Waste News articles from June 2005

Waste News archives from June 2005

Capital Briefs.(Briefs)
June 6, 2005... Legislation General Environment District of Columbia: Bill 78 prohibits, on a temporary basis, the transport of large shipments of certain extremely hazardous materials within 2.2 miles of the United States Capitol unless the...

Investing in hydrogen; President Bush, automakers voice support for alt. fuel.(government finance for hydrogen fuel research )
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Millions of dollars will pay for dozens of projects as the nation tries to determine the feasibility of a hydrogen economy. A new round of $64 million in funding through the U.S. Department of Energy will pay for 70...

Convention center sanitation: Info flow is key.(Special Report)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson It's all about communication for the folks keeping the Las Vegas Convention Center neat and tidy. The convention center, which hosts nearly 100 conventions and thousands of meetings every year, has 3.2 million...

It's root, root, root for the home team; There's an excitement, connection that comes with servicing these jobs.(Special Report)(waste management industry marketing )
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Servicing high-profile sporting and special events means profit for waste companies, but the work can also add build excitement both inside and outside of the firms doing the work. "Our category is low-interest,...

Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)(Itec Environmental Group Inc.)(Rose Waste Systems )
June 6, 2005... Diesel EPA moves date for content compliance Federal environmental regulators plan to issue a rule later this year to help ease the transition to ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it will...

Aluminum can recycling recovers.(News)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Aluminum can recycling rebounded last year, but there is still work to be done. The aluminum can recycling rate improved for the first time since 1997, edging up to 51.2 percent, though it still lags behind its...

Duke takes 2nd step.(Duke Energy Corp emission reduction programs)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Duke Energy Corp. has commenced the second in a series of four emission reduction projects at its North Carolina coal-fired power plants. Duke Power, a business unit of Duke Energy, broke ground May 20 on a $500...

Calif. recycles record number of containers; Increase in redemption value helps boost returns to 12 billion.(News)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Californians may be responding to a little extra jingle in their pockets. The state set a record for the number of beverage containers recycled in 2004, the year it raised its container redemption value, according...

Allied Waste finds new boss in former Aramark exec.(Allied Waste Industries Inc.)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Allied Waste Industries Inc. has found a new leader months ahead of schedule, pegging an executive who has gained most of his experience outside of the waste industry. John Zillmer, like his predecessor, cut his...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)(BNSF Railway Co.)(www.eia.org/jig)
June 6, 2005... Recycled Paper Office Depot hits 75% recycled content Office Depot Inc. has reached a milestone in the amount of post-consumer recycled-content paper used in its Canadian advertising program. The Delray Beach, Fla., office...

Senate panel OKs ethanol.(News)(ethanol fuel production to be doubled says new energy bill)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The Senate Energy Committee has adopted an amendment to the Energy Bill that would more than double the use of ethanol fuel produced over the next seven years. The renewable fuels standard would require that at...

Beach patrol; Report offers solutions for better water pollution notification.(News)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman A new report says that most Great Lakes states are doing a poor job of notifying their residents when hazardous sewage is dumped into waterways. Dumping the waste threatens the quality of water along beaches and...

Republic van drives home employee safety message.(News)(on job training for trash collectors)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Like your typical garbage man, most of Dave Hefner's job is spent on the road, making stops here and there. But his job is anything but typical in the trash business. As director of safety for Republic Services...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 6, 2005... A "Capital Briefs'' summary of a new law on Page 10 of the May 9 issue should have been listed as Arkansas House Bill 2942, which involves the disposal of large truck tires.

Organizing a small, efficient army; Large events pose unique problems for waste workers.(Special Report)(special events waste management contracts and reports)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Timing and manpower. Successful solid waste management and recycling at sporting events and special events requires enough workers quickly doing their jobs, often during tight windows of opportunity, before the...

Demand spurring plastic film recycling boom.(News)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Steve Toloken These are busy times in the film recycling industry. Spurred by strong markets and political threats, companies are building new recycling plants, and cities are launching efforts to collect more of the material. ...

Pie in the sky.(Opinion)(green house gases emission reduction programs)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's bold but vague pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in his state by 80 percent by 2050 further evinces the dissatisfaction felt by some Americans and local governments about the federal government's...

Waste Expo 2005.(Products)
June 6, 2005... Hundreds of exhibitors attended Waste Expo in Las Vegas this year, bringing new products for use in waste management, recycling and environmental services. The following is a sampling of the products displayed. Additional products unveiled at...

