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2012
- February
  - Feb. 1-7, 2012
    1. Judge Issues Injunction against Dallas Flow Control Law
      
      News Room, 31 January 2012 328 words
      
      A US District Judge has halted the City of Dallas' controversial Flow Control ordinance, ruling that it impairs waste haulers rights and impedes ongoing contractual relationships...Read More »
    2. Administration Eyes Drop-In Fuels to Meet Shortfall in Cellulosic to Meet RFS
      
      News Room, 27 January 2012 197 words
      
      The Obama administration, led by the US Department of Agriculture, is seeking to encourage the production of advanced biofuels, which could be commercialized sooner than cellulosic fuels, to help industry...Read More »
    3. Waste Management Launches First Rotopress Collection Vehicles
      
      Waste Management, Inc., 26 January 2012 899 words
      
      Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, TX) plans to roll out its first Rotopress collection trailers, which have been available in Europe for nearly eighty years, in an effort to improve operational flexibility...Read More »
    4. ISRI Says E-Waste Bill to Ban Exports is Flawed
      
      News Room, 26 January 2012 741 words
      
      The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) says that despite growing industry support, federal legislation proposing to ban the export of electronic waste to certain countries is not likely to...Read More »
    5. Companies to Build Two $50 Million Waste-to-Energy Plants in Puerto Rico
      
      Primoris Services Corporation, 30 January 2012 573 words
      
      Synergy Renewables (Dallas, TX) which is working with Primoris Services Corp. and Dynamis Energy, LLC (Boise, ID) to develop and construct multiple waste-to-energy projects worldwide, has signed contracts...Read More »
    6. Waste Management to Open State-of-the-Art C&D Facility in Toronto
      
      Waste Management, Inc., 26 January 2012 697 words
      
      Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, TX) is investing $16 million in a recently acquired facility in Toronto, Ont...Read More »
    7. California Gov. Administration Working to Remove Biogas Regulatory Barriers
      
      News Room, 30 January 2012 304 words
      
      California officials with Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) administration appear to be working to remove regulatory barriers to biogas production and use in the state's pipelines in an effort to allow the gas to...Read More »
    8. Lake Worth, FL Testing Computerized Collection to See Who is Recycling
      
      News Room, 30 January 2012 195 words
      
      The City of Lake Worth, FL is testing the use of a computerized monitoring system to track individual customers' recycling rates...Read More »
    9. Enerkem Appoints Carl Rush to its Board
      
      Enerkem Inc., 1 February 2012 438 words
      
      Waste-to-biofuels and chemicals company Enerkem Inc. (Montreal, QC) has appointed Carl Rush, Senior Vice President of Organic Growth for Waste Management, Inc...Read More »
    10. RockTenn Opens Single-Stream Facility in Memphis
      
      RockTenn, 31 January 2012 529 words
      
      RockTenn (Norcross, GA) announced the opening of a 150,000 square-foot single-stream recycling facility in Memphis, TN, the first of its kind in the area...Read More »
    11. Rhode Island Landfill Officials Approve Plan to Shoot Seagulls
      
      News Room, 1 February 2012 119 words
      
      Officials with the Rhode Island's Central Landfill in Johnston, growing desperate of seagull problems, have approved a variety of draconian measures to reduce the bird population there by half including...Read More »
    12. Company Proposes $20 Million Waste-to-Diesel Plant in Augusta, ME
      
      GGI Energy, 27 January 2012 199 words
      
      A Texas-based renewable energy company is proposing to build a $20 million waste-to-diesel fuel conversion plant in Augusta, Maine at the site of the city's landfill...Read More »
    13. WCA Waste Amends Senior Notes While Deflecting Investor Lawsuit
      
      News Room, 27 January 2012 2060 words
      
      WCA Waste Corp. (Houston, TX), which recently agreed to be taken private in a deal valued at $526 million by Macquarie Infrastructure Partners II, is seeking to amend its 7 1/2% Senior Notes Due 2019 to...Read More »
    14. Biofuel Company KiOR Closes $75 Million Loan
      
