Cold Collection
By Jackie Couillard, Industry Consultant, Pyramid Creative Group
In Alaska, known as The Last Frontier, curbside recycling is still in its infancy. In early 2008, consultants reported to Anchorage officials that the...
Financing Hard Times
By Michael Fickes
Like virtually all companies, waste collection and disposal firms see their business shrink during recessions....
Low Wire Act
By Jeff Eriks, Vice President of Project Development, Cambridge Companies, Griffith, Ind.
Finding new sites in high-density areas to build transfer stations is growing increasingly difficult. Resident concerns, limited availability of convenient...
Cinching the Belt
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
With tightening markets and diminished earnings, solid waste companies continue to adjust their operations while expecting conditions to improve as 2009....
Legal Lode: Cadaver Palaver
By Barry Shanoff
Arrowaste, a Zeeland, Mich.-based hauler, inadvertently takes corpse from Notier-Verlee-Langland Funeral Home....
A Focus on Automated Collection
The Curotto Can; Heil Environmental's MultiTask SL; Perkins Manufacturing's The PAC - Perkins Automated Can; Qwik-Tip's Qwik-Tip II....
No Can Do
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
When it comes to escaping prison via transport, the choice comes down to dirty or very dirty: Hide in the laundry or hide in the trash....
Diversionary Tactics
By Karl Hufnagel
Unlike most transfer stations, a new facility near Seattle will be able to sort, process and recover recyclables....
Science Reject
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
Sure your mom loves you. But does she love you enough to wade into a Dumpster in high heels for your educational benefit?...
Roll Call
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
Waste Industries USA, Raleigh announces Ven Poole will succeed Jim Perry as CEO; E-Z Pack Manufacturing names Dave Crafton as regional sales manager; Vermeer Corp. appoints Glenda Vander Witt as director of marketing....
Walking on Eggshells
By Kate McGinn, XL Specialty Insurance Company, www.xlinsurance.com
Enterprise risk management can help your firm survive the economic downturn....
Applying the Brakes
By Sean Kilcarr
With the economy in free fall, refuse fleets are using a variety of methods to cut costs....
Making the Merger Work
By Michael Fickes
Republic Services and Allied Waste have completed their much-publicized merger. Now comes the heavy lifting....
What a Year
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
With a potentially historic presidential election on the horizon, it seemed that we were in for an interesting year when 2008 arrived. We could hardly have predicted then just how interesting — and, all too often, depressing — this year would turn out to be. ...
Two Become One
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
The merger between Allied Waste and Republic Services has been finalized after receiving federal and shareholder approval....
Circular File: So Long, 2008
By Chaz Miller
For recycling and garbage, 2008 started out like a lamb and ended like a lion. The year that was in waste and recycling...
Drive Time
By Chaz Miller, State Programs Director, Environmental Industry Associations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration released new hours-of-service regulations on Nov. 19. The hours of service rule is one of the most contentious regulations undertaken...
Riding Out the Recession
By Michael Fickes
Officials at Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Services took notice when residential construction started to decline. Maybe a year or so ago, about...
Tooting Their Own Horn
By Nancy Mann Jackson
Just like police and fire protection, the regular removal of solid waste is a public service that many Americans take for granted. Most people simply...
Legal Lode: Not for Their Consideration
By Barry Shanoff
Residents who are unhappy with an Ohio city's decision to privatize residential waste collection cannot put the matter on the ballot in an upcoming election...
Get In Line
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
In late November, President Bush signed legislation effectively ending the federal exemption of all rail facilities that handle solid waste from state...
Crime Begets Grime
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
See some litter, leave some litter. Such is the conclusion of a study by Dutch researchers that found people are more likely to commit small crimes when in a litter-strewn or vandalized area....
Roll Call
OAKLEAF Waste Management's James R. Barnes Awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepeneur of the Year; Conservation Services Group Hires Bruce Teal; Otto Environmental Systems North America Promotes Tim Phanco....
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...
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...
