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Clean
Energy is the leading provider of natural gas fuel (CNG and LNG) for
vehicles in North America.
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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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Daily News
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IESI-BFC
Set to Buy Waste Services
Toronto-based IESI-BFC has reached an agreement to buy
Burlington, Ontario, Canada-based Waste Services. The transaction is
slated to close in the first quarter of 2010.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Officials
Call For Lawsuit Against NYC E-Waste Law To Be Dropped
Local and state officials from 18 states sent a letter
to the Consumer Electronics Association and the Information Technology
Industry Council urging the two organizations to drop their lawsuit
against New York City’s e-waste recycling law.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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EPA
to Fund Methane-Capture Projects in 11 Countries
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has
announced that, through its Methane to Markets Partnership, it will fund
21 projects to help 11 countries capture methane emissions and use the
gas to produce energy. The sources of methane emissions include
landfills, and coal, agriculture, oil and natural gas operations.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Choice
Environmental Services Launches CNG Fleet
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Choice Environmental
Services has unveiled a 10-truck fleet of vehicles fueled by compressed
natural gas (CNG). The CNG trucks will reduce emissions by 25 percent
compared to diesel-fueled trucks, the company says.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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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!
• 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.)
• Solid Waste World Series
There was no shortage of trash talk exchanged between New York and
Philadelphia during the recently concluded 2009 World Series
(congratulations, Yankees … AGAIN). But that’s not the only trash
traveling between the two cities.
(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.
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Stories from the Latest Issue of Waste Age
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Tray,
Tray Again
School turns lunchtime trash into cash through foam
tray recycling.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Who
Do You Know?
What is Form I-9 and why should employers take it
seriously?
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Road
Warier
Delve deep to reduce driver risk.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Industry Events
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Nov. 18,
2009
NSWMA New York City Fall Meeting
East Elmhurst, N.Y.
For details, visit www.nswma.org.
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Nov. 19,
2009
NSWMA Safety Seminar
Newark, N.J.
For details, visit www.nswma.org.
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Dec. 17,
2009
VWIA Quarterly Steering Committee Meeting & Annual
Holiday Party
Richmond, Va.
For details, visit www.nswma.org.
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