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Diaper event aims to change minds
alnotarianni@aol.comThey used to be plain, thick, white and messy. Today, they are sporty and trendy, sometimes even chic and formal. Eric and Lisel Powell bantered over which look they wanted as they prepared to diaper their 10-month old son, Jim Powell, on Saturday at the...Tags: Auction Service, Environmental Issues
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Boonsboro business participates in cloth diaper awareness event
marieg@herald-mail.comCloth diapers are having a back-to-the-future moment. Sure, 95 percent of American families who use diapers purchase the throw-away variety. But as a result, says the Environmental Protection Agency, 3.5 million tons of used diapers are put in landfills...Tags: Auction Service, Environmental Politics, Ceremonies, Waste Management and Pollution Control, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Environmental groups split on giving farmers more say about bay rules
Environmental groups are split over a bill that would give Maryland farmers more certainty about how Chesapeake Bay restoration regulations will affect them. Under the legislation, farmers would be exempted from new regulations for 10 years if they agree...Tags: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues, National Wildlife Federation
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Judge rules that solid waste treatment company should operate in Berkeley County
matthewu@herald-mail.comA company that wants to produce solid refuse fuel from household garbage in Berkeley County should be allowed to do so, a West Virginia Public Service Commission administrative law judge has ruled. The recommended decision filed Monday grants a...Tags: Government, Civil and Public Service, Local Government, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Politics
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Berkeley County leaders support mixed waste resource recovery facility
matthewu@herald-mail.comBerkeley County leaders are backing a company that wants to build a $19 million facility to produce a solid refuse fuel from household garbage that could then be burned at a Martinsburg cement plant. The Berkeley County Council voted 5-0 in support of...Tags: Science and Technology, Environmental Issues
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Berkeley County Council OKs donation of land for park
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe Berkeley County Council voted Thursday to take ownership of a 1.7-acre parcel that is being donated for a park in the community of Bedington, W.Va. The new recreation site, which is proposed to be named Goldie Gibbons Park, is along Bedington Road...Tags: Human Interest, Waste Management Incorporated, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Animals, Waste Management and Pollution Control
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Septic tank politics taking center stage
As a newly minted journalist three decades ago, I had more world-changing crusades than you could shake a sword at. One of the targets in my sights was trailer parks, which I considered to be a blight on the landscape and a threat to all that is good...Tags: Media Industry, Local Government, Environmental Issues, Laws, Justice System
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Waynesboro converting to 'single-stream' recycling
waynesboro@herald-mail.comNew recycling rules are coming to the Borough of Waynesboro for 2013, and the municipality’s 4,300 Waste Management customers will be getting larger recycling bins. The borough is converting to a “single-stream” system, meaning all...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Environmental Issues
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Pa. towns eye switching municipal vehicles to natural gas
waynesboro@herald-mail.comSome local governments in Franklin County, Pa., are considering whether converting municipal vehicles to run on natural gas could provide long-term cost savings. Waynesboro’s borough manager, Lloyd Hamberger, said this week he thinks his...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Local Government, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia)
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Waynesboro's new trash contract includes 'single-stream' recycling
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA new trash contract approved this week in the Borough of Waynesboro will change how residents and businesses recycle materials. The Waynesboro Borough Council unanimously approved a three-year contract with Waste Management on Wednesday. At $700,000 per...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Environmental Issues
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Shepherdstown dedicates new high-tech sewage treatment plant
richardb@herald-mail.comIn 1980, Shepherdstown opened its first public sewage treatment plant, and for the first time in the town’s history, it stopped dumping raw sewage into the Potomac River. The town reached another milestone Friday, when it dedicated a new...Tags: Science and Technology, Herb Snyder, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia), Environmental Issues, Earl Ray Tomblin
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Hagerstown City Council briefs
Permanent seating at City Park band shell discussed The city of Hagerstown is considering installing permanent seating at the Peter Buys Band Shell at City Park. City Engineer Rodney Tissue presented initial plans Tuesday to the Hagerstown City Council,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Environmental Issues, Travel
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