BFI Canada Announces Cash Distribution
Rebekah A. Hall
Toronto -- BFI Canada Income Tax Fund has announced a cash distribution of $0.10625 per Trust unit for February 2004, which will be payable on March 15,...
ONYX’s Dietrich Steps Down
Rebekah A. Hall
Sarasota, Fla. -– Onyx North America announces that CEO G.W. "Bill" Dietrich has resigned from his position. Dietrich took the helm of Superior Services...
ONYX’s Dietrich Steps Down
Rebekah A. Hall
Sarasota, Fla. -– Onyx North America announces that CEO G.W. "Bill" Dietrich has resigned from his position. Dietrich took the helm of Superior Services...
Onyx’s Dietrich Steps Down
Rebekah A. Hall
Sarasota, Fla. -– Onyx North America has announced that CEO G.W. "Bill" Dietrich has resigned from his position. Dietrich took the helm of Superior Services...
Industry Agrees on E-Waste Recycling Program
Rebekah A. Hall
Arlington, Va. -- Representatives of the Electronic Stakeholders Alliance (EIA) are supporting a resolution to develop national recycling efforts with...
Landfill Near Joshua Tree Stirs Controversy
Rebekah A. Hall
Riverside Co., Calif. –- Brimming with controversy instead of trash, the proposed Eagle Mountain Landfill would lie outside Joshua Tree National Park,...
WM Reports Financial Results
Houston -- Waste Management Inc. (WM) has announced it earned $183 million, or 31 cents per share, in its fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2003. This...
Allied, Stericycle Report Q4 Results
Rebekah A. Hall
Scottsdale, Ariz. -- Allied Waste Industries has reported a fourth-quarter loss and a 1.7 percent increase in revenue from $1.29 billion to $1.31 billion....
At Last, KC Recycling Begins March 1
Rebekah A. Hall
Kansas City -- Kansas City has anounced it will be implementing its curbside recycling program, RecycleFirst, in 75 neighborhoods on March 1. By December...
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Waste Industries To Report Earnings
Rebekah A. Hall
Raleigh, N.C. -- Waste Industries USA Inc. will report its fourth quarter and year end 2003 earnings on Feb. 18, 2004 at 2 p.m. EST. The conference may...
EPA Reviews Sharps Disposal
Rebekah A. Hall
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal has been working with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to find alternative...
Waste Industries Acquires L&M Sanitation
Rebekah A. Hall
Raleigh, N.C. – Waste Industries USA Inc. has acquired L&M Sanitation, which provides residential subscription services in eastern North Carolina. "Acquiring...
EPA Reviews Sharps Disposal
Rebekah A. Hall
Washington, D.C. – The Coalition for Safe Community Needle Disposal has been working with the Environmental Protection Agency to find alternative disposal...
Blowing the Whistle on EPA, Sludge
Rebekah A. Hall
Washington, D.C. – A former government microbiologist, David Lewis, recently accused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of using unreliable information...
Waste Management To Issue Quarterly Dividend
Houston-- Waste Management Inc. has announced a quarterly cash dividend of $0.1875 per share, which is payable March 25, 2004. "We believe that the dividend...
Toronto Exceeds Diversion Goal
Rebekah A. Hall
Toronto -- Waste reduction and diversion efforts for 2003 have resulted in a 32 percent decline in trash, which means less trash is crossing the border...
Republic Reports Increased Annual Revenue
Rebekah A. Hall
Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. -- Republic Services Inc. has reported annual revenue for 2003 at $2.52 billion compared to $2.4 billion in 2002. Operating income...
New Trash Tax in Pa. Ruffles Feathers
Rebekah A. Hall
Harrisburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association (PWIA) is up in arms over a new trash tax proposed by Gov. Edward Rendell. The governor’s...
Michigan Raises More Ire Over High Trash Totals
Lynn Schenkman
Lansing, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released its 2003 Solid Waste Report, which states that imported waste represented...
Bush Asks Congress for More EPA Funding for '05
Lynn Schenkman
Washington, D.C. -- President Bush has submitted a $2.4 trillion budget to Congress. The 2005 budget proposes eliminating 65 programs and cutting 63 others...
Waste Management To Offset Greenhouse Gas at Super Bowl
Lynn Schenkman
Houston -- Waste Management Inc. has announced it will donate 85,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent emission credits to Houston, which...
Santa Fe Gets Dell Cash for Computers
Patricia-Anne Tom
Santa Fe, N.M. -- The Solid Waste Authority of Santa Fe has been awarded a $10,000 grant from Dell Inc. to develop and promote computer recycling programs....
Supreme Court Sides with EPA in Clean Air Dispute
Lynn Schenkman
Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government can force states to follow national pollution control measures rather...
Worker Killed, First Woman in NYDOS History
Rebekah A. Hall
New York – A New York Department of Sanitation worker was killed yesterday when she was crushed by the garbage truck’s mechanical arm. Eva Barrientos,...
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