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County officials seek state grant to fund landfill study

The Cumberland County Improvement Authority, located in New Jersey, is hoping to receive a state grant to fund a study that will determine the best way to increase the life of a local landfill. ...

Bond issue approved for Los Angeles County landfill improvements

Los Angeles County officials approved a $40 million bond issue for improvements and expansion of the Calabasas Landfill. ...

Ind. Department of Environmental Management finds waste violations at recycling center

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has stopped a northern Indiana recycling center from receiving solid waste materials, according to the Associated Press (AP). ...

Agency investigating itself over possible landfill violations

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), St. Paul, Minn., is investigating possible violations of the organization’s rules at a landfill in Winona, Minn. ...

Judge Dismisses Suit Against EPA's RD&D Rule

Stephen Ursery

The rule allows state directors of federally approved municipal solid waste landfill permit programs to issue RD&D permits to landfills to conduct research and development on bioreactor landfills. ...

Ohio officials propose halt on landfill expansions

Concern over groundwater pollution has caused two Ohio state legislators to propose a stop to new and expanded landfills in 13 counties. ...

Former landfill becomes temporary collection site for hurricane debris

A shooting range in Raceland, La., is currently being used as a temporary staging area for hurricane debris. ...

Waste Industries USA Inc. announces acquisitions

Raleigh, N.C.-based Waste Industries USA, Inc., a non-hazardous solid waste services company has announced acquisitions in Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee. ...

EPA proposes removal of New York landfill from national priorities list

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, has finished cleanup of the 35-acre Batavia landfill in Batavia, N.Y. and is now hoping to remove the site from its national priorities list. ...

EPA poses recycling challenge to federal government

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, has started an e-recycling contest among federal agencies. ...

California recycling increase attributed to new initiatives

California’s recycling rate increased to 65 percent during the first half of 2005, up from the 59 percent rate in all of 2004, according to the Sacramento-based Department of Conservation (DOC). ...

Penn. Department of Environmental Protection finds trash hauler violations during random inspections

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) uncovered 14 violations among 442 trash trucks during one of the organization’s recent random inspections. ...

SWANA aims to halt unregulated waste facility operations

The Silver Springs, Md.-based Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), has joined the fight to prevent unregulated rail yard waste facilities from disregarding state and local environmental laws. ...

SCS Energy to create and operate facility for landfill gas conversion

Sonoma County, Calif. recently awarded a multi-year contract to Long Beach, Calif.-based SCS Energy to develop and operate a facility that will convert landfill gas to compressed natural gas. ...

EPA Honors WasteWise Partners

The Washington-based U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) honored 34 WasteWise partners for waste reduction and recycling achievements at the WasteWise’s annual conference in Arlingont, Va. ...

EPA Collects One Million Pounds of HHW in Louisiana

The Washington-based U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that an estimated one million pounds of household hazardous waste has been collected during the hurricane cleanups in Louisiana. ...

Schnitzer Steel Acquires Metal Recycling Company

Portland-based Schnitzer Steel has acquired metal recycler Regional Recycling, Atlanta. ...

Waste Management Reports Third-Quarter Earnings

Waste Management, Houston, has reported third-quarter net income of $215 million on $3.38 billion in revenues. ...

Allied Waste Reports Third-Quarter Results

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Allied Waste Industries Inc. has announced third-quarter revenues of $1.477 billion, up $60 million from the same quarter last year. ...

SCS Engineers Forms New Practice Group

Long Beach, Calif.-based SCS Engineers has formed a new practice group that will offer integrated real estate, site renewal and risk transfer services for environmentally impaired properties such as brownfields. ...

Railroad Company Sued Over Open-Air Waste Stations

Environmental advocacy groups are suing New York Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp., accusing the company of violating a federal law that prevents solid waste facilities from dumping waste into open-air stations without an enclosed building and ways to prevent waste discharge. ...