BLS has released its 2018 industry fatality summary, which shows a large increase in waste collection fatalities.

The southern California-based companies were fined a total of $170,000 for alleged RCRA violations.

Approximately $2 million is available through the Trash-Free Great Lakes program to fund up to 12 projects.

The latest plans will eliminate one of two cells and cut the size of the disposal area by more than half.

The fund aims to divert recyclable materials from landfill and halve food waste by 2030.

The measure would ban all single-use plastic bags and is expected to take effect in July 2020.

The Allied Paper Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site is divided into six segments, or operable units, that require cleanup.

Waste360 2019 40 Under 40 award recipient John F. Howard III discusses his career and overcoming the challenges he’s faced in the waste and recycling industry.

Ignazio Terranova started out as a garbage collector and worked his way up to supervisor and then citywide officer with DSNY’s community affairs.

All 28 municipalities in the county have agreed to bring their trash to the county’s solid waste district transfer station.