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Cleaning Up After Mother Nature

By Nancy Mann Jackson

Be It Wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, or floods, most areas are at risk of a natural disaster at some point and just after the devastation...

The Big Get Bigger

By Chris Carlson

So Much for summer being a slow time for news. In late June, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Services reached an agreement to acquire Phoenix-based...

Image Is Everything

By Chris Carlson

For Too Long, waste industry officials say, there has been a disconnect between how the waste industry operates and what the public knows about its operations....

Protecting the Flow

By Chris Carlson

In A Move They Say will help taxpayers, legislators in Lewis County, N.Y., have reinstated flow control. Effective July 1, all waste collected within...

Waste in the Windy

WasteExpo celebrated its 40th anniversary by blowing into Chicago for the 2008 show. The event, which was held at McCormick Place, attracted more than...

Join Up

By Alice Jacobsohn

One of the Best Reasons a manufacturer, distributor or service company should consider joining the Waste Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC) and...

Praying Over the Pile

It would seem a difficult task to accidentally toss close to $200,000 in the garbage. But that is the story told by a Provo, Utah, woman who, perhaps...

MRFs Under the Microscope

Waste Age discusses the pressing issues facing MRFs — such as rising equipment costs and worker safety — with site managers...

Turning Green

By Michael Fickes

Compactor and baler users now have options that are designed to be environmentally friendlier...

Driven to Succeed

By Alice Jacobsohn

EIA recognizes outstanding garbage truck drivers for 2008...

Waste Age 100 of 2007

Waste Age presents its 15th annual list of the 100 largest solid waste firms...

Haul, Speed Racer, Haul!!!

By Steven Averett

It's likely ontario legislators had a specific kind of offender in mind when they recently enacted legislation to catch and penalize street racers...

Costume Drama

By Steven Averett

Trash bags are not the best storage medium for valuable clothing...

Steely Resolve

By Chris Carlson

Haulers seek solutions for rising fuel and steel prices...

Kudos

By Alice Jacobsohn

Norman Aardema bought South Chicago Disposal with his brother in 1981, running four trucks...

Product Survey: Carts, Arms & Lifters

Ameri-Kart, Wichita, Kan., offers the MegaKart for residential waste handling. The carts are manufactured with high-density polyethylene and are designed to withstand a variety of climate conditions, the company says...

Listen Up

By Kenneth Bleyer and Will Flower

Dr. Joyce brothers once wrote, “Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery...

The (Ana)Log Jam

By Chaz Miller

They’re at it again. The fearmongers are all in a tizzy over the federally mandated switch from analog transmission of television broadcasts to digital on February 17, 2009...

Transcendent Transfer

Heather Larson

King County, Wash., transfer station incorporates green design...

A Brighter Emerald

By Chris Carlson

Seattle takes steps to further cement its green image...

My Friend Jerry

Bill Wolpin

If You Are A Fan of Waste Age, you can thank dozens of people, but resting comfortably at the top of the list is Jerry Schwartz. Jerry may have been publisher...