Oakland stadium breaks ground with composting.(Special Report)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Many people enjoy a nice adult beverage or six at a baseball game. But all of those empty beer cups can add a tremendous amount to the waste stream. So the folks at the newly renamed McAfee Coliseum, home to the...

DTE Biomass exec makes case for extension.(News)(DTE Biomass Energy Inc.)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman An executive of a landfill gas energy development company testifying on Capitol Hill urged Congress to extend and increase tax credits for developing projects that generate electricity. Curt Ranger, president of...

Lead releases down, not out, report states.(News)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Lead pollution is declining but remains the leading developmental toxin released by industrial facilities in the United States and Canada, according to a newly released report analyzing data through 2002. The...

Military takes aim at sustainability.(Opinion)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Alex Beehler The Department of Defense recently hosted a gathering in Tampa, Fla., of 2,000 environmental professionals from the military, industry and nongovernment organizations. Opening the conference, Michael Wynne,...

NYC pilot aims to cut waste equipment NOx.(News)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson A demonstration project in New York City hopes to drastically cut nitrogen oxide pollution coming from waste equipment. The project covers two roll-off trucks serving Brooklyn and four trash compactors and loaders...

Nuclear waste facility clears hurdle in Utah.(News)(spent nuclear fuel storage facilities)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Utah has lost another round in its effort to block a temporary nuclear waste repository on a state Indian reservation. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board denied the state's motion May 24 that it reconsider its...

NYC considers e-waste bill.(News)(New York City electronic consumer goods recycling legislation)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini If electronics makers were concerned about a patchwork of state electronic waste bills, they cannot be happy about this. New York City on May 25 became the first municipality in the nation to propose its own...

A House full of e-waste; Working group may just be first step.(electronic wastes)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Electronic waste finally may be getting some serious national attention on Capitol Hill. A bipartisan congressional group will explore a national solution to handling electronic waste while educating members of...

Calif. vows to cut greenhouse emissions by 80% by 2050.(News)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has pledged that his state will begin reducing greenhouse gas emissions beginning in 2010, with a goal of reducing emissions by 80 percent by 2050. The Republican governor...

Cleveland mechanic lusts for a clean environment.(At Your Disposal)(Lusty Wrench)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Brennan Lafferty Consider yourself warned: Don't take your Lincoln Navigator to the Lusty Wrench. Oh, this two-technician garage in a suburb of Cleveland might work on your sport utility vehicle, especially if you've failed the...

A Look Back.(At Your Disposal)(PolyTek Rubber and Recycling Inc)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... 1868: Brothers I.S. and John Hyatt successfully manufacture celluloid, the first commercial synthetic plastic. The material gradually replaces wood, ivory, metal and linen in such items as combs, billiard balls, eyeglass frames and shirt...

Inbox.(At Your Disposal)(trasnfer stations services)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Stories about stinky, poorly managed, neighborhood-blighting garbage transfer stations are a dime a dozen. Far rarer are reports of transfer facilities that do what they say they're going to do and conduct...

Big-league opportunity.(Opinion)(Column)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Allan Gerlat You're sitting at a ball game, and you're only vaguely aware that you can do something there that you can't do basically anywhere else: Publicly litter, almost at will. We sit and shell peanuts, leave beer cups and...

Groups try to halt CAFO plan.(News)
June 6, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Four groups are trying to derail the current federal plans to regulate animal farm waste, claiming the approach amounts to a sweetheart deal for large farms. The groups - including the Sierra Club and the...

It's survey time for haulers.(News)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... It's that time of year again. Waste News is asking waste haulers of all types to help us compile our annual Hauling & Disposal Ranking. If your company hauls, processes or disposes of solid, hazardous, liquid or other types of waste,...

Fed e-waste plan urgent.(Opinion)(Brief Article)
June 6, 2005... Congress is talking more aggressively about addressing the electronic waste problem. It's encouraging that manufacturers are being included in the discussions. But the big question will be, how much is this just political hot air? Several...

At Deadline.(Late News)
June 6, 2005... EPA unmoved by gas waiver requests The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is rejecting petitions from three states asking the federal government to waive the use of oxygenates in reformulated gasoline, the agency said June 2. The...

