Dallas – Researchers at the Dallas Fort Worth airport are examining the best way to use the 190 tons of garbage generated per day as a power source. Officials are looking at three concepts from four different companies, including: building a power...

Dallas – Researchers at the airport here are examining the best way to use garbage as a power source. Officials are looking at three concepts from four different companies as a means to make use of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport’s 190...

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is calling for comments on its proposal regarding the treatment of low-level mixed waste (LLMW). Although the proposal is limited to one facility, the EPA says that it potentially...

New York — A panel has ruled that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg must sell at least $45 million in publicly traded stock, including stock from Houston-based Waste Management Inc., to comply with the city’s conflict of interest laws.

Washington, D.C. — The Basel Action Network has issued a call for comments against a proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that would deregulate cathode ray tubes (CRTs) without closing an export loophole for the computer...

Washington, D.C. — Two subcommittees of the House Energy and Commerce Committee have scheduled hearings for today on recent developments in the EPA’s ombudsman’s office. The hearings stem from the Department of Labor's decision to order the U.S...

New York -- According to a recent Crain's New York Business article, New York City waste regulators are considering eliminating caps on trash prices...

Richmond -- According to a study released by the state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), more than 4.8 million tons of out-of-state trash were shipped to Virginia landfills in 2001, a 3.2 percent increase over 1998 levels...

Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to begin requiring that facilities such as chemical manufacturing plants, storage containers, and waste and water treatment plants conduct "vulnerability assessments" to...

Washington, D.C. -- General Electric Co. (GE) has filed a good faith offer with the federal government to clean up 2.65 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment, or polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), from a 40-mile stretch of the Hudson River...