Waste Management News

Currituck officials ask why no approval sought for landfill. A firm that wants to build the largest landfill in the state in Camden County hasn't asked neighboring Currituck County's approval.2.1

Waste Management shareholders will receive at least $26.8 million as a result of the company's agreement to cover settlement costs of a lawsuit brought by federal regulators against former executives.4

Mirant Corp. temporarily shutters Va. plant to avoid air violations Aug. 26 -- Mirant Corp.2.7

Fiscal Court is pursuing a countywide franchise agreement for trash pickup services, giving Solid Waste Coordinator Debbie Nelson its rubber stamp to proceed full-steam-ahead at Tuesday's court meeting.2.7

Although the City Council selected a new garbage hauler this week, several issues remain to be worked out, including a new landfill and whether low-income residents will get discounted rates.2.7

Work has begun on the $10.6 million U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality cleanup of Ruddiman Creek and Pond in Muskegon, Mich.2.9

Plasma Environmental Technologies Inc., a Canadian company that turns waste into clean energy is pleased to announce that Professor J.S. Chang and Mr.3.1

Two of the nation s leading electronics recyclers have merged to form a new company and create what they say is the first national electronic waste infrastructure.2.7

Attorneys for some minority-owned firms sued Waste Management Inc. on Thursday, claiming the company conspired with a politically connected white businessman to cheat the firms out of a piece of a city contract ...4

Two groups opposed to the proposed expansion of the Williamson County landfill plan to mount a protest at a meeting in Hutto tonight.2.7

HAMPDEN - The company that owns Pine Tree Landfill needs to explain why the commercial waste facility is filling up far more quickly than anticipated before the state will consider its application to increase ...2.7

Ideas on the list include banning outdoor barbecues on weekends, upping gas prices during ozone season and increasing inspection fees for older cars.2.9

Mirant Corporation has closed its Alexandria Officials with the Department of Environmental Quality say the two sides could not come up with a plan to reduce pollutants that exceeded federal standards.2.7

Democratic Gov. Ted Kulongoski is pondering whether to veto four bills, plus a restriction that was attached to the budget of the Department of Environmental Quality.5.1

The city of Halsey is working on a project to de-chlorinate its wastewater, but delays in the project triggered a $750 fine from the Department of Environmental Quality last month.2.7

A survey of business practices in rural Vermont sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture has found "little need or opportunity for businesses in the study area to switch over to reusable ...3.1

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Department of Health signed Wednesday a joint administrative order on policies and guidelines covering effective and proper health care waste management.2.7

The garbage may still stink, but the trucks hauling it through Seattle streets will soon be a lot cleaner.2.7

County supervisors on Tuesday agreed that Potrero Hills Landfill can expand within a valley of grazing land near Suisun Marsh.2.7

The embattled Resort at Paws Up has paid $90,000 in fines to the state of Montana.2.7

Capital Environmental Resource Inc., a waste management company based in Burlington, Ont.2.7

Residents who want to recycle their old tires will have to start paying for the service from the Mid-Missouri Solid Waste Management District.3.1

The state broke ground Tuesday for construction of a six-story, environmentally friendly new headquarters for the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality .4.6

Itec Environmental Group, Inc. today announced that it has successfully completed its investment with The Elevation Fund, LLC .2.7

NEW ROADS, La. N-R-G Energy Incorporated has received an air permit from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to add a four generating unit at its Big Cajun Two power plant.3.3

The Executive Committee of SWANA's International Board recently named several individuals to receive the Association's Professional Achievement Awards.2.7

The first-ever citywide curbside recycling program may soon debut in Anchorage. Great Alaska Sanitation, a small garbage collection company founded last year, plans to begin picking up mixed paper -- that means ...4.1

Murfreesboro retail , Sequoyah Ltd. recently pulled a permit in Murfreesboro to construct 36,200 square feet for Shoppes at Murfreesboro on North Thompson Lane.2.7

By KEVIN COURTNEY Register Staff Writer The massive deployment of new garbage, yard waste and recycling carts is more than half complete, but not without pockets of confusion.2.7

BELLEAIR BLUFFS + Another banking institution will soon rise on the site of the now vacant produce market on Indian Rocks Road.2.7

Chevron's refinery in Pascagoula has submitted a request to Mississippi's Department of Environmental Quality to increase emissions of three oil-refining byproducts.2.7

A crucial meeting of the National Arts Council in the Republic of Ireland is taking place later today.3.6

The West Side Neighborhood Association is suing the city over the Planning Board's action on an affordable housing project planned for West Circular Street.3.2

That smoky haze that's been obscuring your view of the Central Oregon Cascades may be clearing up this morning.2.9

The waste management industry s largest trade show will soon have a new owner. Primedia Inc.2.7