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Late model compactors for the price you want to pay! Ritchie
Bros. auctioneers is selling a 2007 Cat 826H and two 2006 Cat 836H
landfill compactors at its unreserved auction in Northeast, Maryland
from December 16 – 17. Compactors and other equipment sells to the
highest bidders. See: www.rbauction.com
or contact the sale site: +1.410.287.4330
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Daily News
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Connecticut
DEP Reaches Settlement on WTE Cases
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) has a reached settlement with the Connecticut Resource Recovery
Authority (CRRA) and Covanta Energy Corp. on cases involving air
emission violations at two waste-to-energy (WTE) plants.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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New
Jersey DEP Provides $14.5 Million in Recycling Grants
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
(DEP) has awarded a total of $14.5 million in grants to local recycling
programs. The figure is nearly double the amount that the department
awarded in 2008, when DEP handed out $8 million to local recycling
efforts.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Waste
Pro Launches Recycling Program at Atlanta Airport
Waste Pro has launched a program at Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson Airport that allows visitors to place both trash and
recyclables in the same container. The Longwood, Fla.-based hauler later
sorts the recyclables from the trash.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Virginia
Recycling Rate Still 38.5 Percent
According to the state Department of Environmental
Quality (DEQ), Virginia’s recycling rate in 2008 was the same as it
was in 2007: 38.5 percent. "Virginians are committed to conserving
natural resources, and recycling offers each citizen an opportunity to
make a difference," said DEQ Director David K. Paylor in a press
release.
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RecycleBank
Program Launches in Derby, Kan.
The RecycleBank recycling program, in which households
earn rewards for recycling, has been launched in Derby, Kan. Derby
contracted with Folsom, Calif.-based Waste Connections in July to
provide trash and curbside recycling services.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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The Curotto Can is the result of fifteen years of on-the-route
development. It has the highest productivity of any automated curbside
collection system. Per shift the Curotto Can services more homes than
either an ASL or a rear loader. The cab forward pickup both reduces
workman's compensation costs and allows the operator to easily see and
remove contaminants from the waste stream. The Curotto Can can be
ordered complete and installed on new front loaders or retrofitted to
existing units.
www.curottocan.com
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From the Heap
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Come Talk Trash
with Us!
The Heap is a blog featuring waste industry news and
analysis written by the staff of Waste Age magazine and guest
commentators. It appears on WasteAge.com.
Below are links to recent posts. After reading them, tell us what you
think in the comment threads. We want to hear from you!
• Greenie in a Bottle
The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola company has unveiled a new container
technology it calls PlantBottle — a fully recyclable PET plastic
bottle containing up to 30 percent organic material. Specifically, the
organic material being used in the initial run of bottles is a byproduct
of sugar cane processing, though it seems other organic material could
also be used. Coke is pitching the new containers as beneficial to the
environment (its production requires a smaller carbon footprint) and a
means of reducing petroleum dependency.
(To read the rest of the post and comment on it, click on the post
title above.)
• Gourdian Knot
You bought that big, beautiful pumpkin before Halloween with hopes that
it would make it through Thanksgiving — double-duty decorating, if you
will. But after an early frost, it’s looking alarmingly deflated and
you’re left with the dilemma of how best to dispose of the thing.
(To read the rest of the post and comment on it, click on the post
title above.)
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Updates
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Announcements
• The Global Waste Management Symposium has been
extended its deadline to submit abstracts to Dec. 1, 2009. Proposed
topics include:
• Waste minimization, reuse, recycling and management policy,
regulation, economics, and planning
• Facility operation and design
• Global climate change
• Chemical and biological treatment and processes
• Life cycle analysis
• Conversion technologies and diversion strategies
• Waste containment
• Leachate treatment and management
• Bioreactors
• Air/gas emission quality, collection, control, utilization, and
destruction
• Energy recovery and thermal treatment
• Equipment and safety
• Environmental characterization of waste
• Reuse of high-volume industrial waste materials
For more information on how to submit an abstract, click here.
• Mike Kandris has retired from his position of president of Ruan
Transport Corp.’s Western Division. His retirement was effective on
Sept. 30, 2009. Jim Mulvenna, who has the titles of senior vice
president and general manager of the Western Division, has replaced
Kandris.
Mulvenna previously was Ruan’s vice president of safety and
administration, and director of training and management development.
• Saint-Nicolas, Quebec, Canada-based Labrie Environmental Group has
won the 2009 Swedish Steel Prize. The manufacturer won the prize for its
Wittke Starlight front-loader refuse-truck body.
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Stories from the Latest Issue of Waste Age
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Profiles in
Garbage: Office Paper
Office paper recycling has more than quadrupled since
1960.
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Speak Up
Believe the hype: Social media has a lot to offer
waste industry professionals.
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Industry Events
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Dec. 4,
2009
Greenhouse gas reporting Webinar
sponsored by NSWMA
Participation details to follow.
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