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Mustard-filled weapons found in Utah desert	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Kirsten Stewart The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 02:36PM MDT Some of the World War II-era munitions recovered in recent months from Deseret Chemical Depot landfills have been found to contain mustard, a liquid blistering agent. The depot’s Chemical Agent Disposal Facility, 20 miles south of Tooele, was shut down in January 2012 with the incineration of the last of a decades-old stockpile of chemical weapons. But still remaining on the 19,000-acre property are 27 informal dumps where weapons and debris were burned over the decades before environmental haza... ...
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New wastewater plant planned for Central Landfill	20.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
New wastewater plant planned for Central Landfill
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Dayplanner (Cached)	18.5.2013	Durango Herald
Meetings and EventsDurango Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-noon, First National Bank parking lot, www.durangofarmersmarket.org.La Plata Conservation District outreach informational booth for youth and landowners, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Breen Community Center, 15300 Colorado Highway 140 in Breen, wwww.laplatacd.org,...
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No heading (Cached)	17.5.2013	Durango Herald
Meetings and EventsCity of Durango will host Mulch Mania, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today and Saturday, old Van Dal landfill, three-quarter mile past the end of Tech Center Drive, www.durangorecycles.com, 375- 5004.Durango Kennel Club Dog Show, 9 a.m., Montezuma County Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. Highway 160, located east of Cortez,...
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No heading	17.5.2013	Durango Herald
Meetings and EventsCity of Durango will host Mulch Mania, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. today and Saturday, old Van Dal landfill, three-quarter mile past the end of Tech Center Drive, www.durangorecycles.com, 375- 5004.Durango Kennel Club Dog Show, 9 a.m., Montezuma County Fairgrounds, 30100 U.S. Highway 160, located east of Cortez,...
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A powerful use for spoiled food	16.5.2013	LA Times: Business
A powerful use for spoiled food
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Radioactive material at Mesa County landfill raises health concern	16.5.2013	Denver Post: News: Local
Radioactive material at Mesa County landfill raises health concern
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Their Instruments May Be Garbage, but the Music Will Bring Tears to Your Eyes	13.5.2013	Mother Jones
Close your eyes and listen to Juan Manuel Chavez launch into the Prelude of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1, and you would never guess that, instead of spruce and maple, his instrument is crafted from an old oil can, a beef tenderizing tool, and a discarded pasta making device—all of it scavenged from the landfill that surrounds his home in Paraguay. Chavez is a cellist in the Landfill Harmonic Orchestra in Cateura, an Asunción slum where bottle caps, door keys, and paint cans have been given new purpose. Under the supervision of local musician Favio Chávez, these utterly impoverished kids make beautiful music on instruments constructed almost entirely out of materials reclaimed from the dump. Filmmaker and Asunción native Alejandra Nash first heard about the phenomenon back in 2009, and decided to produce a documentary about the kids—she and her co-producers are aiming for a 2014 release. She'll have plenty of support. The teaser she posted online last November ...
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EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites	13.5.2013	Boston Globe: Latest
EPA begins review of 16 NE Superfund sites
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Is It Safe To Use Compost Made From Treated Human Waste?	13.5.2013	NPR Health Science
Treated human waste has been used on farmland for decades, but the ick factor has not entirely faded. Some environmentalists think the treatment process may not get rid of all the harmful contaminants that could be in the waste.
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David Attenborough opens Essex nature reserve built on London's waste	12.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Thurrock Thameside nature park, which rests on a rubbish dump, has been officially opened by Sir David Attenborough Thurrock Thameside nature park has the look of a classic wildlife reserve. Perched on the Essex coastline on the Thames estuary, it covers 120 acres of grass, bramble and shrub. It is home to barn owls, brown hares, harvest mice, great crested newts, yellow wagtails, reed buntings, adders and various orchids. It is, in short, a haven for nature lovers. The site has one unusual feature, however: it rests on a thick bed of rubbish and domestic waste that has been dumped by six London boroughs over the past 50 years and which, in places, has piled up to form layers that are 30m thick. It is a strange bedrock for a nature reserve to say the least. It is a certainly remarkable transformation. And yesterday, the Essex nature park – awarded an ethical award by the Observer in 2011 – was given a great accolade: Sir David Attenborough conducted the official opening. "We live in a ...
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VIDEO: Landfill site becomes nature reserve	11.5.2013	BBC News - Science & Environment
A huge landfill site in Essex that has been transformed into a 120-acre nature reserve has been officially opened by Sir David Attenborough.
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Castro's mother: My son is sick	10.5.2013	CNN: Top Stories
Ariel Castro's mother tells reporters she is troubled by her son's actions and is suffering during this time.
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EnergySolutions takes another step toward private status	10.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
the Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2013 05:50PM MDT EnergySolutions, Inc. expects to see its stock delisted from the New York Stock Exchange on or about May 24, now that the Salt Lake City company’s merger with Energy Capital Partners II LLC has been approved by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Listed since 2007 as ES, the nuclear waste company already has received shareholder approval for the move to private hands, as well as the blessing of authorities in Utah and the other states where it has operations. The company owns and operates a... ...
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Studios donating film set materials to Habitat for Humanity	8.5.2013	LA Times: Business
Studios donating film set materials to Habitat for Humanity
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Environmental groups slam plan to allow more incinerators in Massachusetts	8.5.2013	Boston Globe: Massachusetts
Environmental groups slam plan to allow more incinerators in Massachusetts
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London waste to be burnt in west	7.5.2013	BBC: Front Page
Landfill waste from six west London boroughs could be burnt in Bristol by 2016.
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Gotham: A Sheik’s Vision Could Trump Plan for a Queens Park	7.5.2013	NY Times: NY Region
Gotham: A Sheik’s Vision Could Trump Plan for a Queens Park
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Letters: New York Expands Its Recycling Bin	4.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Letters: New York Expands Its Recycling Bin
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Mom who killed, tossed infant in the trash, warned he could end up in a casket	4.5.2013	Headlines: All Headlines
Torrey Brown Jr. was wearing a yellow onesie when they found him.It was the outfit his mother had dressed her son in two months earlier, the same day she smothered the 7-month-old and stuffed
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