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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Landfill Report Newsletter

TransLoad America files for bankruptcy
The New Jersey-based company, founded in 2002, is seeking to protect itself from between $500,000 and $1 million in debt.

Waste Management introduces Preston's replacement
Waste Management Inc.'s new chief financial officer-in-waiting is wasting little time when it comes to looking at the costs of operating the nation's largest solid waste management company.

Officials in Palm Beach County, Fla., consider flow-control changes
Rules may be strengthened after hauler allegedly took trash and recycling to a Broward County recycling facility.

Science project shows efficacy of waste-to-biogas production
Eighth-grade students in California complete study of biogas generated from steer manure, human biosolids and food waste.

Trash and recycling truck drivers must keep eye out for distracted drivers
Indianapolis – Distracted driving by others sharing the road with garbage trucks is the biggest threat to the tens of thousands of trash collectors who work on the nation's streets, according to a safety official at ...

Is your company a sustainability leader?
You need to nominate it for WRN's Green Corporate Citizen Award

WRN columnist: Route supervisors keep us on track
Forrest Gump once said, “Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.” So it is with supervisors.

UK launches new landfill gas code
The U.K.'s Environmental Services Association, the waste management industry's trade organization, has launched a new code of practice addressing landfill gas management.