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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — As Music City continues to grow, so does our trash.Right now Nashville’s waste gets sent to a landfill in Rutherford County, but one local restaurant owner wants to offer a more sustainable solution.Tuesday a bill in support of a plan to build a compost and recycling center in North Nashville got withdrawn by its sponsor following community opposition.But its creator wants to clear up what she believes are misconceptions.Nearly a third of landfill volume is food waste, Miel owner Seema Prasad says she knows this all too well.That’s why she came up with the idea to build an Anaerobic Digester to compost and recycle it along the 4700 block of Ashland City Highway in North Nashville.“They are going to see something that looks like an agricultural center, like a garden center,” Prasad said. “Up front there will he greenhouses and gardens, the digester is housed in a building, completely enclosed that looks like a garden or... (ntroversial compost proposal still hopes to help Nashville's trash problem)
Nashville. Now the town's residents are turning to the EPA for help. Buy PhotoA vehicle unloads at the Environmental Waste Solutions landfill site in Camden, Tenn., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.(Photo: Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean)Buy PhotoTen years ago, when Murfreesboro residents learned the state had approved the dumping of low-level radioactive waste at a local landfill, a fierce community backlash swiftly put an end to the practice.Today, Tennessee citizens have no way to find out how much low-level radioactive waste is going into other landfills.The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, or TDEC, has wiped that data from its website and said it is confidential.Asked why, TDEC spokesman Eric Ward cited a ten-year-old state law the agency has just begun referencing to deny information. More: Hazardous landfill, state inaction a toxic mix for Tennessee townMore: Stuck in their backyard: Tennessee towns fight landfillsTDEC's withholding of information which has, for... (The Tennessean)
There are 2 videos inside this story. Click here to see both from the News 2 app.NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – A 74-year-old man who had only lived in Nashville a few months was shot and killed Thursday afternoon while collecting his trash can from outside his South Nashville home.Metro police reported Ruxin Wang was shot to death at his home on Claiborne Street around 4 p.m.Wang was outside his home, retrieving a trash can when shots were fired, according to police. His wife found his body.(Photo: WKRN)“She heard two gunshots, and afterward she tried to look around for my dad. She came out and she saw him lying there breathless,” said the victim’s son Yun Wang.Witnesses told officers several young men, possibly juveniles, were seen running from the scene to the J.C. Napier public housing development.The men were described as wearing black hooded sweatshirts and khaki pants.While talking to News 2 Friday, Yun Wang broke down in tears as he pleaded for the violence that claimed his father’s life to stop.(Photo: WKRN)“You look at the Las Vegas shooting, you look at t... (WKRN.com)
On Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, the Logan County Sheriff’s Department responded to a two vehicle accident on Nashville Road.Heather Spivey, 19, of Springfield, Tenn., was traveling northbound on Nashville Road when she attempted to pass a Scott Waste truck that was starting to pull away from a stop. As she was attempting to pass she did not notice an on-coming vehicle. She told deputy Billy Poole she tried to stop but could not due to the wet roadway. Spivey’s vehicle slid into the back of the Scott Waste truck causing severe damage. Spivey’s airbags deployed saving her from serious injury.Lannie Smalling, driver of the Scott Waste truck, told deputy Poole he had just finished picking up the garbage can and started to pull away when he felt the impact from behind. There was minor damage to the waste truck.Spivey was transported to Logan Memorial Hospital for minor injuries by the Logan County EMS.Deputy Poole of the Logan County Sheriff’s Department is the investigating officer. He was assisted by sheriff Wallace Whittaker and the Adairville Fire Department. (News-Democrat & Leader)
CNN Wire ×As overdoses rise in Tennessee, so does pill waste surrenderNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennesseans have turned in more than 40 tons (40 metric tons) of pills and pill waste over the past year, a rise in volume even as the death toll from drug overdoses continues to climb.U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials collected nearly 35,500 pounds (16,100 kgs) of pills in events held over two days this past year, while the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation reports that permanent drop-off sites around the state collected more than 52,000 pounds (nearly 24,000 kgs) from September 2016 to August 2017, The Tennessean reported .Nearly 220,000 pounds (nearly 100,000 kilograms) of pill waste have been collected since 2012.More than 1,600 Tennesseans died from overdoses of prescription opiates, illicit drugs and other medications in 2016.Tennessee Methamphetamine and Pharmaceutical Task Force director Tommy Farmer says he’s surprised and heartened that the volume of surrendered pill waste hasn’t dwindled.“It’s good, but it’s also shocking tha... (wreg.com)
