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...

COMPOSTING: Composting Takes Small Bite Out of Big Apple 

Samantha MacBride

New York City's Department of Sanitation (NYCDOS) has completed a one-year study of the diversion potential of backyard composting. Not surprisingly,...

There's Green in Your Future 

Heather Siegel

Green and wood waste processors have spent the last decade cutting their own path to profitability. In the beginning, companies processed green waste...

RECYCLING: Communities Set Waste Reduction Records 

Kelly Lease

Would you like a few tips to turn your landfill disposal rates backward? More than a dozen communities stand ready to help in a new report, "Cutting the...

Joining the Culture Club 

Kivi Leroux

As recycling rates level off in big cities across the country, recycling coordinators are finding that they can boost participation rates by targeting...

MARKET REPORT: Why Retailers Recycle 

Madeline Johnson and Charles R. Strain Jr.

Along with municipalities, retailers that serve as recycling collection points are on the front lines of recycling efforts. So, why do retailers become...

C&D Debris Recycling in the Prairie State 

Betsy Harter

While there isn't much incentive for builders to recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris in Illinois, state officials are taking a proactive...

Buying the Best Baler 

Lynn Merrill

Buying a baler is like buying a computer. With a computer purchase, you have to consider processing speed, memory capacity, availability of accessories...

MARKETING: Recycling: From Haulers to Architects 

Jenna Kunde, Sonya Newenhouse

What if haulers, business managers and recycling professionals could share their recycling and waste reduction experiences in a friendly learning environment?...

Constructing the Future 

Cheryl L. Dunson

New technology and old mindsets, foreign investors and consolidation - these factors and a myriad of others will continue to affect the shape of solid...

Keeping the Recycling Boat Afloat 

Heather Siegel

Since Houston County, Minn.'s recycling program started in 1990, one of its primary goals has been county-wide participation, including residential, commercial...

HAZWASTE: Study Finds Computer Recycling Not Clicking 

Dawn Amore

Computers are becoming as ubiquitous as televisions in American homes. But as newer, faster and cheaper computers are churned out, where do the obsolete...

RECYCLING: More than a Recycler 

Tim Jarvis

From the Pacific Northwest to Florida, The SemiCycle Foundation, Austin, Texas, and its partners are taking a proactive approach to recycling while serving...

Revamping Recycling 

Tina DiSalvo Fries

What's automated, commingled, curbside and embraced by 76 percent of residents in the city of Virginia Beach, Va.? It's a customized recycling program,...

COLLECTION: How Much Do You Know About Pay-As-You-Throw? 

Jan Canturbury

In the past, efficiency, cost effectiveness and solvency haven't always been key characteristics of municipal solid waste (MSW) programs.But times have...

RECYCLING: An Alternative to Scrapping Scrap Tires 

John J. Spagnoli, A. Scott Weber and Thomas J. Richards

Scrap tires have many potential recycling and reuse applications, but marketing them can be a hard sell. The costs of processing scrap tires vs. the value...

The Ground Rules for Buying a Grinder 

Daniel Brandon

Driven by state and local mandates such as green waste diversion rules and no-burn regulations, private contractors and government entities from coast...

RECYCLING: Sun, Surf and Solid Waste: The Florida Vacationers' Bounty 

Steven Webb

More than 20 million vacationers stay at Florida hotels and motels each year, and generate substantial amounts of solid waste. To help reduce waste at...

COMPOSTING: New Process Aids Solid Waste Digestion 

Bill Siuru

Low-solids anaerobic digestion, used primarily in wastewater and sewage treatment plants, may be floating toward a new application: solid waste disposal.An...

On Common Ground 

Kivi Leroux

Like watching a turnstile, a materials recovery facility (MRF) has to carefully pay attention to what comes in and what goes out. If its end-product markets...

From Dirt To Dollars 

Patricia-Anne Tom

While a miracle may be required to transform water into wine, turning a grape composting operation - or any composting operation for that matter - into...

RECYCLING: Saving Refuse Costs at WARP Speed 

Janet Chambers

Although New York City's industrial firms generate more than 5,000 tons of solid waste daily, at least one of its Boroughs has found a way to help businesses...

PROCESSING: University Transfer Station Graduates to Recycling Center 

Patricia-Anne Tom

While the University of Illinois, Urbana, provides a focal point for higher learning, its transfer station provides a centralized location for all campus...

Buying Into Buy Recycled 

Kivi Leroux

Buying recycled products is critical to the recycling industry. Without thriving markets for such products, building a long-term, stable recycling system...

COMPOSTING: Baltimore City Turns Biosolids into Composting Success 

Robin Davidov

While some communities are just starting to dabble in composting programs, Baltimore, Md., City Department of Public Works head, George Balog, was an...