Landfill Management
Norcal Anew
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
San Francisco-based Norcal Waste Systems has changed its name to Recology....
The 1Q Results Are In
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Waste Management reports decline in first-quarter revenue; others show rise....
Polyethylene Terephthalate
By Chaz Miller
Exports became the largest market for Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in 2007....
Capitol Gas
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Cap-and-trade bill would exempt landfills and WTE sites....
E-Waste Decline?
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
New report says amount of e-waste reaching landfills should peak in 2015....
Wind, Wings and Waste
By Robert Johnson
Birds and wind-blown litter can cause major annoyances for landfill operators, but the solutions are out there....
Good Clean Fun
By Michael Fickes
Sanitation crews work around the clock to make sure that the hedonism in Las Vegas takes place in a clean environment....
Filtering by Forest
By Brad Granley, P.E.
Green leachate treatment process cuts costs while enhancing the environment....
New Boss
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Richard Burke becomes head of Veolia North America....
More Money
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Waste Connections sees revenues rise in first quarter....
Circular File: Change in the Air
By Chaz Miller
The waste industry will continue to lower its greenhouse gas emissions....
Waste Watchmen
By Thomas Metzger
NSWMA's notable history of protecting health and the environment....
Walking on Sunshine
By Tony Walker
A cover made of solar panels turns a capped landfill into an "energy park."...
A Balancing Act
By Dave Call and Joe Benco
The successful siting of a landfill is a multi-pronged effort that must weigh environmental and engineering issues with political challenges, economic viability and social concerns....
Most Unwelcome
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
A study noting that people don't want to see landfills built in their communities is about as shocking as revelations that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens used steroids....
Get Smart
By Alice Jacobsohn
This year's WasteExpo educational program features three topics across several tracks....
Tapping the Trash
By Martin L. Pomerantz, executive vice president of technology and engineering, Renewable Solutions Group
Georgia facility converts landfill methane to pipeline-quality gas....
San Fran Jam
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
San Francisco may only have five years of landfill capacity left....
Pet Project
By Steven Averett (steven.averett@penton.com)
Residents of a Cincinnati community, mulling development options for the recently capped Gray Road landfill, opted for a pet cemetery as the most desirable proposal....
Advanced Disposal Opens C&D Landfill in GA
Jacksonville, Fla.-based Advanced Disposal Services has opened Caruthers Mill Construction and Demolition Debris Landfill in Monroe, Ga. ...
Means of Survival
By Bruce Clark
For every municipal landfill owner, maximizing capacity is not only a mandatory, long-term objective, but a daily one as well....
Cash for Gas
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
Phoenix-based Republic Services has sold the right to purchase landfill gas from its Hickory Ridge Landfill in Conley, Ga., to Global Energy Systems (GES)....
The Shake Out
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
Waste Connections, Folsom, Calif., has agreed to purchase assets from Phoenix-based Republic Services that had to be divested following Republic's merger...
End in Sight
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
After years of acrimony and sabre-rattling by politicians, the Toronto-Michigan trash saga appears to be ending not with a bang, but with something of a whimper....
Light It Up
By Steven M. Hamilton
With the growing emphasis on finding renewable sources of energy and decreasing the country's dependence on foreign sources of energy, interest in landfill...
