Washington, D.C. – A former government microbiologist, David Lewis, recently accused the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of using unreliable information when the agency denied a petition to stop the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer...

Harrisburg, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Waste Industries Association (PWIA) is up in arms over a new trash tax proposed by Gov. Edward Rendell. The governor’s plan would cause a $5 per ton increase on the cost to dispose of trash. This is in addition...

Lansing, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has released its 2003 Solid Waste Report, which states that imported waste represented 25 percent of all waste disposed in Michigan landfills in 2003. The state accepted 62...

Washington, D.C. -- President Bush has submitted a $2.4 trillion budget to Congress. The 2005 budget proposes eliminating 65 programs and cutting 63 others to focus heavily on homeland security and efforts to fight terrorism. However, the budget...

WITH PARTISANSHIP creating an unproductive environment on Capitol Hill, there is little chance Congress will accomplish much this year. In the Senate, only 41 votes are needed to block a vote on legislation. If 60 senators don't vote to end debate...

WHEN EPA OR STATE inspectors come knocking at a hazardous waste facility's door, site operators should know their rights before they answer. The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) grants state and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ...

AMERICANS HAVE BEEN gorging themselves for years, but it appears that like Subway's famous Jared Fogle, we may have finally decided to get rid of the fat. In its latest tally of the nation's total garbage production, the U.S. Environmental...

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...

THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL Protection Agency (EPA), Washington, D.C., has cancelled its involvement and funding with the National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI), a group focused on finding a better system to recycle electronic waste...

THE EMERALD CITY soon will be forced to get a little greener. The Seattle city council recently voted to require residents and commercial businesses to recycle paper, cardboard, glass, plastic bottles, aluminum and tin cans...