Landfill /tags/landfill Landfill en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:49:25 GMT Austin FC says Q2 is the first soccer stadium in the world to be considered 'zero waste' /energy-environment/2024-09-30/q2-stadium-first-soccer-stadium-in-the-world-to-be-considered-zero-waste Over 20,000 people on average attend Austin FC home games, and they generate about 6 tons of waste per game. After each game, staff spend hours hand-sorting the trash, recycling and compost. Mon, 30 Sep 2024 16:49:25 GMT /energy-environment/2024-09-30/q2-stadium-first-soccer-stadium-in-the-world-to-be-considered-zero-waste Katy McAfee Where does Austin's trash go? /energy-environment/2023-04-19/where-does-austins-trash-go Every year, the City of Austin collects hundreds of thousands of tons of trash from residents through its curbside collection service. But what happens to all of this trash after the city collects it? Wed, 19 Apr 2023 21:32:53 GMT /energy-environment/2023-04-19/where-does-austins-trash-go Kailey Hunt Recycling Programs Are Struggling These Days. But There Could Be A Solution /texas/2019-05-01/recycling-programs-are-struggling-these-days-but-there-could-be-a-solution From Texas Standard:In many parts of Texas, it has become a lot easier to recycle in recent years. Got a plastic bottle or an aluminum can? Just throw� Wed, 01 May 2019 17:31:35 GMT /texas/2019-05-01/recycling-programs-are-struggling-these-days-but-there-could-be-a-solution Sol Chase Why You Drop Off Your Used Batteries at the Library /austin/2015-09-03/why-you-drop-off-your-used-batteries-at-the-library There are lots of things we power with batteries these days, from interactive children's books that use tiny batteries, to toothbrushes that run on bigger� Thu, 03 Sep 2015 14:18:28 GMT /austin/2015-09-03/why-you-drop-off-your-used-batteries-at-the-library Joy Diaz City Looks at Converting Garbage Stench into Electricity /energy-environment/2010-12-02/city-looks-at-converting-garbage-stench-into-electricity That horrible stench you smell near garbage dumps? There's energy in those fumes!Until fairly recently, the technology used to capture methane-rich biogas� Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:42:37 GMT /energy-environment/2010-12-02/city-looks-at-converting-garbage-stench-into-electricity Nathan Bernier