Waste News articles from June 2007

Waste News archives from June 2007

Toledoans bite the bullet.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Even though it means a potential doubling of their sanitary sewer rates by 2017, residents of Toledo, Ohio, voted overwhelmingly to modernize their sewer and wastewater treatment facilities. The 2002 ordinance...

Perma-Fix sells unit to EQ.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc. is exiting the industrial waste field - a business that accounted for plenty of revenue, but not any profit lately. Atlanta-based Perma-Fix has built itself up over the years to...

EPC exits coal-energy biz.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Environmental Power Corp. is getting out of the waste coal-to-energy business. The Portsmouth, N.H.-based company said the move will allow it to concentrate on its animal waste-to-energy subsidiary, Microgy Inc. ...

Waste Industry Briefs.(opening of new electric recycling operation by Federal Prison Industries Inc.)(Metalico Inc. merger and acquisition with Tranzact Corp.)(Environmental Protection Agencys orders to comply the waste water treatment plant with clean water act)
June 11, 2007... Recycling Unicor opens 3 new recycling facilities Federal Prison Industries Inc., which does business as Unicor, has opened three new electronic recycling operations, which will provide services for three different parts of the...

Waste Generator Briefs.(water recycling of Coca-Cola Co. in partnership with World Wildlife Fund)(Dell Inc. carbon reduction plans)(Macy's California Inc. usage of solar energy to save energy )
June 11, 2007... Beverage Manufacturing Coke, WWF partner to conserve water Coca-Cola Co. will replace "every drop of water'' it uses in its beverages and their production under a partnership unveiled June 5 at the World Wildlife Fund's annual meeting...

Covanta buys 2 biomass plants.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Waste-to-energy giant Covanta Holding Corp. is adding a couple of biomass power plants to its portfolio. Covanta is buying wood waste locations in Delano and Mendota, Calif., from AES Corp. for $51 million. ...

CB Richard Ellis pledges carbon neutrality by 2010.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson The world's largest commercial property manager is going carbon neutral and wants to help its clients to also reduce their carbon footprints. CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. has a goal of becoming carbon neutral at its...

Timely solution; Climate concerns make wind energy attractive option.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini The time is ripe for wind power, and it is well-positioned to take advantage of a positive political and social climate. "The stars seemed to be aligned,'' said Karl Rabago, director of government and regulatory...

Ore., Texas ready to join e-recycling roll.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Two more states are poised to adopt electronic scrap recycling systems on the heels of the electronics industry agreeing on a national model to recycle televisions and computers. The Oregon and Texas legislatures...

Wash. glass plant goes heavy on the green.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson There's green wine bottles and then there's green wine bottles. A new wine bottle manufacturing plant in Washington state - the first new U.S. glass plant in three decades - plans to lean heavily on environmentally...

E-waste: Manufacturers stepping up.(Opinion)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Michelle Nicholls The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimated that 250 million computers were destined to become obsolete by 2005, making them a quickly growing portion of the waste stream. In California alone, the...

House leaders vow to stop controversial GHG bill.(greenhouse gas)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Several high-profile Democrats are vowing to reinvent draft energy legislation circulating among the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee. Rep. Rick Boucher, a Democrat from southwestern Virginia coal...

Supplier News.(Briefs)
June 11, 2007... Sierra International buys interest in IPS Sierra International Machinery LLC has signed a letter of intent to invest in IPS Balers Inc. of Baxley, Ga. The new company will be called Sierra/IPS Inc. The partnership will allow the...

WM opens big recycling unit.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson America's largest single-stream recycling facility, now serving the Washington and Baltimore metropolitan area, expects to increase material recovery rates by up to 30 percent. Waste Management Inc.'s 50,000 sq.-ft....

Coming Events.(Calendar)(Calendar)
June 11, 2007... June 16-18 - Composite Can and Tube Institute 74th Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, Va. Contact Kristine Garland (703) 823-7234 or visit www.cctiwdc.org. June 19-20 - EECO 2007 Environment & Energy Conference, Toronto, Ontario. Call (800)...

Senate panel OKs green bills.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Two self-described warhorses - Sens. John Warner, R-Va., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J. - complimented the tenacity of colleague Barbara Boxer after she recently shepherded three bipartisan global warming measures...

Junk serves as composer's inspiration and instruments.(At Your Disposal)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Nathaniel Stookey's quest to find out whether he needed to rinse out his yogurt containers before recycling them led to a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Stookey usually makes a living as a composer of music for...

A Look Back.(At Your Disposal)
June 11, 2007... 10 years ago: A trial begins in New York capping a three-year investigation into allegations several waste hauling businesses engaged in bid rigging and corruption. 5 years ago: Buyers of garbage trucks speed up their new vehicle purchases...

