Here’s what I know about efforts to be a little more creative about garbage than just piling it into gigantic mountains. A company in Florida is building a plasma-arc incinerator next to one of the largest landfills in the state, which is meant to burn all the old garbage in the dump and convert it into energy. Toxic substances are supposed to be trapped in an inert, glass-like clinker that is the byproduct of the superhot incineration process. If it works, we’re pretty sure to see many more of these. And in the meantime, now that the price of oil is up, many of the larger landfills are capturing methane for conversion to usable fuel rather than flaring it off.

Things are looking up, a little bit, perhaps?

Also you might find my blog of some interest in relation to landfill: http://landfill.wordpress.com.

Happy blogging and keep up the good work!

Marijke