Onyx North America has announced that G.W. “Bill” Dietrich has resigned from his position as CEO to pursue other interests...

TWO YEARS AGO, EPA released its first Recycling Economic Impact study. According to EPA's analysis, recycling companies employed more than 1 million people, paid them more than $37 billion per year and had annual revenues equal to the auto and...

LANDFILL OWNERS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS to ensure they aren't pulled into the undertow if a company they have contracted with (counterparty) goes bankrupt. In most cases, contracts are designed to establish and protect your legal rights, but such...

The practice of backyard burning remains a popular waste disposal method for many residents throughout the country. Yet, this “disposal” method creates pollutants such as dioxins, lead, mercury, particulate matter and hexachlorobenzene. According...

O'Brian Tarping Systems, Wilson, N.C., has named Paul Rosencrans vice president of sales. Heil Environmental Industries, Chattanooga, Tenn., has promoted Dan Rosen to lead the company's product management team. Vecoplan, High Point, N.C., has...

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FOOD WASTE INCLUDES uneaten portions of meals and trimmings from food preparation activities in kitchens, restaurants and cafeterias. Food waste is the third-largest component of generated waste by weight. However, because of its low composting...

MORE AND MORE, MAINTAINING a truck fleet made up of classes 6 through 8 trucks means looking outside a company's own resources for mechanical repairs. From its low point in 1990, maintenance outsourcing has grown to include almost one-third of all...

Naysayers will tell you a million reasons why a food waste collection program won't work: Waste is heavy and wet, and processing can be difficult, for example. Yet even when it faced financial roadblocks, the city of Hutchinson, Minn., proved that...

Washington, D.C. – The Medical Waste Institute (MWI), a policymaking arm within the National Solid Wastes Management Association, has blocked the Underwriters Laboratories Inc.’s Standards for Alternative Treatment Technologies for the Disposal of...