December 1, 2007
From the Can
Total Coverage
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Stephen Ursery
Timing can be critical in any business, and thanks to an array of online products, solid waste professionals don't have to wait a month between issues more...
Tip off
The Big Uneasy
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the city of New Orleans and one of its landfill operators claiming private land was used to illegally dispose more...
Go with the Flow
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Md., has issued a statement on flow control and the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in more...
Haul of America
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Deanna Hart, Assistant Editor
David Kutoff, CEO for Eagan, Minn.-based e-waste recycling firm Materials Processing Corporation (MPC), says he was initially surprised at the number more...
The Year in Trash
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
Last year, americans continued to recycle more municipal solid waste (MSW) despite generating more than ever. This trend, among others, was revealed in more...
UPDATES
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
Geocycle US, Dundee, Mich., has acquired Premier Environmental Management, St. George, S.C. Keep America Beautiful, Stamford, Conn., has released the more...
Network News
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, 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 more...
All in the Family
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
The atlanta city council has passed legislation that will enforce stricter recycling regulations for owners and management of multi-family residential more...
Single-minded
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
Houston-based Waste Management has agreed to operate a newly renovated, $7 million single-stream recycling facility in Largo, Md., which is owned by Prince more...
ROLL CALL
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
American LaFrance, Summerville, S.C., promoted Jeff Cook to national sales manager for the commercial division. The Waste Equipment Technology Association, more...
Columns
Code Remedy
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Barry Shanoff
Who says you can't fight city hall and win? Sometimes yes, it hurts to say this you can even do it without a lawyer. Just ask Joseph Vince of Garfield more...
Boxcar Blues
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Chaz Miller
For the last four years, state and local officials, private and public sector haulers, and environmentalists have been united in an intense battle over more...
Trends
Beyond the Bargain
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Kate McGinn XL Specialty Insurance Company www.xlinsurance.com
Building strong professional relationships is the key to good business. The importance of this becomes clear when you seek to purchase a business insurance more...
Old Tannenbaum
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Steven Averett, Managing Editor
According to the national christmas tree Association (NCTA), between 28 and 30 million natural Christmas trees will be sold in the United States during more...
Mind Games
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Barry Shanoff, Legal Editor, Rockville, Md.
Let's say you're driving to your office, carefully minding the traffic and the speed limit. All of a sudden, seemingly from out of nowhere, a trash truck more...
Cover Story
The High Cost of Doing Business
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Michael Fickes
Recently, the peoria disposal co. (PDC) in Peoria, Ill., acquired a small hauler. Among the new customers that came with the acquisition were residents more...
Features
Analyze This
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, 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 more...
Products
PRODUCTS: BALERS/COMPACTORS
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM
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 more...
Profiles in Garbage
Municipal Solid Waste 2006
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Chaz Miller
Municipal solid waste (MSW) is the stuff we have used and no longer need. EPA's MSW data does not track construction and demolition debris, or hazardous, more...
EIA
On Board
Dec 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Alice P. Jacobsohn
The environmental industry associations (EIA) elected three new members to its Board of Trustees on Nov. 7. Starting in January 2008, Charles Appleby, more...
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