Legal ink dries for Lexmark; Supreme Court rejects cartridge maker's case.(News)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Lexmark International Inc. failed to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case against a North Carolina company that makes components for remanufactured printer cartridges. The court rejected the company's...

Safe cut; Senate panel OKs mower safety study.(News)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a measure that would require the federal government to investigate safety issues before adopting new emission regulations for lawn mowers, chain saws and other...

WM plans Wis. LFG plant.(News)(Waste Management Inc)(Wisconsin)(landfill gas)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson A new landfill gas-to-energy project should be operating by the end of this year in Wisconsin, providing enough electricity to power about 2,700 homes. Waste Management Inc. will construct a small energy plant at...

Chicago puts 20-year brakes on landfills.(News)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson A longstanding moratorium on new landfills in the nation's third-largest city just got a whole lot longer. Chicago has been operating under a landfill moratorium since 1984, renewing the measure every one or two...

Recycling could result in a tax break.(News)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Sen. James Jeffords, I-Vt, is proposing tax incentives that would encourage businesses to recycle. Jeffords' proposal - called the Recycling Investment Saves Energy Act, also known as the RISE Act - would...

Merger purged; SWANA nixes plan to unite shows.(Solid Waste Association of North America)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson An idea to combine the waste industry's two largest trade shows apparently has suffered a major blow. That's because the owner of the Wastecon trade show is not interested in exploring a possible partnership with...

THE CITY WAS ELECTRIC.(News)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... An electric car travels down San Francisco's famous Lombard Street this month during World Environment Day. The five-day event attended by more than 60 mayors from the world's largest cities resulted in the drafting of the Urban Environmental...

Inbox.(Waste management)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Last week was not the best of times to be mayor of San Jose, Calif. Ron Gonzalez, the man who holds that post, tore into his critics last Wednesday after a grand jury accused him of orchestrating a fishy backroom...

Politics halt NYC's plan.(New York City)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson New York leaders are playing a very public game of political chess as they haggle over how best to deal with the city's massive solid waste stream for the next 20 years. Mayor Michael Bloomberg and members of City...

Big bump, long road.(Opinion)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... The long ongoing discussions about the possible merger of Waste Expo and Wastecon have been derailed, at least for now. That's not surprising. Primedia Inc., which owns Waste Expo, has said it is considering putting many of its assets up...

Discard the caps.(Opinion)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Enough professionals have finally acknowledged that a philosophy of "out of sight, out of mind'' simply won't do anymore when it comes to wastewater infrastructure. Miles and miles of pipe under our country's cities have reached the point...

Clearing misinformation on blending.(Opinion)(National Association of Clean Water Agencies )
June 20, 2005... Byline: Ken Kirk The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent decision to table its November 2003 proposed blending guidance is a loss for the American public. Simply stated, the blending issue became subject to unnecessary and often...

Capital Briefs.(Renewable energy)
June 20, 2005... Legislation General Environment Colorado: House Bill 1133 concerns measures to promote energy efficiency. Vetoed by governor June 3. Nevada: Assembly Bill 236 makes various changes relating to energy systems that use certain types...

Coming Events.(Calendar)
June 20, 2005... North America June 26-28 - Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show, Atlanta. Contact Michelle Fitzpatrick (800) 456-0707 or visit www.paperrecyclingconference.com. June 29-July 1 - Water Environment Federation and the U.S....

Quote of the Week.(News)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... The idea that Primedia is the Goliath trying to put SWANA's Wastecon out of business is simply untrue. Michael Knaub, leader of an exhibitor-driven effort to merge Waste Expo and Wastecon, presents his group's case to the SWANA board of...

Bill touts 10% green energy by year 2020.
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. Senate has narrowly approved an amendment to the energy bill that would require utilities to generate at least 10 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020. Senators on June 16...

Ala. pipe maker found guilty.(News)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini McWane Inc. and three of its managers illegally dumped industrial wastewater into a local creek and lied to cover it up, according to a federal grand jury. The company, and employees James Delk and Michael Devine,...

Denver goes single-stream; City hopes to improve 6.5% recycling rate.(Denvergov.org)
June 20, 2005... Denver is launching a new single-stream residential recycling program with an expanded material list to increase the city's waste diversion. Denver Recycles, a department of the Solid Waste Management Division, kicked off the new system...

