Cincinnati: A City at a Crossroads 

By Kathleen M. White

Faced with a local landfill filling up, this community is considering options to reshape its solid waste system. If you've ever wondered whether Cincinnati's...

Making the Right Moves 

Randy Southerland

A few simple steps can help you gain and retain customers. When it comes to building and maintaining a customer base, haulers must choose their moves...

Expensive But Smart 

David Nightingale

They may be expensive, but there are significant benefits to starting a household hazardous waste (HHW) program.Permanent HHW collection facilities have...

Tarp Talk 

Misty Milioto

Want to keep trash and odors in and the weather out? Waste Age provides a sampling of the tarps and tarping systems available in today's market.For roll-off...

TRUCKS: Taking LNG to the Streets 

William D. Siuru

Against the rolling green hills of the Allegheny Mountains, Houston-based Waste Management's (WMI) Washington, Pa., landfill looks like any other. Even...

HAZWASTE: Hazwaste Management: Make Less, Cost More 

Corinne Gangloff

Back when horses and carriages were used to collect refuse from the streets, no one would have ever guessed that expenditures on managing a niche market...

Consolidations of Another Kind 

Deana Rogers

As the wave of mergers and acquisitions swept through the solid waste industry, one company has been creating another type of consolidation. Columbus,...

Right Mix Pushes it To the Max, The 

Lynn Merrill

You've reached the end of the street. Now, would it be quicker and cheaper to make a right-hand turn or would a left-hand turn reduce the amount of back-tracking?While...

Facing Our Image 

Nikki Swartz

At 10 p.m. on most Wednesday nights, many Americans turn on cable television and gets a very bad picture of the solid waste industry.Tony Soprano and...

From Regulator To Player 

Jim Warner

Sometimes there is a silver lining in what appears to be a dark cloud. That saying holds true for the Lancaster County, Pa., Solid Waste Management Authority...

Does Pay-As-You Throw Pay Off? 

Christina DiMartino

Although pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) has a surprisingly long history, today its momentum is increasing. Word-of-mouth is spreading far and wide, with communities...

COLLECTION: Ten Tools for a Competitive Collection World 

Marc J. Rogoff

A wave of privatization is moving through the solid waste industry. This time, communities have chosen to surf this wave, turning their solid waste collection...

HAZWASTE: Collecting Hazwaste One Day at a Time 

Rebekah A. Hall

People typically dispose of household hazardous waste (HHW) before they move or during spring cleaning. But what happens when leftover paint, motor oil...

Service, Not Money 

Randy Southerland

Not long ago, a national waste hauler showed up at C&C Disposal in Fayetteville, Ga., to discuss a possible buyout. With larger haulers continuing to...

Hauling in Hotlanta 

Melanie A. Lasoff

Famous for its southern hospitality, hosting the 1996 Summer Olympics and numerous Peachtree streets, Atlanta also has become notorious for its rapid...

A Ragin' Success 

June D. Bell

Like many proud parents, Donna Duet displays a picture of her daughter in her office - but this photo's a little different than most. While it may seem...

COLLECTION: What is Just Compensation? 

Jonathan Burgiel

As more unincorporated areas become annexed, the private haulers servicing these areas face losing some, if not all of their business. To help protect...

HAZWASTE: A Curbside Hazwaste Success 

Joe M. Ball Sr.

What do you get when you marry curbside recycling collection with household hazardous wastes (HHW)?Orange, Calif.-based Curbside Inc.A company founded...

Managing Solid Waste - Southern Style 

Kathleen M. White

As a thriving economic center, Atlanta, site of this year's WasteExpo, is home to a variety of well-known American businesses. Indeed, some of the country's...

Collecting in a Multi-Family Way 

Christina DiMartino

Visualize a 500-unit apartment complex with approximately 1,500 tenants. When this multi-family unit's waste is consolidated at one collection point,...

Small Hauler Strategies 

Allison Rajala Ahcan

They might not be giants, but small haulers can be just as competitive as their larger solid waste industry brethren. In fact, by paying attention to...

La Mesa Miracle 

WASTE AGE STAFF

When La Mesa, Calif., visitors try to identify the attractive new building nestled in a smartly landscaped mesa in a central part of town, they often...

Woodstock '99: Mega MSW Management 

James V. Biamonte

Imagine how you'd clean up a city spanning 1,300 acres - including an event fairway covered by a sea of people, a 280-acre campground, two massive food...

A Special Effort for a Special Waste 

Laura Macpherson

Managing small quantities of household hazardous waste (HHW) can be tedious. Complying with state and federal regulations and worker training and education...

Riding on the Rails 

Lynn Merrill

Poised to render Olympic-style waste management services in the shadow of the Wasatch Mountain range, the Salt Lake Valley Transfer Station moves waste...