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Waste Advantage Magazine Articles
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Shop Spill Cleanup, Mitigation for Waste Applications
Spills and effluent water around a shop can cause an operation time and money. Taking simple steps to understand and apply best practices and the right products can mitigate the problematic effects and make any shop safer. If you work in a ...
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TFC Recycling: Going the Extra Mile
From the first company to offer single-stream recycling in the mid-Atlantic region to becoming a leader in transitioning to alternative fuels, TFC Recycling is committed to improving its technologies as well as helping other organizations implement ...
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Building A Long-Term Fleet Standardization Strategy
By transitioning to Bridgeport’s Ranger Automated Side Loaders, TFC Recycling has lowered their operating costs and kept it simple. As the largest recycling company in the mid-Atlantic region, TFC Recycling, located in the Hampton Roads ...
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California Refuse Recycling Council: Advocating for the Next Generation of Solid Waste Legislation
Created out of a need for waste haulers to respond to government decisions, the CRRC has grown to a pivotal organization in California that has a hand in influencing the waste industry’s legislation issues. In the 1950s when several waste ...
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Update on Federal Air and GHG Regulations Affecting Landfills
EPA’s recent regulatory changes are expected to alter the way landfills are regulated for the foreseeable future with a potential to add additional compliance costs for the industry. The air quality and greenhouse gas (GHG) regulatory ...
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The Newton, IA Landfill: A Smooth Operation
The Newton, IA landfill sta rted out as an old strip mine in 1945. When it first was created, trash was dumped at the site and whenever it was needed, the garbage was set on fire and pushed into the old strip mine. As the rules have changed ...
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Choosing the right trailer for your needs
In today’s changing market there are many options for haulers to accomplish their goals. One of these options is to use roll-off trailers instead of roll-off trucks. There are many models of roll-off trailers, from a very short 25` 11" to 48` ...
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Marketing and implementing emerging waste conversion technologies: the local effect
Solid waste management in the U.S. has always been a uniquely local endeavor. Typically, landfilling has provided the most efficient and least expensive option for solid waste management by local governments. Recently, there has been an increasing ...
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Best Practices in Maintenance For Waste Handling Fleets
With a fully operational, deployed and comprehensive maintenance software system, companies can increase their visibility to costs and operations performance. Business profitability is measured by a variety of factors, from the amount of sales and ...
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Associated Refuse Haulers: Setting the Standard
Setting a standard as a proactive company in the community, while maintaining the best workforce that they can, Associated Refuse Haulers are at the top of their game. Family Owned And Operated, Associated Refuse Haulers (Newcown, CT) has been in ...
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Leveraging Emerging Management System Standards to Create Improved EHS and Sustainability Performance
Management systems can strengthen business advantage by providing better data accuracy and transparency, and provide increased opportunities for cost avoidance and cost savings, while also creating opportunities for improving profit margin. ...
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Three Important Issues
With a reliable and custom summary of environmental regulations that addresses ONLY THOSE REGULATIONS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS, you can address issues upfront and aggressively, resulting in more time available to run ...
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Casella Waste Systems: Moving towards zero waste
Started in 1975 as a single truck operation in Rutland, VT, Casella Waste Systems now stands as one of the leading waste and recycling companies in the U.S., employing more than 1,700 people. The company owns and/or operates 31 solid waste ...
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The use of thermal plasma technology for treating air pollution control residues
Energy from waste (EFW) is an exciting industry to be in right now in the UK. As pointed out by Euston Ling and Dr. Adam Read`s article "The Shifting Landscape for Renewable Energy in the UK" {Waste Advantage Magazine, June 2011), the EFW capacity ...
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Key insurance factors to consider
Moving towards sustainability in our culture requires social and economic challenges chat influence our everyday lives. Our efforts toward ethical consumerism have helped fuel the increase of the recycling industry. The subsequent growth of the ...
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The invisible spotlight: why managers can’t hide
No matter what management role you play in the waste industry, you can be certain of one thing: Your employees talk about you at dinner. The meal is placed on the table, and your employee`s significant other asks the fateful question, "How was work ...
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Leveraging communication: clarity – consistency – continuous - celebrate
In today`s wireless world, there are numerous ways to communicate, yet, we oftentimes overlook, misinterpret or take for granted how important the gift of communication is, especially from our senior leadership team. A real "game changer" for an ...
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Transfer stations the revitalization of a transfer station complex
Lancaster county solid waste management authority (LCSWMA) manages the municipal solid waste from Lancaster County, PA homes and businesses, serving approximately 520,000 residents. Once private haulers deliver the waste to LCSWMA, the organization ...
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New Roll-Off Makes it Easier to be Green
Wilkinson iron & metal may have started in the small Texas town of Brownsville, but the business is going as strong as the steel they recycle. Jim Wilkinson grew up around the recycling industry with his grandfather starting out in 1937. ...
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Six ways recycling can boost small business
In today’s economy, keeping a small business afloat can seem like an uphill battle. And while recycling is often thought of as a social responsibility rather than a cash-cow, the chasing arrows can often bolster your bottom-line just as much ...