Scotts Aims for 50% Reduction in Landfill Waste Weight by 2018

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. plans to reduce its waste by weight sent to landfills by 50 percent and include 30-percent recycled and renewable content in packaging by 2018.

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Dead man found on Waste Management conveyor

A dead body was discovered on April 9 on a conveyor belt at a Reno, Nev., recycling plant.

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Carpet recycling plant in Washington state ablaze

Washington carpet recycling facility was the scene of two-alarm blaze

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

New single-stream plant in Concord, N.H., on hold

The prospects of a single-stream recycling plant in Concord, N.H., just got dimmer. 

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Gold buyers, recyclers plan merger

NTR Metals and Ohio Precious Metals have merged to create a company that will sell about 10% of the world's recycled gold.

By Sean Griffey • April 10, 2012

Chicago to Expand Recycling Citywide in 2013

Mayor pledges that the Chicago will provide citywide recycling in 2013.  

By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012

Calif. deaths "a wake-up call" for composters

A California agency handed down stiff penalties six months after two men lost their lives at a composting operation.

By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012

Ohio man gets prison for failing to clean up illegal landfill

An Ohio man accused of running an illegal landfill and not cleaning up the site after being ordered to do so was sentenced to three years in prison

By Sean Griffey • April 9, 2012

Harrisburg Creditors Name Choice for Incinerator Receiver

Creditors of the city of Harrisburg, PA asked a judge to appoint a retired sewer executive to run the waste-to-energy incinerator that is responsible for pushing the city into insolvency.

By Sean Griffey • April 8, 2012

Casella in negotiations to sell Waste-to-Energy facility and buy landfill

Casella Waste is in negotiations with a city in Maine to sell a waste-to-energy facility and buy a landfill.

By Sean Griffey • April 6, 2012

Tempers Flare Over New Waste Stations In NYC

Staten Island residents angered by plan to re-open a local facility closed in 2001.

By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012

General Mills On Target for Solid Waste Reduction Goal

General Mills Inc. is halfway to its 2015 goal of a 50-percent reduction in solid waste generation

By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012

Access to Plastics Recycling Rises to 95% in Canada

Updated figures that show over 95% of Canadians now have access to plastic recycling

By Sean Griffey • April 5, 2012

New options for nuclear waste?

Crushing Pressure Surprisingly Opens Up Nanopores in Mineral

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Waste Management quantifies energy value in trash

Waste Management Inc. recently estimated the $12.3 billion it gets for hauling trash to landfills may be worth more than $40 billion a year in energy. 

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Landfill odors result in $2.3 million penalty

Republic Services ordered to pay $2.3 million in damages to South Carolina residents because of odors from landfill.

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Australia to take comprehensive review of waste-to-energy technology

Report  will review different technologies used in Europe, US, and Japan. 

By Sean Griffey • April 4, 2012

Medical waste incinerator proposed, opposition mounts

Residents in Baker County, Fla., are voicing their opposition to a planned medical waste incinerator, a Jacksonville television station reported. 

By Sean Griffey • April 3, 2012

Fairfax, Va., to get recycling bins in parks

Recycling bins and dumpsters will be placed at several Fairfax, Va., parks that are used heavily for athletic activities. 

By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012

Apple to Build Biogas Fuel Cell Facility

Apple has filed its plans to build the 5 MW fuel cell project 

By Sean Griffey • April 2, 2012

Majoring in Recycling

Universities and waste and recycling organizations have teamed up on several fronts. 

By Sean Griffey • March 31, 2012

Looking at the Recyclebank and Waste Management partnership

Waste 360 looks inside the Recyclebank and Waste Management partnership.

By Sean Griffey • March 31, 2012

New recycling center approved in New Jersey

Burlington County to build $9.1 million single-stream recycling facility.  

By Sean Griffey • March 30, 2012

Spokesman: Republic willing to negotiate with strikers

Republic Services Inc., in response to Teamster dissatisfaction in four markets, is indicating the company is ready to resume negotiations to settle labor strife.

By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012

Republic worker strike spreads to Seattle

The garbage worker strike initiated by Teamsters in Mobile, Ala., in opposition to labor law violations by Republic Services has spread to Seattle, Wash. 

By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012