Waste News articles from August 2006

Waste News archives from August 2006

Less for more; Texas utility offers state deal: Lower emissions, 11 new units.
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini TXU Corp. wants to voluntarily cut emissions at its Texas power plants to pave the way to build more units, but some think the company is blowing smoke. TXU officials are asking the state to force it to cap emissions...

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. First report anticipated after kudos.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Awarding Wal-Mart a major environmental honor? That's exactly what happened, perhaps to the surprise of some, when Waste News presented the Bentonville, Ark., mega-retailer with its inaugural Environmental Award on...

AIG; Analysts give insurer high marks based on potential.(American International Group Inc.)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Even though it's short on measurable results thus far, analysts see AIG as sophisticated and nimble enough to follow through on its promise to make reduction of greenhouse gases its No. 1 environmental priority....

JPMorgan Chase; Pushing market-based policy on greenhouse gas emissions.(J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. (New York, New York))
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan With $1.3 trillion in assets, 150,000 employees and worldwide reach, JPMorgan Chase expects to be dogged by Friends of the Earth and Rainforest Action Network. Prodding from environmental activists, in fact,...

Procter & Gamble; Cold-water detergent, disaster sachets extend track record.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan It's difficult to find a crack in the environmental armor of a global company that prides itself on studying the cradle-to-grave impact of the 300-plus products its 110,000 employees make and market worldwide. ...

State Farm Insurance; On the road to paperless office while eyeing the weather.(State Farm General Insurance Co.)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Long recognized as a Johnny-come-lately on the technology front, property and casualty insurers are now embracing the paperless-office concept. Universal access to electronic databases means fewer paper copies of...

Verizon Communications; Largest telecom aggressive despite ratings slip.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Significant advances with energy efficiency, fuel-cell technology, videoconferencing, Energy Star-approved roofing, paperless billing and recycling give Verizon a green edge over its competitors. So it doesn't...

Dell Inc. Free global recycling program a knockout.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Dell Inc. and its main opponent, Hewlett-Packard, have been trading jabs in the environmental ring for a couple of years now, but the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker landed a haymaker in June when it unveiled its...

Waste Industry Briefs.(nonprofit organizations was formed to provide build and design services for waste water treatment projects)(Z Pack Holdings LLC acquired Clean Earth Kentucky LLC)(ADS LLC acquired Severn Trent Pipeline Services)
August 14, 2006... Wastewater Nonprofit to aid plant construction A new nonprofit group has formed to promote design-build services for water and wastewater treatment projects in North America. The Water Design-Build Council will promote the best...

Big footprints shrinking.(business enterprises and environment)(Editorial)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Allan Gerlat What do the largest companies in America have in common? Besides many billions of revenue dollars, they all are larger-than-life participants in our ecosystem. And as such, they appear to be taking their impact on the...

Ameren makes pact in Illinois.(by reducing its power plant emissions)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Ameren Corp. will spend more than $1 billion to reduce power plant emissions beginning in 2009, under an agreement with the Illinois governor's office. The company filed its proposal with the Illinois Pollution...

Kroger Co. Giving new meaning to `greengrocer'.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Marty Whitford Kroger is nurturing the hand that feeds it and its customers - our planet's resources - and is reaping the bottom-line benefits that accompany its environmental stewardship. Energy savings, fuel conservation, and...

Altria Group Inc. The greening of cigarettes and coffee.(Kraft Foods Inc. and Philip Morris)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Brennan Lafferty Coffee and cigarettes. It's not just a poorly planned breakfast or post-dinner treat anymore. It's the focus of environmental programs at Kraft Foods and Philip Morris, both of whom are owned by Altria Group Inc....

Citigroup Inc. Making friends instead of enemies.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst Citigroup Inc. has reached a form of green peace with a growing number of environmental groups as it takes bigger, more public steps on sustainable development issues. Executives no longer find protesters from...

Marathon Oil Corp. Cutting greenhouse gas emissions at the equator.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst After three years of watching greenhouse gas emissions climb in its exploration and production operations, Marathon Oil has reversed the trend, thanks in large part to adjustments at its operations in the West Africa...

Green building date looms in NYC.(News)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Erik Engquist New York Business With deadlines approaching quickly, New York is hustling to implement a complicated new law that promises to revolutionize municipal construction and could also change the way the private sector...

Ford Motor Co. Mich. plant to dispose of no hazardous waste.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson Ford Motor Co. isn't going to be green just to be green. "We try not to be just egalitarian environmentalists,'' said Andrew S. Hobbs, director of environmental quality for the country's second-largest automaker....

