July 1, 2008
From the Can
Philly's New Day
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Stephen Ursery
For a Recent Event Announcing the citywide implementation of single-stream residential recycling, Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter pulled out all more...
Tip Off
The Big Get Bigger
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chris Carlson
So Much for summer being a slow time for news. In late June, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Republic Services reached an agreement to acquire Phoenix-based more...
Not the Way We See It
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chris Carlson
Officials for the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), Washington, have questioned a recent claim by the American Scrap Coalition that steel more...
The Biggest Reuser
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Deanna Hart, Assistant Editor
In May, six Renton, Wash., households participated in the Recycle More Neighborhood Challenge, held by the Solid Waste Division of King County (Wash.) more...
Image Is Everything
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chris Carlson
For Too Long, waste industry officials say, there has been a disconnect between how the waste industry operates and what the public knows about its operations. more...
Protecting the Flow
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chris Carlson
In A Move They Say will help taxpayers, legislators in Lewis County, N.Y., have reinstated flow control. Effective July 1, all waste collected within more...
Change In the Air
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chris Carlson
The Washington-Based National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) and the Solid Waste Management Association of North America (SWANA), Silver more...
MARK IT
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, BY CHRIS CARLSON
July 30-Aug. 1, 2008 18th Annual Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania ConferenceGettysburgh, Pa.www.proprecycles.org Aug. 5, 2008 NSWMA Safety SeminarChicagowww.nswma.org more...
Columns
In-flow-ential Decision
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Barry Shanoff
Tax Breaks for Local Residents on municipal bonds issued by states and their political subdivisions do not run afoul of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution, more...
Tomorrow's Trash
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Chaz Miller
How Much Trash will We Generate in 2030? One recent study predicted America will generate 300 million tons of trash by then. The study used U.S. Census more...
Trends
Ever Green
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Kate McGinn XL Specialty Insurance Company www.xlinsurance.com
With Climbing Energy Costs squeezing profits, concern over global warming and rising environmental awareness, many firms are looking to become both in more...
Let's Make a Deal Plan
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Barry Shanoff Legal Editor Rockville, Md.
Many Owners of closely held solid waste companies have spent a lifetime building their businesses and creating value. If a firm originated one or two more...
Cover Story
Cleaning Up After Mother Nature
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Nancy Mann Jackson
Be It Wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, or floods, most areas are at risk of a natural disaster at some point and just after the devastation more...
Features
A High-Pressure Job
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stephen Ursery
Given the Difficulties of building or expanding a landfill, getting the most out of an existing site's footprint is critical. Through compaction, a landfill more...
Don't Be A Nuisance
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Amanda Pratt
Every Landfill operator has sat through meetings with or fielded phone calls from neighbors, regulators or area political leaders who have complaints more...
Waste in the Windy
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
WasteExpo celebrated its 40th anniversary by blowing into Chicago for the 2008 show. The event, which was held at McCormick Place, attracted more than more...
EIA
Join Up
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Alice Jacobsohn
One of the Best Reasons a manufacturer, distributor or service company should consider joining the Waste Equipment Technology Association (WASTEC) and more...
Haul Talk
Brass Balls and Other Recyclables
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Steven Averett
With the prices for many metals spiraling skyward, it's unsurprising that there has been a parallel rise in the theft of materials like copper wiring more...
Praying Over the Pile
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM
It would seem a difficult task to accidentally toss close to $200,000 in the garbage. But that is the story told by a Provo, Utah, woman who, perhaps more...
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