Waste Management unveils major energy initiative 

By Chris Carlson

Waste Management has announced a new environmental initiative that includes spending up to $500 million over the next 10 years to increase the fuel efficiency...

Polyethylene Terephthalate 

By Chaz Miller

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is a plastic resin used to make bottles for soft drinks and other household and consumer products. PET is a relatively...

Losing Count 

By Chaz Miller

We Americans love numbers. They give us the facts we need to solve problems and set rules. But can you make good public policy, or good business decisions,...

Sorting Out Safety 

By Susan Eppes

Within the last 10 years, material recovery facility (MRF) operators and their equipment manufacturers have increasingly made safety a top priority. Put...

55-Gallon Gallery 

By Deanna Hart, Assistant Editor

This year, the portrait of Leonardo da Vinci's mysterious Mona Lisa found its way from the Louvre to the parks of Lower Paxton Township, Pa., appearing...

Getting Traction 

By Chris Carlson

New legislation addresses tire disposal in Vermont...

Passing the Torch 

By Bailey Webb

How the Beijing Olympics and emerging economies around the world are reshaping the U.S. recycling market....

Seeing Green 

In a wide-ranging Q&A, commercial collection operators say customers are demanding more recycling services....

Yard Waste 

By Chaz Miller

The rate of composted yard waste has soared in recent decades....

Balers by the Book 

By Gary Satterfield and Michael Fickes

How government regulations and voluntary ANSI standards combine to improve baler safety....

Biosolidarity 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

California interests overturn biosolid ban....

Panel, Panel on the Wall 

Lisa Sepanski

Anticipating the disposal risks associated with flat panel displays....

Curbside Enthusiasm 

Paul Kilduff

Norcal introduces “cart hanger” recycling reminders....

X Factor 

Deanna Hart, Assistant Editor

Promoting waste reduction at the X Games....

Bottled Up 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Forthcoming report will detail PET industry trends....

Bits and Pieces 

By Chris Carlson

For waste companies, paper shredding offers a way to further serve valued customers....

Rise and Whine 

By Chaz Miller

“Freakonomics” author gets up early to bash recycling....

Bugging the EPA 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

In a recent letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Solid Waste Management Association (SWANA) pushed for mandatory recycling of pesticide...

Power Up 

By Michael Fickes

FREDERICK COUNTY, Md., wants to reduce the use of fossil fuels to produce electricity for its homes and businesses. Currently, 90 percent of the county's...

GE Acquires GTE Project 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

GE Energy Financial Services, Stamford, Conn., has acquired a 90 percent interest and limited partnership in the Scholl Canyon Landfill gas project in...

Of Toshers and Such 

By Chaz Miller

Toshers, bone-pickers, sewer-hunters and pure-finders. These are just a few of the many different kinds of scavengers who flourished in Victorian England...

Beautiful Bins 

Jamie Cahillane

Remember the 1970s, when recycling was in its infancy and the ubiquitous blue bin made its first appearance? Fast forward to the small town of Great Barrington,...

Glass Containers 

By Chaz Miller

Glass containers are made from sand, limestone, soda ash, cullet (crushed bottles), and various additives, including those used to color brown, green...

Recycled Repast 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Starting in 2009, Seattle's single-family households will be required to enroll in a food-waste recycling program. In July, the city passed the food-scrap...

Feasting on Food 

By Patricia-Anne Tom

THE HURDLES TO establishing a food scraps collection program often appear to be high, with the materials being wet, heavy and difficult to process plus...