Podcasts about incinerators

Garbage “waste-to-energy” incineration has long been sold to the public as a technologically-advanced solution to the waste crisis and a source of renewable energy. In reality, incineration poses significant environmental, human health, and climate risks, while disproportionately impacting communities of color and low-income communities that already face high pollution burdens. Anti-incineration advocates also point to the high costs needed to keep this declining industry afloat in the U.S., siphoning public money away from more just and sustainable waste management solutions.  This week on Terra Verde, host and producer Hannah Wilton invites Denaya Shorter, Senior Director for the US and Canada Region of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA), to discuss the anti-incineration movement and zero waste alternatives to burning. Denaya sheds light on the industry's connections to the plastic and petrochemical complex, the concept of “waste colonialism,” zero waste as a strategy rooted in justice, and the recent closure of California's second to last waste incinerator, representing a major win for grassroots community activists and environmental groups. The post Starving the Incinerators appeared first on KPFA.

The Richard Syrett Show May 29th, 2024 B.C. Regional Chief Terry Teegee Claims Some Residential School in Canada Threw Remains of Murdered Children into Incinerators  https://x.com/thejohnrobson/status/1795476609362784353?s=48&t=NGJd8e_0uhcJwabvmjR-8g Canadians SPEAK OUT against Trudeau's latest attack on John A. Macdonald https://tnc.news/2024/05/27/rhf-canadians-trudeau-macdonald/  Harrison Faulkner – Host of Ratio'd and The Faulkner Show on True North www.tnc.news NEWS NOT IN THE NEWS There is no chance Housing Minister Sean Fraser will reach his target of 3.9 million new housing starts by 2031, builders yesterday told the Commons human resources committee. https://www.blacklocks.ca/no-chance-of-meeting-target/  Russell Brand Shares His Experience After Converting To Christianity 1 Month Ago: ‘It's Been A Big Change' https://www.dailywire.com/news/russell-brand-shares-his-experience-after-converting-to-christianity-1-month-ago-its-been-a-big-change THE CULT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Biden says US spending billions to make military vehicles 'climate friendly' https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-us-spending-billions-military-vehicles-climate-friendly Venezuela becomes first nation in the Americas to lose all glaciers https://www.axios.com/2024/05/28/venezuela-glaciers-global-warming-climate-change Tony Heller, Founder of Real Climate Science dot com “Nothing controversial” in “Grave Error” - indigenous psychologist https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/stirling-nothing-controversial-in-grave-error-indigenous-psychologist/54783  Michelle Stirling, writer/researcher, guest- columnist with The Western Standard, and author of Ambiguous Losses: Epidemics, Orphans and Unmarked Graves OPEN LINES THIS DAY IN ROCK HISTORY 29 May 1969 Crosby, Stills & Nash released their self-titled debut on Atlantic Records label. It spawned two Top 40 hits: 'Marrakesh Express' and 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'.  29 May 1971 Three dozen Grateful Dead fans were treated for hallucinations caused by LSD after they unwittingly drank spiked apple juice served at a gig at San Francisco's Winterland.  29 May 1999 Skeletal remains were found by photographers looking for old car wrecks to shoot at the bottom of Decker Canyon near Malibu, California. Based on forensic evidence the remains were Philip Kramer former bassist with rock group Iron Butterfly, who had disappeared on his way home from work on February 12, 1995. His death was ruled as a probable suicide.  29 May 2007 A piano used by John Lennon on the night he died was put up for sale for $375,000 (£189,000) on The Moments in Time memorabilia website. The upright grand piano was part of the Record Plant Recording Studios in New York where the former Beatle recorded his 1971 Imagine album. Lennon was said to be so fond of the instrument that he had it moved to whichever studio he was working in and had used the piano hours before being shot on 8 December 1980. Jeremiah Tittle, Co-Host of “The 500 with Josh Adam Myers” Podcast, CEO/Founder of Next Chapter Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) in Asia Pacific are set to hold a Day of Action Against Incineration this 3rd of June. Incinerators are considered highly toxic, expensive, and dangerous, contributing significantly to climate change by emitting 68% more greenhouse gases per unit of energy than coal plants. GAIA and its allies are rallying people to call on governments to completely phase out incineration, and invest more in clean energy and zero-waste solutions. In this first of a two-part series, we speak to Albrecht Arevalo, a Climate & Anti-Incineration Campaigner with GAIA Asia Pacific, and Dr Tan Ching Seong, the co-founder of Gabungan Anti Insinerator Kebangsaan (GAIK), and CEO of iCycle, to break down how waste incineration actually works, and also to discuss the pros and cons of incineration and Waste To Energy facilities, as a solution to our mounting waste management problems.Image Credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we welcome back Eric Knopf to discuss his book “Raising Entrepreneurs”. Tune in to hear more about the key elements of raising young entrepreneurs. Stay connected with Eric: Check out Eric's Work - https://www.epiclife.org/Eric's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ericknopf/Purchase Eric's Book - https://www.amazon.com/Raising-Entrepreneurs-Practical-Principles-Become/dp/099809921X 

