Washington, D.C. -- President George W. Bush has named an acting administrator and acting deputy administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Marianne Lamont Horinko, who currently serves as assistant administrator of the...
DOCUMENT #2003-149P THE DESIGN/BUILD/OPERATION OF A SINGLE-STREAM MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY AND DESIGN/BUILD OF A WASTE TRANSFER STATION AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, COMPRISING THE REGION OF PEEL’S INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY ...
Hattiesburg, Miss. -- The Pine Belt Regional Solid Waste Authority has lost its hold on flow control laws that required solid waste to go to the authority’s landfill and three transfer stations. The Washington, D.C.-based National Solid Wastes...
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has opened a new office in Las Vegas staffed with mobile personnel to be dispatched to the scenes of environmental accidents. The new emergency response team, called ERT-West, mirrors the...
Columbus, Ohio – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention (ODNR/DRLP) is requesting proposals for a statewide litter study aimed at producing litter data that reflects the overall annual amount by...
Houston – Waste Management Inc. has elected Frank M. Clark Jr. to its board of directors to replace Ralph Cox, who retired in May. Clark’s titles and credentials include: president, ComEd; senior vice president, Exelon Corp.; and executive vice...
Atlanta – Residents using the city’s garbage collection service will see a rise in their trash bills, but city officials are still negotiating exactly how much the increase will be. According to the ...
New York – Cremated human remains mixed with soil and ashes at the Fresh Kills Landfill, Staten Island, N.Y., have friends and family members of Sept. 11 victims clamoring for their removal. Although the majority of the remains at the Fresh Kills...