Missouri landfill cleanup bill would dissolve solid waste districts, sparking debate over funding, jobs and local control

A Missouri bill would give the state power to clean up abandoned landfills while dissolving solid waste districts and shifting how recycling grants are handled.
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Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic-makers used recycling as a fig leaf

Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching... The plastics industry has worked for decades to ...
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Tennessee lawmaker proposes solid waste task force to tackle growing trash problem

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The state’s largest landfill is nearing capacity; one lawmaker wants to form a solid waste task force to tackle Tennessee’s growing trash problem. Rep. Bryan Terry ...