Landfills are ideal locations for solar installations

The solar industry finding that landfills are ideal locations for clean renewable energy systems.

By Sean Griffey • March 29, 2012

Waste Management awards grants to 41 organizations

Waste Management awards grants to encourage the development of local environmental solutions

By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012

Cleveland fires waste-to-energy consultant

Cleveland officials fired a consultant tasked with designing a $180 million waste-to-energy plant after finding drafts containing errors and incorrect calculations.

By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012

EPA fines N.H.'s CSG Holdings Inc.

CSG Holdings Inc. of Columbia, N.H. faces a possible fine of up to $532,500 from the U.S. EPA for allowing polluted stormwater and process water from its mining facility to flow into nearby waters, the agency said.

By Sean Griffey • March 28, 2012

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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