Growth Has Its Problems, Too 

Drew Robb

A few years ago, the Browning, Ferris Industries (BFI) Central Los Angeles Recycling and Transfer Station found itself plagued by complaining neighbors,...

Buying the Best Baler 

Lynn Merrill

Buying a baler is like buying a computer. With a computer purchase, you have to consider processing speed, memory capacity, availability of accessories...

Scientific Transfer 

Phillip McEuen

Perhaps the most involved and time-consuming aspect of designing a transfer station is choosing the right equipment. High overhead, small margins and...

COLLECTION: California's No Fly Zone 

David W. Grossmueller, Usha Vedagiri

Flies and gnats have a bad reputation - or do they? Based on concerns from residents, the city of Bakersfield, Calif., recently conducted a study to determine...

From Rubble Comes Reward 

Cheryl L. Dunson

An entrepreneurial spirit and a commitment to customer service have breathed new life into Artistic Waste, a 30-year-old Des Moines, Iowa-based collection...

Mandates Motivate to Automate 

Aaron DeWeese

All across America, lifters and arms are replacing muscle, and plastic carts are replacing metal cans. But nowhere is the motivation any stronger to automate...

Constructing the Future 

Cheryl L. Dunson

New technology and old mindsets, foreign investors and consolidation - these factors and a myriad of others will continue to affect the shape of solid...

Doing it Their Way 

Kathleen M. White

After more than 60 years in operation, Walton, Ky.-based Bavarian Trucking Co. Inc. has quietly made a name for itself in the waste management industry....

TRANSFER: 10 Not-So-Easy Steps To Transfer Station Siting 

Reina J. Schwartz

It's no mystery as to why transfer stations are popping up as landfills close, but if you don't prepare properly, the process may unfold as a mysterious...

No Longer Bursting At the Seams 

Lynn Merrill

What do you do when the transfer station serving your growing community reaches capacity and there's no place else to go? If you're the South Utah Valley...

Picking Up the Pieces Part II 

Christina DiMartino

When a tornado, hurricane, earthquake or other natural disaster strikes, community planning is the key to successful and expedient debris removal. Areas...

The End of An Era 

Kim A. O'Connell

A hundred years ago, New York City faced the 20th century with a confident sense of its place in the industrial world. Consolidating its five boroughs,...

All Revved Up and Ready to Haul 

Lynn Merrill

As the new millennium dawns bright on the horizon, the world of refuse and recycling continues to defy predictions and astound analysts. Just when it...

The Middle Man 

Cheryl Dunson

With a customer list that reads like a Who's Who of the waste industry, Specialty Transportation Services Inc.'s (STS) business niche is practically one...

COLLECTION: How Much Do You Know About Pay-As-You-Throw? 

Jan Canturbury

In the past, efficiency, cost effectiveness and solvency haven't always been key characteristics of municipal solid waste (MSW) programs.But times have...

The Transfer Station Transition 

Lynn Merrill

Transfers stations, the trash world's equivalent of ever-expanding Internet stock companies, have grown exponentially in number in the past few years....

A Capital Idea 

WORLD WASTES STAFF

In the middle of the expansive 210-acre landfill in Carson City, Nev., a fresh pond 15 feet wide and 75 feet long recently was constructed. Not a retention...

All Systems Go for All Cycle 

Steve Webb

When Anthony Grutadaurio and Stubb Luce purchased Greater Atlanta Sanitation Systems in 1993, they inherited a beat-up rear loader and 388 residential...

Picking Up the Pieces 

Nikki Swartz

By early evening on May 3, weather watchers had been monitoring the Oklahoma sky for hours with radar in storm centers and from helicopters. Like a scene...

COLLECTION: Fort Lauderdale Pilots New Collection System 

Mary Donnellan

A city known for its sea and surf, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. also is becoming noted for its customer satisfaction and efficient operational costs for solid...

COLLECTION: Turning Around Driver Turnover 

Aaron DeWeese

It's a driver's market these days, with good drivers hard to find and even harder to keep. Look in any newspaper's classified section and there are scores...

Needle in a Waste Stack 

Dee NaQuin

New York City garbage, once hauled by many small, family run carters, has just a few handlers these days. With the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island...

Collecting Few and Far Between 

Lynn Merrill

Imagine trying to provide refuse collection and transfer services to an area where the winter temperatures regularly approach freezing and the summer...

Automated Collection: The Next Generation 

Lynn Merrill

If you're looking to streamline your collection system through automation, chances are you're in the market for high quality, durable equipment. Likewise,...

The BALER 3-STEP 

Patricia-Anne Tom

Balers can save a waste processing facility time and money by reducing disposal costs, improving operational efficiency and ultimately extending a landfill's...