General Motors Corp. Largest automaker markets its zero emissions strategy.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson Zero is an important word at General Motors Corp. The nation's largest automaker concerns itself with emissions from vehicles used by consumers as well as emissions from the plants used to create those vehicles,...

Pipeline regulations probable; Oversight step-up likely after BP's Alaska shutdown.(BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini BP PLC's Alaskan pipeline shutdown last week should be a wakeup call that the petroleum industry must be more vigilant in maintaining its aging infrastructure, and perhaps a sign someone needs to keep a closer eye on...

Exxon Mobil Corp. Biggest player decreases emissions and takes its lumps.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Exxon's massive profits have provided plenty of fodder for criticism in the mainstream press, but its apathy, whether perceived or real, toward addressing climate change has done the same for the environmental news...

Home Depot; It's about supply chain, wood and more wood.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach The world's third-largest retailer has faced its share of environmental challenges, and it has responded - not necessarily always to the complete satisfaction of its critics, but it has responded. ...

Bank of America; Constructing a tower of green power.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Marty Whitford Bank of America believes the sky is the limit when it comes to its sustainability initiatives. When the bank's new headquarters opens in New York in 2008, Bank of America Towers purportedly will mark the world's most...

General Electric; Hudson River cleanup still haunts Ecomagination creator.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach GE had already established itself as one of the world's most diverse companies, offering an extraordinarily wide array of products and services - appliances, lighting, jet engines, nuclear reactors and financial...

IBM; Toxics, e-waste, awards.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Big Blue, the world's top provider of computer products and services, has made a major move in recent years to remake itself as less product and more service. The major component in this shift was IBM's sale of its...

Valero Energy; Installing scrubbers, buying old refineries.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Allan Gerlat Valero draws its name from the famous mission in the company's headquarters city of San Antonio. Like The Alamo, Valero Energy is besieged - in this case, by environmentalists. What's working against Valero...

Xtreme environmentalism; X Games emphasizes waste issues, recycling.(News)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson Maybe they should change the name of the annual X Games to the R Games for all the attention organizers give to recycling and other environmental initiatives. The X Games, which features action sports such as...

Simmons to lead Waste News as publisher.(appointment of Bob Simmons)
August 14, 2006... Crain Communications Inc. has named Bob Simmons publisher of Waste News, directing all aspects of the publication. Simmons has been group publisher of Waste News since it began in 1995. He now will directly oversee all departments for the...

WM's Steiner joins council on energy.(Waste Management)(appointment of David Steiner)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson The head of the country's largest trash company is joining a group of business leaders and retired military officers in a search for answers to the country's energy problems. David Steiner, CEO of Waste Management...

North Carolina puts brakes on landfill sitings.
August 14, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson North Carolina is halting all landfill development for the next year as the state determines whether current waste disposal rules are adequate. A one-year moratorium was overwhelmingly passed by both the House and...

Recycling's not hot near Vegas; Region goes back to drawing board for solution.(Southern Nevada Recycling Advisory Committee)(reducing collection of residential waste)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Since implementing curbside recycling in the early 1990s, southern Nevada annually is recycling about 2 percent of its solid waste, woefully below Nevada's 25 percent goal. The Southern Nevada Recycling Advisory...

Bouncy & buckle-free; D.C. and other cities try out tree-friendly rubber sidewalks.(rubber pavers usage)(Rubbersidewalks)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan If urban trees could speak, no doubt their roots would offer up a resounding "Amen!'' to an ingenuous and persistent senior public works inspector from Santa Monica, Calif. Drifting off to sleep years ago...

Berkshire Hathaway; Green philanthropy balanced by pollution.(Howard G. Buffett Foundation)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst Warren Buffett lands on lots of top lists: billionaires, biggest companies, even celebrity atheists. His storied Omaha, Neb., holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, also has taken 34th place in "The Toxic 100: Top...

N.Y. revving up alternative fuel use; Gov. Pataki planning several green initiatives.(News)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman New York Gov. George Pataki has unveiled several plans to encourage increased use of alternative-fueled vehicles in the state. The Republican governor signed legislation July 31 making it possible for more...

Air travel changes affect waste volume.
August 14, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Harried airline passengers rushing to their flights late last week discovered they had to toss everything from drinks to toothpaste into trash cans set up at airport security checkpoints. Airports reported an...

