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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 -
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 -
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 -
Gasification: Refining Safety
Gasification is the process by which solid organic matter is converted into a highly flammable synthesis gas in a partially oxidising environment. The energy industry has many years experience of combustion as a power generation method, but has limited experience of the hazards created dur...
By Sean Griffey • March 14, 2012 -
U.S. EPA adds to superfund sites list
The U.S. EPA added nine hazardous waste sites to the National Priorities List of superfund sites and is proposing to add 10 sites to the list, the agency announced.
By Sean Griffey • March 14, 2012 -
DOE, Ameresco Start Waste-to-Energy Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Ameresco Inc. have launched a waste-to-energy facility in South Carolina.
By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012 -
Charcoal studied for landfill methane containment
Researchers are now testing inexpensive biochar as a landfill cover ingredient to keep escaping methane in check.
By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012 -
PA town ponders nonferrous recycling center
The Borough of Waynesboro in Pennsylvania might build a recycling facility in a former lumber yard building.
By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012 -
EPA questions Lake Michigan ferry owners
The U.S. EPA is requesting detailed information from the owners of the Badger, the nation's last coal-fired boat, the Ludington Daily News reported. The vessel is permitted through December to discharge coal ash into Lake Michigan as part of its operations, but the EPA is considering groun...
By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012 -
Dallas explores options even if flow control shot down
While the city of Dallas was recently dealt a setback in court over its flow-control ordinance, city leaders are continuing to meet and plan on how to recover assets from the trash it collects.
By Sean Griffey • March 13, 2012 -
US Department of Defense renews service contract with Sims Recycling
The U.S. Department of Defense has agreed to renew a five-year continuation of service contract with Sims Recycling Solutions.
By Sean Griffey • March 12, 2012 -
Samsung, AnythingIT Launch E-Waste Recycling Program
Samsung Electronics America and AnythingIT Inc. are launching an electronics waste recycling program for Samsung customers. The Fair Lawn, N.J.-based information technology (IT) management and recycling firm AnythingIT said in a news release that the E-Waste Recycling & Asset Recovery Prog...
By Sean Griffey • March 12, 2012 -
WM driver saves fellow worker from being crushed
When Brian Braxton, a loader at Waste Management Inc. in Southfield, Mich., woke up the morning of Jan. 30, he had no idea that his regular work shift would mean a brush with death. Ice- and snow-covered roads painted the nearby Farmington Hills residential streets that morning, which started ...
By Sean Griffey • March 12, 2012 -
PSC Metals joins iScrap network
PSC Metals Inc. is the latest scrap recycler to join the iScrap App network database. With the app, more than 53,000 iScrap users can locate Mayfield Heights, Ohio-based PSC Metals locations in northern Ohio, view prices of prospective materials and send pictures of questionable material, acco...
By Sean Griffey • March 12, 2012 -
´The Love Boat´ is destined for the scrap heap
The former Pacific Princess, the boat from "The Love Boat" TV series, is being scrapped. A Turkish demolition company bought the vessel for a little more than $3.3 million (2.5 million euro), according to USA Today. The 19,903-ton, 600-passenger ship was built in 1971 for Flagship Cruises and dubbed the "Sea Venture."
By Sean Griffey • March 9, 2012 -
Fake bomb shuts down Waste Management facility
A prank gift, made to look like a bomb, shut down a Waste Management Inc. site in Hillsboro, Ore., on March 8, according to a local news report. Hillsboro police said the item, described as flares taped together and attached to a clock, was discovered in a bag by a worker sorting through garba...
By Sean Griffey • March 9, 2012
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