WM, Teamsters Still Negotiating Waste Contract
Patrica-Anne Tom
Houston-based Waste Management Inc. (WM) officials and Teamsters Union Local 533 garbage workers are continuing discussions over a new labor contract to avoid a possible labor strike in the Reno-Sparks, Nev., area....
Waste Industries Acquires Two Haulers
Patricia-Anne Tom
Waste Industries Inc. has acquired County Garbage of Alamance County, N.C., and M&M Sanitation in South Carolina. ...
Waste Pro Makes Five Acquisitions
Erin Spinka
Waste Pro USA Inc. has acquired three private hauling companies: Central Florida Refuse, Orlando, Fla.; Lott’s Construction Services, Orlando, Fla.; and Sunshine Waste Services, Hilton Head, S.C. ...
EPA’s Horinko Resigns
Patricia-Anne Tom
Marianne Lamont Horinko, assistant administrator for Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, has resigned. ...
New York Unveils Recycling Plate
Patricia-Anne Tom
The state Motor Vehicles Department is unveiling a new "New York Recycles" license plate today....
Stericycle Q1 Income Up 30 Percent
Patricia-Anne Tom
Stericycle has reported net income of $19.1 million for the first quarter of 2004, up 30.3 percent from the same period one year ago....
Waste Connections Announces Stock Repurchase Program
Patricia-Anne Tom
Waste Connections Inc.’s Board of Directors has authorized a common stock repurchase program for the repurchase of up to $200 million of common stock over a two-year period. ...
Republic Services Reports 2004 First Quarter Earnings
Erin Spinka
Republic Services Inc. has reported first quarter earnings for 2004 increased 7.2 percent from $594.6 million in first quarter 2003 to $637.3 million. ...
Waste Industries Reports A 10 Percent Revenue Increase
Erin Spinka
Waste Industries USA Inc. has reported first quarter 2004 revenue increased to $69.2 million from $62.9 million for first quarter of 2003. ...
Waste Connections’ Earnings Increasing
Erin Spinka
Waste Connections Inc. has announced its first quarter earnings for the first quarter of 2004 increased 16.2 percent to $149.3 million from $128.5 million in first quarter 2003. ...
Waste Management Revenues Increase 6 Percent
Erin Spinka
Waste Management Inc. has announced revenues for its first quarter in 2004 increased 6 percent to $2.9 billion, up from $2.73 billion for the same period in 2003. ...
Ruling Upholds Federal Clean Air Act Standards
Erin Spinka
In an 8-to-1 vote on Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that local districts cannot create legislation countering federal Clean Air Act standards. ...
Report Considers Mobile Phones Hazardous Waste
Erin Spinka
The Basel Action Network (BAN), Seattle, has released two independent studies revealing that discarded mobile phones that no longer contain batteries still qualify as hazardous waste. ...
Bill Banning Junk Mail Rejected
Erin Spinka
The California State Legislature’s Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media Committee recently voted down a bill that would have required companies that send direct mail, to provide free returns for the unwanted mailings. ...
Allied Posts $44 million Revenue Increase
Patricia-Anne Tom
Allied Posts $44 million Revenue Increase...
Wisconsin Reduces Landfills by Recycling
Rebekah A. Hall
Wisconsin residents have recycled more materials during the past 10 years, which has led to a reduction of landfills, news sources report. ...
Celebrating Earth Day
Erin Spinka
As part of Earth Day, residents throughout the country will be celebrating the environment and its habitats today by planting trees , picking up litter or visiting educational festivals. ...
Reports of Toxic E-waste Entering China
Erin Spinka
Greenpeace and the Seattle-based Basel Action Network (BAN) have reported that toxic electronic waste mixed in with steel and copper scrap from Japan and South Korea is entering China at its Taizhou port. ...
EPA to Discuss Generator Program
Erin Spinka
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is planning a series of meetings in May to discuss the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act’s (RCRA) hazardous waste generator regulatory program. ...
EPA to Help Older Citizens
Rebekah A. Hall
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting applications for projects that would protect elderly citizens from environmental hazards. ...
Annual Convention Draws Demolition Contractors
Rebekah A. Hall
The National Association of Demolition Contractors annual convention, held in Las Vegas in March, garnered its second largest attendance in 31 years....
LFG Specialties Enters China
Rebekah A. Hall
The Shaw Group Inc.'s subsidiary, LFG Specialties, has signed an agreement to supply a landfill leachate evaporator system (E-vap) to the Beijing Er Qing Environmental Engineering Group Co. ...
Landfill in Georgia Rejected
Rebekah A. Hall
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has denied Complex Environmental, a development company, the rights to build a more than 1,000-acre landfill in Taliaferro County, Ga. ...
Cell Phone Recycling Bill Passes Hurdle in Calif.
Rebekah A. Hall
A bill requiring cell phone retailers to take back consumers’ defunct phones for free has passed two state assembly committees: Natural Resources Committee and Environmental Safety and Toxics Committee. ...
DSNY Releases Commercial Waste Management Findings
Rebekah A. Hall
The New York Department of Sanitation (DSNY) has released an independent study that examines how the city manages commercial waste. ...
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