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Waste Management Inc. has launched new services and invested in recycling businesses in line with its sustainability goals. The company operates more than 100 recycling facilities in North America. Comments from executives are also given.

Chris Martin founded CleanScapes in 1997 because of a desire to make urban neighborhoods more appealing places to live in. Martin says their biggest differentiator from competitors is customer service. The company offers a program designed to eliminate the bins and containers in the alleys while also promoting increased waste diversion.

The hottest development in the recycling world during the past five years has been the movement toward single-stream collection of post-consumer recyclables. Using a host of new technologies, single-stream material [...]

The Golden State may have a laid-back reputation, but make no mistake--recycling is serious business in California. The state boasts one of the strongest, strictest commitments to municipal recycling in [...]

The article that started this series last month looked at many different kinds of 'recycling' that can occur with each individual electronics recycler. Unlike the recycling of, say, aluminum cans, [...]

ABC Disposal could be called a good corporate citizen of its home state of Massachusetts. In response to the state's promulgated desire to reach an 88 percent recycling goal, the [...]

Kent Enviropower Ltd, a purpose-built company owned by Waste Recycling Group, is developing what will be the UK's largest energy from waste facility. It is sited at Allington quarry in [...]

Many companies that manufacture metal products can rightfully ask themselves several questions about the scrap processors they use, including: Are they getting paid for the correct amount for their scrap [...]

Along with the trend toward commingled curbside recycling programs, glass has been making news. Unfortunately for consumers of post-consumer cullet, it's often portrayed as the bad-guy in the single-stream story: [...]

It's been said that good food enhances good wine. But what about good food scraps? Thanks to a program called Four Course Compost, plate scraps from some of San Francisco's [...]

Although large-scale co-composting tucked nicely into Burlington County, N.J.'s solid waste plans, the county discovered it wasn't affordable. When construction bids were received in 1992 for a 220-ton-per-day (tpd) capacity [...]

Could you be losing money by undercharging customers? Purchasing a scale could be the answer. Find out how recent buyers have used scales to improve their bottom line and customer [...]

Byline: Megan Greenwalt Looking to earn some extra cash during summer break, two college seniors put their heads together and came up with what would become a multimillion-dollar junk hauling [...]

Despite economic challenges, some of Detroit's environmental companies are finding new business by expanding alternative energy or waste reduction services. Other growth areas include environmental site assessments for purchased or [...]

One man runs a trash hauling operation in Minnesota. Another is part of a family-run garbage business in Connecticut. The third is the owner of an independent company operating out [...]

When all the beads have been tossed and the drinks have been tossed back, it is Sidney Torres IV's job to make sure the French Quarter is clean. And the [...]

Ven Poole knew enough about the waste industry that he wanted to become an aerospace engineer. And he knew enough about the waste industry that when it was time to [...]

Extra Services, Recycling Boost Commercial Collection With mandatory recycling laws waiting in the wings, commercial haulers prepare their customers with recycling programs and smart planning. Some would say it's been [...]

Based on discussions with parish officials and according to the company's operation response plan, Waste Management has resumed garbage collection. Service is being restored to commercial customers and businesses between [...]