Wastequip adds new board member

Francis Scricco is the newest member of the board of directors for Wastequip’s parent holding company, Patriot Container Corp.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 5, 2012

Vermont waste district paying big for contaminated compost

Compost containing herbicides was accidently sold to farmers and may cost a Vermont solid waste district up to $1 million in retribution.

By Shauna Blackmon • Sept. 4, 2012

Community pushes for investigations against recycling facility for links to high cancer rates

While officials don’t yet know what is causing this cancer cluster, locals suspect close by King Metal Recycling might be the cause.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 31, 2012

US Senator proposes making scrap theft a federal offense

After seeing a rise in scrap metal burglaries in his district, U.S Senator, Charles Schumer (D - NY), has proposed making scrap thefts a federal offense.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 30, 2012

Casella Waste Systems reports $8.4M Q1 loss, lowers FY13 expectations

Common shares lost $8.4 million, while revenue dropped 4.7% from last year's Q1 report.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 30, 2012

Tom’s of Maine partners with TerraCycle to keep packaging out of landfills

Participants can help secure donations to their school or favorite non-profit by recycling Tom’s of Maine packaging.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

E-waste market returns with new vigor

During the global economic slow down, the e-waste recycling sector took a hit but is now quickly recovering.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

New regulations set precedent for thermometer recycling rates in California

The amount of mercury in landfills is starting to worry California officials enough to employ a statewide recycling initiative to reduce the number of thermostats in landfills.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

Riverside Products appoints new vice president

Kevin Toft was recently announced as the new vice president of scrap metal recycling company Riverside Products. 

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 29, 2012

U.S. aluminum-can recycling rates reach 14-year high

Can Manufacturers Institute and the Institute for Scrap Recycling Industries announced 2011 had one of the highest rates for recycling in decades.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 28, 2012

Republic Services to spend $19 million to update facilities

The upgrade of two recycling plants in St. Louis is the largest renovation of its kind in Missouri according to Republic Services.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 27, 2012

Lehigh Technologies receives $16 million in new investments

The Atlanta based tire-recycling company received the investments from large venture capital firms to expand their enterprise.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 27, 2012

SSI Shredding has new contract to build industrial shredders in China

The Oregon-based company will partner with Liyang Environmental Technology Company to solve China's growing industrial waste problem.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 24, 2012

Body found while sorting through recyclables in Republic Services plant

Officials say they are unsure as to where the body came from.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 24, 2012

Exxon Mobil, CBS and Verellus Specialties to pay $29.8 million in cleanup costs

Hazardous waste management practices from tar processing and mercury handling are now resulting in big clean-up costs.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 22, 2012

UN report looks at e-waste problem in expanding technical world

While more and more countries are catching up in the technological revolution, many don’t yet have the facilities to handle the amount of waste produced from these gadgets.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 21, 2012

Parts of London Olympic Stadium to be used to make shelters

Now that the Olympics are over, material from the stadium will be used to help at risk children.

By Shauna Blackmon • Aug. 20, 2012

Report anticipates $263.4 billion global waste management and remediation services market by 2017

Lucintel releases report that predicts waste industry growth and cites key factors over the next five years.

By Brian Warmoth • Aug. 19, 2012

Waste Management pushes recycling at Iowa state fair

Waste Management looks to set a new record for recycling at the 2012 Iowa State Fair

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 17, 2012

Totally Green raises $20 million for composting solution

Composting equipment manufacturer, Totally Green, has raised $20 million in financing from York Plains investment to rollout a new leasing service model.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 17, 2012

Boeing to Refine Waste Cooking Oil into Biofuel in China

A new technology center is to research the use of waste cooking oil as aviation biofuel in China has been jointly funded by Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC). The companies said that the project is a collaborative effort to support commercial aviati...

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 17, 2012

Study claims that plastic bag ban hurts sales

A study from the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) claims that a Los Angeles county bag ban has negatively impacted sales for stores within the ban.

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 16, 2012

California town moves to shut down recycling business

Oakley, California city council leaders have claimed that a local recycling facility has been violating solid waste ordinances.  

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 16, 2012

Teijin to Establish Polyester Chemical Recycling Joint Venture in China

The Japanese company Teijin Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, announced plans to establish a joint venture with the Chinese company Jinggong Holding Group to create a company called Zhejiang Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd., in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China, one of China's largest productio...

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 16, 2012

Proposed Santa Fe bag ban 'far from done'

A proposal to ban plastic bags in Santa Fe received a mixed response from a city advisory committee on Tuesday

By Sean Griffey • Aug. 15, 2012