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Driving It Home
By Thomas Metzger
EIA recognizes its 2009 Drivers of the Year....
Norcal Anew
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
San Francisco-based Norcal Waste Systems has changed its name to Recology....
The 1Q Results Are In
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Waste Management reports decline in first-quarter revenue; others show rise....
Safety First: The Heat Is On
By David Biderman
It's summer, and waste employers and workers must guard against heat stress....
Choking on Food Waste
By Steven Sherman
Factors impacting the expansion of organics collection programs on the West Coast....
Taking Account
By Matt Moskowitz
Tips to improve your accounts receivables in any economy....
The Load Less Traveled
By Sean Kilcarr
Route optimization software can save waste companies significant money and improve customer service, too....
Super Sized in Seattle
By Pete Keller
MRF in the Emerald City is revamped to handle more recyclables and single-stream collection....
Taking Out the Garbage
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
For father and son garbage collectors Gary and Chris Checkan, the day began like any other. Then they spotted 22-year-old Dale Robertson, suspected in the robbery of the nearby Huntington Bank, running by in a mask and hood....
Legal Lode: Jersey Boys
By Barry Shanoff
Mercer County is the setting for a new take on public-private partnerships....
Life in the Recession
In a wide-ranging Q&A, commercial collection operators discuss how they're coping with the economic downturn....
New Boss
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Richard Burke becomes head of Veolia North America....
A Focus on Carts, Arms & Lifters
Ameri-Kart's MegaKart Residential Waste Cart; Ameri-Kart's MBTL 180 Cart Lifter; Cascade Engineering's Residential Carts; and more....
Good Clean Fun
By Michael Fickes
Sanitation crews work around the clock to make sure that the hedonism in Las Vegas takes place in a clean environment....
Feeling the Flow
Lawyers for SWANA and NSWMA discuss the effects of the historic Oneida-Herkimer flow control decision — and its lingering issues....
More Money
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Waste Connections sees revenues rise in first quarter....
A Focus on Landfill Liners, Covers & Geotextiles
Mercer Motor Works' TDS-30 Tarping System; Poly-Flex's Geomembrane Landfill Liners and Caps; and more....
Waste Watchmen
By Thomas Metzger
NSWMA's notable history of protecting health and the environment....
Down the Tracks
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
New York City began shipping residential waste from north Brooklyn to out-of-state landfills via rail instead of trucks....
Divestiture Days
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
In early April, Advanced Disposal Services acquired a portion of the assets that the federal government ordered Republic Services to sell following the firm's recent merger with Allied Waste Services....
Updates
Wastequip will close Ider, Ala., manufacturing facility; Republic Services named country's most shareholder-friendly environmental services company by Institutional Investor magazine; Insurance Specialty Group purchased WASTEPAC....
Legal Lode: Annexation Anxiety
By Barry Shanoff
Private hauler seeks compensation for customers lost when city takes over area....
Get Smart
By Alice Jacobsohn
This year's WasteExpo educational program features three topics across several tracks....
The Shake Out
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
Waste Connections, Folsom, Calif., has agreed to purchase assets from Phoenix-based Republic Services that had to be divested following Republic's merger...
Financing Hard Times
By Michael Fickes
Like virtually all companies, waste collection and disposal firms see their business shrink during recessions....
