Waste Management News

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Officials overseeing a tiny farming community in central California are expected to make a decision Tuesday on the proposed expansion of the largest toxic waste dump in the West amid growing concerns about a spike in the town's number of birth defects.

The new CBS reality series "Undercover Boss" will make its debut in one of the most coveted time slots on television - right after the Super Bowl.

They seem to turn heads wherever they're installed: new solar-powered trash compactors that are meant to save time and energy.

About 20 babies were born here during the 14 months beginning in September 2007.

Waste Management officials say the 34 people that currently work at Newberg Garbage Service on Wynooski Street will be retained when the corporation takes over the facility in March.

Waste Management Inc., Houston-based owner of McMinnville's Riverbend Landfill, has agreed to purchase Newberg Garbage Service and its Newberg Transfer & Recycling Center.

Sustaining Marin , posted by Ed Mainland, a resident of the Bel Marin Keys neighborhood, 2 hours ago Ed Mainland is a member of Pacific Sun Waste Management Inc.

Canadians are cutting down on their waste this holiday season according to Waste Management Inc., who recently commissioned a survey through Ipsos Reid to learn more about Canadians' holiday habits and encourage greener traditions.

Concerns voiced by several residents in Horsetown USA about manure pick-up in the city known for having more horses than people have prompted company officials responsible for disposing of the waste to deliver a presentation Wednesday at a City Council meeting.

As trash piles up, some residents are irked that Waste Management took a snow day this week.

Gary Carrer, who grew up in Newark, N.J., knows all about foul odors. But he didn't expect he'd be living with them at the home in King George County he shares with his wife, Kathy, a son and two grandchildren.

Officials in York County did consider and even tour a waste-to-energy incinerator at least a year ago before deciding not to go with the technology.

Golf's largest spectator event will get a new title sponsor in 2010 when Waste Management replaces FBR Capital Markets in backing the Phoenix Open.

After debating a pay-as-you-throw trash program for more than two years, the Selectboard plans to put the question before the voters at the next Town Meeting.

Waste Management Inc. and concert promoter Live Nation have signed a multi-year agreement making the Houston waste hauler the official waste services and recycling sponsor of 66 Live Nation venues across the country.

Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Marc L. Rose, CPA , to the position of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary, replacing Mary M. Lay, who has been acting CFO since 2008.

Michigan has lost $1.9 billion in economic activity and $2.5 billion in home equity value in three years because of population declines in 63 of its 83 counties, according to a Michigan State University study.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says Waste Management Inc. must pay $6.5 million to relatives of a nursing home patient killed when a garbage truck hit an ambulance.

VINELAND -- For the second time, the city was ready to award its new trash contract to South Jersey Sanitation Co., and for the second time, Blue Diamond Disposal Inc.