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American LaFrance Appoints new President and CEO

American, LaFrance, Summerville, S.C., has announced Bill Hinz will take over as the new president and CEO. ...

Waste Connections Reports Third Quarter Earnings

Waste Connections, Folsom, Calif., reported third quarter revenues of $250.8 million, an increase from $216.5 million in third-quarter 2006. ...

Covanta Reports Third Quarter Increases

Covanta Holding Corp., Fairfield, N.J., has reported third quarter revenues of $352.4 million, a $41.3 million increase from $311.1 million in third-quarter 2006. ...

Trail King Opens New Plant in North Dakota

Trail King Industries, Mitchell, S.D., has opened a new manufacturing plant in West Fargo, N.D., which spans 160,000 square feet and currently employs 175 workers....

Waste Industries USA Receives Offer to Go Private

Waste Industries USA, Raleigh, N.C., has received an offer from a group of investors led by Lonnie Poole Jr., the company’s founder and chairman, and Jim Perry, the firm’s president and CEO, to take the company private. ...

SWANA, APWA to Co-Locate Shows in 2010

The Solid Waste Management Association of North America (SWANA) and the American Public Works Association (APWA) have reached an agreement to co-locate SWANA’s WASTECON and APWA’s International Public Works Congress and Exposition in Boston on Aug. 15-17, 2010....

EIA Elects New Board Member

The Environmental Industries Association (EIA) has elected Charles C. Appleby as the newest member of its board of trustees. ...

Advanced Disposal Announces Promotions

Advanced Disposal Services, Jacksonville, Fla., has announced the promotions of R. Mark Odekirk to district manager of the Atlanta market, Michael Cosman to district manager of the Montgomery, Ala., and Auburn-Opelika, Ala., markets and William R. Williams to general manager of the Augusta, Ga., and Aiken, S.C., markets....

SCS Field Services Partners for Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant

SCS Field Services, Long Beach, Calif., has partnered with the Dalton-Whitfield Regional Solid Waste Management Authority (DWRSWMA) and Dow Chemical to build a landfill gas-to-energy plant in Dalton, Ga....

Sonoco Renames Recycling Operations

Sonoco, Hartsville, S.C., has renamed its global recovered paper operations as Sonoco Recycling. ...

International Conference Calls for Abstracts

Abstracts for papers that will be entered in the 23rd International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management are due on Oct. 31. ...

RecycleBank Announces New England Expansion

Philadelphia-based RecycleBank has announced an expansion throughout the New England area. ...

Pa. Governor Awards $5.5 Million in Recycling Grants

Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell has announced a $5.5 million investment to expand the 287 municipal recycling programs across the state. ...

Office Depot Launches Nationwide E-Waste Recycling Service

Office Depot, Delray Beach, Fla., has launched its “Tech Recycling Service” at all of the company’s retail store locations in North America. ...

Converge’s E-Waste Collection Recycles 34 Tons

Converge, Peabody, Mass., has announced that its recent computer recycling event recycled more than 34 tons of electronic waste from community residents. ...

Scrap Company Launches Exchange Web Site

All-Scrap, Pulaski, Tenn., has launched its new Web site aimed to provide a marketplace to connect buyers and sellers of recyclable materials and equipment. ...

Cincinnati Announces Recycling Goals

Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has announced the city’s newest recycling plan, which includes a 50 percent increase in recycling efforts by 2011. ...

Waste Management Partners Up for Seattle Recycling Program

Houston-based Waste Management has announced a recycling partnership with Cedar Grove Organics Recycling, Seattle, aimed at increasing recycling efforts at a prominent Seattle shopping center...

Waste Industries USA Acquires Three Hauling Operations

Waste Industries USA, Raleigh, N.C., has announced the acquisition of three hauling operations that are expected to add nearly $3.1 million to its annual revenue. ...

Waste Management Announces Major Environmental Initiative

Waste Management has announced a new environmental initiative that includes spending up to $500 million over the next 10 years in order to increase the fuel efficiency of its fleet by 15 percent....

Keep America Beautiful Elects WM Exec. as New Chairman

Keep America Beautiful (KAB), Stamford, Conn., has named Barry Caldwell as its new chairman. ...

RecycleBank Receives $2 Million Investment from Coca-Cola

Philadelphia-based RecycleBank has received a $2 million investment from the Coca-Cola Co. that will help expand the program nationwide. ...

Abitibi-Consolidated Launches Recycling Partnership in Houston

Abitibi-Consolidated, Montreal, has announced a recycling partnership with the city of Houston and Texas-based grocery store chain H-E-B to place 84 recycling containers at various store locations throughout the greater Houston area....

Federal Board Probes Railway Exemption Abuses

The federal Surface Transportation Board is giving U.S. Rail Corp., Toledo, Ohio, until Oct. 16 to file a detailed explanation of its plans to build a truck-rail facility in Yaphank, Ohio, without seeking permits....