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- 2008
- May
- May 7-13, 2008
- EPA Resists Pressure for Extra Waste-to-Ethanol RFS Credits
News Room, 7 May 2008 220 words
The renewable fuels and solid waste industry are said to be concerned with EPA reluctance to offer additional credits for developing waste-to-ethanol and other sources that exceed the greenhouse gas (GHG)..Read More »
- EPA Region 5 Chief Resigns after Dispute
News Room, 3 May 2008 170 words
The head of the US EPA's Midwest Office (Region 5) has resigned over a dispute with agency leadership involving enforcement actions against Dow Chemical Co...Read More »
- Plan to Forge E-Waste Bill Stalls With Resignation of Key Proponent
News Room, 7 May 2008 169 words
A bipartisan plan to forge a national policy for electronic waste that would require EPA to ban land-disposal of the waste has stalled after its chief proponent, Rep...Read More »
- Chicago Dumps Controversial Blue Bag Program
City of Chicago, 2 May 2008 174 words
The City of Chicago will end its controversial blue bag recycling program in favor of blue cart system similar to that which has been deployed in many other cities...Read More »
- Wastequip May Close Some Operations as it Streamlines
Wastequip, Inc., 1 May 2008 568 words
Waste handling equipment manufacturer Wastequip has deployed a restructuring initiative that will involve the closure of some production facilities...Read More »
- CRRA Ash Landfill Plan in Trouble
News Room, 3 May 2008 138 words
The Connecticut state senate has unanimously passed a bill that barrs the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) from building a despareatly needed ash landfill near the town of Franklin...Read More »
- Safety-Kleen Files Registration for IPO
Safety-Kleen HoldCo., Inc., 1 May 2008 278 words
Safety-Kleen Hold Co., Inc., which was formed to serve as the ultimate holding company of the industrial waste, solvent recycling, and parts cleaning firm Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., announced that it..Read More »
- Clean Harbors First Quarter Profit Rises on Higher Revenues
Clean Harbors, Inc., 7 May 2008 1088 words
Norwell, Mass.-based waste management services provider Clean Harbors Inc. said its first-quarter profit more than doubled, helped by higher revenue from both its technical and site services unit...Read More »
- Growth in Revenues and Profits for Veolia Environment's First Quarter
Veolia Environnement, 6 May 2008 1540 words
Veolia Environnement said first-quarter revenues rose 16.6% to 9.086 billion Euros from a year-earlier 7.795 billion, but that its gross operating profit grew more slowly due to lower margins for recent..Read More »
- Greenstar North America to Invest $300 Million in Single-Stream
Greenstar North America, 5 May 2008 846 words
Greenstar North America and its Irish parent, NTR plc, plan to invest $300 million in solar, wind and single-stream recycling capabilities in 2008...Read More »
- DOE Awards $4 Million to TVA to Design Nuclear Reprocessing Plant
News Room, 7 May 2008 81 words
The Department of Energy has awarded $4 million to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to develop a conceptual design for a nuclear waste reprocessing plant that might ultimately become a demonstration..Read More »
- EnergySolutions Sues for Right to Import Foreign Waste into Utah
EnergySolutions, Inc., 5 May 2008 769 words
EnergySolutions Inc., which has had plans to import nuclear waste from Italy, has filed a federal lawsuit to prevent state government interference with the plan...Read More »
- Fortistar Buys Two More Landfill Gas to Energy Projects
Fortistar, 7 May 2008 258 words
Fortistar, which has been amassing a portfolio of renewable green energy projects, recently acquired two more landfill gas to energy projects in Fort Worth, Texas and Boise, Idaho from G2 Energy, a private..Read More »
- Terrabon Begins Work on Low-Cost Biomass Conversion Plant
Terrabon, L.L.C., 7 May 2008 528 words
Terrabon, L.L.C. announced that it has broken ground on a biofuels conversion facility in Bryan, Texas, that will test the scaled-up, commercial feasibility of its MixAlco(TM) technology, which converts..Read More »
- CleanTech Biofuels Says First Phase of MSW to Ethanol Project is Operational
CleanTech Biofuels, Inc., 7 May 2008 562 words
CleanTech Biofuels said that the first phase of its MSW waste-to-ethanol plant is now operational and that testing of cellulosic feedstocks has begun...Read More »
- Industrial Services First Quarter Revenue and Profit Up
Industrial Services of America, Inc., 5 May 2008 2491 words
Louisville, KY-based Industrial Services of America, a recycling and waste-management company, said that first-quarter revenue increased 46% to $26.1 million from $17.9 million the year before...Read More »
- April
- Apr. 30-May 6, 2008
- EPA Scientists Report Political Interference in Their Research
Union of Concerned Scientists, 23 April 2008 935 words
Hundreds of scientists working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claim to have experienced political interference with their work, often with pressure to exclude information or to make modifications..Read More »
- Waste Management 1Q Profit up Slightly on Higher Pricing
Waste Management, Inc., 29 April 2008 418 words
