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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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Late model compactors for the price you want to pay! Ritchie
Bros. auctioneers is selling a 2007 Cat 826H and two 2006 Cat 836H
landfill compactors at its unreserved auction in Northeast, Maryland
from December 16 – 17. Compactors and other equipment sells to the
highest bidders. See: www.rbauction.com
or contact the sale site: +1.410.287.4330
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Daily News
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SPSA
to Sell WTE Plant to Wheelabrator
The Southeastern Public Service Authority’s (SPSA)
Board of Directors has voted to sell the authority’s waste-to-energy
plant in Portsmouth, Va., to Wheelabrator.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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620,000
Tons Composted in San Francisco Since 1996
Recology announced last week that San Francisco
residents and businesses have composted more than 620,000 tons of waste
through the city’s green-cart recycling program since the program
began in 1996. Recology handles recycling and composting for San
Francisco.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Arizona
Town to Recycle CFL Bulbs
The city of Show Low, Ariz., will recycle its compact
fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs through Waste Management’s (WM)
Lamptracker program.
(To read the rest of the story, click on the headline above.)
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Deadline
to Submit Abstracts for GWMS is Tuesday
The Global Waste Management Symposium has 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
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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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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!
• Of Trash, Tryptophan and Trampling
Well, another Thanksgiving and Black Friday have come and gone. If you
want these days to be more environmentally friendly next year,
Greenopolis has the tips for you.
(To read the rest of the post and comment on it, click on the post
title above.)
• Greenie in a Bottle
The Atlanta-based Coca-Cola company has unveiled a new container
technology it calls PlantBottle — a fully recyclable PET plastic
bottle containing up to 30 percent organic material. Specifically, the
organic material being used in the initial run of bottles is a byproduct
of sugar cane processing, though it seems other organic material could
also be used. Coke is pitching the new containers as beneficial to the
environment (its production requires a smaller carbon footprint) and a
means of reducing petroleum dependency.
(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
• Texas Environmental Training and Compliance (TETC)
has completed its acquisition of the San Antonio-based Institute for
Infrastructure and Environmental Development (IIED). Both firms provide
safety training and compliance consulting to solid waste firms.
• The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will hold
Webinars on its Comprehensive Safety Analysis (CSA) in December. The
registration deadline for the Webinars is Monday, Nov. 30.
The “CSA 2010 Overview and Operational Model Test Results” Webinar
will be held at 3:30 EST on Thursday, Dec. 3. The “CSA 2010 from a
Motor Carrier and Driver Perspective” Webinar will be held at 3:30 EST
on Thursday, Dec. 10. Both sessions are 90 minutes. To register, click
here.
CSA is an FMCSA “initiative to improve large truck and bus safety and
ultimately reduce commercial motor vehicle (CMV)-related crashes,
injuries and fatalities,” says the FMCSA’s Web site.
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Stories from the Latest Issue of Waste Age
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Speak
Up
Believe the hype: Social media has a lot to offer
waste industry professionals.
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Industry Events
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Dec. 4,
2009
Greenhouse gas reporting Webinar
sponsored by NSWMA
Participation details to follow.
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