Medication Disposal: Trash Beats Take-Back, New Study Suggests

Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study

By Sean Griffey • May 17, 2012

Interstate Waste Services buys Evergreen Waste of suburban Philadelphia

Residential hauling company will add 7,000+ customers to Interstate Waste Services

By Sean Griffey • May 17, 2012

More Waste Management CNG Fleet News

Company announces that it has begun construction on fueling facility near Columbus, Ohio.  Will result in first set of Waste Management CNG trucks in Ohio

By Sean Griffey • May 17, 2012

BHS to Equip Four New SITA Recycling Facilities in UK

Maidenhead based waste and recycling company, SITA UK has selected Oregon-based recycling systems manufacturer, Bulk Handling Systems (BHS) to design, manufacture and install four material recovery facilities (MRFs) in the UK. 

By Sean Griffey • May 16, 2012

Covanta Energy Named as Climate Change Leader for Waste-to-Energy Projects

Covanta’s Energy-from-Waste facilities recognized for role in climate change mitigation

By Sean Griffey • May 14, 2012

Waste Management to Open Landfill Gas to Energy Project in Ohio

New plant will generate 4.8 MW of electricity

By Sean Griffey • May 14, 2012

Seattle Tests Bimonthly Trash Collection

Seattle Public Utilities testing every-other-week collections for 800 households.  Depending on the study results, the entire city could switch to bimonthly trash collection in 2015.

By Sean Griffey • May 13, 2012

Republic Services replaced in Franklin, TN

Relationship with Republic reportedly soured after steep increase in tipping fees.  Republic claims their deal would save the city $6.2 million.

By Sean Griffey • May 11, 2012

Augusta, GA Looks to Save $2 Million by Switching Collection Schedule

Move has been approved in committee but not by full city commission

By Sean Griffey • May 11, 2012

Richmond Dropping to 4 Day Trash Collection Schedule

Changes to collection schedule designed to save money and start on July 9th

By Sean Griffey • May 10, 2012

More Labor Issues for Republic - Unit Locks Out Teamsters in Indiana

At issue is a plan to replace the Teamsters current pension plan with a 401(k)

By Sean Griffey • May 9, 2012

ReCommunity invests $15 million in Delaware Recycling Plant

Investment part of 20-year agreement to provide recycling services to the state

By Sean Griffey • May 9, 2012

Waste Management opens giant CNG facility in Chicago

Facility will be the state's largest commercial compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling facility.

By Sean Griffey • May 7, 2012

Medical Waste Partnership Launched by Sharps Compliance & Daniels Sharpsmart

Partnership will offer mail-back/ship-back solutions for small quantity generators of medical waste and used healthcare products

By Sean Griffey • May 4, 2012

E-Z Pack Purchased by Navistar

Truck body manufacturer, E-Z Pack, expects to continue building, marketing and supporting refuse truck bodies for integration with other OEM chassis.

By Sean Griffey • May 3, 2012

3,000 Ton per Day Waste-to-Energy Plant Approved in Florida

The plant is scheduled to begin commercial operation in spring 2015

By Sean Griffey • May 3, 2012

BHS acquires National Recovery Technologies

Terms of the deal were not disclosed

By Sean Griffey • April 30, 2012

Landfill Gas Project Delivering Power to Nissan in Mexico

Project is the first in Mexico to be registered with U.N. under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol

By Sean Griffey • April 30, 2012

Plug gets pulled on curbside recycling in St. Pete

Waste Services of Florida Inc. has told St. Petersburg, Fla., city officials that it will not renew its curbside recycling contract. 

By Sean Griffey • April 27, 2012

Republic Down Sharply After Earnings Miss, Lower Guidance

Stock down sharply based on earnings report.  By Friday afternoon, stock was down ~13%.

By Sean Griffey • April 27, 2012

Waste Management Continues to Roll-out Crime Prevention Program

Waste Management introduced a new program called Waste Watch, which trains garbage truck drivers to keep a lookout for anything suspicious in the communities they serve

By Sean Griffey • April 26, 2012

25 Year Digestate Recycling Contract for 4R Recycling

Under this contract it is expected that the company will handle up to 25,000 tons of material per year. 

By Sean Griffey • April 26, 2012

Wind pushes plastics deeper into oceans, driving trash estimates up

Decades of research into how much plastic litters the ocean, conducted by skimming only the surface, may in some cases vastly underestimate the true amount of plastic debris, according to an oceanographer.

By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012

Stars align for NASA's corporate sustainability initiative

Launch, a collaboration between NASA, the United States Agency of International Development (USAID), Nike and the U.S. State Department, has examined sustainability issues such as water, health and energy. Next up for Launch? Waste. "The average person just doesn't think about waste,&...

By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012

Study: Single-Stream is More Wasteful, Expensive

Sorted recycling systems win out over single-stream recycling in a head-to-head competition when the municipal playing fields are even, according to a research report 

By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012