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Berkeley Goes Green 

Leslie Bakun

Berkeley, Calif. -- City officials announced plans to use 100 percent biodiesel fuel in its garbage trucks and fire engines. In January, 180 of Berkeley’s...

Fort Worth’s Citizens Must Follow Rules 

Leslie Bakun

Fort Worth, Texas -- The city is implementing a new garbage and recycling program this week. Residents are being given wheeled carts and strict guidelines...

New York Resumes Glass and Plastic Pickup, Recycling 

Lynn Schenkman

New York -- The city will resume recycling glass and plastic after a one-year hiatus. Plastic recycling will commence on Tuesday, and glass recycling...

Washington may Remove Recycling Facility from Cleanup List 

Lynn Schenkman

Spokane, Wash. -- The Washington State Department of Ecology has proposed that GlenÂ’s Metals, a former battery-recycling site in Pasco, Wash., be removed...

AERT Opens Plastic Recycling Plant 

Lynn Schenkman

Springdale, Ark. -- Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. (AERT) has opened and begun operations at a plastic recycling facility in Alexandria,...

Case Study Upholds HP as e-cycling Paragon 

Lynn Schenkman

San Jose, Calif. -- The Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition and the Computer Take Back Campaign have published a report that is part of their efforts to influence...

Waste Connections Sets Date for Financial Report 

Lynn Schenkman

Folsom, Calif. -- Waste Connections Inc. announced it will report financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2003, after the close of the...

Bush Bombs Environmentalists' Test 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- The League of Conservation Voters (LCV) announced that President George W. Bush received an "F" on the organizationÂ’s 2003 Report...

Illinois Doubles Tipping Fees, Eliminates Tax Exemption 

Lynn Schenkman

Naperville, Ill. -- Illinois residents and businesses will see higher garbage bills starting July 1. With the intent of balancing the state budget, Governor...

Waste Connections CEO Receives Award 

Lynn Schenkman

Folsom, Calif. -- Ron J. Mittelstaedt, chief executive officer of Waste Connections Inc., has been recognized as Ernst & Young’s Northern California Entrepreneur...

EPA Launches Motor Oil Recycling Campaign for Spanish Speakers 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a Spanish language campaign to promote motor oil recycling among Hispanic...

EPA Releases Report Following Controversy 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its state-of-the-environment report Monday following a period of controversy...

EPA Issues Brownfields Grants 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will issue $73.1 million in Brownfields grants to 176 applicants from...

Senator’s Petition Looks for Loophole to Stop Canadian Trash 

Lynn Schenkman

Flint, Mich. -- Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., launched a Web site June 2 to inform constituents of developments in her battle to keep Toronto’s trash...

Search Heats Up for EPA Leader; White House Under Pressure 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- News sources report the White House is closing in on a new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The current...

DEQ Clears Up Asbestos Rules 

Lynn Schenkman

Portland, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has issued permanent rules on the removal and disposal of asbestos. The regulations...

Report Examines E-Waste in India 

Lynn Schenkman

New Delhi -- Toxics Link, an environmental group, has published a report stating that businesses and households discard 1.38 million obsolete computers...

San Antonio, Texas and Atlanta, Ga. - Energy Development Seeks Landfill Gas Technician - Power Projects 

Energy Developments is an integrated energy company engaged in the development and management of an international portfolio of energy projects, with particular...

Murfreesboro, Tenn. - Energy Development Seeks Landfill Gas Technician - Power Projects 

Energy Developments is an integrated energy company engaged in the development and management of an international portfolio of energy projects, with particular...

Sarasota, Fla. - Sarasota County Government Environmental Services Business Center Seeks Collections Unit Manager 

The Sarasota County Government Environmental Services Business Center (ESBC) is searching for a Manager, Solid Waste, to head-up the Collections Unit....

Insulation Industry Says It's Second Highest User of Recycled Glass 

Lynn Schenkman

Alexandria, Va. -- A survey conducted by the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA) has revealed its member companies used 2 billion...

Group Inches Toward National E-Waste Policy 

Lynn Schenkman

Seattle -- The National Electronics Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI), which is partially funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), met...

EPA Certifies CAT Diesel Engine 

Lynn Schenkman

Peoria, Ill. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has certified a Caterpillar engine for offering clean diesel engines that are EPA-compliant...

Oregon Offers Study Money to Local Governments 

Lynn Schenkman

Portland, Ore. -- The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is offering solid waste reduction, recycling and household hazardous waste grants...

New Alabama Scrap Tire Law Calls for Removal and Recycling 

Lynn Schenkman

Washington, D.C. -- Alabama passed a law Wednesday that mandates removal of the stateÂ’s scrap tire piles and supports programs that will develop markets...