Collections and Transfer

Hills and Valleys 

By Jennifer Grzeskowiak

The Center for Land Use Interpretation in Culver City, Calif., has organized an exhibit spotlighting landscape, but of a different nature. Post-Consumed: The Landscape of Waste in Los Angeles examines...

Mapping It Out 

By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)

Republic Services and Allied Waste have completed integration planning for their merger, which is expected to close in fourth-quarter 2008....

Legal Lode: Curbside Enthusiasm 

By Barry Shanoff

Never mind aesthetics and convenience. Under New Jersey law, a municipality can fulfill its legal obligation to provide solid waste service to a deeply...

Finding a Way 

By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)

Like many industries, the solid waste industry has felt the lingering impacts of the struggling economy, volatile commodities markets and a tightening credit market....

Going Green 

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Communities find many benefits to building environmentally friendly MRFs and transfer stations....

In With the New 

By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)

Wastequip, Cleveland, promoted John Scott to be the company's new president and CEO, effective Oct. 7. Scott most recently served as...

A Done Deal 

By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)

Waste Connections has finalized its acquisition of Harold LeMay Enterprises. The deal, which cost Waste Connections approximately $300 million...

Third Quarter's A Charm 

By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)

Several publicly traded waste companies saw encouraging jumps in their third-quarter 2008 earnings reports. Houston-based Waste Management saw a 12 percent...

Preparation is Paramount 

By John Culbertson

Before implementing automated collection, haulers must lay the groundwork....

Life After Ike 

Chris Carlson

They had their plans and stuck to them. By the time Hurricane Ike reached Galveston, Texas, in mid-September, Houston-based Waste Management had taken...

A BIGGER CAP 

Chris Carlson

The New York City Business Integrity Commission (BIC) has proposed a rate cap increase that would allow haulers of commercial waste to charge $15.89 per...

Trash on the Tracks  

BY Nancy Mann Jackson

A city of 8 million people produces a lot of trash. In New York City, it's not uncommon to see trash bags piled in the streets early in the morning and...

Tampa Tackles Tomorrow 

BY Michael Fickes

This fall and winter, when people across the country will be wishing they were somewhere warm, several million people will descend on sunny, balmy Tampa,...

Choosing to be Single 

BY Jennifer Grzeskowiak

Improving the environment and increasing efficiency are at the top of many communities' to-do lists. That helps explain why so many cities continue to...

Environmentalists Every Day 

By Bruce J. Parker, NSWMA President and CEO

In the Coming Weeks and Months, the National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), on behalf of the thousands of men and women who work for the...

Those Wacky Finns 

In august, residents of helsinki, finland, suddenly found themselves conversing with their trash receptacles...

The Safety Dance 

Chris Carlson

The Solid Waste Industry is paying more attention to safety, and the numbers back it up. According to a report by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics,...

As the Can Turns 

Chris Carlson

In Late August, Houston-based Waste Management received a second request from the U.S. Department of Justice for more information regarding the company's...

Gearing Up  

REFUSE TRUCK BODIES Heil Environmental Heil Environmental, Chattanooga, Tenn., manufactures the STARR automated side loader system for collection refuse...

Small Players, Big Ideas 

By Sean Kilcarr

Rick Galliher isn't what you'd call a big operator in the refuse and recycling world. In fact, he's downright small, running just six trucks for his 1-800-GOT-JUNK?...

I Love a Parade! The Confetti, Not So Much ...  

STRIKE UP THE BAND! INFLATE THE BALLOONS! Line up the floats! Pass out the bags!...

The Ripening of Republic 

By Michael Fickes

In Late June, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Services, the third-largest hauling firm in the country, made major headlines when it reached an agreement...

Merger Madness 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Waste Connections, Folsom, Calif., has acquired Harold LeMay Enterprises, Tacoma, Wash. The transaction is expected to close in fourth-quarter 2008 and...

Going Natural 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Beginning in January 2009, Brookhaven, N.Y., will require all haulers that service the town to operate trucks that run on compressed natural gas (CNG)....

Trailers, Floors, Tippers 

Columbia Industries The Low Profile landfill tipper from Columbia Industries, Hillsboro, Ore., is manufactured to accommodate a variety of trailers. According...