With the legislative session well under way, New Hampshire lawmakers haven’t tired of putting forward new proposals for how landfills should be sited and regulated — but finding one a majority can accept has proven difficult. Tension over the state’s waste has come to a head in recent years, with private waste disposal companies pushing […]
GILFORD — Public Works Director Meghan Theriault knows food waste can be a massive part of the town's solid waste. In an effort to reduce it, …
With truckloads of trash juice laden with toxic PFAS arriving at its facility, a wastewater treatment plant in North Conway is considering investing in emerging technology to help remove the “forever chemicals.” Other towns in New Hampshire are exploring the technology, which is already used by some private companies, including Casella Waste Systems, to reduce […]
The money he collected from can recycling was donated to women's charities.
If New Hampshire’s landfills are like bathtubs, some legislators are looking for new ways to turn off — or at least turn down — the tap. Regulating waste after it’s been discarded is like “going to get a mop” while the tub is overflowing, said Rep. Lucius Parshall, a Democrat from Marlborough and a proponent […]
When the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services tweaked the math behind its statewide recycling rate estimate last fall, the result suggested that the state was doing worse than previously thought at diverting waste from landfills. That wasn’t all the sobering news contained within the most recent Biennial Solid Waste Report, which also showed New […]
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The owner and operator of a landfill in Bethlehem will pay $1.9 million in penalties to the state for multiple alleged violations. The fine is the largest civil penalty ever assessed for a violation of the state’s Solid Waste Management Act, said Attorney General John Formella in a press release Monday. The release announced the […]
On its first day back in session, the New Hampshire Senate considered multiple bills held over from last session on waste regulation, continuing a long-running discussion on the topic and upholding the trend of Senate and House divergence on the matter. On Wednesday, senators passed an amended version of House Bill 707, legislation retained from […]