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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 -
U.S. EPA Offers Up to $20 Million in Grants to Remake Fleets
Agency looks to reduce emissions from nation's existing diesel fleet
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
Could Biogas Fuel Cells Make Landfills the Perfect Site for Data Centers?
A small 200 kW prototype data center is claimed to offset over 907 tons of CO2 emissions per year - equivalent of about 300 Honda Civics being taken off the road.
By Sean Griffey • April 25, 2012 -
Covanta to Commercialize its Gasification Technology
Pilot commercial demonstration proves viability of new 300-ton-per-day modular system
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
Massachusetts Seeks Zero Discharge Area for Bay
EPA is evaluating the proposal and accepting public comments
By Sean Griffey • April 24, 2012 -
Waste Management Dedicates Commercial CNG Fueling Facility
Company expects 80% of its annual new collection vehicle purchases to be natural gas-powered trucks.
By Sean Griffey • April 23, 2012 -
Man nabbed on scrap-stealing charges twice in same day
ManRobert caught stealing rain gutters and downspouts from local houses
By Sean Griffey • April 23, 2012 -
Kellogg Co. sees waste-to-landfill numbers rise
Landfill waste increased approximately 9% in the past year.
By Sean Griffey • April 20, 2012 -
New technology uses less water and produces energy and fertilizer at the same time
Water is a valuable resource. New technologies are making it easier to handle drinking water responsibly, purify wastewater effectively and even recover biogas and fertilizer.
By Sean Griffey • April 19, 2012 -
Investment Firm Buys Paper Recycling Company
Manistique Papers purchased for an undisclosed amount of money.
By Sean Griffey • April 18, 2012 -
WastePro Teams with Clean Energy Partners to Build CNG Facility
Facility will be used to support $100 million Waste Pro CNG fleet.
By Sean Griffey • April 18, 2012 -
Kneiss hiring signals a new era for EIA
Sharon H. Kneiss brings an important background of experience in both environmental issues and association management
By Sean Griffey • April 18, 2012 -
Waste Management Opens Waste-to-Energy Facility in Nevada
Lockwood Landfill to Produce 3.2 Megawatts Of Electricity Using Landfill Gas
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
Veolia Working with NYC to Collect Household Hazardous Waste
Household Hazardous Waste will be picked up in ach of the city's five boroughs this spring.
By Sean Griffey • April 17, 2012 -
New Law Opens Polish Waste to Energy Market
For many years Poland has been facing a serious problem of waste management and disposal, with the current system failing to reduce landfilled waste.
By Sean Griffey • April 16, 2012 -
Global Networks Working Together
There are several cities which host international organisations, including Paris that has both the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and major technical branches of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). In conjunction with the ISWA Board, and the Scie...
By Sean Griffey • April 16, 2012 -
Size Matters Bigger Wastemaster Articulated Wheel Loader
JCB's latest wheel loader has more power, more torque, and an increased bucket capacity
By Sean Griffey • April 16, 2012 -
Responsible Electronics Recycling Act Backed by Senator Gillibrand
Act would impose criminal penalties for exporting restricted electronic waste.
By Sean Griffey • April 16, 2012 -
Waste Connections slowly to move toward CNG fleet
Waste Connections Inc. expects about a fifth of the solid waste management company's total collection fleet will be powered by compressed natural gas within 5 years.
By Sean Griffey • April 13, 2012 -
U.S. EPA, companies to contain leachate seepage
The U.S. EPA announced it has entered into an agreement with General Electric Co. and SI Group Inc. to collect and dispose contaminated groundwater and other liquid leaching from the Dewey Loeffel Landfill outside of Nassua, N.Y.
By Sean Griffey • April 13, 2012
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