Collective VIEW
By Lynn Merrill
BUSINESS IN THE solid waste management industry is, well, solid. That doesn't mean there aren't challenges to running a successful business, however....
MAKING IT IN THE USA
By Kim A. O'Connell
THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY, Paul Jenks likes to say, is more evolutionary than revolutionary. As president and CEO of Onyx Waste Services (OWS) and an industry...
PAYING THE PRICE
By Michael Fickes
IT WAS ONLY A LITTLE LESS THAN one year ago that Ron McCracken, president of RJM Waste Equipment Co., Easley, S.C., grinned as he looked over December...
Transferring Loads
Wendy Angel Assistant Editor
CONGRESS HAS REFUSED to put the brakes on shipments of municipal solid waste (MSW) since the late 1980s. Consequently, there has been a growing interest...
Lean, Green Transfer Machine
By Larry Trojak
TRANSFER STATIONS PLAY A LARGE role in managing municipal solid waste (MSW), especially in an area as large as the Dallas-Ft. Worth Metroplex, population...
CALLING ON CEOs
Waste Age: How has the public sector side of the waste business both contractors and operations changed? Mickey: Economics have a dynamic impact on the...
CALLING ON CEOs
THE WASTE INDUSTRY'S game of Hungry Hungry Hippo has long been over, but that does not mean waste management companies have put the lid on the game. In...
EXTREME MAKEOVER: WASTE ADDITIONS
By Charlotte Woolard
WASTE MANAGEMENT IN THE Phoenix area is undergoing radical change. But unlike a surgeon cutting away, the communities in Maricopa County, Ariz., are adding...
The Art of COMMERCIAL PRICING
BY JEFF ADLER
PROVIDING COMMERCIAL collection is perhaps the most complex service a waste hauling company can provide. It involves serving a wide variety of customers,...
TO BUILD or Not TO Build
By John Dempsey
SOCIAL, POLITICAL AND environmental concerns often can besiege a proposal to build a transfer station. To justify the need for such a facility, solid...
CALLING ON CEOs
A Waste Age Exclusive
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS in the waste industry often seems as if it is littered with obstacles. Immense competition exists among haulers and among the private...
Fine-Tuning NYC's Future
Mike Fickes Business Editor Cockeysville, Md.
WHEN FRESH KILLS LANDFILL on Staten Island, N.Y., closed in July 2001, it underscored New York City's need for a new approach to solid waste management....
For the Long HAUL
By Wendy Angel
WHEN CONTEMPLATING what tarping system to buy, think of your purchase as a potential marriage. The goal is to have the tarping system for as long as you...
Earning a Star Role
By Michael Fickes
IN MOST JURISDICTIONS, the coup de grace for trash usually comes when it is flung into a landfill. Not so in Hennepin County, Minn., which has no landfills....
[MAKING CONNECTIONS]
By Kathleen M. White
AT A TIME WHEN SOME OF the top waste management companies have either scaled back acquisitions, downsized or both, Waste Connections Inc., Folsom, Calif.,...
Disposing of a Disaster
Lynn Merrill Director of Public Services San Bernardino, Calif.
COORDINATING DEBRIS REMOVAL after a natural disaster, particularly a fire, is an important role for the waste industry, even if these events do not occur...
Tackling DALLAS
By Kathleen M. White
IN THE SPIRIT OF ITS HOME STATE, with its wide countryside and independent attitude, Dallas' solid waste hauling and disposal scene can be characterized...
Hazwaste Homebase
Michael Fickes Business Editor Cockeysville, Md.
COLLECTING HAZWASTE in Los Angeles has gotten safer and cheaper, thanks to new hazardous waste centers. Last year, the Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation...
Big Events Mean Big Trash
Michael Fickes Business Editor Cockeysville, Md.
LAST YEAR, 6.7 million people strewed trash across 15 major cities at 77 events such as the Super Bowl, the US Open and the Midtown Music Festival in...
GETTING ON TRACK
By Michael Fickes
AS MAJOR U.S. CITIES FACE the closure of key regional landfills in the next dozen years, they may begin a large-scale move to waste-by-rail, the shipment...
50 years Bin There, Done That
By Kathleen M. White
A QUIET YET ONGOING FORCE has been moving throughout the waste industry for the past 50 years. The Detachable Container Association (DCA), the waste management...
Stabilizing Spain
Ignasi Puig Ventosa ENT Environment and Management Vilanova Spain www.ent-consulting.com ipuig@ent-c
ALTHOUGH IT IS HUNDREDS of miles across the ocean, the small town of Torrelles de Llobregat, Spain, has learned to increase its recycling rate by following...
Building Consensus
By Michael Carleton
IN A STATE AS BIG AS TEXAS, it can be challenging to get five of the state's fastest growing cities to agree on anything, let alone long-term strategies...
Aging Gracefully
By Lynn Merrill
AS AUTOMATED COLLECTION RAPIDLY approaches its 30th birthday, it's no longer necessary to argue about the feasibility of using one-armed trucks. Over...
Flow Control Face Off
WHERE WASTE WINDS UP can be costly and sometimes controversial. Disposal site owners must keep their facilities with waste to cover the costs of construction...
