Engineer superbly breaks down how landfills work, and we’ve never been more grateful for science

An engineer explains landfill science and why landfills are surprisingly a low-impact way of dealing with our garbage.

Civil engineering researchers are teaching AI how to sort your recycling

At Stony Brook University, researchers are developing an AI-assisted system to analyze and characterize contaminated items in ...
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Municipal Solid Waste Recycling in the United States

This project was supported by a contract between the National Academy of Sciences and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Contract No. AWD-002044). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or ...
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Costs and Approaches for Municipal Solid Waste Recycling Programs

Municipal solid waste (MSW) recycling programs are highly localized activities, where materials are collected, sorted, processed, and converted into raw materials for the production of new products.

AECOM, Binnies and Ramboll joint venture appointed for Phase 2 of Singapore’s Integrated Waste Management Facility

Binnies and Ramboll today announced that it has been appointed by Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) to deliver multi-disciplinary consultancy services for Phase 2 of the Integrated Waste ...