Wastequip changes ownership
DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, a private equity investment affiliate of Credit Suisse, has announced the sale of Wastequip to Odyssey Investment Partners LLC in a transaction valued at $616 million....
Kentucky offers recycling grants
In an effort to address a perceived lack of funding for local recycling initiatives, the Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet’s Division of Waste Management (DWM) is soliciting grant proposals for projects that promote an integrated infrastructure and public education, with priority given to local recycling....
Plastic interests petition Oregon to amend recycling laws
A coalition of industry groups have filed a petition with the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to ask that the state’s law on recycling rigid plastic containers be amended....
Recyclemania 2007 boasts record participation
This week marks the beginning of Recyclemania, an annual event in which colleges and universities compete to recycle the most material in a range of categories....
Impact Plastics acquires Globe Casters
Impact Plastics, an Elgin, Ill.-based manufacturer of container lids for front, rear and side loading containers, today announced the acquisition of Green Bay, Wisc. caster manufacturer Globe Casters....
Veolia awarded 17-year waste-to-energy contract
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners in Clearwater, Fla. has awarded a 17-year waste-to-energy (WTE) contract to Veolia ES Waste-to-Energy in a deal worth an estimated $615 million....
EPA recognizes landfill power generation partners
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced awards recognizing participants in its Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP), a voluntary assistance and partnership program that reduces greenhouse gas emissions by supporting landfill gas energy project development....
New Mack Cabover truck announced
Mack Trucks used the World of Concrete show in Las Vegas to unveil its new TerraPro Cabover model, which the company says is optimized for refuse and construction applications, including concrete pumping....
Toyota headquarters achieves zero waste goal
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A. announced that it has achieved zero waste status at its headquarters in Torrance, Calif....
Wisconsin waste haulers work with EPA to cut diesel emissions
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has awarded a $50,000 grant to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to reduce diesel emissions from the state’s garbage trucks. ...
Steel interests launch campaign to promote recycling
The Nickel Institute and the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) have announced a joint advertising campaign to promote recycling. ...
Michigan tries again with Canadian trash bill
Michigan Reps. John Dingell, a Democrat, and Mike Rogers, a Republican, today reintroduced legislation intended to regulate trash imports from Canada and other nations. ...
Rumpke expands its portable restroom holdings
Rumpke Consolidated Companies announced today that it purchased its Cincinnati neighbor, portable restroom rental service Southern Ohio Sanitation (SOS), on Dec. 29, 2006....
Massachusetts issues $175,000 in recycling grants
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) has announced grant awards totaling $175,000 to six in-state recycling companies....
North America charged about battery recycling
The non-profit Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) has released year-end data showing that 5.6 million pounds of rechargeable batteries were collected in North America in 2006....
EPA touts electronics recycling program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that retailers and electronics manufacturers participating in the agency’s Plug-In To eCycling program voluntarily recycled more than 34 million pounds of electronics in 2006....
Recycling group protests Indiana incinerator bill
The Indiana Recycling Coalition (IRC), comprised of Indiana businesses and state and national recycling organizations, has announced its opposition to Indiana Senate bill 154, which would offer state funding to businesses using incinerators to generate energy....
U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in flow control case
The United States Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in United Haulers Assoc. Inc. v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, in which private haulers say the upstate New York waste authority violated the dormant Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution by passing ordinances requiring haulers to take trash to a publicly owned and operated landfill....
Veolia appoints new president and COO of solid waste division
The Milwaukee-based solid waste division of Veolia Environmental Service North America (VESNA) today announced the appointment of Richard Burke as President and COO of Veolia ES Solid Waste, effective Jan. 1, 2007....
Stephen Smith elected to NSWMA Executive Committee
The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) today announced that Stephen B. Smith, President and COO of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Hydro Geo Chem, has been elected to the NSWMA Executive Committee on its Board of Governors....
Massachusetts DEP finds excessive cardboard disposal
According to a report released today by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), a number of well-known Massachusetts businesses and institutions continue to discard large volumes of cardboard, despite a statewide ban on disposal of the easy-to-recycle material....
Happy Holidays from Waste Age!
The Waste Age family wishes you and yours all the best this holiday season and peace and prosperity in the New Year....
Waste associations call for the recycling all electronic waste
This week, several of the largest U.S. solid waste management and recycling associations joined together to call for the reuse or recycling of all electronic waste or “e-scrap.”...
Toronto completes purchase of Green Lane Landfill
The city of Toronto announced yesterday that it has signed a purchase agreement with Green Lane Landfill for $220 million....
Waste Management bumps up quarterly dividend payments
Houston-based Waste Management announced yesterday that its Board of Directors approved a 9.1 percent increase in its quarterly dividend program, raising the amount from $0.22 per share to $0.24 per share....
