Waste Age

SWANA Urges Pesticide Container Recycling 

The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), Silver Spring, Md., has sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urging the immediate publishing of a proposed pesticide container recycling rule. ...

Granger Announces “Green” Partnership 

Granger, Lansing, Mich., has announced a partnership with the Lansing Board of Water & Light to provide the area with renewable energy from landfill gases. ...

Rumpke Wins Bronze SWANA Award 

Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Cincinnati, has received the Bronze SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America) Excellence in Solid Waste Management Award for its operations at the Rumpke Sanitary Landfill in Colerain Township, Ohio....

Waste Haulers Acquires WE Dispose 

Waste Haulers, Providence, R.I., has announced the acquisition of WE Dispose, Providence, R.I. ...

NSWMA Sells 1,000th Safety Video 

The National Solid Waste Management Association (NSWMA), Washington, has announced that it has sold more than 1,000 copies of its “Be Safe Be Proud” safety videos, which aim to help waste companies to reduce workplace injuries....

Sony and Waste Management Establish the First Nationwide Electronics Recycling Program 

Sony, New York, and Waste Management, Houston, have announced the Sony Take Back Recycling Program, which will allow consumers to recycle all Sony products for free at all 75 Waste Management Recycle America eCycling drop-off centers throughout the country. ...

SWACO and Shelly Reach Partnership Agreement 

The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) has announced a partnership with the Shelly Co., Thornville, Ohio, for a development that will create approximately 350 jobs. ...

Blast-N-Clean Introduces New Executives  

Blast-N-Clean, Albuquerque, N.M., has introduced David Jones as chief operating officer and Terry Whitlock as executive vice president of sales and marketing. ...

IntelliWaste Announces New Hire 

IntelliWaste Inc., Novato, Calif., has announced the hire of Archie Humphrey as a principal in charge of the development of a non-profit business practice that will allow cities and counties to more directly control the type and cost of solid waste collection services they provide. ...

University of New Hampshire is First to Use Landfill Gas as Primary Energy Source 

The University of New Hampshire (UNH), Durham, N.H., has announced the launch of EcoLine, a landfill gas project that will supply landfill gas from a landfill in Rochester, N.H., to the campus, making it the first university in the United States to rely on such a project....

Waste Industries Reports Second Quarter Revenue Increase 

Waste Industries USA, Raleigh, NC, has reported second quarter revenues of $85.9 million, an increase of $3.6 million from $82.3 million in 2006....

Veolia Agrees to Buy Allied Assets 

Veolia Environmental Systems, Milwaukee, Wis., has announced the purchase of certain solid waste landfill and collection assets located in the Midwest and Southeast from Allied Waste, Phoenix, for $86 million. ...

RecycleBank Appoints New President 

RecycleBank, Philadelphia, has announced Matthew Tucker was appointed as President....

Heil Environmental Hires New Customer Support Manager 

Heil Environmental, Chattanooga, Tenn., has announced the hire of Bill Shaw as the new customer support manager....

Veolia ES acquires Missouri hauler 

Veolia Environmental Systems, Milwaukee, Wis., has announced the acquisition of Otis & Sons Trash Disposal, Boonville, Mo....

Republic Reports Second Quarter Gains in Net Income 

Republic Services, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has reported a net income of $87.2 million on revenues of $808 million for second-quarter 2007. ...

Ingersoll-Rand Sells Bobcat, Utility Equipment and Attachments Business for $4.9 Billion 

Ingersoll-Rand Company Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, has announced the sale of its Bobcat, Utility Equipment and Attachments business units to Doosan Infracore, Suwanee, Ga., for approximately $4.9 billion. ...

GE Acquires California Landfill Gas Recovery Project 

GE Energy Financial Services, Stamford, Conn., has acquired a 90 percent interest and limited partnership in the Scholl Canyon Landfill gas project in Glendale, Calif., from the Scholl Canyon Landfill Gas Corp....

Intechra announces acquisitions 

Jackson, Miss.-based Intechra, which provides e-waste recycling services, has announced the acquisition of BCS Logistics, Dallas, and Lifecycle Partners, Merrimack, N.H. ...

STB Rules Certain Activities at Transloading Site Would Be Subject to State and Local Regulations 

The federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) has ruled that some waste-handling activities that New England Transrail would engage in at its proposed transloading facility in Wilmington, Mass., would be subject to state and local regulations. ...

Pennsylvania Board Upholds Federal Railway Regulations 

The Surface Transportation board has upheld recent federal regulations by ruling that Hainesport Industrial Railroad, Hainesport, Pa., would not be subject to local oversight for transporting solid waste....

Waste Pro Announces Acquisitions 

Waste Pro USA, Longwood, Fla., has announced the acquisition of A to Z Waste Services, Atlanta, the assets of Waste Management in Liberty County, Fla., and Choice Environmental in St. Lucie County, Fla....

Fecon Announces Personnel Hirings 

Fecon Inc., Lebanon, Ohio, has announced Darden Whitaker as the new customer service manager and Anthony Nikodym as regional manager of western Canadian markets. ...

Wisconsin's Imported Trash Continues to Decline 

For the second straight year, the amount of garbage trucked into Wisconsin from out of state and dumped in its landfills has declined....

Waste Management Launches Waste-to-Energy Initiative 

Waste Management, Houston, has announced plans to expand its landfill gas to energy practices adding 60 new facilities over the next five years....