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...

Sarasota, Fla. -– Onyx North America announces that CEO G.W. "Bill" Dietrich has resigned from his position. Dietrich took the helm of Superior Services Inc. in 1994. Under his guidance, the company went public in1996 and from 1996 to 1999...

Sarasota, Fla. -– Onyx North America announces that CEO G.W. "Bill" Dietrich has resigned from his position. Dietrich took the helm of Superior Services Inc. in 1994 and when the company went public in 1996. From 1996 to 1999, Superior made...

Sarasota, Fla. -– Onyx North America has announced that CEO G.W. "Bill" Dietrich has resigned from his position. Dietrich took the helm of Superior Services Inc. in 1994. Under his guidance, the company went public in 1996 and from 1996 to 1999...

SOMETIMES, THAT PERFECT Christmas present must go over the landfill and through the trash before it reaches its intended recipient. This past December, when a five-year-old Oregon girl was left without parents (her father was in the hospital and...

YOUR COMPUTER IS LIKE A MAGIC BOX. Each month, computerized financial records produce potentially business-altering information. Yet the number of hauling companies putting this information to use is shockingly low. Most haulers conduct financial...

EACH NIGHT, BEFORE PUTTING a landfill to bed, operators must ensure their waste is snug and secure with a daily cover, so as not to offend the neighbors with unwanted smells or visitors. But how to choose that perfect nighttime landfill blanket...

MARKET CONSOLIDATION, pricing considerations, legislative reforms and capital concerns are going to be hot tickets in the insurance industry in 2004, according to some late 2003 predictions. And as the fewer but stronger players emerge, this could...

IN A STATE AS BIG AS TEXAS, it can be challenging to get five of the state's fastest growing cities to agree on anything, let alone long-term strategies and investments in a solid waste program. The communities have different perspectives on how...

George Westerman (a pseudonym) is the second generation owner of a thriving waste management firm. His company owns a large fleet of trucks, which provides collection service to residential and commercial customers in a four-county area in the...