New UK Veolia Recycling & Reuse Centre Hits 85% Diversion

A new reuse and recycling centre in Southwark, run by Veolia Environmental Services UK - part of Veolia Environnement - 85% of received waste from landfill in May following steady increases since opening in January this year. According to Veolia this is the highest diversion rate it h...

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 15, 2012

Befesa Announces Plan to Develop Recycling Programs in Turkey

Abengoa has announced that its Befesa Industrial Residue Recycling Division is planning on constructing two recycling-related projects in Turkey. Both projects are targeting steel dust recycling efforts and are scheduled to be built in Izmir and Adana, Turkey. Befesa operates in Turkey thr...

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 14, 2012

New business aims to recycle natural gas well liners

WellSpring Environmental and Ultra-Poly Corp. aim to collect and process an 10,000 tons of plastic well liners from drilling sites in the Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale region

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 14, 2012

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By Sean Griffey • Aug. 14, 2012

Major advance made in generating electricity from wastewater

New technology breakthrough could eventually allow waste treatment plants to generate and sell electricity

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 13, 2012

Interstate Waste landfill fined in Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection has fined Interstate Waste $20,693 for odors coming from its South Hadley landfill.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 10, 2012

Republic Services opens "World's Largest" recycling plant

The new facility, located outside of San Jose, California, can process up to 100 tons-per-hour of waste from multiple streams. It is expected to diver 80% of collected waste from landfills.

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 10, 2012

Biffa expected to reject $814 million purchase bid

Hoping to avoid a huge writedown on their books, Biffa's institutional lenders are expected to reject an $814 million offer

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 9, 2012

Arrest made in Alabama recycling plant fire

It is believed that the fire, which burned for weeks, was set to conceal a burglary.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 8, 2012

Virginia landfill seeks to raise height restriction 59%

By expanding vertically, Potomac Landfill promises the city that it will close earlier and increase space available for commercial development

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 7, 2012

Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels gets $105 million for new WTE plant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels a $105 million loan guarantee to build a new waste to energy plant near Reno, Nevada

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 7, 2012

Waste to Energy Canada purchases waste gasification technology

Canadian based WTEC annouces that it has finalized a deal to purchase the intellectual property of Waste2Energy Group Holdings.

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 6, 2012

WM and Sendik Foods team up to start composting program

Wisconsin's Sendik's Food Markets and Waste Management have teamed to launch a program to compost discarded produce and flower arrangements

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 3, 2012

Tale of two Pennsylvania incinerators

An article from The Patriot News highlights the stark differences between two similar Pennsylvania incinerators.

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 3, 2012

California to spend $1.7 million cleaning up tires

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) will award $1.7 million in grants to clean up illegally dumped tires.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 1, 2012

U.S Military and Doyon open Alaska's first landfill gas to energy plant

The new landfill gas to energy, projected to save $30 million, is located on the Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage.

By Sean Griffey • July 31, 2012

iScrap App and ScrapWare Sync Software for Efficiency

The iScrap App and ScrapWare Corporation teams have completed the integration of their software systems. The partnership between the two scrap industry tech teams is designed make the inputting of information more convenient for scrap yards. All ScrapWare customers that have signed up for the ...

By Sean Griffey • July 31, 2012

ReCommunity opens new MRF in Arizona

The newly operating material recovery facility is capable of processing 25 tons of recyclables per hour

By Sean Griffey • July 31, 2012

Virginia DEQ: Landfills not a threat to drinking water

Responding to concerns brought by a state task force, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stated that there is no reason to worry about water contamination from local landfills.

By Sean Griffey • July 31, 2012

Landfill gas company files $30 million claim against county

Hidden Hollow Energy, a subsidiary of Fortistar, has filed a $30 million tort claim against Ada County, Idaho

By Sean Griffey • July 29, 2012

Ameren debuts new landfill gas-to-energy facility

Ameren's new Missouri landfill gas-to-energy plant will generate 15 megawatts of power

By Sean Griffey • July 26, 2012

Compost start-up, EcoScraps, raises $1.5 million in funding

Company announces Series-A funding lead by Utah-based KickStart

By Sean Griffey • July 25, 2012

Iowa City landfill continues to burn; city gets good news

Iowa City receives good news in 2 month old landfill fire.  State's Department of Natural Resources will not classify burnt material as special waste

By Sean Griffey • July 25, 2012

Illinois Governor signs bill banning landfill expansion

Governor Pat Quinn signs into law House Bill 3881 which bans building new or expanding existing landfills in Cook County, Illinois

By Sean Griffey • July 23, 2012

New program will teach people to compost

Compost Coaching, a program designed to teach efficient composting, is coming to British Columbia, Canada

By Sean Griffey • July 23, 2012