Waste Legislation
Legal Lode: Jersey Boys
By Barry Shanoff
Mercer County is the setting for a new take on public-private partnerships....
Capitol Gas
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Cap-and-trade bill would exempt landfills and WTE sites....
An Awakening Giant?
By Michael Fickes
Following a decade of hibernation, the waste-to-energy industry is poised for a comeback — and is hoping federal legislation can help pave the way....
The E-Waste Patchwork
By Jason Linnell
In the absence of a federal electronics recycling program, states are passing a variety of laws to divert the products from landfills....
A Flurry of Activity
By Chaz Miller
Congress, state legislatures and local governments are considering lots of bills that would affect the solid waste industry....
Feeling the Flow
Lawyers for SWANA and NSWMA discuss the effects of the historic Oneida-Herkimer flow control decision — and its lingering issues....
Circular File: Change in the Air
By Chaz Miller
The waste industry will continue to lower its greenhouse gas emissions....
Thirst Quenched
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Bottle bills expanded in Connecticut and New York....
Legal Lode: Attesting Your Metal
By Barry Shanoff
Appeals court upholds Memphis laws designed to crack down on scrap thefts....
Thirsty for Revenue
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Connecticut's bottle deposit law is not just for soda and beer anymore. In March, Gov. Jodi Rell signed a deficit reduction measure that expands the deposit law, commonly known as a "bottle bill," to include bottled water....
Circular File: Spring Fling
By Chaz Miller
The economic doldrums facing most state governments have proven to be a powerful incentive for new taxes on garbage....
Loose Lips
By Barry Shanoff, Legal Editor, Rockville, Md.
Are you annoyed, embarrassed or angry when Driver A pulls you aside in the office hallway and wails about how Driver B with comparable longevity is making...
Legal Lode: Scrap of Evidence
By Barry Shanoof
Despite reliance on hearsay evidence, city officials may dismiss an employee whose conduct undermined the municipal scrap metal disposal and recycling...
Oregon Trial
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
Sometimes working together isn't the best option. Stakeholders in Oregon's commingled recycling program learned this after a failed attempt to regionalize...
Priming the Alternative Pump
By Sean Kilcarr
There's something for everybody in President Obama's newly minted American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)....
S.C. Lawmakers Push for Landfill Moratorium
Four South Carolina senators are urging their colleagues to pass a landfill moratorium to reduce the amount of out-of-state waste coming into state landfills....
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....
Hasta La Vista?
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
In an effort to solve California's budget deficit, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to terminate the California Integrated Waste Management Board....
When Duty Calls
By Barry Shanoff, Legal Editor, Rockville, Md.
Military-related provisions are added to Family and Medical Leave Act. The first revision to FMLA regulations in the law's 15-year history....
Out of Gas
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
In January, the Sacramento, Calif., City Council unanimously rejected a proposal for a $200 million plasma arc gasification facility....
Legal Lode: Cadaver Palaver
By Barry Shanoff
Arrowaste, a Zeeland, Mich.-based hauler, inadvertently takes corpse from Notier-Verlee-Langland Funeral Home....
Legal Lode: Displace But Don't Dis
By Barry Shanoff
Appeals court says county's waste collection plan cannot circumvent state law....
Looking Ahead
By Stephen Ursery (steve.ursery@penton.com)
Well, 2008 has come and gone. But the arrival of 2009 seems like more than just the beginning of a new year. It feels like the start of a new era....
Enter Obama
By Chris Carlson (chris.carlson@penton.com)
Officials say the new administration's emphasis on climate change will impact the waste industry....
Circular File: Sanitation Prognostication
By Chaz Miller
E-waste recycling and climate change are the two solid waste and recycling issues most likely to receive the attention of state and federal legislators in the coming year....
