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Exhuming E.T. for Moolah
Atari was a booming video game company in the 70’s and 80’s. E.T. was its downfall. They created a horrible game based on the movie which is said to have led to the company’s bankruptcy a few years...
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What Does Your State Do With Its Garbage?
Courtesy of WTERT. Information pulled from their 2012 State of Garbage Report. Possibly one of the most interesting graphics we’ve encountered.The states are ordered according to WTERT’s ‘Hierarchy of...
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The Landfill Free Garbage Company
Just because something is called garbage, doesn’t mean it’s useless. When a company that Sustainable Waste Solutions (SWS, who also style themselves “The Landfill Free Company”) had a contract with...
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Harrisburg Incinerator
When Margaret and I arrived at the Harrisburg incinerator, they were auctioning artifacts from the Wild West, including Native American art, Winchester rifles, and many others. You might wonder why...
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Are Fireworks More Toxic Than Incinerators?
When Phil and I set out on the Trash Blog our main goal was to educate ourselves, and to write thoughtful and well-researched posts. The more we’ve gotten into trash stories, the more difficult we’ve...
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Location, Location, Incineration
You might think that putting a garbage incinerator in the middle of the downtown district of a quaint New England town is not the best idea. Unfortunately, like deciding to leave the rain-fly off your...
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Milo Says: Buy High, Sell Low
One of the great wonders of modern literature is the egg-selling scheme of Milo Minderbinder in Catch-22. Milo makes a profit by buying eggs for seven cents a piece and selling them for five cents....
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The House of Cards
Biddeford has closed it’s incinerator, but nobody agreed to produce less garbage, so that trash hasn’t disappeared; it’s just going to another ‘away.’ The new away for Biddeford’s trash is the Juniper...
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Volcano as Incinerator
Featured image credit: Dr. Richard Roscoe, Photovolcanica.com. I recently came across this video clip by Dr. Richard Roscoe. Dr. Roscoe is a gentleman who takes pictures of volcanos. In the video clip,...
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Are fireworks safe?
Happy 4th of July, everyone! We will spend the day making blackberry ice cream with some blackberries we picked from our newest secret patch (Phil is a genius at finding untouched patches scattered...
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