Waste News names managing editor.(News)
June 11, 2007... Waste News has named Pete Fehrenbach as its managing editor. In his new role, Fehrenbach will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the publication. He succeeds Brennan Lafferty, who moved to the business side of Waste News as...

DOD links environment, energy, mission.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The Department of Defense and its military branches should do a better job of linking energy conservation and the purchase of alternative energy to environmental stewardship. In addition, those concerns should be...

CAPITAL BRIEFS.(laws rules and regulations of waste management industry)
June 11, 2007... LEGISLATION GENERAL ENVIRONMENT New York: Assembly Bill 8641 enacts the Lighting Efficiency and Toxics Reduction Act that, in part, requires the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop a schedule for the reduction of...

At Deadline.(Late News)
June 11, 2007... G8 leaders declare climate talk progress Leaders of the Group of Eight, or G8, nations heralded what they called a breakthrough on climate change negotiations on June 7 during a summit in Germany. President Bush joined the heads of...

Wastewater decision-makers play catchup with climate change.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan It's suspected that man-made global warming left its calling card in Toledo last summer when the northern Ohio city recorded its wettest month yet. That super-size drenching from a Mother Nature seemingly on...

Speakers ask that utilities own wind energy projects.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Utilities are going to have to step it up, not only buying wind energy but taking ownership of wind projects, to take renewable energy to another level. "If the utility industry is not engaged in this effort......

Waxman hails China's emission reduction vow.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., is heralding China's announced plans for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions as a significant step forward, while criticizing President Bush's recent call for additional international...

College recycling contest bursting at the seams.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Lauren Mikolay There's a college competition sweeping the nation that doesn't involve a basketball or face painting, but it does require an enormous quantity of plastic bottles and a save-the-earth desire to win. In 2001, Ed...

Pie in the wind? Bush's goal of 20% wind energy by 2030 faces serious obstacles.(President George W. Bush)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Producing 20 percent of the nation's energy is no small task. Last year when President George W. Bush said wind power could meet 20 percent of the nation's energy needs by 2030, industry proponents, while enthused by...

Inbox.(At Your Disposal)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Very Hazardous Waste Duty: Even up at the top of the world, where few bipeds dare to tread, some people can't resist leaving their piggish mark. Scientific American reports that a group of climbers from Japan...

Bush pledges leadership on global warming.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman President Bush has pledged the United States would spearhead an international effort to address global climate change, but environmental advocacy groups immediately voiced skepticism. Bush, speaking to reporters...

Army aims for zero waste.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Minimizing or eliminating waste from military camps isn't only good for the environment, it is also an important security measure. That was part of the message delivered by a consultant speaking at the Joint...

Letters.(Letter to the editor)
June 11, 2007... Biker speaks back It was pretty obvious from your Inbox article [April 30, Page 50] that you are unfamiliar with the biker culture. Your attempt at humor was in poor taste, but even more offensive was your reference to the term "gang.''...

Going green attracts green; Investment bank sees potential in green investments, practices.(News)(Company overview)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman State Street Corp. may not have the name recognition among the general public of some other financial services companies, but the Boston-based firm is the world's largest asset manager and has incorporated...

Climate craze creates chance to rekindle causes.
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini It's getting hip to be green. The environmental movement is heating up and it has little to do with summer. Mainstream media and even consumer magazines are giving the environment more time and ink. "A new...

Off the hook; Phone books get environmentalists' hackles up.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Like so many other things, that new phone book showing up on the doorstep every year is just a part of life that few give a second thought. But direct from the files of "Wasn't This Issue Already Settled?'' phone...

Disc whiz champions sustainability at Forum.(Third National Product Stewardship Forum)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Attendees of the Third National Product Stewardship Forum were in for a surprise when the evening's entertainment also turned out to be an ambassador of sustainability. Thirteen-time world freestyle Frisbee champion...

Big storm a-brewing.(Brief article)
June 11, 2007... As if getting the funding to repair America's sewer infrastructure isn't enough of a challenge, a new factor is gaining attention: The biggest environmental issue of all today, global warming. More officials are starting to warn that...

Congress: A big gust is needed.(Opinion)
June 11, 2007... Wind energy is facing an intriguing dilemma for the future. The industry's concern right now is much more with future supply than future demand. That should be the easier of the two to control, but it's looking instead like a complex and...

New Products & Technology.(Products)
June 11, 2007... CATERPILLAR INC. has introduced the D6K track-type tractor, which features a new hydrostatic drive system, enhanced power turn capability and variable speed control. The tractor can deliver up to 125 horsepower and has very precise blade...