Gabby Petito's parents and their lawsuit againt the Laundrie's continues to make its way through the court, but according to sources, the Laundrie's are trying to stop that dead in its tracks by offering them a settlement. Will they accept it? That remains to be seen.In our second article we hear from the Mexican mothers who are looking for their missing loved ones and who recently stumbled upon a grizzly scene while engaging in that search. That discovery? A "cartel incinerator" site where CJNG allegedly got rid of the remains of people it kidnapped and killed. (commercial at 6:45)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:'Cartel crematorium' with oven used to torch bodies discovered by horrified mums - Daily Starsource:Killer Brian Laundrie's parents make offer to settle with Gabby Petito's family 2 years after murder | The US Sun (the-sun.com)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5080327/advertisement

Gabby Petito's parents and their lawsuit againt the Laundrie's continues to make its way through the court, but according to sources, the Laundrie's are trying to stop that dead in its tracks by offering them a settlement. Will they accept it? That remains to be seen.In our second article we hear from the Mexican mothers who are looking for their missing loved ones and who recently stumbled upon a grizzly scene while engaging in that search. That discovery? A "cartel incinerator" site where CJNG allegedly got rid of the remains of people it kidnapped and killed. (commercial at 6:45)to contact me:bobbycapucci@protonmail.comsource:'Cartel crematorium' with oven used to torch bodies discovered by horrified mums - Daily Starsource:Killer Brian Laundrie's parents make offer to settle with Gabby Petito's family 2 years after murder | The US Sun (the-sun.com)This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5003294/advertisement

I'm sorry. I couldn't keep my podcast. Welcome to Halloween! Our favorite month of year for being our birthday month, it's also time for us to play just so many, many horror games, starting today with Signalis. Signalis is an indie survival horror game, set in a dystopian sci-fi world in which you play as a “Replika,” a robotic servant, assigned to a pilot of a spacecraft. When laid out like that, a lot about the game's setting and plot don't really seem that remarkable. It's part of the reason I think it's pretty difficult to really “spoil” this game in the traditional sense, because Signalis is much more of a tone piece than it is a straightforward narrative experience. Yes it has a plot, one that has development and changes and satisfies in its own ways, but the visuals, the cutscenes, the sound, all play into what really makes this game special, in that it creates this eerie, uneasy sense of not really knowing what is and isn't real. And the other thing that makes this game special is just how well it manages to pull off the classic survival horror style. Limited inventory spaces, enemies that reanimate if you haven't burned them and specific save rooms are likely pretty familiar to you at this point, but it hasn't been done this well in a long time. The game isn't exceptionally difficult, per se, but that classic Resident Evil feeling is definitely there, as you make progress through zones you need to plan routes through as you begin to memorize them, solving puzzles and making tactical decisions about which enemies to kill and which to run away from. It really hits both of its points of focus dead on and is a horror experience I'd recommend to nearly anyone. We're going to be talking about the game's clear inspirations and what it does to mimic or improve on their systems, the plot of the game and how it gives you enough to make a certain type of person really want to engage further with it, and we put our belief in the eternal universality of waifus. Thank you for joining us again this week! We know our output has been somewhat diminished recently, but we will get through four horror titles this year even if we need to leak into November a bit. Signalis came pretty highly recommended from a number of people, so it's good to see y'all have good taste (please save some of that for Fanbruary!). If you haven't played Signalis yet, I do highly recommend, it's a perfect game to get in the mood for the season, likely more so than the other games we've got coming up this month, so get on it and let us know what you think down in the comments or over in our Discord, which is actually where our next Pocket game is coming from. Next time, we're going to be talking about Midnight Manor, so we hope you'll join us then.

