waste management

Manchester’s wastewater treatment facility received a new permit from federal regulators that requires the facility to monitor for PFAS chemicals, but not to limit their amounts. The Conservation Law Foundation is appealing, arguing the EPA did not do enough to consider PFAS contamination and environmental justice.

The state will place a $3.50 per ton surcharge on all solid waste taken at any of the state’s six active landfills or its waste-to-energy facility.

The study commissioned by state officials showed that, after food waste, compostable paper like cardboard and newspapers make up the second-largest share of New Hampshire’s municipal solid waste. Not far behind are discarded textiles, leather goods and pet waste.

This permit is one of several sought by the company for the project, and without it, the landfill cannot go forward.

The Manchester wastewater facility is due for a new permit from the EPA. But that permit just includes requirements to monitor PFAS chemicals, not to remove them from the wastewater that flows into the Merrimack River.

Over the past three years, waste management companies have collectively spent about $250,000 on state lobbying efforts.

Don’t trash the tree: Each municipality has its own guidance for composting or recycling trees, and adventurous Granite Staters could even feed their evergreen to a goat.

New Hampshire’s last trash plan is almost two decades old. Many are looking towards how a new plan will change things.

The Vermont-based waste management company says it plans to re-submit applications for the controversial project.

The draft outline includes climate change and environmental justice considerations in the plan for the first time.