USDA sells agencies on biobased benefits.(News)
June 11, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman U.S. Department of Agriculture officials want to convince other federal agencies, including the Defense Department, to purchase environmentally preferable biobased products. Biobased products are composed in...

Stock Report.(At Your Disposal)
June 11, 2007... 3 graphs: Waste News Stock Index * Calvert Social Index Fund * Dow Jones Industrial Average * table: Percentage Change by Market Segment: see print copy.

Gov't adds new charges in Northeast trash probe.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson More than a year after original charges were filed in a widespread investigation of corruption in the Connecticut trash hauling industry, the federal government is piling on more allegations. A total of 21 of 29...

Industry, gov't must join to foster efficiency.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan As Congress tangles with what could become landmark energy legislation this summer, Samuel Bodman is talking up public-private initiatives designed to promote resource efficiency. The Department of Energy...

Cold feet; EPA delays action on auto emissions.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Here's one for the mixed messages file. Just days before the debut of the Environmental Protection Agency's new public service announcement focusing on the threats of global warming, agency head Stephen...

Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs)
June 25, 2007... Manufacturing and Retail Guide ranks company's GHG policies Canon, Nike and Unilever are some of the best companies in the nation when it comes to addressing climate change, according to a consumers guide prepared by a new nonprofit...

Maine starts CFL recycling.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Maine has launched the nation's first statewide program to collect and recycle compact fluorescent light bulbs to mitigate possible environmental impacts of the energy-saving devices. The lights contain a tiny amount...

Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)
June 25, 2007... Recycling Senators revive recycling bill Bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate would offer tax incentives to encourage recycling companies to invest in additional equipment. However, the proposal has drawn a mixed reaction...

A Look Back.(At Your Disposal)
June 25, 2007... 10 years ago: Waste Management Inc. calls off a tentative deal to sell its operations in the southern half of New Jersey to Eastern Environmental Services Inc. 5 years ago: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the New York City Council reach a...

Big Easy schools get seeded to go green.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Chrissy Kadleck With her green hair and renewable energy cape, Green Power Girl (a.k.a. Susan Cox of California) dispensed her important message from Mother Nature about how every one of the 1,500 elementary students gathered at...

Firm's system converts grease to feedstock.(Products)(EcoPlus Inc.)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst There's the fog that comes and goes with certain atmospheric conditions, and then there's FOG, or fats, oils and grease, which tends to stick around and clog sewer pipes. Of particular concern to wastewater...

Trash is imperiling the oceans, scientist says.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan As renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle plunged 3,288 feet into the depths of the Pacific, something briefly glimmered in the tiny lights of her compact submersible. Was that glint, perhaps, a new species of...

EPA-organized study targets air emissions from livestock.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Work is starting on a two-year, multimillion-dollar study of air pollution from the nation's largest animal farms. These facilities are known as confined animal feeding operations and called factory farms by their...

Coming Events.(Calendar)(Calendar)
June 25, 2007... July 20 - North Texas Corporate Recycling Association Business Recycling Workshop, Grand Prairie, Texas. Contact Shirlene Sitton (940) 349-8054 or visit www.ntcra.org. July 20-22 - China International Recyclable Resources Trade Conference...

Court's ruling expands Superfund.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling against the federal government, has found that companies voluntarily cleaning up hazardous waste materials can in turn sue other potentially responsible parties to recoup cleanup...

Rumpke unveils landmark LFG project.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson They're calling it the world's largest of its kind. A new landfill gas-to-pipeline energy project at Rumpke Consolidated Companies Inc.'s flagship landfill near Cincinnati now has the capacity to collect and process...

Rumpke project: It's a natural.(Opinion)
June 25, 2007... Rumpke Consolidated Companies Inc. and its two partners should be applauded for opening what they call the world's largest landfill gas energy project of its kind, eventually pumping out 15 million cubic feet of gas per day to Cincinnati area...

Communities weighing flow control options; Supreme Court's decision could alter the waste industry landscape in various ways.(Special Report)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman Communities throughout New York and the nation are considering the impact of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on flow control and whether they can now exert greater control over where their waste is disposed...

First New Source natural gas case resolved.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini The U.S. government has settled its first New Source Review case involving a natural gas-fired power plant. Nevada Power Co., a subsidiary of Sierra Pacific Resources, will spend $60.7 million to reduce nitrogen oxide...

At Deadline.(Late News)
June 25, 2007... U.S. Senate passes energy proposal The U.S. Senate late June 21 passed a sweeping energy bill that would boost fuel economy, increase the use of cleaner-burning biofuels, and promote energy efficiency. The energy bill, passed on a...

