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Waste Industries USA announces dividend increase

Raleigh, N.C.-based Waste Industries USA announced an approved 20 percent increase in the company’s quarterly dividends. ...

EPA revises definition of solid waste

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a modification to the definition of solid waste to include hazardous secondary materials such as solvents, metals and other chemicals. ...

BFI Canada announces $69 million offering of trust units

BFI Canada Income Fund has agreed to sell 3.1 million trust units at a price of $22.42 (U.S.) per share to raise proceeds of $68.9 million (U.S.)...

Habitat for Humanity benefits from aluminum recycling

The Cans for Habitat program has awarded six Habitat for Humanity affiliates grants totaling $100,000 in recognition of outstanding recycling efforts. ...

Toshiba expands computer-recycling program

Toshiba has expanded its recycling initiatives by implementing a free take-back program for its computers. ...

Sims Group acquires Xstrata Cooper Canada’s recycling facilities

The Austrailia-based Sims Group acquired Xstrata Cooper Canada’s three e-scrap recycling facilities located in Roseville, Calif., Lavergne, Tenn., and Brampton, Ontario. ...

Maple Reinders receives environmental award

The Canadian Construction Association awarded the CCA Environmental Achievement Award to Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd....

Allied Waste announces closing of senior notes offering

Allied Waste North America (AWNA), a subsidiary of Phoenix-based Allied Waste, has completed its offering of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of its 6 7/8 percent senior notes due in 2017. ...

Waste Services appoints new CFO

Waste Services Inc., Burlington, Ontario, announced Edwin D. Johnson as its new CFO and executive vice president. ...

Veolia ES acquires Ecolocycle

Veolia ES Industrial Services announced the acquisition of Ecolocycle Inc., a waste oil and glycol recovery and recycling company located in Quebec. ...

Ohio-based Ross ES names new CEO

Ross Environmental Services, which provides waste hauling and incineration services in suburban Cleveland, named Arthur W. Hargate its new CEO....

Waste Management awarded for community involvement

Recognized for its community support, Waste Management has received the Business of the Year award from the Simi Valley, Calif., Boys and Girls Club, and the Simi Valley Police Foundation also awarded its President’s Award to Mike Smith, market area manager for Waste Management....

Waste Pro announces acquisitions in metro Atlanta

Waste Pro USA Inc., Longwood, Fla., acquired the Acworth Transfer Station, the Cherokee C&D Landfill and the assets of Atlas Disposal, I-Haul and Titan Industries. ...

Waste Management drivers to receive police training

Drivers for Waste Management will attend special classes in order to become better witnesses and report to the police. ...

Veolia ES Solid Waste announces two acquisitions

Veolia ES Solid Waste, Inc., Lombard, Ill., has acquired Harry’s Refuse Disposal, Inc. of Franklin, Pa. and Roy’s Disposal of Spurgeon, Ind. ...

Waste Connections names new board member

Folsom, Calif.-based Waste Connections announced Edward E. Guillet as the newest member of its board of directors....

Waste Management announces plan to increase stock repurchases by up to $600 million

Houston-based Waste Management’s board of directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $600 million in stock, which brings the total amount authorized for 2007 repurchasing to $1.8 billion. ...

Veolia ES Solid Waste becomes newest NSWMA member

The National Solid Waste Management Association announced Veolia ES Solid Waste Inc. as its newest corporate member. ...

Illegal drop-offs plague Allied Waste facility in Boise, Idaho

Illegal midnight drop-offs at an Allied Waste collection site in Boise, Idaho have led the company to threaten violators with expensive fines or jail time. ...

Allied Waste announces general counsel hiring

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Allied Waste announced the hiring of Timothy R. Donovan as the executive vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. ...

Canadian waste volumes in Michigan increase

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality reported in its annual summary that the overall tonnage of Canadian waste shipped to the state increased to 5.7 million tons in 2006 from 5.6 million tons in 2005. ...

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Waste Industries USA reports a fourth-quarter net income gain of 36 percent.

Preliminary financial results showed Raleigh, N.C.-based Waste Industries USA experienced a fourth-quarter net income of $5.4 million, up from $4 million in 2005. ...