A rulemaking petition filed on April 3 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Energy Justice Network seeks to require waste incinerators to report their toxic chemical emissions to EPA's Toxics Release Inventory. The petition would cover incinerators that burn municipal solid waste (10 in NY, including in Hudson Falls and Poughkeepsie), industrial waste, medical waste, and sewage sludge, as well as pyrolysis and gasification units (aka chemical recycling), about 400 facilities nationwide. Mike Ewall of the Energy Justice Network talks to Mark Dunlea for Hudson Mohawk Magazine.

A growing population also means a growing trash problem - just looking at Malaysia's stats, we reportedly generated over 38 thousand metric tonnes of solid waste per day in 2021 (1.17 kg/capita/day). Of which, 82.5 percent is disposed of in landfills. Experts have warned that there will be no more land left in Malaysia by 2050 if nothing is done to reduce waste. Some have said the solution lies in waste incineration - burning refuse in incinerators to make electricity, which will also supposedly help to reduce carbon emissions from waste treatment in the future. But is this truly the answer? We discuss the environmental and health impacts of waste incineration with Mageswari Sangaralingam (Senior Research Officer, Consumers' Association of Penang and Sahabat Alam Malaysia, Khor Sue Yee (Co-Founder and Director, Zero Waste Malaysia) and Tasha Sabapathy (Programme Outreach and Communications Executive).Image Credit: ShutterstockSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Aleksandar Brezar, journalist with Euronews.

Massachusetts has only six landfills -- and almost all are due to reach capacity by 2030. WBZ's Madison Rogers reports.

All air is not created equal - and nothing exemplifies this more than South Baltimore's Curtis Bay neighborhood. When Shashawnda Campbell was just 15 years old, she co-founded “Free Your Voice,” a student-led group that worked for 5 years to shut down the largest incinerator proposal in US history set to be built less than a mile away from their school. 80% of incinerators are located in low-income communities of color - and that fact is not a coincidence. Tune in to hear Shashawnda break down why incinerators and other pollution-heavy industrial operations don't belong in anyone's neighborhood, regardless of race and income. Don't forget to subscribe/follow People Over Plastic on all major podcast apps and follow us on Instagram and Twitter @peoplexplastic, happy listening! Resources: You can learn more about Shashawnda's fight in The Guardian, Union of Concerned Scientists blog, and Grist. Check out South Baltimore Community Land Trust to support Shashwanda's work in Curtis Bay. To get a deeper understanding of efforts to end waste incineration around the globe, check out the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives. For more information on “chemical recycling” and plastics-to-fuel technology, view the Alliance of Mission-Based Recyclers' overview of burning plastics as false solutions. Keep the conversation going by sharing this episode on Social Media and following us on Instagram and Twitter. And that's a wrap for season 2 of People Over Plastic's podcast series! Over 1000 listeners and still counting have placed their trust in People over Plastic's fearless coverage since we launched in October 2021. Unlike other podcasts, we have no shareholders and no billionaire owner. Just the determination and passion for changing the narrative--to tell a true story, produced by BIPOC storytellers that will build power against corporations and governments invested in plastic production. But projects like ours are often under-resourced and underestimated by many institutional funders. That's why we depend on supporters like YOU. However big or small, every contribution powers our BIPOC storytelling and sustains our future. Support People over Plastic from as little as $1 – it only takes a minute. Thank you. DONATE NOW

We are back! Sorry that we haven't uploaded for a bit we have been having a rest. This week's episode is all about the incredibly destructive world of incinerators! Enjoy. socials - http://beacons.ai/stateofnaturepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/state-of-nature-podcast/message

BC has crown corporations for housing, hydro, transit and a number of other key sectors. Now a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and Zero Waste BC is calling for a crown corporation to take on the challenge of recycling. This is just one of a number of key proposals in “A Zero Waste Agenda for BC”. We speak with Sue Maxwell, a sustainability consultant with Ecoinspire Planning Services and one of the authors of the report.