At Deadline.(mercury toxic metal control)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Parties agree on mercury switch plan Recyclers expect to eliminate up to 75 tons of mercury through what is being called a landmark national program to collect the toxic metal from old automobiles. The new program, announced Aug. 11,...

BP's sludgy black eye.(shutdown of British petroleum's Alaskan pipeline)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Waste sludge and moisture caused the corrosion that led to the shutdown of BP's Alaskan pipeline last week. It's a dramatic example of how inadequate attention to waste management can sometimes have dire consequences. What probably...

Kudos to the foot soldiers.(handling of trash)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... One Midwest airport official last week reported a mountain of trash generated from the carry-on ban of liquids and gels. Photographs from around the country confirmed that waste industry workers, airport employees and agents from the...

Searching for a standard green title? It's coming.(standardization of job titles)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Titles for what essentially are the largest companies' chief environmental officers are anything but standardized today. But that mishmash won't last long. A specialist who studies job titles and compensation...

Capital Briefs.(North Carolina's natural resource policy)(Illinois's waste management regulations)(Massachusetts hazardous waste regulations)
August 14, 2006... LEGISLATION GENERAL ENVIRONMENT North Carolina: Senate Bill 1584 appropriates funds to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to cover increased leaking petroleum underground storage tank cleanup program operating costs....

Waste Generator Briefs.(Mirant Corp. to cut sulfur dioxide emissions )(ethanol prices forecasts)(standards for recycled paint)
August 14, 2006... Building Material Standard OK'd for recycled paint A new national environmental standard for recycled-content latex paint has been developed in an effort to encourage increased use. "Developing a standard for this product will...

Toronto seeks home for 175,000 tons of biosolids.(News)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Toronto is making progress in finding disposal options for the city's biosolids after Republic Services Inc. stopped accepting the material this month at its Carleton Farms landfill near Detroit. Toronto had been...

Inbox.(At Your Disposal)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Here's an interesting twist on the illegal immigration flap. (Remember illegal immigration? Funny how an outbreak of Mideast warplay can push last month's not-quite-so-significant news so much further back into the...

A Look Back.(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency )(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... 1970: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is created. Five years ago: General Electric Co. criticizes the EPA's decision to undertake a massive dredging of a portion of the Hudson River contaminated by two of the company's...

Chevron Corp. Investors credit firm for interest in climate change.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Chevron has the distinction of leading the pack of U.S.-based integrated oil companies in addressing global climate change issues, according to Ceres, a coalition of investors and environmentalists that promotes...

McKesson Corp. Next report will gauge distributor's progress.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman McKesson Corp. is not a manufacturer, so most of its environmental issues involve transportation and energy usage at warehouses. It decided a few years ago to begin looking at ways to reduce its environmental...

Cardinal Health Inc. It's all about cutting fuel.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Cardinal Health is placing its environmental emphasis on reducing greenhouse gas emissions through energy conservation, according to company officials. Ohio-based Cardinal Health is the second-largest...

ConocoPhillips; Energy efficiency, restricting greenhouse gases top agenda.(Special Report)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman One of the largest environmental challenges facing ConocoPhillips is minimizing greenhouse gas emissions while producing cleaner-burning fuels, said Tom Myers, the company's manager of health, safety and...

Hewlett-Packard Co. Sustaining high standard not easy for e-recycling pioneer.(Special Report)(Brief article)
August 14, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini It's not always easy getting to the top, and it can be even tougher to stay there. Hewlett-Packard leads the pack in the Internet technology sector, said John Frey, manager of corporate environmental strategies for...

Stock Report.(At Your Disposal)
August 14, 2006... 3 graphs: Waste News Stock Index * Calvert Social Index Fund * Dow Jones Industrial Average * table: Percentage Change by Market Segment: see print copy.

Stock Report.(At Your Disposal)
August 28, 2006... 3 graphs: Waste News Stock Index * Calvert Social Index Fund * Dow Jones Industrial Average * table: Percentage Change by Market Segment: see print copy.

Auto parts maker Denso going green; Firm's EcoVision 2015 plan aligns with industry.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Lindsay Chappell The factory of the future will be environmentally correct. As environmental awareness rises, manufacturers are stepping up their quest for greener factories, with reduced land waste, cleaner air and water...

Obituary.(Joshua Thompson)(Obituary)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Joshua Thompson Joshua Thompson, plant manager of Resource Recycling LLC in St. Petersburg, Fla., died July 23 at Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. He was 35. Thompson served as...

