Greening San Francisco Rental Housing
Landlords don't have the same incentives to be green as tenants and homeowners do. So we need to work with tenants, landlords and the overall community to come up with innovative ways to green San Francisco's Rental Housing.Here's what we're working for:Energy Star rated appliences in all rental units by 20xx (TBD based on research)Green Roofs on all (flat ...learn more
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I am searching for help and information. I live in a county which has a land fill. they are now asking for it to take chemical waste. We know they have taken things none of us know about now. This land fill is above the Mahomet Aquifer in DeWitt County, Illinois. The county seat is Clinton, Illinois. The board and some citizens feel their is nothing wrong with this. I and other voters said we did not want this. I need to be able to show information of what it will do if allowed. They are trying to say it is safe. But floods, earthquakes and leaks would be detrimental to all who use it here and in other counties. We already have a power plant which emitts waste into water. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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I so far suggest sorting, pyrolysis, and smoke cleaning of chemical waste that cannot be avoided. They do it well in Denmark.
Wood ash, e.g. from forest based industies, should be recycled in a controlled way as plant nutrients (Google "Torsten Mandal" xps plus other articles).
Ash can increase solubility of organic compounds and decrease it of toxic minerals / heavy metals, because it is alkaline for several years.
Flooding can often be prevented. For a green sustainable low-input solution, nitrogen-fixing contour hedges uphill, if needed on soil suitable soil structures can be used. In temperate areas, Black locust trees/shrubs (Pseudopodia acacia) for the methods mentioned in my articles mentioned.
Much waste can often be avoided be recycling before it is mixed up.
Torsten Mandal, Researcher and consultant