Waste Age Magazine | Daily News Archive

Major League Baseball and the EPA remind fans to “Recycle on the Go”

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is partnering with Major League Baseball to promote the “Recycle on the Go” initiative at tonight’s All Star Game in Pittsburgh....

Waste Management partners with Keep America Beautiful

Waste Management announced that it is working with Keep America Beautiful (KAB) to improve the environment through sustainable, local solutions. ...

Robert P. Stearns, co-founder of SCS Engineers, retires

On June 30, Robert P. Stearns retired as an employee of Long Beach, Calif.-based SCS Engineers (SCS). Stearns, who co-founded SCS in 1970, served for more than 30 years as the firm’s president and chairman....

Pittsburgh garbage collectors agree on contract

Averting a strike that threatened to interrupt this week’s Major League Baseball All-Star festivities, Pittsburgh officials and leaders of Teamsters Local 249 today announced that they had agreed on a contract through 2010....

Single-stream recycling launched in Philadelphia

Yesterday, the city of Philadelphia launched its first single-stream recycling program, servicing 123,000 homes in northeast part of the city....

San Francisco construction material recycling law takes effect

Beginning this week, all construction waste produced in San Francisco must be sent to a certified recycling facility....

SWANA announces 2006 Excellence Award winners

On Wednesday, the Solid Waste Association of North America announced this year’s Excellence Award winners. ...

Study shows 10 percent drop in Virginia waste imports

A new report form the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality reveals that in 2005, the state’s imports of solid waste fell 9.8 percent to 7 million tons....

Norcal implicated in San Jose mayoral scandal

San Jose, Calif., Mayor Ron Gonzales was arraigned Monday on six felony charges including bribery, conspiracy to misappropriate public money and falsification of public records. According to the San Jose Mercury News, Gonzales and his budget aide, Joe Guerra, are accused of illegally helping San Francisco-based Norcal Waste Systems win a contract with the city....

California to require recycled carpet in government buildings

California has established the California Gold Sustainable Carpet Standard to reduce the amount of dangerous organic compounds that seep into the air from new carpet, according to a report in the Waste Business Journal. ...

Waste Management announces opening of bridge on June 23

Waste Management Inc., Houston, Texas, announced the opening of the Redwood Landfill Overcrossing at its landfill near Novato, Calif. ...

Waste Industries to build landfill in North Carolina

Waste Industries USA Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has signed 25-year agreement with Wake County, N.C., to build and manage a landfill in Holly Springs, N.C., according to a company press release. ...

Ada County, Idaho, Commission reconsiders Allied Waste’s plan to open landfill

The Ada County, Idaho, commission is reconsidering Allied Waste’s plan to open a 560-acre landfill, according to a report in the Idaho Statesman. ...

Dell and Goodwill Industries of San Diego present electronics recycling program for residents

Dell and Goodwill Industries of San Diego have partnered to create Reconnect San Diego, a pilot program aimed at promoting responsible electronics recycling, according to a Dell press release. ...

Minnesota residents will soon have to pay electronics recycling fee, or risk paying fine

According to an article in the Bradenton Herald newspaper, dumping old TV sets or computer monitors in the garbage will be illegal in Minnesota starting July 1st, and residents will have to pay up to $111 to properly recycle the devices or pay a fine. ...

Officials reject plan to close post-Katrina emergency landfill

Lawmakers have rejected a plan by environmentalists to close the Chef Menteur Construction and Demolition landfill in New Orleans East, according to a report in the Advocate newspaper....

Minnesota residents will soon have to pay electronics recycling fee, or risk

Michigan county, Waste Management come to agreement on reducing Canadian garbage

According to an article in the Macomb Daily newspaper, Macomb County, Mich., officials have agreed to gradually restrict the disposal of Canadian trash into the Pine Tree Acres landfill in Lenox Township. ...

FBI indicts trash hauler and 28 others for suspected mob ties

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has charged 29 people in New York and Connecticut, including trash-hauling businessman James Galante and reputed mob boss Matthew Ianniello, in an investigation of mob influence in trash-hauling businesses, according to an Associated Press report. ...

Governor Rell calls for tighter reins on garbage industry

Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has requested the creation of a new state agency to regulate the trash-hauling business and eradicate any ties to organized crime. ...

EPA and state of Illinois create “how-to” book for scrap tire recycling

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of Illinois have partnered to create the Scrap Tire Cleanup Guidebook. ...

ISRI forms Senate Recycling Caucus

The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington, has announced the official formation of the Senate Recycling Caucus, after nearly two years of effort and the successful creation of the House Recycling Caucus earlier this year. ...