Landfill: Page 104

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    Company to build Fla. recycling center

    The Indian River County Recyclers LLC recycling center will break ground in Florida within the next month. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 27, 2012
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    San Francisco combats recycling thefts

    San Francisco, Calif., city officials are holding a hearing next month to discuss the impact of recycling theft. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 27, 2012
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    Forecast: Waste-to-Energy Market to Reach $29.2 Billion by 2022

    In 2011, the world generated an estimated 2 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW). Although more than 800 thermal Waste-to-Energy plants currently operate around the globe, these facilities treated just 11% of the generated MSW. According to a new report from Pike Research, that numb...

    By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012
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    Republic Services' workers strike in Mobile, Ala.

    A couple dozen trash workers went on strike late last week against Republic Services Inc.'s Allied Waste Services unit in Mobile, Ala., according to the Teamsters. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012
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    Court denies challenge to L.A. County bag ban

    A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has rejected a challenge to the county's ban on plastic bags and 10-cent tax on paper bags. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 26, 2012

  • WCA Waste Sale to Macquarie Closes

    WCA Waste Corp.'s purchase by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II (MIP II) is complete.

    By Sean Griffey • March 23, 2012
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    Waste Management announces Chief Strategy Officer

    Waste Management announced that John Morris is the company’s new chief strategy officer. He replaces Bill Caesar who is now president of WM Recycle America.  

    By Sean Griffey • March 23, 2012
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    Antibiotic resistance genes accumulating in Lake Geneva

    Large quantities of antibiotic-resistant bacteria enter the environment via municipal – and especially hospital – wastewater streams. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 22, 2012
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    More recycling carts means higher rate in Fort Wayne, Ind.

    Fort Wayne, Ind., is buying more recycling carts to meet demand. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 22, 2012
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    No action on reversing landfill ban on e-waste in W.Va.

    The West Virginia House of Delegates adjourned its regular session without taking up a bill that would have allowed for the disposal of electronics in landfills.

    By Sean Griffey • March 22, 2012
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    Wastewater-to-energy plant to power paper mill

    A Minnesota paper mill will be powered by a wastewater-to-energy facility by the end of the year. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 21, 2012
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    Vermont may ban recyclables from landfills

    Vermont lawmakers are looking to add recyclable materials, yard waste and food scraps to a list of items banned from solid waste landfills. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 21, 2012
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    Recycling plant owner vows to rebuild after fire

    The owner of plastics recycling plant Reprocessed Plastics Inc. destroyed in a fire vows he will rebuild the business.

    By Sean Griffey • March 21, 2012

  • Compostable organic waste bags have huge impact in German trial

    German municipal waste management company Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR) and chemical giant, BASF have concluded a pilot project involving the use of organic waste bags made of biodegradable plastic.

    By Sean Griffey • March 20, 2012
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    Wells Fargo makes $2.8 billion in loans for green projects

    Wells Fargo & Co. made a record $2.8 billion in loan commitments and financing to projects and businesses having a direct impact on the environment last year.

    By Sean Griffey • March 20, 2012

  • Anti 'Bottle Bill' Pressure Group Grows in Massachusetts

    Real Recycling for Massachusetts, an organisation opposed to the states so called 'Bottle Bill' has grown to 500 members following its initial launch last August.

    By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012
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    ExxonMobil Pipeline to pay for Yellowstone River spill

    ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. has paid the Montana Department of Environmental Quality $1.06 million for the cleanup and penalties as a result of the 2011 oil spill in the Yellowstone River. The money covers the cost of the cleanup and a $300,000 fine. The company is also bound to complete $1.3 mill...

    By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012
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    Waste Management wins ethical business award

    Waste Management Inc. is being recognized by Ethisphere Institute, a business ethics think-tank, as being one of the world's most ethical companies. This is the fifth year that the Houston-based solid waste management company is being honored by the group, which reviewed a record number of...

    By Sean Griffey • March 19, 2012
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    Ash landfill permit reissuance in the works in Minn.

    Minnesota is proposing to reissue a permit allowing continued use of a municipal solid waste ash landfill in Red Wing. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 16, 2012
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    Update: Odor-control costs add up at Casella Waste

    Excess water absorbed by the landfills from both Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee last year as well as mild weather this winter pushed landfill operation costs up by $1 million during the company's fiscal year third quarter. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 16, 2012
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    Maryland House considers multifamily recycling bill

    Owners or managers of Maryland apartment buildings or condominiums may have to start offer recycling services. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 16, 2012
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    Outsourcing Waste Hauler Buys Another

    Outsourcing waste hauler Custom Ecology Inc. has bought another outsourcing waste hauler, First Tee Transport Inc. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 15, 2012

  • NSWMA Backs Two Pieces of Waste Legislation in Florida

    Two pieces of key solid waste legislation have been approved by the Florida Senate and House of Representatives during the 2012 legislative session. The first bill is a major rewrite of the environmental permitting laws that includes language that will double the term of permit extensions ...

    By Sean Griffey • March 15, 2012

  • 90,000 Tonne Food Waste to Biogas Plant for Wales

    Waste management company, Shanks (LSE:SKS) has submitted a planning application to develop a 90,000 tpa biogas facility to handle 90,000 tonnes per year of food waste in South Wales. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 15, 2012
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    Carpinteria, Calif., bans plastic and paper bags

    The city of Carpinteria has enacted the state's first -- and the nation's second -- bag ban that applies to both single-use plastic bags and to paper bags. 

    By Sean Griffey • March 15, 2012