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Landfills and Recycling Focus

 2003 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

2003 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Report on Landfill Trends in Capacity, Location etc.

        author: TCEQ

 2004 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

2004 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality report on landfill trends, locations etc.

        author: TCEQ Waste Permits Division

 2006 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

Annual report on Texas landfills from the state environmental agency

        author: TCEQ Waste Permits Division

 2007 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

2007 Annual Report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality detailing the heights, locations, capacities, recycling percentages, and impacts of waste diversion for landfills across the state. Includes historical data and trends analysis.

        author: TCEQ Waste Permits Division

 2008 Municipal Solid Waste in Texas: A Year in Review  

2008 Annual Report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality detailing the heights, locations, capacities, recycling percentages, and impacts of waste diversion for landfills across the state. Includes historical data and trends analysis.

        author: TCEQ Waste Permits Division

 Association Between Hazardous Chemical Sites and Illness  

Review of new studies of the potential health impacts of municipal and industrial landfills and abandoned waste sites.

        author: G. Fred Lee & Anne Jones-Lee

 Cheaper than Real Cost Landfilling  

Powerpoint Overview of the Problems with Landfilling including Health & Environmental Impacts

        author: G. Fred Lee & Anne Jones-Lee

 Citizen's Guide to Filing Landfill Complaints  

Are the landfills bothering you again?  Make a complaint! The law says that polluting facilities are not supposed to interfere with the use and enjoyment of your property. But making a pollution complaint can be a frustrating process.

        author: PRW

 Comments on landfill groundwater pollution  

A rebuttal highlighting flaws in a study by the Solid Waste Association of North America, which attempted to downplay the harmful effects of groundwater pollution from landfill leachate.

        author: G. Fred Lee, PhD, DEE

 Landfill Terms and Explanations  

Explanation of landfill terms related to the landfill rules and the TCEQ

        author: Texas Campaign for the Environment

 Landfills with 50 Years or More of Remaining Life  

Statistics on Texas Landfills with 50 Years or More of Remaining Life

        author: Texas Campaign for the Environment

 Summary on Mercury Emissions from Landfills  

Summary on Mercury Emissions from Landfills from Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association

        author: Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association

 Wasting and Recycling in the United States 2000  

GrassRoots Recycling Network report prepared by Institute for Local Self-Reliance - excellent overview of trash system and Zero Waste solutions, even if a little dated.

        author: Institute for Local Self-Reliance