Waste Management Inc.'s first-quarter income edged up just over 1% as an ongoing strategy to replace low profit margin business offset decreased volumes and higher fuel costs...Read More »
- WM to Build Largest Landfill Gas-to-Liquefied Natural Gas Facility
Waste Management, Inc., 30 April 2008 858 words
Waste Management Inc. announced plans to develop the world's largest landfill gas-to-liquefied natural gas facility which will ultimately fuel company trucks in California...Read More »
- Allied Waste Reports Record First Quarter
Allied Waste Industries, Inc., 30 April 2008 1863 words
Allied Waste Industries reported a $72.6 million profit on $1.48 billion in revenue for the first quarter...Read More »
- Sen. Durbin Introduces Clean Cruise Ship Act
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), 18 April 2008 565 words
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) reintroduced legislation aimed at regulating pollution from cruise ships operating within 12 miles of US coasts...Read More »
- Caskata and Alter NRG Develop Unique Ethanol from Waste Facility
Alter NRG Corp., 25 April 2008 829 words
Caskata Inc. is investing $25 million to develop a demonstration facility that will produce 40,000 gallons of ethanol per year from biomass and other waste products...Read More »
- Goodwill Urging Congress to Fix E-Waste
Goodwill Industries, 30 April 2008 408 words
Goodwill Industries testified before the House Science and Technology Committee urging Congress to assist in the development of a recycling and reuse infrastructure for unwanted electronics...Read More »
- Waste to Energy Firm Ze-gen Adds Key Manager
Ze-gen, Inc., 29 April 2008 416 words
Ze-gen, Inc., which converts waste into clean burning gas for energy, has added to its management ranks with the hiring of George McMillan as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer...Read More »
- Smurfit-Stone to Help Waste Services Boost Central FL Recovery
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation, 28 April 2008 479 words
Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. is helping Waste Services Inc. to increase the recovery of recyclables at their Taft MRF and transfer station near Orlando, Fla., from 800 to about 3,200 tons per month...Read More »
- Clean Harbors Raises $173.5M in Stock Offering
Clean Harbors, Inc., 29 April 2008 732 words
Clean Harbors Inc. raised about $173.5 million in a stock offering at $63.75 per share. The Norwell, Mass.-based environmental and hazardous waste services company offered 2.5 million shares to the public..Read More »
- WCA Waste First Quarter Earnings Off Despite Higher Revenues
WCA Waste Corporation, 30 April 2008 360 words
Houston-based WCA Waste Corp. posted a net loss of $2.4 million, or $0.20 per share, despite a 20% increase in revenue to $48.8 million, for the quarter ended March 31, 2008...Read More »
- EIA to Induct Mickey Flood into Hall of Fame
Environmental Industry Associations & IESI Corporation, 29 April 2008 504 words
On May 6th the Environmental Industry Associations will honor Mickey Flood, President and CEO of IESI with a lifetime achievement award and membership in the Association's Hall of Fame...Read More »
- American Ecology Reports Record First Quarter Revenue and Income
American Ecology Corp., 29 April 2008 1087 words
American Ecology Corp. said first quarter net income rose 19% to $5.9 million, or $0.32 per share, from $4.9 million, or $0.27 per share, in the same quarter last year...Read More »
- BFI Canada to Report First Quarter on May 13 and Host Conference Call
BFI Canada Income Fund, 29 April 2008 366 words
BFI Canada Income Fund will host a conference call to discuss first quarter financial results to be issued on Tuesday, May 13...Read More »
- Apr. 23-29, 2008
- Environmentalists and Industry Sue EPA over RCRA Oil Waste Exemption
News Room, 18 April 2008 154 words
Environmentalists and some industry groups have filed a host of legal challenges against EPA over a rule exempting waste generated by the petroleum refining industry from regulation under the Resource..Read More »
- Republic Services First Quarter Earnings up by 41%
Republic Services, Inc., 23 April 2008 850 words
Republic Services posted strong first quarter financial results even though revenues for the period ending March 21 grew at only a modest 1.8% to $779.2 million from $765.6 million in last year's period..Read More »
- Waste Industries Expects to Stop Trading its Shares on May 9
Waste Industries USA, Inc., 18 April 2008 551 words
Waste Industries USA, Inc. will officially stop trading its shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market on May 9...Read More »
- Waste Connections Posts Strong First Quarter as Expected
Waste Connections, Inc., 21 April 2008 2480 words
Waste Connections Inc. reported that first quarter earnings increased by 3.3% to $0.34 per share in line with Wall Street expectations...Read More »
- Plan to Build Waste-to-Energy Plant in Hawaii in Jeopardy
News Room, 23 April 2008 101 words
A plan to build a $125.5 million Waste-to-Energy plant in Hilo, Hawaii recently faced extinction when the county finance committee there voted 6 to 3 against the proposal...Read More »
- Waste Services First Quarter Earnings Back in the Black
Waste Services, Inc., 22 April 2008 1791 words
