Incineration.

Municipal Cash Incinerators. In the words of the manufacturers: those remarkable devices that will both save the environment and reduce inflation. [June 2, 2011]

Municipal Trash Incinerators in Upstate NY (Google Maps). Basic stats and pictures from municipal trash incinerators in Upstate NY. [February 4, 2011]

What Really is Municipal Trash Incineration? It's obviously any process that takes the carbon in garbage and dumps it into the air. [February 15, 2011]

Landfills.

A Pay to Throw System in Albany? This might be one way to balance the city's budget. [April 25, 2008]

Google Maps: Trash Dumps in NY State. A mix of Current and Past Solid Waste Facilities shown on a Google Map of NY State. [October 27, 2011]

More Toxic Trash. Electronics and plastics make trash impossible to dispose of properly. [September 13, 2006]

MSW Landfills in Eastern NY (Google Maps). Orthophotography of Municipal Waste Garbage Dumps in Eastern NY. [September 30, 2009]

What Does 100 Miles from the Rapp Road Landfill Look Like? Albany proposed in its Solid Waste Management Plan building a mega-public authority. I crunched the numbers. [January 18, 2012]

Why Landfills Should Be Privately Owned. Public landfill ownership is contrary to the public interest. [June 25, 2007]

Litter.

Two Bags of Trash. How I sort and remove litter from the woods. [April 1, 2006]

Recycling.

Comments on the ANSWERS Solid Waste Management Plan. These are the comments I gave to the City on 20 year SWMP. [November 22, 2010]

My Concerns with a Nine County Solid Waste Authority. My public comments sent to the county and various officials on my views about mega-trash authority. [July 12, 2011]

So Why Does the Albany Pine Bush Commission Choose Not Recycle? The other day walking in the preserve, I noticed their full dumpster with little evidence of recycling. [January 10, 2012]

Why Do I Recycle? Some thoughts on recycling. [November 15, 2006]

Sustainability.

Are Cities Green? Google Maps shows as the Cities are Environmental Wastelands of Concrete and Asphalt. [October 14, 2010]

Biggest Environmental Problems. From protecting open space to making it a nice place to live. [June 22, 2005]

Toxins.

Ban Vinyl. It's simply too dangerous to be using this plastic. [September 25, 2005]

Psychology of Pollution. Pollution both has an environmental and a psychological impact. [February 21, 2007]

What is Pollution? Considering several definations of pollution based on a web search. [March 28, 2007]