industry, Lands' End Inc., LE

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