admin on August 6th, 2009

Landfills are a necessary part of our lives.  Can you imagine what things would look like if we didn’t have a place to dump and dispose of all the garbage that we humans produce?  The act of burying garbage is the oldest method of controlled waste disposal and is still the most popular method used [...]

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admin on August 4th, 2009

What is Carbon Footprint?
 

What does the term “carbon footprint” mean as it pertains to the environment?  According to Wikipedia, carbon footprint is “the total set of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product”.  Breaking that down a little more, we could say that a carbon footprint is [...]

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