      KiOR, Inc., 27 January 2012 661 words
      
      KiOR (Pasadena, TX), which is building its first commercial biofuel production facility in Columbus, MS due online late this year, said it closed on a $75 million four-year term loan with a lender group...Read More »
    15. Heritage-Crystal Clean Begins Operating Waste Oil Re-Refinery
      
      Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc., 26 January 2012 1194 words
      
      Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (Elgin, IL), a provider of parts cleaning, used oil re-refining, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste services, said it has begun operating its $40 million oil re-refining...Read More »
    16. Two New Biodiesel from Waste Oil Plants in Connecticut
      
      News Room, 1 February 2012 113 words
      
      Bridgeport BioDiesel (Bridgeport, CT) has opened a 1 million gallon-per-year biodiesel plant in its home town that utilizes used cooking oil from restaurants, hospitals, and schools...Read More »
    17. North Miami Beach, FL to Privatize Waste Services
      
      The City of North Miami Beach, 31 January 2012 222 words
      
      The City of North Miami Beach, FL, which has a population of about 40,000, is exploring the privatization of all or a part of its waste collection and recycling services...Read More »
- January
  - Jan. 24-30, 2012
    1. Activists Sue EPA to Issue Final Coal Ash Rule
      
      News Room, 19 January 2012 1663 words
      
      A coalition of 11 environmental and public health groups are suing the EPA to force the agency to set a hard deadline by which it will issue the final version of its long-stalled coal combustion residuals...Read More »
    2. Wilmington Plans $40 Million Landfill and Sewage Gas-to-Energy Plant
      
      News Room, 23 January 2012 198 words
      
      The City of Wilmington, DE announced plans for a $40 million plant to convert landfill and sewage gas into clean energy...Read More »
    3. Alcoa and WM Recycle America Support E-Waste Regulation
      
      Waste Management Recycle America, 24 January 2012 648 words
      
      Alcoa and Waste Management Recycle America recently joined the Coalition for American Electronics Recycling (CAER) adding heft to industry support for legislation that would strengthen EPA's authority...Read More »
    4. Element Markets Developing Biomethane Plant at Apex Landfill in Ohio
      
      Element Markets, LLC, 19 January 2012 673 words
      
      Houston, TX-based biomethane developer Element Markets LLC is building a large biomethane project at the Apex Sanitary Landfill in Amsterdam, Ohio...Read More »
    5. EPA Urged Not to Require Preprocessing of MSW for it to Qualify as Renewable
      
      News Room, 19 January 2012 174 words
      
      In comments submitted to the EPA, a number of industry groups are urging the agency not to require the separation of recyclable materials from municipal solid waste (MSW) in order to qualify for use as...Read More »
    6. RockTenn's Fiscal Q1 Margins Hurt by Outages and Merger
      
      RockTenn, 24 January 2012 436 words
      
      RockTenn Co. (Norcross, GA) first quarter profit rose less than expected as the packaging and recycling company was hurt by competitive prices and maintenance-related factory outages, and weighed down...Read More »
    7. USDA Awards $25 Million to Iowa Waste-to-Ethanol Plant
      
      Biotechnology Industry Organization, 20 January 2012 1489 words
      
      Maryland-based Fiberight LLC has been awarded a $25 million loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a plant near a landfill that will convert a portion of the municipal solid...Read More »
    8. Progressive Waste to Report Fourth Quarter Results on Feb. 28
      
      Progressive Waste Solutions, Ltd., 17 January 2012 242 words
      
      Progressive Waste Solutions, Ltd. (Toronto, ON) plans to report its fourth quarter and full-year earnings after the close of the markets on Tuesday, February 28...Read More »
  - Jan. 18-24, 2012
    1. Court Vacates EPA Stay of Boiler Air Rules, Little Short-Term Effect
      