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Will Lantry succeed in creating an army of living dead? Ray Bradbury, today on The Classic Tales Podcast. Welcome to The Classic Tales Podcast. Thank you for listening. Thank you to all of our financial supporters. We couldn’t do this without you. We really try make your support worth your while. You get so much out of this! For a five-dollar monthly donation, you get a monthly code for $8 off any audiobook download. Give more, and you get more! It kind of cracks open the website for you, so you can easily build out your classic audiobook library, and you help to give more folks like you the chance to discover the classics in a curated and easily accessible format. Go to classictalesaudiobooks.com today, and become a financial supporter. You’ll be glad you did. Thank you so much. If it’s more convenient, we are streaming our episodes through YouTube, now. A link can be found in the comments section for today’s episode. App users can hear a reading of The Cask of Amontillado, by Edgar Allan Poe. The story is reference several times in Bradbury’s story, as well as many works by Ambrose Bierce and H.P. Lovecraft. Today’s story originally released in the Summer issue of Planet Stories in 1948. Last week, William Lantry awoke from his coffin in a graveyard. He was dead, yet he could move and speak. The year was 2348 or so, and he’d been dead around 350 years. The new world had no graveyards, and all bodies were burned in a great Incinerator, which made a pillar of fire to the heavens. Along with the graveyards, fear, superstition, and macabre imagination were also sterilized in this new world. So Lantry came up with a plan – to destroy the Incinerators, and create an army of living dead “friends”. And now, Pillar of Fire, Part 2 of 2, by Ray Bradbury.   Tap here to go to www.classictalesaudiobooks.com and become a financial supporter!   Tap here to go to our merchandise store!   Tap here to visit our YouTube Channel:   Tap here to pick up some of our new titles:      

More than 300,000 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in India for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday. It is believed those numbers are an undercount. Health reporter Anoo Bhuyan spoke to Susie Ferguson from Delhi.

More than 300,000 new cases of Covid-19 were identified in India for the sixth consecutive day on Tuesday. It is believed those numbers are an undercount. Health reporter Anoo Bhuyan spoke to Susie Ferguson from Delhi.

The civil war killed a lot of people. wars don't kill people. People kill people. War is a religious experience. Jesus was a zombie that healed himself. Los zombies spread via the homeless population. They were rotting flesh in the sun. Exposed everything. These camps overtook the city. Incinerators burned with American flesh. No knock warrants are American pie. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In this episode Stuart and William explore a question from listener Alex, from Poland, "HS2 protesters have been challenged that they want to reduce our collective carbon footprint, yet they are stopping the progress of electric trains and this project. Protesters are accused of wanting it both ways. Also, a new incinerator is planned for North London, protesters again challenge this, however, what else can be done with the rubbish going to these facilities? Protests highlight what's wrong, but often, don't offer clear solutions, or supported pathways". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thepeoplescountryside/message

The City of Charleston addressed rising volumes of garbage in the early 20th century with traditional methods of open dumping and the new science of incineration. The advent of new landfill practices in the 1950s ended municipal trash burning, but creative recycling preserved one historic structure and smokestacks that anchor an important part of the city’s trashy history.

The Earth911 team sits down to talk about how dumps differ from landfills, how incinerators work, and the limits of landfill expansion. Join Evelyn Fileding-Lopez, Sarah Lozanova, and Mitch Ratcliffe for this week's But first, we explore natural ways to remove stains, including grease, blood, and wine in recent infographic from Tommy John that we published. Do you know how to dispose of plastic bags responsibly? In one of our most popular postings of the last month, Patti Roth explained how disposable plastic bags have become a greater challenge to recycle and, unfortunately, now mostly end up in landfills. Here's an important tip: don't put your recyclables into plastic bags; instead, take plastic and cans out of the bag when you put them in the bin to prevent them from going into the garbage.Where does your garbage go?  We walk through Gemma Alexander's excellent articles about where we send our garbage in the United States, how dumps differ from landfills, how landfills work, and how incinerators have become a more important part of U.S. waste disposal. The construction of a landfill is a complicated long-term commitment to manage it for three decades after it closes -- yet, even that leaves tons of waste in the environment for centuries. Our recent article includes an illustration that explains how Incinerators are now a source of power generation, but produce toxic fly ash that can be reused to make concrete. The solution is to produce less garbage by buying less and recycling more. With a solid understanding of the ins and outs of where your garbage goes, you can make informed decisions about which recycling and waste options you want to use.As always, we answer your Earthling questions about recycling disposable contact lenses with Terracycle, aluminum cat food cans, and acrylic paint.Join the conversation and share your thoughts with the community in our Earthling Forum.

