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2. Container deposit legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Bottle bill has been proposed several times. In 1970(nay: 51%), 1979(nay 57%), 1982(nay 70%), 2023 and 2024. 2023 and 2024 proposals were modeled after Oregon's system. Texas unsuccessfully attempted to introduce a bottle bill into legislation in 2011. The bill set a redemption goal of 75%, with a deposit rate of 10¢ for containers 24 U.S. fl ...

3. Georgetown to hold household hazardous waste event May 18

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   FOX 7 Austin Digital Team. April 11, 2024 at 6:42 PM. GEORGETOWN, Texas - The City of Georgetown is set to hold a free household hazardous waste collection in May. The event will be from 9 a.m. to ...

4. Onsite sewage facility - Wikipedia

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   Onsite sewage facilities ( OSSF ), also called septic systems, are wastewater systems designed to treat and dispose of effluent on the same property that produces the wastewater, in areas not served by public sewage infrastructure. A septic tank and drainfield combination is a fairly common type of on-site sewage facility in the Western world.

5. Waste Management (company) - Wikipedia

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   Waste Management, Inc., doing business as WM, [4] [5] is a waste management, comprehensive waste, and environmental services company operating in North America. Founded in 1968, the company is headquartered in the Bank of America Tower in Houston, Texas. The company's network includes 337 transfer stations, 254 active landfill disposal sites ...

6. Solid waste policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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   Solid waste Solid Waste Tree, Based on Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, United States Environmental Protection Agency. Solid waste means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or an air pollution control facility and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous material resulting from ...

7. Republic Services - Wikipedia

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   Website. RepublicServices.com. Republic Services, Inc. is a North American waste disposal company whose services include non-hazardous solid waste collection, waste transfer, waste disposal, recycling, and energy services. It is the second largest provider of waste disposal in the United States (as measured by revenue) after Waste Management .

8. Texas’ environmental agency enables companies to increase ...

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   A recent report by the Texas Produced Water Consortium estimated that, as of 2019, production in the Texas Permian Basin alone was generating 3.9 billion barrels, or over 168 billion gallons, of ...

9. Browning-Ferris Industries - Wikipedia

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   At its founding in 1967, the company began by collecting residential waste in the suburbs of Houston. By 1968, it had expanded into commercial and light industrial markets, and opened its first landfill. The company entered the recycling business in 1970, processing waste fibers and waste paper. From 1983 to 1990, it also processed toxic waste ...