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EPA Seeks Input on New Clean Air Standards for Solid Waste Landfills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. This panel will focus on the agency’s review of its New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for municipal solid waste landfills. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to ...

Jun. 20, 2013

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

IESI-BFC acquires solid waste assets of Fred Weber

IESI-BFC Ltd. is acquiring one of the largest privately owned landfills in the United States as part of a larger deal for the solid waste assets of Fred Weber Inc. of St. Louis. The deal includes the waste collection, transfer and landfill assets of the company, including subsidiaries Crown Excel Disposal LLC and Weber Gas Energy LLC, for $159 million in cash. As part of the deal, Toronto-based ...

Dec. 30, 2010

By Progressive Waste Solutions

Johnson Joins CEC as New Senior Project Manager

Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC) welcomes Scott Johnson, Senior Project Manager in the Waste Management practice of the firm's Phoenix office. At CEC, Johnson will contribute to the Solid Waste Industry Consulting Group. Most recently with Cornerstone, Johnson brings 20 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering and a background in both consulting and the private ...

Apr. 7, 2014

By Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. (CEC)

EPA Proposes to Cut Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two proposals to further reduce emissions of methane-rich gas from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. Under today’s proposals, new, modified and existing landfills would begin collecting and controlling landfill gas at emission levels ...

Aug. 14, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Municipality of Isabela Agrees to Environmental Improvements at Landfill

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Municipality of Isabela, Puerto Rico, have reached a legal agreement that will result in upgrades at the Isabela Municipal Solid Waste Landfill, and a plan to permanently close the landfill by June 2020. Isabela will also implement a recycling and composting program. “This legal agreement will improve the operation and ensure the proper ...

Sep. 29, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA releases updated risk analysis for solvent-contaminated industrial wipes

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on a revised risk analysis developed for the 2003 proposed Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes Rule. The agency has revised the risk analysis in response to comments received when the rule was proposed. The rule is meant to improve the clarity and consistency of the regulations for wipes and reduce the cost of regulatory ...

Oct. 20, 2009

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Dynamic Recycling Acquires Assets of Minnesota-based Materials Processing Corporation, LLC

Dynamic Recycling, a leader in the electronics recycling industry, announced today that it has agreed to purchase assets, and provide service to the customers of Materials Processing Corporation, LLC. Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream throughout the world. For over 30 years MPC has been a key player in the end of life management of IT hardware and e-waste recycling. MPC ...

Aug. 17, 2015

By Dynamic Recycling

Converting municipal solid waste to biomass feedstock

CleanTech Biofuels, Inc., an early stage provider of cellulosic biomass feedstock derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) for renewable energy and bio-based chemical production, has received a US patent for its process and apparatus for converting MSW into cellulosic biomass feedstock, known collectively as the Biomass Recovery Process. The Biomass Recovery Process is carried out by the angled ...

Jul. 13, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System Wins EPA Federal Green Challenge Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System has won a Federal Green Challenge award for transportation. The Challenge encourages federal agencies throughout the nation to lead by example by conserving energy and resources, cutting waste, reducing pollution and saving money. The Minneapolis VA, a hospital providing a range of ...

Aug. 20, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Says Air Quality near West Lake Landfill Consistent with Greater St. Louis and Other Midwest Cities

EPA Region 7 released new data today that shows air quality around the West Lake Landfill Superfund Site in Bridgeton, Mo., is consistent with what is found elsewhere in the greater St. Louis metropolitan area, and in other major Midwest cities. According to Agency experts, an air quality monitoring network with five stations operating for the past seven months around the landfill has been ...

Jan. 20, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Lovell Federal Healthcare Center in North Chicago Wins EPA Federal Green Challenge Award

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Healthcare Center in North Chicago, Illinois, has won a Federal Green Challenge award for education and outreach. The Challenge encourages federal agencies throughout the nation to lead by example by conserving energy and resources, cutting waste, reducing pollution and saving money. Lovell’s ...

May 18, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Proposes Updates to Reduce Methane, Other Harmful Pollution from New Landfills

As part of the President’s Climate Action Plan – Strategy to Reduce Methane Emissions, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing updates to its air standards for new municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. These updates would require certain landfills to capture additional landfill gas, which would reduce emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and help further ...

Jul. 1, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

EUR 5m for municipal solid waste management in Serbia

The EBRD is lending €5 million to the Duboko Waste Management Company to build a regional solid waste landfill that will serve more than 300,000 people in nine municipalities across central and western Serbia. Inadequate solid waste treatment is one of the biggest ecological problems in the country and solid waste management has been defined as one of the priorities of Serbia’s environmental ...

Mar. 24, 2008

By European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

A garbage /septage cocktail for fuel

Here’s a frothy brew you wouldn’t want to put a straw into: a not-so-tasty blend of sewage and garbage. As unappealing as it may seem together the two can cut greenhouse gases, help cleanup water supplies and add a new source of green and endlessly renewable fuel, all with the help of a new patented invention by Viridis Waste Control: Septage Bioreactor Landfill (TM) technology. Left on their ...

Jan. 31, 2008

By Environmental News Network (ENN)

EPA Requires Global Titanium Manufacturer to Investigate and Clean Up PCB Contamination in Nevada

Titanium Metals Corporation (TIMET), one of the world’s largest producers of titanium parts for jet engines, has agreed to pay a record $13.75 million civil penalty and perform an extensive investigation and cleanup of potential contamination stemming primarily from the unauthorized manufacture and disposal of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) at its manufacturing facility in Henderson, ...

May 14, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Municipality of Lajas Agrees to Environmental Improvements at Landfill

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Municipality of Lajas, Puerto Rico, have reached a legal agreement that will result in numerous upgrades at the Lajas Landfill, and a plan to permanently close the landfill by July 2017. Lajas will also implement a recycling and composting program. “This agreement sets the Municipality of Lajas on the right course— more material will ...

Aug. 11, 2014

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Hormel foods announces environmental sustainability progress

Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) today announced results of environmental sustainability projects it has implemented at its U.S. manufacturing facilities as part of the company's ongoing efforts to reduce its environmental impact. 'We are making significant progress toward achieving the environmental sustainability goals we have outlined in our annual corporate responsibility report,' said ...

Apr. 13, 2010

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

Sarpy county, Neb., landfill to perform diesel retrofits, pay $10,080 penalty to resolve issues over proper air permit (NE)

The Sarpy County, Neb., Sanitary Landfill has agreed to pay a $10,080 civil penalty, and will spend an additional $34,218 on heavy equipment improvements designed to reduce harmful diesel engine emissions, to settle allegations that it failed to make a timely application for a proper environmental permit following the landfill’s expansion in 2005. According to an administrative consent ...

Aug. 3, 2010

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

WasteExpo 2016: Presenting Eco-Friendly Odor Mitigation Solutions for Waste Management

Next week, a wide-range of professionals from government, waste services companies, composting providers, engineering firms, and landfills (and more) will be convening in Las Vegas at the most significant event for the waste management and recycling industry, WasteExpo 2016. Hosted in conjunction with the National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), WasteExpo has become the ...

Jun. 6, 2016

By OMI Industries (OMI)

LI-COR Presents Landfill Methane Emission Data at Global Waste Management Symposium

Measuring greenhouse gas emissions at landfills using continuous monitoring offers new insight in estimating total annual emissions. LI-COR Principal Scientist, Liukang Xu presented methane emission data collected from a landfill at Global Waste Management Symposium in Phoenix, AZ on October 1st, 2012 and discussed the advantages of continuous monitoring over traditional interval monitoring. In ...

Oct. 9, 2012

By LI-COR