The Earth911 team sits down to talk about how dumps differ from landfills, how incinerators work, and the limits of landfill expansion. Join Evelyn Fileding-Lopez, Sarah Lozanova, and Mitch Ratcliffe for this week's But first, we explore natural ways to remove stains, including grease, blood, and wine in recent infographic from Tommy John that we published. Do you know how to dispose of plastic bags responsibly? In one of our most popular postings of the last month, Patti Roth explained how disposable plastic bags have become a greater challenge to recycle and, unfortunately, now mostly end up in landfills. Here's an important tip: don't put your recyclables into plastic bags; instead, take plastic and cans out of the bag when you put them in the bin to prevent them from going into the garbage.Where does your garbage go?  We walk through Gemma Alexander's excellent articles about where we send our garbage in the United States, how dumps differ from landfills, how landfills work, and how incinerators have become a more important part of U.S. waste disposal. The construction of a landfill is a complicated long-term commitment to manage it for three decades after it closes -- yet, even that leaves tons of waste in the environment for centuries. Our recent article includes an illustration that explains how Incinerators are now a source of power generation, but produce toxic fly ash that can be reused to make concrete. The solution is to produce less garbage by buying less and recycling more. With a solid understanding of the ins and outs of where your garbage goes, you can make informed decisions about which recycling and waste options you want to use.As always, we answer your Earthling questions about recycling disposable contact lenses with Terracycle, aluminum cat food cans, and acrylic paint.Join the conversation and share your thoughts with the community in our Earthling Forum.

What the heck is CRISPR? Where was this movie filmed? And how do the twists and turns affect subsequent viewings? Listen now to find out! Scott Croco and Jay Holavarri unhack Gattaca (1997). A man poses as someone else with much better genes in order to go into space, and must jump through hoops to go undetected. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law star in Andrew Niccol's Gattaca (1997)! Episode Log: Andrew Niccol's films (1:05) Summary of Gattaca's story/plot (2:40) Movie Review (4:15) Anton is a very interesting character (20:05) Doesn't pass the Bechdel test (28:40) Design, sets, locations (32:30) Genome vs heart/will/opportunity (43:00) Gattaca marketing campaign tricked parents (53:10) Incinerators (54:30) CRISPR - gene editing tool (58:35) Budget, Box Office results, Critics' reactions (1:20:30) "Fiction or Fake?" game (1:27:50) Episode 039 - Gattaca (1997) unhacked! Full Shownotes: https://www.moviesunhacked.com/2019/gattaca/ Movies Unhacked compares technology in movies to technology in real life. We analyze everything from Hollywood blockbusters and television shows, to sci-fi, horror, and classic cinema. A podcast for fans of cinema and technology! Online: moviesunhacked.com Twitter: @moviesunhacked Instagram: @moviesunhacked Facebook: facebook.com/moviesunhackd Music by Sean Haeberman Copyright © 2019 Movies Unhacked. All rights reserved.

In this episode of Local Energy Rules, Energy Democracy Initiative director John Farrell speaks with colleagues Marie Donahue and Neil Seldman about the harmful impacts of burning trash to generate electricity.

In this episode of Local Energy Rules, Energy Democracy Initiative director John Farrell speaks with colleagues Marie Donahue and Neil Seldman about the harmful impacts of burning trash to generate electricity. The discussion digs into ILSR’s late-2018 report Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy and passage of the Baltimore Clean Air Act, a policy which will help shut down the city’s highly polluting waste incinerator.… Read More

