IN THIS ISSUE: Dealing with Trash: Cornell's Program in Solid Waste Management /2 ... Municipal Solid Waste: Crisis or Opportunity? /4 Richard E. Schuler ... Getting Out the Word on Waste /11 Ellen Z. Harrison ... Ethics in Siting Landfills: A Case Study of a Host-Community Benefits Program /15 Lyle S. Raymond, Jr. Combustion Simulation: A New Tool for the Design of Waste Incinerators /20 Frederick C. Gouldin ... Biological Monitoring of Airborne Pollution /29 Daryl W. Ditz ... The Sewage Sludge Story /34 John H. Martin, Jr. ... Plastics in the Waste Stream: Special Properties, Special Problems /38 Ellen Z. Harrison ... Faculty Publications /43 ... Letters /48