GEO 350
MINERAL RESOURCES AND SOLID WASTE
INSTRUCTIONAL LINKS
MINING OF MINERALS:
Wisconsin DNR Metallic Mining Information
The Crandon Mine, Crandon WI: company, EPA and activist pages.
The Summitville Mine: case study of an unremediated mine.
MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE ISSUES:
Pollution Prevention Act excerpts
;
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act summary
(also, excerpts from the act are
HERE
)
EPA solid waste page
EPA Municipal Solid Waste Fact Book
:
Executive Summary
of EPA's latest Municipal Solid Waste Report.
EPA Extended Product Responsibility
Wisconsin DNR Waste Management
Wausau area landfill issues
Wausau groundwater contamination
Spickler landfill Spencer
Mid-State Stratford
Mosinee: Old landfill problems
"Superfund" sites in Wisconsin
Landfill capacity has increased since RCRA
(NY Times story)
Recycler's World
(news, prices, exchange)
Recycling and consumption debates
Benefits and facts concerning recycling metals
-- some facts.
"
Do we consume too much?
" (Mark Sagoff)
"
No middle way on the environment
" (Jonh Ehrlich)
"
Recycling is garbage
" (NY Times article)
"
Too good to throw away
" (NDRC)
Anti-recycling myths
(EDF file)
The advantages of recycling
(EDF file)
"
Garbage in, garbage out
"
"
Trashy Times
"
Recycling WWW ad campaign by a number of organizations:
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