Host John Farrell speaks with Marie Donahue, ILSR researcher, and Neil Seldman, Director of ILSR's Waste to Wealth Initiative, about the harmful impacts of burning trash to generate electricity. The trio dive into ILSR's recent report Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy. They also discuss: Baltimore's recent passage of the Clean Air Act, a bill that will effectively shut down the Wheelabrator incinerator. Three key reasons why incinerators are a bad deal for communities including: financial risk, environmental injustice, and public health concerns. The story behind the successful efforts to shutdown two incinerators in Baltimore. Neil details how residents of the marginalized Curtis Bay neighborhood organized at the grassroots level to advocate for their community. How 23 states are providing subsidies to incinerators by allowing them to benefit from renewable energy tax credits. What communities and cities can do instead of hosting incinerators to manage their waste, foster a healthier environment, and create jobs. The economics of incinerators don't add up. Incinerators are risky investments for the local governments and utilities that support and subsidize them, particularly as energy prices decline [thanks to renewable alternatives.] Related Resources Report: Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy Webinar: Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy Baltimore's Historic Clean Air Act Could End Stagnation in Recycling Report on the Proposed Baltimore Clean Air Act Report: Why Should Baltimore Recycle More? 2019 Community Power Scorecard The Zero Waste Solution by Paul Connett Plastic Ocean by Capt. Charles Moore Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine by Beth Porter Transcript John Farrell: Welcome to another edition of Building Local Power. I'm John Farrell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. With me this week are Marie Donahue, ILSR researcher and author of Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy. Welcome Marie. Marie Donahue: Thanks for having me John. John Farrell: Also with me is Neil Seldman ILSR co-founder, director of our waste to wealth initiative, and the death knell to dozens of garbage incinerators across the country. Welcome Neil. Neil Seldman: Pleasure to be here with both you and Marie. John Farrell: Today I'm excited to talk to the two of you about how communities can save money, have healthier kids, and create more jobs by shutting down garbage incinerators. And I'd like to start with something very recent. Neil I was hoping you could explain how a recent city council decision in Baltimore will impact the Wheelabrator Incinerator that's responsible for so much of the city's industrial pollution. Neil Seldman About two weeks ago the city council voted unanimously, 14 to zero with one absent person, one city council member absent, who would have voted for the act as well. But the Baltimore Clean Air Act sets new standards for both burning garbage, and burning hospital and hazardous waste in the city of Baltimore. It requires that both incinerators meet the state of the art best practices in pollution control equipment, it requires constant monitoring coming out of the incinerator, which is technologically possible, and it also requires that the information on the constant monitoring be made public on a webpage as is being done in Montgomery County Maryland just to the south of Baltimore, Maryland. The situation in Baltimore is slightly different from Montgomery County, which we can get into. But in Baltimore the Wheelabrator company owns a facility called Bresco. B-R-E-S-C-O. And that facility is about 35 to 40 years old. The city sends its non recycled waste to that incinerator in downtown Baltimore. Most of the materials generated in Baltimore go there,

Host John Farrell speaks with ILSR’s Marie Donahue and Neil Seldman about the harmful impact of burning trash to generate electricity. The trio dive into ILSR’s recent report Waste Incineration: A Dirty Secret in How States Define Renewable Energy. They also discuss Baltimore’s recent passage of the Clean Air Act.… Read More

Pixie and Waine take a long walk to visit Grissel, the eternally grumpy keeper of Hel's incinerators. They come away with secret knowledge that excites Pixie.   Cast Information: Starring Nichole Goodnight & Owen McCuen Visit PixieShow.com for cast information, merchandise, and more! Credits: Written and Produced by Rick Coste.  Past projects include Inhale, The Behemoth, Bryar Lane, Is There Anybody Out There? ,Carbon Dreams,Scotch, Charlie's Mailbox, The Fiona Potts Interview , Izzy, and Waterguns & Rainbows.  Artwork by Cotton Valent Music by Tangent Music, LLC Learn more at ModernAudioDrama.com. ©2018 Rick Coste Productions

Garbage, shit, waste, crap, refuse, discards, dreck - these are all words we use to describe that pile of stuff we all collect but will soon find a way to make disappear. In America, it's never been easier to throw away your trash and in this episode we face the pile head-on. Fannie and Sophie hitch a ride with the NY Dept of Sanitation to make the morning pick up rounds, and later sit down with Anthropologist-in-Residence for the NY Dept of Sanitation, Robin Nagel, whose recent book, Picking Up, is a detailed survey of the Sanitation Department from the inside. Then we try and figure out just how much waste Americans are creating with the help of the EPA and Edward Humes, author of Garbology (a great book if this show happens to turn you into a trash nerd). Plus we dig up some footage of the late Professor William Rathje and the curious discoveries he made abot decomposition (or lack of) in our nation's landfills. Music by Dave Nelson and Kevin Shipp. 

To recycle or incinerate; these were some of the choices outlined in the recent Nordic Horizons meeting with Kim Olsson of NSR from Helsingborg Sweden. Lesley reflects on the key points and potential lessons for the Scots. Equally, she has some sage advice for the women of the opposition after some FMQ clashes.