landfill
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The agency gets the images within 48 hours, then sends out notices to landfill and oil and gas operators when methane is seen escaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Caterpillar’s newest landfill machinery doesn’t need a human in the operator’s cab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
The next big leap for autonomous tech is happening at your local landfill.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
They say the combination of significantly reduced landfill space and a breakdown of Glasgow's main incinerator have created a "perfect storm" which could see waste left uncollected.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
A hundred rats had chased him farther into the landfill, to where human machines screamed and scraped in the trash heaps.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Carbon Mapper doesn’t have similar numbers for landfills because methods to calculate the impacts of repairs are still being developed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Remote-controlled and automated equipment could help ease a shortage of equipment operators at construction sites, landfills and other job sites struggling to fill positions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
One estimate suggests that 11 million tons of REEs trapped in U.S. coal ash landfills is worth $8.4 billion -- nearly eight times the nation's current raw domestic reserves.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The company said landfills, where operations are typically predictable and monotonous, are ideal for automated equipment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
She reminded him that parts of the city had been built on landfills containing arsenic, lead, mercury, barium, and other carcinogens.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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