E nvironmental Insanity is often described as repeating the same actions expecting different outcomes. This oversimplification may explain the negative trend in regulatory approval. The "Push Through" technique for environmental regulatory approval is now less effective, leading to longer delays and more failures. Many landfill or ash impoundment owners rely on these ineffective traditional methods, [...]
W hen it comes to landfill expansions, landfill owners should consider project costs and are paramount to the decision process. The most prudent strategy should not only reflect the science behind the decision, but also how project costs factor in the decision process. At times because of the contentious landfill expansion market or the [...]
O ver the past several years, increased pressure from communities, environmental groups, politicians, and regulators has changed the environmental service game. In most cases, it is no longer good enough to deal with environmental challenges by applying traditional approaches – Forcing project owners to look for alternatives, like more collaborative approaches. Albert Einstein is widely [...]
T he number of landfills in the U.S. is decreasing, resulting in dwindling airspace available to hold our waste. If you own a landfill, you must ask, “Is my landfill an asset or a liability?” - The answer is “yes, it is an asset”. Like any asset local landfill owners need to protect, improve and [...]
i t is hard to imagine, with such little progress over the past fifteen years, that we are on the verge of solving the coal ash dilemma. But the simple fact remains that to eliminate carbon pollution from the electricity sector in a reasonable timeframe requires a “mass clean-up” of inadequate coal ash storage across [...]
For many years a variety of industries performed and developed activities with little regard for the environmental impact. These operations were carried out at a time where laws and regulations were either non-existent or not comprehensive enough, which led to the development of contaminated sites. Environmental remediation is a process that is used to [...]