Groups find fault with Apple's new program.(News)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Apple Inc. is offering free recycling of its popular iPod music player. The Cupertino, Calif., electronics maker launched the program June 3. Customers can take old iPod players to any of Apple's 100 U.S. retail...

Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)
June 20, 2005... Waste Hauling WM, Waste Industries make Ga. swap Waste Management Inc. and Waste Industries USA Inc. have completed an asset swap that included hauling and transfer operations in Georgia, the companies said June 13. Waste...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
June 20, 2005... Energy 4 groups join fight vs. EPA mercury reg Four medical and public health groups are joining lawsuits challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's mercury rule for power plants. Physicians for Social Responsibility,...

Bond plan could help cities upgrade sewers.
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Local government officials say their cash-strapped cities lack the money to upgrade wastewater and water systems to comply with federal mandates, but an investment specialist is advocating a funding mechanism that...

Auto execs bristle at mandated recycling.(News)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Jim Johnson Laws mandating the recycling of end-of-life vehicles have taken hold in Europe and Asia, but are not needed in the United States, an automotive pollution prevention expert believes. "The United States has a healthy,...

'No man's land' no more.(Opinion)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Allan Gerlat Build a commercial or residential development on a contaminated site? Could sound like the stuff of a second-rate sci-fi movie. Friendly neighbor next door suddenly turns into... PCB Man! The groundwater oozes...

Metal firms separate.(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini Two scrap metal recyclers have decided to break up 40 years' worth of joint ventures. Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc. and Hugo Neu Corp. have agreed to separate and terminate their joint venture scrap metal...

Some hazy on air rule benefits.
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Older power plants, pulp mills, steel mills, refineries and other facilities that affect the air quality at national parks or wilderness areas will need to reduce their emissions under a rule signed June 15. The...

Duke wins NSR appeal.(New Source Review )
June 20, 2005... Byline: Joe Truini A federal appeals court has dealt another blow, perhaps the most significant, to the Clinton-era lawsuits claiming power companies did little more than just routine maintenance. The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals...

A Look Back.(At Your Disposal)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... 1860s: American newspapers begin printing their editions on paper made from wood pulp fibers rather than rags. Five years ago: The waste-to-energy industry is listed among the top contributors of dioxin emissions in a draft report issued by...

At Deadline.(Pollution Control)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Senate diesel bill gets bipartisan backing Ohio's senior senator has introduced legislation aimed at reducing diesel engine emissions, and it is receiving bipartisan support and endorsements from business groups and environmentalists. ...

EPA rejects source review appeal.(Environmental Protection Agency)(Brief Article)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Federal regulators have rejected petitions asking them to reconsider the equipment replacement provision that was adopted as part of New Source Review reforms. In a June 6 statement, the U.S. Environmental...

John Lerdahl.(Obituary)
June 20, 2005... John Lerdahl, a landfill application specialist for EPG Companies Inc., died June 4 from prostate cancer. Lerdahl worked with EPG Companies, a landfill equipment manufacturer, for nearly 15 years. He taught every year at EPG's Solid...

Bush, Blair put global warming on G8 agenda.(Group of 8)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman President Bush, meeting June 7 with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House, said he would be working with England and other nations on environmental issues, including global warming. Global warming...

Oil Goliaths: Meet David; Wash. teacher, college students cook up biodiesel in their garages.(At Your Disposal)
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Lyle Rudensey, an environmental health educator, found the idea of running his car off clean-burning biodiesel fuel appealing. Rudensey, who instructs middle school students and their teachers under a program by...

New Products & Technology.(Products)
June 20, 2005... JOHNSTON SWEEPER CO. has introduced the 240-horsepower Cummins turbocharged diesel engine in its Model 4000 street sweeper. The sweeper is a 5.6- cubic-yard mechanical machine capable of sweeping at speeds as low as 0.25 mph and transit speeds...

Personnel.(Appointments)
June 20, 2005... AMERICAN WATER - Peter McChesney appointed Southeast regional director of business development. AMITY METALS INTERNATIONAL LLC - Charles Myers named trader. AUGUST MACK ENVIRONMENTAL INC. - Joe Stephens promoted to project manager;...

Contaminated no more; Developers build on brownfield reforms.
June 20, 2005... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Jack Schron Sr. knew in the late 1990s that he needed to expand Jergens Inc., the Cleveland-based tooling component manufacturing company he founded with his father in 1947. But finding the appropriate property for...