Harrisburg, Pa. -- The amount of waste Pennsylvania imports has fallen by more than 1 million tons in 2003, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) states. But despite this figure, the state still leads the nation as the No. 1...

Silver Spring, Md. -- The Solid Waste Association of North America has appointed Steven Levy as director of program development. Before joining SWANA, Levy worked for the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as an...

Houston -- Waste Management Inc. (WM) has named Mary Kay Runyan vice president of fleet and logistics. Tom Derieg currently holds the position but will be retiring in May. Runyan has been with WM since 2001. The company also named Alex Popov vice...

WASTE EQUIPMENT manufacturers are being squeezed by the surge in steel prices and customers hungry for lower prices. From scrap to finished steel, prices are soaring because of increased demand in China and reduced supplies worldwide. The price...

Federal Signal Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., has appointed Jim McKee strategic accounts sales manager for Leach and Wittke refuse bodies. The National Truck Equipment Association, Farmington Hills, Minn., has installed Rod Robinson as its 40th...

SHOVING TOO MANY PLUGS INTO A SOCKET could result in gadgets that glitch. Similarly, when too many software systems are installed at one company, wires can cross, data can be overlooked and haulers are left with headaches. The Southeastern Public...

IN THE SPIRIT OF ITS HOME STATE, with its wide countryside and independent attitude, Dallas' solid waste hauling and disposal scene can be characterized as open, opportunistic and competitive. At least 50 cities encompass the Dallas-Ft. Worth...

FROM OIL TO STEEL, raw materials are being gobbled up faster than they can be produced, increasing costs for the waste industry and its customers. And you don't have to listen very hard to figure out that the loud, slurping sound is coming from...

AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS the doctor away, but it takes more than apples to keep worker injuries and subsequently compensation costs down. Thus, haulers may want to consider loss analyses that gather and compare worker's comp claim data to understand...

LAST YEAR, 6.7 million people strewed trash across 15 major cities at 77 events such as the Super Bowl, the US Open and the Midtown Music Festival in Atlanta. The Daytona 500, the largest single-day sporting event in the United States, created...