      News Room, 17 January 2012 554 words
      
      Last week a federal district court vacated and remanded EPA's indefinite stay of its controversial boiler and incinerator air rules after finding the agency failed to adequately justify the delay...Read More »
    2. Judge Delays Decision on Dallas Flow Control Law
      
      News Room, 12 January 2012 485 words
      
      A US District Judge has delayed ruling on the City of Dallas' controversial Flow Control law for 30 days while considering arguments in a complaint filed by the National Solid Wastes Management Association...Read More »
    3. Veolia Environnement Faces Class Action Lawsuit for Misleading Investors
      
      Pomerantz Haudek Grossman & Gross LLP, 13 January 2012 813 words
      
      In a recently filed class action lawsuit, Veolia Environnement and several of its key executives are accused of having violated federal securities laws by making false and misleading statements about the...Read More »
    4. Recent Fracking Disposal Quakes Could End RCRA Exemption
      
      News Room, 13 January 2012 315 words
      
      Activists are seizing upon a series of earthquakes in Ohio believed to be caused by a disposal well used to store wastewater from hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in their efforts to urge EPA to reverse...Read More »
    5. New York City Vows to Double Recycling Rate by 2017
      
      New York City Mayor's Office, 12 January 2012 284 words
      
      New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced an ambitious plan to double the city's recycling rate by 2017...Read More »
    6. Industry Association Issues New Waste-to-Energy Policy
      
      Solid Waste Association of North America, 17 January 2012 413 words
      
      Following last week's release of a white paper, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) issued a formal policy that renews its support of waste-to-energy as an important part of an integrated...Read More »
    7. Keep America Beautiful and Composting Council Form Partnership
      
      Keep America Beautiful, 17 January 2012 670 words
      
      National nonprofits Keep America Beautiful (KAB) and the U.S. Composting Council (USCC) announced a partnership to increase waste reduction through composting education and activities nationwide...Read More »
    8. Waste Management to Convert Ottawa Fleet to CNG
      
      Waste Management, Inc., 18 January 2012 711 words
      
      Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, TX) said it will be adding 25 compressed natural gas (CNG) fueled waste and recycling trucks to its Ottawa, Ont...Read More »
    9. Agilyx Corp. Names Two New Members to Its Board
      
      Agilyx Corporation, 17 January 2012 550 words
      
      Agilyx Corp., which recycles scrap plastic into crude oil, has appointed Ross Patten and Bob Simpson to its board of directors...Read More »
    10. New 6.4 MW Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project in Michigan
      
      News Room, 18 January 2012 90 words
      
      Granger Energy Services (Lansing, MI) plans to build a $6 million, 6.4 megawatt landfill gas-to-energy plant at the Orchard Hill Sanitary Landfill in Watervliet, MI, owned by Best Way Disposal...Read More »
    11. Fortistar Begins Operating 6.4 MW Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant in Richmond, VA
      
      Fortistar, LLC, 18 January 2012 702 words
      
      Renewable energy developer Fortistar (White Plains, NY) has begun operating a 6.4 megawatt landfill gas-to-energy project in partnership with Republic Services at Republic's Old Dominion Landfill in Richmond,...Read More »
    12. Robeson County, NC Adds $1.4 million Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plant
      
      News Room, 15 January 2012 84 words
      
      Robeson County, NC has added a $1.4 million, 1 megawatt landfill gas-to-energy plant to its landfill from which it hopes to earn $500,000 per year in electricity revenues...Read More »
    13. Covanta to Report Fourth Quarter Earnings on Feb. 8
      
      Covanta Holding Corporation, 17 January 2012 394 words
      
      Covanta Holding Corp. (Morristown, NJ) plans to report its fourth quarter and full-year financial results after the close of the market on Wednesday, February 8...Read More »
    14. Waste Connections to Report Fourth Quarter Earnings on Feb. 7
      
      Waste Connections, Inc., 18 January 2012 380 words
      
      Waste Connections, Inc. (The Woodlands, TX) will report its fourth quarter and full-year financial performance and outlook for 2012 after the close of the market on February 7...Read More »
    15. Progressive Waste to Report Fourth Quarter Earnings on Feb. 28
      
      Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd., 17 January 2012 244 words
      
      Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (Toronto, ON) plans to report its fourth quarter and full-year financial results on Tuesday, February 28 after the close of the markets...Read More »
  - Jan. 10-16, 2012
    1. Federal Court Rejects EPA Delay of Boiler Emissions Rules as Unlawful
      
      News Room, 10 January 2012 464 words
      
      A federal court has ruled that the US EPA acted unlawfully last year when it delayed the enforcement of air pollution rules for industrial boilers and incinerators...Read More »
    2. SAIC and Carlyle Invest $225 Million in Plainfield Renewable Energy Project
      
      Enova Energy Group LLC, 9 January 2012 1050 words
      
      A biomass energy project in Plainfield, Conn. is to receive $225 million in construction financing from Science Applications International Corp...Read More »
    3. Ameresco Gets DOE Approval for $795 Million Savannah River Biomass Project
      
      Ameresco, Inc., 22 December 2011 1019 words
      
      Renewable energy developer Ameresco, Inc. (Framingham, MA) said it received its Final Acceptance Certificate from the US Department of Energy Savannah River Operations Office for the completion of construction...Read More »
    4. Toxic Chemical Releases Increased 16% in 2010
      
      US EPA, 6 January 2012 970 words
      
      Toxic chemical releases to the environment soared by 16 percent in 2010, mostly due to metals mining and despite years of decline, according to the latest data from the US EPA. The EPA reported in its...Read More »
    5. Congress' Fiscal 2012 Bill Cuts EPA Spending on GHG Programs
      
      News Room, 5 January 2012 263 words
      
      Congress approved an omnibus spending bill for fiscal year 2012 that permanently strips the US EPA of its air permitting authority in Arctic waters, cuts spending on key water and greenhouse gas (GHG)...Read More »
    6. Waste Management Names New President of WM Recycle America
      
      Waste Management, Inc., 9 January 2012 578 words
      
      Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, TX) has appointed William K. "Bill" Caesar as President of WM Recycle America (WMRA), effective immediately...Read More »
    7. Industry Seeks Role in Defining EPA Coal Ash Reuse Risk Analysis
      
      American Coal Ash Association, 10 January 2012 1031 words
      
      The American Coal Ash Association (ACAA), representing companies that reuse ash in products such as cement, is asking the US EPA to heed its suggestions for EPA's pending risk study on ash reuse that will...Read More »
    8. Covanta and Israeli Company Partner on Mobile Biomass-to-Fuel System
      
      News Room, 6 January 2012 100 words
      
      Covanta Energy (Morristown, NJ) is teaming up with Israeli company RAFEAL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., a defense contractor, to develop a mobile biomass-to-fuel system...Read More »
    9. Industry Group Seeks New Policy on Product Stewardship
      
      National Solid Wastes Management Association, 9 January 2012 564 words
      
      A waste industry association says that shared responsibility among industry, government and consumers is essential to any successful product stewardship program and that relevant legislation should be...Read More »
    10. SWANA White Paper Touts Economic Benefits of Waste-to-Energy
      
      Solid Waste Association of North America, 9 January 2012 2477 words
      
      The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) released a white paper that touts the economic benefits of waste-to-energy to inform industry stakeholders, policy makers and communities seeking to...Read More »
    11. Waste Management to Announce 4Q and Year-End Results on February 16
      
      Waste Management, Inc., 10 January 2012 417 words
      
      Waste Management, Inc. (Houston, TX) plans to announce its fourth quarter and full-year financial results before the opening of the market on Thursday, February 16 and host a conference call later that...Read More »
    12. Republic Services to Announce 4Q and Year-End Results on February 9
      
      Republic Services, Inc., 10 January 2012 260 words
      
      Republic Services, Inc. (Phoenix, AZ) plans to report its fourth quarter and full-year financial results on Thursday, February 9 at 5 pm (eastern)...Read More »
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