NEPA changes urged.(National Environmental Policy Act)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman A task force in the House of Representatives is recommending steps for improving and updating the National Environmental Policy Act. The task force's suggestions would make it more difficult for legal challenges...

DOE sets aside $250 million for research into biofuels.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. Department of Energy will spend $250 million establishing and operating two new Bioenergy Research Centers to accelerate basic research on the development of cellulosic ethanol and other biofuels. "This...

Personnel.(ABB Automation Ltd. appointed Daniel Beaudet)(Aero Industries Corp. appointed Alan Briley)(American Forest and Paper Association appointed Juanita Duggan)
August 28, 2006... ABB AUTOMATION PRODUCTS LOW VOLTAGE DRIVES - Daniel Beaudet named vice president, quality systems. AERO INDUSTRIES - Alan Briley named dump products manager. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERS - Lawrence Pencak named executive...

GE develops two recycled-content resins.(GE Plastics)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Frank Esposito It's time for GE Plastics to go shopping for shoes - since the company launched two new resins July 27 in Tokyo that it says have smaller carbon footprints and lower environmental impacts. Pittsfield, Mass.-based...

Keller to make biodegradable plastics goods.(Keller Products Inc.)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Matt Griswold Manchester, N.H.-based Keller Products Inc. has joined the growing legion of building products makers that are betting on green. The company has launched its "Green Chemistry'' program, an initiative Keller...

Sludge slinging in L.A. Group fighting county ban on landfill biosolids use.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Roger Renstrom A consortium of Los Angeles interests has sued Kern County in an effort to overturn the county's ban on the application of biosolids on Los Angeles-owned farmland in the county. The group filed an urgent legal...

Neutralizing a threat; Ky. cabinetmaker persuades Pentagon to use alternative disposal method for chemical weapons.
August 28, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Until the Pentagon announced in the mid-1980s that it would be incinerating 523 tons of chemical weapons at Kentucky's Blue Grass Army Depot, neighbors were oblivious that such a lethal stockpile even existed in...

More than third of stockpile eliminated.(News)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan It's 11,449 tons down and 19,160 tons to go. As of Aug. 6, the U.S. Army has disposed of 37 percent of this country's stockpile of chemical weapons. This year Kentucky activist Craig Williams was awarded a...

Wind energy gaining force.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The American Wind Energy Association is crediting the extension of a federal tax credit for recent growth in wind energy installations. The industry's generating capacity recently grew to more than 10,000...

Pipeline firms to pay for Kentucky oil spill.(Mid-Valley Pipeline Co., Sunoco Pipeline LP)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Two pipeline companies have agreed to pay a $2.57 million penalty for a January 2005 oil leak that dumped more than 260,000 gallons of crude oil into the Kentucky and Ohio rivers, according to Justice Department...

Greek firm pleads guilty in sea mishap.(Danaos Shipping Company Ltd.)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman A Greek shipping company has pleaded guilty to illegally discharging oil from a ship and then obstructing a Coast Guard investigation. Danaos Shipping Company Ltd., headquartered in Piraeus, Greece, has agreed...

Groups create recycling standard for latex paint.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson A new national recycled paint standard aims to cut the disposal of millions of gallons of unused paint in America every year. The new standard is designed to give consumers confidence that the certified recycled...

EPA scrutinizes Puerto Rico landfills.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson A trio of municipalities in Puerto Rico is being forced to close what the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calls their "improperly run'' landfills. The agency said landfills in Aguadilla, Santa Isabel and Toa...

Partners recycle drywall.(USG Corp. partnering with Gypsum Recycling America LLC)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson USG Corp. expects to divert thousands of tons of waste through a couple of new programs aimed at scrap drywall and old ceiling tiles. The Chicago-based company is partnering with Gypsum Recycling America LLC to...

Federal net snares another hauler in Northeast.(David Magel pleaded guilty for corrupt practices)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Jim Johnson An ongoing federal probe into alleged corruption in the trash industry in Connecticut and part of New York has netted another guilty plea. David Magel, a New York trash company general manager, pleaded guilty to...

Ontario blaze called accident.(fire accident in Enviro-Tech Plastics Ltd.)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Michael Lauzon A large fire of scrap plastic in Amherstburg, Ontario, has been tentatively classified as accidental by the local fire fighting authority. Amherstburg Fire Chief Richard Murray said the cause of the Aug. 15...

Petoskey plant in Indiana to recycle film.(Petoskey Plastics Inc.)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Petoskey Plastics Inc. plans to open a plastic bag manufacturing plant that will recycle scrap high-density polyethylene film. It will site the 200,000-sq.-ft. facility in Hartford City, Ind. The Indiana Economic...

