As summer temperatures heat up, solid waste drivers and workers in the outdoors need to take precautions to protect themselves from heat-related illnesses...
The union representing county landfill employees has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Flathead County Solid Waste District over a change in work schedules...
Go-getter Steven Kaufman wasn’t sure what his next enterprise would be—until he bumped into Norm LeMay at WasteExpo in 2012. And the duo has been inseparable ever since.
That serendipitous moment three years ago in Las Vegas served as a launch...
During a City Council debate Wednesday over free enterprise and recycling diversion rates in New York's private carting industry, members of the sanitation committee heard from a group of stakeholders who rarely voice concerns about the...
Waste-to-Energy firm Covanta Holding Corp. is partnering with RecycleForce to staff operations at its recycling center in Indianapolis scheduled to begin construction later this year.
Indianapolis-based RecycleForce provides electronics recycl...
Generally speaking and unless an employment contract says otherwise, an employer may discharge an employee for almost any reason or for no reason. However, the employee may still be eligible for unemployment compensation.
Christopher Williams ...
With city workers threatening to go on strike, Los Angeles public works commissioners agreed Monday to give city officials the authority to hire outside contractors to pick up solid waste and perform other critical jobs if necessary...
When garbage hauler Kevin McGill was jailed recently for beginning his shift way before the crack of dawn in an Atlanta suburb, his story went viral and generated truckloads of outrage.
McGill’s troubles started when he appeared in municipal c...
Los Angeles officials said garbage collection this week will be back on schedule, with crews having worked late Friday and all day Saturday to clear a backlog of uncollected trash caused by a wildcat job action that saw about 60 percent of...
