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30 Οκτ 2024 · Discover the causes behind Puerto Rico Trash Problem, its environmental impacts, and sustainable solutions to tackle the waste crisis affecting communities and ecosystems.
9 Μαΐ 2022 · Puerto Rico Landfill Problems: All You Need to Know. Published May 09, 2022. According to a study commissioned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Puerto Rico could run out of landfill space in 2-4 years.
16 Φεβ 2021 · Puerto Rico faces a waste-management crisis as its landfills are full, polluted and violate federal standards. Residents near the Contorno dump say it has caused cancer deaths and other illnesses, and they demand its closure.
14 Δεκ 2017 · Puerto Rico is struggling under the weight of its own garbage. Even before Maria hit in September, the Environmental Protection Agency says, most of the island's landfills were filled beyond...
21 Οκτ 2022 · Between 2017 and 2021, hurricanes Irma and María, earthquakes, and the pandemic all worsened Puerto Rico’s landfill crisis, which moved Governor Pedro Pierluisi to declare a landfill...
25 Φεβ 2021 · The U.S. Department of Justice and EPA filed a complaint against the municipality of Toa Alta for disposing of solid waste at its landfill in violation of federal and commonwealth laws. The landfill poses health and environmental risks due to leachate, slope instability and lack of daily cover.
21 Οκτ 2022 · Category 1 Hurricane Fiona, which made landfall in southern Puerto Rico on September 17, downed trees, homes, and power lines, demonstrating how even less potent storms can strain Puerto Rico’s limited landfill space. The government doesn’t have an archipelago-wide action plan to solve the problem.
