Waste Age

Sands from the Hourglass 

By Peter Foye

Can recycled glass be used to replenish Florida’s beaches?...

Network News 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

In a move to improve business continuity, Republic Services, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has agreed to a five-year $1.3 million contract with AT&T to upgrade...

PRODUCTS: BALERS/COMPACTORS 

Accent Wire The Accent 470 from Accent Wire, Tomball, Texas, is a wire tier system for balers. The knotter features a tilt-up and pivot-out mechanism...

Analyze This 

By Sean Kilcarr

When you visit the doctor's office for a checkup, one of the first things the nurse does is draw blood from your arm, because blood tests are an easy...

Window Shopping 

The waste equipment technology Association (WASTEC) and Waste Age magazine have launched their new online Waste Industry Marketplace. Available at www.wastec.org,...

Back Alley Buffet 

By Steven Averett

Back Alley Buffet The vegan ideal of forgoing meat, fish and poultry in addition to all products derived from those animals (milk, eggs, butter) is daunting...

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...

On the Map 

By Michael Fickes

Not long ago, a school bus and a refuse collection truck from LeMay Enterprises Inc. in Tacoma, Wash., collided. The school bus driver said the LeMay...

Double Duty 

By Jennifer Grzeskowiak

Maybe you're considering taking on a fully automated residential route, but only have a fleet of front loaders. Or, perhaps you're bidding on a residential...

Weighty Matters 

After it has been picked up, garbage has to be accounted for in order to bill the customer properly, to keep the truck's axle weights within legal limits...

Recycled Reef 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Collier County, Fla., announced it has nearly completed installation of a $100,000 artificial reef nine miles off the county's coast. The Naples Daily...

WASTEC Honors 

By Alice P. Jacobsohn

The environmental industry associations (EIA) recently honored members of the Waste Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC) for their good work. See...

Electric Company 

BY CHRIS CARLSON

Waste Management, Houston, has announced plans to expand its landfill gas-to-energy operations, adding 60 new facilities over the next five years. The...

High-Tech Upkeep 

By Sean Kilcarr

Timothy Mastropaolo, director of purchasing for Cincinnati, Ohio-based Rumpke Consolidated Cos., believes the value of maintenance software to a refuse...

Valuable Partners 

By Michael Fickes

Global positioning systems (GPS) and geographic information systems (GIS) can generate a map showing a picture of where you are and how to get to where...

Crunch Time 

Steven Averett Associate Editor

Officials in Santa Cruz, California, are proud of their vibrant downtown district. Lined with movie theaters, restaurants and shops, the area is a magnet...

A Helping Hand 

Geographic Information system (GIS) technology has been used by various industries since the mid-'90s. In recent years, the solid waste sector has discovered...

Crops Into Plastics 

Brenda Platt

Less than 200 years ago, our economy was based on carbohydrates. Plants were the primary raw material in the production of dyes, chemicals, paints, inks,...

A Whole New World 

Bruce Clark

ASSUME A WASTE FIRM OR local government needs a new landfill or transfer station and commissions a siting study. The traditional way to conduct such a...

Spurn the Burn 

Dwight Morgan

HISTORICALLY, incineration has been the primary treatment and disposal technology for medical waste. But in recent years, the availability of alternative...

WEIGHING THE DIFFERENCES 

AFTER IT HAS BEEN PICKED UP, garbage has to be accounted for, in order to bill the customer properly, keep the truck's axle weights within legal limits...

Smooth Operators 

By Kim O'Connell

ON A LONELY ROAD in central Ohio, a driver for Rumpke Consolidated Cos. Inc. was going about his daily route when a tire edged off the pavement, throwing...

Beyond the Call 

Eric Gernath

IT'S NOT OFTEN that a company in a highly regulated industry looks forward to more rules, but Teris North America, Dallas, used newly imposed federal...

Hi-Tech Blueprints 

Peter J. Hutchinson and Laura S. Barta

LANDFILL CLOSURE IS AN EXPENSIVE process for landfill operators, so cost controls are always welcome. One way to minimize expenses is to use frequency-domain...

TONS of Time 

By Michael Fickes

SCALES ARE AN UNASSUMING yet necessary part of the waste business. In addition to telling transfer station and landfill operators how much trash is coming...