Investment Highlights

• Despite the continued growth in waste generation, landfills are becoming increasingly difficult to site and develop.
  


• The US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, issued a final approval for the lease in January 2007 for the construction and operation of the Cortina facility.
  


• Cortina will provide continuous revenue streams from a diverse revenue model.
  


• A successful project will enable the ability to source and develop additional projects in partnerships with Native American/First Nations contacts.
  

The United States now produce over 390 million tons of waste per year, up more than 50 percent from what they produced in 1980. Recycling programs have waned slightly in recent years and struggle to keep pace with the ever increasing per capita disposal .

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Online webzine serving the waste management industry.	Information on the generation, prevention, characterization, monitoring, treatment, handling, reuse and ultimate residual disposition of solid wastes.	Published since 1960, BioCycle is America's foremost magazine on recycling residuals into value.

Describes the national MSW stream based on data collected between 1960 and 2000. Includes information on MSW generation, recovery, and discard quantities; per capita generation and discard rates; residential and commercial portions of MSW generation; and the role of source reduction and other trends in MSW management.

Basic Facts about Municipal Solid Waste

Additional links from the EPA

• Agency Information Collection Activities: Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting—Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices - March 19, 2003
• Bioreactor Landfills
• MSW Landfill Location Restrictions for Airport Safety, July 11, 2002
• Alternative Liner Performance, Leachate Recirculation, and Bioreactor Landfills: Request for Information and Data - April 6, 2000
• Collection Efficiency - April 12, 2000
• Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and Practices, Notice of Request for Renewal - June 10, 1999
• Alternatives for Ground-Water Monitoring at Small, Dry, Remote MSW Landfills - August 10, 1995
• Criteria for MSW Landfills (Section 610 Review) as part of the Regulatory Agenda - November 22, 1999
• Criteria for Solid Waste Disposal Facilities: A Guide for Owner's/Operators
• Financial Assurance for MSW Landfills - November 17, 1996
• Financial Assurance for Owners/Operators of MSW Landfills - April 10, 1998
• Geosysnthetic Clay Liners Used in MSW Landfills
• Groundwater Information Tracking System/Statistic Software Documentation (GRITS/STAT)
• Landfill Reclamation
• Lead Paint Rule
• List of MSW Landfills
• MSW Landfill Criteria, Technical Manual
• Preparing No-Migration Demonstrations for MSW Disposal Facilities: A Screening Tool
• Research, Development, and Demonstration Permits; Proposed Rule - June 10, 2002
• Revisions to Criteria for MSW Landfills; Final Rule and Proposed Rule - July 29, 1997
• Safer Disposal for Solid Waste: The Federal Regulations for Landfills
• Site-Specific Flexibility Requests for MSW Landfills in Indian Country; Draft Guidance - August 1997
• Solid Waste Management and Greenhouse Gases: A Life-Cycle Assessment of Emissions and Sinks - 2nd edition, May 2002
• Subtitle D Regulated Facilities; State Permit Program Determination of Adequacy; State Implementation Rule; Final Rule - November 9, 1998