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Spectrum Brands’ ties with Clean Lakes Alliance prompting festival protest
Capital Times: The connection between Spectrum Brands, the maker of Rayovac batteries, and the Clean Lakes Alliance is prompting a protest Saturday at one of the Clean Lakes Alliance’s biggest annual fundraisers, the Clean Lakes Festival.
Houston Faces Opposition to One Bin Trash Plan
Environmental Leader: Houston’s One Bin for All trash plan, touted by the city as the next evolution in recycling, may be facing some opposition by a coalition of groups who do not agree with the program’s proposed environmental value.
Ways Houston can increase its recycling rate
Houston Chronicle Guest Column: We believe the right services and education programs will yield successful results just like they have in other cities.
Consortium targets Capri Sun in new push to emphasize recycling
Plastic News: A coalition of organizations devoted to waste and recycling, plastic pollution and resource conservation today launched the Make It, Take It Campaign, a collaborative effort to pressure consumer goods companies to take responsibility for packaging waste.
Groups oppose gasification idea
KTRH AM 740: Houston-area environmental groups come out to oppose plans for a gasification plant which would burn the city’s trash.
As AG Weighs Plastic Bag Laws, Dallas Passes Its Own
Texas Tribune: The Dallas ordinance, which the City Council approved by a vote of 8-6, doesn’t ban plastic bags outright. Rather, it limits their use by imposing a 5-cent-per-bag charge on retailers.
Dallas Will Charge Fees for Plastic Bag Use
NBC News D/FW: The Dallas City Council has passed a proposal ordering retailers to charge a fee for one-time use plastic bags while partially banning them from city-owned facilities.
Protesters Demand City Abandon ‘One Bin for All’ Recycling
KUHF 88.7: Environmentalists rallied outside Houston City Hall to protest against the city’s planned one-bin recycling program. Some groups doubt the celebrated program will benefit the environment.
Leaking landfills fuel contamination concerns across state
Fox News 34 Lubbock: A report by the Texas Campaign for the Environment says 40 percent of the nearly 200 active landfills in Texas are leaking toxins, and one of Lubbock’s two landfills is on the list. The 2013 report uses Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) data from 2012.
At Least 40% of Active Texas Landfills are Leaking Toxins
Public News Service: As the battle over the site of a proposed landfill in central Texas continues, a new analysis is raising concerns statewide.
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