Lansing, Mich. -- A consent decree filed against 82 parties will allow Michigan to recover approximately $5 million the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) previously spent on clean up at the former Sunrise Landfill in Wayland Township...

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...

Strasbourg, France -- July 2 the European Parliament passed a bill giving European Union countries until 2008 to double their minimum target for recycling plastic bottles, cans and cardboard packages. EU governments have to agree on the rules...

Washington, D.C. -- Following five years of persuasion, the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) has been victorious in influencing New York State to establish a fund for scrap-tire recycling initiatives. The state has enacted a scrap-tire...

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...

Albany, New York – The Federation of New York Solid Waste Associations will host a debate on the expansion of the New York bottle bill at the organization’s solid waste/recycling conference and trade show in Bolton Landing, N.Y., May 4-7. Two...

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...

Washington, D.C. – Recycling groups are keeping an eye on two pieces of legislation expected to debut in Congress this week. The Greening the Government Act and one e-waste bill, H.R. 5158, are recycling bills led by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-Calif....

Honolulu – Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle is trying to repeal the bottle bill the state legislature passed last year. Lingle sees the program, which puts deposits on bottles to encourage return and prevent litter, as a waste of money. Instead, the...

Washington, D.C. – To keep up with the changing degree and scope of Superfund projects, the Bush Administration will seek a $150 million increase in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) fiscal year 2004 budget. The increased funding would...