Acquisitions and strong pricing growth outpaced a drop in volumes to push Waste Services, Inc. first quarter profits into the black...Read More »
- Waste Management Opens another Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project in Virginia
Waste Management, Inc., 18 April 2008 614 words
Waste Management, Inc. opened its latest landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) facility at the company's Bethel Landfill in Hampton, VA. The plant is expected to produce 4.8 megawatts (MW) of electricity and..Read More »
- Veolia Develops 3.2 MW Landfill Gas Project in Southwestern Indiana
Veolia Environmental Services, 23 April 2008 617 words
Veolia Environmental Services is partnering with Energy Systems Group (ESG) to develop a 3.2 Megawatt landfill gas-to-energy project at Veolia's Blackfoot landfill in southwestern Indiana...Read More »
- Stericycle First Quarter Revenues Helped by Acquisitions
Stericycle, Inc., 23 April 2008 4554 words
Medical waste services company Stericycle posted 21% gains in first quarter revenues helped by acquisitions over the last 12 months...Read More »
- Clean Harbors to Offer 2.5 Million Common Shares
Clean Harbors Inc., 18 April 2008 147 words
Clean Harbors, Inc. filed a shelf registration with the SEC for a proposed follow-on public offering of 2.5 million shares of its common stock...Read More »
- EIA Renews Partnership with Penton Media
Environmental Industry Associations, 23 April 2008 414 words
The Environmental Industry Associations (EIA), the national trade association for the waste services and equipment industry, and Penton Media, Inc...Read More »
- Apr. 15-21, 2008
- New EPA Report Details $27 Billion Pollution Control Market
US EPA and Census Bureau, 9 April 2008 232 words
According to a recently release EPA report, U.S. manufactures spent $5.9 billion on capital expenditures and $20.7 billion on operating costs for pollution prevention and treatment in 2005...Read More »
- E-Waste Law Shaping Up in 2008
News Room, 11 April 2008 591 words
Congressional principals for federal e-waste legislation as articulated in a recent concept paper have drawn generally supportive responses from more than 40 groups and companies...Read More »
- US EPA Orders Republic to Cap Troubled Portion of Countywide Landfill in Ohio
News Room, 11 April 2008 338 words
In the ongoing efforts to resolve underground fires and resulting odors at Republic's Countywide landfill in Stark County, Ohio, the US Environmental Protection Agency has ordered installation of a clay-and-synthetic..Read More »
- Ohio EPA Approves Landfills to Accommodate More Coal Plant Waste
News Room, 14 April 2008 127 words
The Ohio EPA has approved two landfills and is considering four more to accommodate potentially millions of tons of additional ash and sludge wastes which are the byproducts of coal-fired power plants..Read More »
- Coca-Cola Clothes from Recycled Bottles to Launch in Wal-Mart
News Room, 9 April 2008 1299 words
Coca-Cola is launching a line of clothing made from recycled plastic bottles. T-shirts that read "Make your plastic fantastic" and "Rehash your trash" will soon line the shelves of Wal-Mart stores...Read More »
- Waste Pro Awarded $180 Million in New Municipal Contracts
Waste Pro USA, Inc., 15 April 2008 229 words
Longwood, Florida-based Waste Pro USA announced winning four new major long-term contracts collectively accounting for $180 million in new business...Read More »
- RecycleBank Secures $30 Million to Begin Big Push
RecycleBank, 15 April 2008 1240 words
The recycling rewards company RecycleBank has secured $30 million in Series B funding from a group of leading venture capital firms...Read More »
- Sioux Falls Landfill Methane to Fuel Ethanol Plant
POET, 10 April 2008 525 words
The city of Sioux Falls, SD contracted with ethanol producer Poet to build a 10-mile low-pressure methane pipeline from the city's landfill to Poet's plant in Chancellor...Read More »
- Waste Management adds New Landfill Gas to Energy Facility in Ottawa
Waste Management, Inc., 11 April 2008 681 words
Waste Management broke ground on its latest landfill gas to energy (LFGTE) facility in Ottawa, Ontario...Read More »
- Renegy Holdings to Buy 20 MW Biomass Power Plant
Renegy Holdings, Inc., 14 April 2008 1108 words
Tempe-based Renegy Holdings Inc. agreed this week to buy a 20-megawatt biomass power plant in Loyalton, Calif., from Sierra Pacific Industries for $13 million...Read More »
- EIA and NSWMA Hire New Director of Communications and Public Affairs
Environmental Industry Associations, 15 April 2008 427 words
The Environmental Industry Associations welcomed the recent appointment of Thom Metzger as director of communications and public affairs...Read More »
- Covanta to Announce First Quarter Earnings on April 23
Covanta Holding Corporation, 10 April 2008 713 words
Covanta Holding Corp. will release first quarter financial results on Wednesday, April 23. The company will host a conference call the following day at 8:30 a.m...Read More »
- WCA Waste to Announce First Quarter Earnings on April 30
WCA Waste Corporation, 15 April 2008 172 words
WCA Waste Corp. plans to announce first quarter earnings on April 30 following the market close. The company will host a conference call the next morning at 8:30 a.m...Read More »
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