Waste News

Men used facility's gas pumps as their personal free fueling station, police say

Company will now be called Nuverra Environmental Solutions.

A man found dead at a San Antonio recycling plant on May 13 was crushed to death, the medical examiner's office announced Thursday

Landfill fees have boosted Manchester Township's revenue by about $1 million

Covanta Energy is considering selling its U.K. business following news that it had failed to win preferred bidder status for a 30-year municipal solid waste contract in Merceyside in North West England.

Vermont has collected over 4.

Terms of the deal not disclosed.

Two doctors and a veterinary hospital have filed three separate lawsuits, alleging Stericycle breached contract and overcharged them.

Waste Connections is signaling a continued interest in potentially changing its corporate structure for certain landfills that could help reduce the company's tax burden.

Business conditions continue to improve for Progressive Waste Solutions in the Northeast as the company's CEO said it is still early in the turnaround game for that portion of the company's business.

Connecticut is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to create a mattress recycling program.

In a second attempt to approve the nomination of Gina McCarthy to head the EPA, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the nomination along partisan lines, 10-8.

A few can't-miss items, aside from the usual exhibits and educational sessions, for your Waste Expo to-do list.

Sanitation workers in Portland, Oregon, have seen an increase in trash in recycling bins since the city reduced its garbage pickups.

Previous idea of using a closed landfill has been abandoned.

Kroger unveiled an anaerobic digestion system to convert food that can't be sold or donated into biogas that will help power its distribution center in Compton, Calif.

The metal was discarded during Grand Junction's annual spring cleanup.

Drug manufacturers would pay for disposal of unwanted meds.

Attendees at this year's Waste Expo, to be held May 20-23 in New Orleans, will for the first time have access to an entire conference program dedicated to the organics industry.

The city of Arlington, Texas will begin rolling out new 65-gallon recycling carts to residents on May 20, as part of a new automated recycling program, according to a city news release.