HP, Dell roll out green computers.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Greener computers are starting to roll off the line. This month, two of the nation's leading computer manufacturers released machines that meet Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool requirements for gold...

An idea that computes; Google, Intel join to cut computer emissions.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Technology exists to make computers much more energy efficient, but manufacturers are reluctant to use it because it would make their machines more expensive and less competitive. So Google Inc. and Intel Corp. are...

Calif. starts 1st U.S. state bag recycling enterprise.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini An industry coalition has launched the nation's first statewide plastic bag recycling program in California in response to a state law taking effect next month. The Progressive Bag Alliance, the California Retailers...

More than one way to build a firm; Slow and steady or aggressive and speedy, what matters is the people, waste vet says.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Andy Crawford is living proof that there's no one right way to create a successful trash company. He took the slow and steady route, spending 19 years building one company - Southland Environmental Services - before...

Plant nixed; Florida rejects clean coal facility.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini Florida Power and Light Co.'s plans to build one of the world's cleanest coal-fired plants have been shot down due to cost and global warming concerns. The subsidiary of Juno, Fla.-based FPL Group Inc. is proposing...

Powering corridors of power; House, Senate weigh different ways to 'green' Capitol plant.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan As a sultry nation's capital slinks toward peak air conditioning season, senators and representatives have their noses to the global warming grindstone. And the type of legislation the two branches of Congress...

Partnering up: It's all about trust.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson The secret of a successful joint venture is the people behind the partnership. Building trust between joint venture partners is paramount in making any project work, said Jonathan Sloan, president of Canusa...

AEP to buy credits for methane project.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Joe Truini American Electric Power Co. Inc. will buy some 4.6 million credits between 2010 and 2017 to support the first large-scale livestock methane offset program in the United States. The project will capture and destroy...

CAPITAL BRIEFS.(Briefs)
June 25, 2007... LEGISLATION GENERAL ENVIRONMENT Arizona: House Bill 2638 adds planning for energy use that encourages and provides incentives for efficient use of energy and identifies polices and practices for greater use of renewable energy to...

David Baratti, Heil sales VP.(Obituary)
June 25, 2007... David Baratti, vice president of sales and marketing for Heil Environmental, died over the June 16-17 weekend at his home in Chattanooga, Tenn. Details about his death and the funeral arrangements were not available. Baratti, 45, is...

Senate eyes energy tax package.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Bruce Geiselman The Senate Finance Committee has approved a package of tax incentives that would encourage energy conservation, carbon sequestration and the development of renewable energy sources. The 15-5 committee vote on...

Science at the crux.(Opinion)
June 25, 2007... Once again, no one is happy with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This time it's over a proposal to tighten the country's air quality standards for ozone and thus, smog. Manufacturers aren't happy because they believe progress is...

Friendly settings.(Climate Savers Computing Initiative)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Allan Gerlat Awareness of a problem and the ingenuity to fix it are usually a pretty potent recipe for success. That's why it's encouraging to see more and more that business is getting serious about being good environmental...

Paper tiger; China's hunger nowhere near satiation.(News)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson China's appetite for old corrugated containers will continue to grow for years to come, but the global supply will be available to meet the demand, said a fiber buyer for one of that nation's largest paper companies....

From litter to art; Virginia artist uses others' discards as her medium.(At Your Disposal)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan It all started when artist Jeanne Garant moved her car every few hours to avoid parking tickets. That's when she began inspecting and collecting curbside detritus most pedestrians step over and ignore: a...

Got biodiesel? Catchily named junk remover blazes alt-fuel trail.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Jim Johnson Junk removal company 1-800-Got-Junk? hopes its work in testing biodiesel fuel during the next six months breaks ground for widespread use of the alternative fuel. The Vancouver, B.C.-based company runs a fleet of...

Inbox.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Pete Fehrenbach Wearable Wine: I found this intriguing: A Canadian manufacturer and a Philadelphia-based PET supplier have teamed up to create a technology that recycles plastic wine bottles into clothing such as fleece jackets and...

Opinions diverge on smog proposal.
June 25, 2007... Byline: Elizabeth McGowan Proposed nationwide smog reductions have industry crying "too much'' and scientists and environmental advocates lamenting "not enough.'' The Environmental Protection Agency is calling for cutting ground level...

New Products & Technology.(Products)
June 25, 2007... Byline: Tracy Hayhurst Dana Corp. has introduced the SmartWave TPMS tire pressure monitoring system. The system measures the air pressure and temperature for each tire on a vehicle in real time. For more information, call (269)...

Stock Report.(At Your Disposal)
June 25, 2007... 3 graphs: Waste News Stock Index * Calvert Social Index Fund * Dow Jones Industrial Average * table: Percentage Change by Market Segment: see print copy.