Time shares on wheels.(At Your Disposal)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Brennan Lafferty More people in this car-mad world are doing the unthinkable - trading in their keys and sharing vehicles with complete strangers. To be precise, 347,000 people from Germany to Bellingham, Wash., have joined car...

Capital Briefs; A summary of recent developments in federal and state environmental legislation and regulation.(North Carolina's environmental legislation)(California regulations for plastics industry)(California regulations for hazardous waste management)
August 28, 2006... LEGISLATION GENERAL ENVIRONMENT North Carolina: House Bill 1413 provides incentives for local governments to administer environmental programs. Signed by governor Aug. 16. North Carolina: Senate Bill 2055 reduces energy, fuel, and...

Mathews joins WN.(News)
August 28, 2006... Ted Mathews has joined Waste News as promotions manager. He is responsible for developing and implementing promotional and marketing programs for the publication. Mathews brings 30 years of publishing industry experience to the role....

Coming Events.(Calendar)
August 28, 2006... Sept. 10-13 - 21st Annual WateReuse Symposium, Hollywood, Calif. Contact Natalie Fleet (703) 548-0880 or visit www.watereuse.org. Sept. 12 - New Jersey Paper Recycling Association Meeting, Clifton, N.Y. Contact George Chen (973) 340-8003 or...

WN seeks recycling data.(News)
August 28, 2006... Waste News needs your help compiling our annual survey of the largest U.S. and Canadian recycling companies. If you operate a private or publicly held recycling company, please visit www.wastenews.com/rr_survey_2006.html and complete our...

One year (tick) & counting (tick).(New Orleans's post disaster reconstruction after hurricane Katrina)(Brief article)(Column)
August 28, 2006... New Orleans' long, sluggish hurricane cleanup slowed even more when Mayor Ray Nagin shut down an emergency construction and demolition debris landfill in the city Aug. 14. Waste officials now face the prospect of having to scramble to find...

SWANA: Expand that bill; Group wants municipalities, composting included in recycling measure.(Solid Waste Association of North America )
August 28, 2006... The Solid Waste Association of North America has endorsed a plan by Sen. James Jeffords, I-Vt., to offer tax incentives to companies investing in recycling equipment, but the professional association has told Jeffords his bill should go...

New products & technology.(Waste Connections Inc. contracts with Xora Inc.)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst Hauler lauds GPS mobile phone efficiency Almost a year into using GPS-enabled mobile phones, a West Coast-based solid waste firm has added clients, improved efficiency and won over its employees who were at first...

Supplier News.(K-Com Transport Inc. acquired Compass Industrial Services Inc.)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... K-Com acquires Compass Industrial K-Com Transport Inc. has purchased Compass Industrial Services Inc., an industrial cleaning operation in northwest Indianapolis. K-Com Transport, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., deals primarily with...

Xcel planning landmark power facility; Energy company invests in clean-coal technology that captures carbon dioxide.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Electric utility Xcel Energy plans on spending $3.5 million over the next year developing plans for a clean-coal technology power plant in Colorado. Some environmental advocates have endorsed the company's...

Power industry splits doubleheader.(Alabama Power Co. )
August 28, 2006... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Federal courts last week first handed the electric industry a victory followed days later by a defeat in separate New Source Review lawsuits filed by the federal government. The apparently conflicting opinions,...

Correction.(Correction notice)
August 28, 2006... A story on Page 4 of the Aug. 14 issue should have said Toronto generates about 175,000 tons of biosolids annually.

Schnitzer Steel to buy N.H. scrap recycler.(News)
August 28, 2006... Byline: Joe Truini Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. has agreed to acquire New Hampshire scrap metal recycler Max Cohen and Sons. The New England recycler, which does business as Advanced Recycling, operates four processing facilities in...

Awards.(Briefs)(Brief article)
August 28, 2006... La Plante nabs engineer honor Rosanna La Plante has received the Young Engineer Award, given by the Baltimore Post of the Society of American Military Engineers. La Plante works for SCS Engineers on local government projects involving...

Waste Industry Briefs.(General Environmental Management Inc. acquired Pollution Control Industries Inc.)(San Diego to improve sewage collection system)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries's membership)
August 28, 2006... Environmental Management Ind. company bought for $35 million General Environmental Management Inc., of Pomona, Calif., has agreed to buy Pollution Control Industries Inc., of East Chicago, Ind. Both companies provide environmental...