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			<span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published" datetime="2025-12-18T18:13:28+00:00" itemprop="datePublished">December 18, 2025</time></span> <span class="byline">by <span class="author vcard" itemprop="author" itemtype="https://schema.org/Person" itemscope><a class="url fn n" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/author/midwestmla_xftgew/" title="View all posts by midwestmla_xftgew" rel="author" itemprop="url"><span class="author-name" itemprop="name">midwestmla_xftgew</span></a></span></span> 		</div>
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				<p>95 kg of organic waste are generated per person per year in the USA. Peelings, eggshells, coffee grounds: local authorities are now required to offer their residents a way to sort their organic waste in order to produce compost or biogas. However, they are far from ready. What will change with waste management Soon local &#8230; <a title="Composting: Everything you need to know about sorting organic waste" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/composting-everything-you-need-to-know-about-sorting-organic-waste/" aria-label="Read more about Composting: Everything you need to know about sorting organic waste">Read more</a></p>
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				<p>Living green is no longer a lifestyle chosen only by a few socially conscious people. The majority of people in our area realize the importance of saving the environment, and they look for Savannah dumpster recycling services that they can count on to respect our natural resources. When looking for a dumpster company, you need &#8230; <a title="A Guide to Waste Recycling in Savannah" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/a-guide-to-waste-recycling-in-savannah/" aria-label="Read more about A Guide to Waste Recycling in Savannah">Read more</a></p>
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				<p>Waste Management is an important concept for environmental sustainability in Iowa and elsewhere in the country. Each year, the United States of America generates over millions of tons of municipal solid waste (MSW), making the country one of the largest waste-generating nations in the world. The two points of proper waste management are to protect &#8230; <a title="Waste Management in the Midwest" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/waste-management-in-the-midwest/" aria-label="Read more about Waste Management in the Midwest">Read more</a></p>
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				<p>Illegal dumping, the illegal disposal of garbage in various locations, continues to be a problem for Illinois. According to junk disposal experts at Samuelson Disposal Services LLC, there are many aspects that such practice endangers the environment, public health and community infrastructure whether this would happen in urban alleys, vacant lots or even rural areas. &#8230; <a title="Illegal Dumping in Illinois: An Ongoing Environmental and Social Challenge" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/illegal-dumping-in-illinois-an-ongoing-environmental-and-social-challenge/" aria-label="Read more about Illegal Dumping in Illinois: An Ongoing Environmental and Social Challenge">Read more</a></p>
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				<p>The Minnesota waste management system promotes reuse, recycling and composting while protecting land, air and water quality. Minnesota has pioneered best practices and policies to prepare for what should be thrown away with an emphasis on waste reduction, recycling, and diversion from landfills. Led by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and supported by local &#8230; <a title="Waste Management Practices in Minnesota" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/waste-management-practices-in-minnesota/" aria-label="Read more about Waste Management Practices in Minnesota">Read more</a></p>
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				<p>Waste management in the Midwest United States is a complex set of challenges, influenced by the industrial legacy of the region, its agricultural domination and its vast rural and urban landscapes. The state of Illinois, as well cities across the Midwest and in other areas of the country, are home to many major universities as &#8230; <a title="Waste management issues in the Midwest states" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/waste-management-issues-in-the-midwest-states/" aria-label="Read more about Waste management issues in the Midwest states">Read more</a></p>
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				<p>Wisconsin has faced mounting challenges at its landfills as residents, businesses and industries generate more waste year after year. Landfills, after all, are more than garbage sites in an agricultural state like North Dakota: they also can be environmental hazards. That fact is made more alarming in a state where landfill capacity is running out &#8230; <a title="The situation of landfills in the state of Wisconsin" class="read-more" href="https://www.midwestmla.org/the-situation-of-landfills-in-the-state-of-wisconsin/" aria-label="Read more about The situation of landfills in the state of Wisconsin">Read more</a></p>
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