http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom Tue, 26 May 2009 15:30:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Robert Wolfe Manager of Marketing & Communications 240-494-2256 rwolfe@swana.org The Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a revised draft of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 HR 2454 that included a number of changes consistent with SWANA’s recommendations in an April 28 letter. On Friday, May ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/05/20/swana-supports-changes-made-to-the-climate-bill/ LEHIGH VALLEY, PA (May 20, 2009) – Mack Trucks, Inc. will again sponsor a Driving Skills Safety Challenge during the WasteExpo 2009 show. The competition will be held in the Silver lot #4 next to the Renaissance Hotel outside the Las Vegas Convention Center on June 9 and 10, ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/05/20/mack-sponsors-driving-skills-safety-challenge-at-wasteexpo-2009-june-9-10/ On Tuesday, May 5, 2009, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the National Solid Wastes Management Association submitted joint comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed revisions to AP-42, Fifth Edition, Volume I, Chapter 2.4 Municipal Solid Waste Landfills and the Background Information Document ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/05/07/swana-and-nswma-express-concern-over-proposed-updates-to-epa%e2%80%99s-landfill-emission-factors/ Contact: Latisha Petteway, (202) 564-4355 / 3191 / petteway.latisha@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. – May 5, 2009) EPA is announcing next steps on two hazardous waste rules to respond to concerns raised by stakeholders: the Definition of Solid Waste rule and the Emission Comparable Fuels rule. EPA is planning ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/05/05/epa-announces-next-steps-on-two-hazardous-waste-rules/ HOUSTON – April 29, 2009 – Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WMI) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. Net income(a) for the quarter was $155 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, compared with $241 million, or $0.48 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2008. ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/04/29/waste-management-announces-first-quarter-2009-earnings/ PHOENIX-April 28, 2009 – Republic Services (NYSE:RSG) today announced that it received CSX Transportation’s (CSXT) first-ever Environmental Award. The award was conferred upon the company at the CSX Environmental Awards dinner to be held in Jacksonville, Florida on April 23. CSXT is recognizing its freight railroad customers whose shipping ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/04/28/republic-services-honored-by-csx-for-%e2%80%9cgreen%e2%80%9d-shipping-practices/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2009 Contact: Thom Metzger, 202-364-3751 (Washington, DC) – As America celebrates the 39th annual Earth Day, the nation’s solid waste industry says it plans to continue investing hundreds of millions of dollars over the next decade to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants, create additional renewable sources ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/04/21/on-earth-day-solid-waste-industry-reaffirms-commitment-to-environmental-innovation/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Amanda Pratt, Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc. 513-741-2637; Bruce Parker, EIA, 202-364-3720 Environmental Industry Associations Honors Rumpkes with Life Time Achievement Award WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Tuesday, June 9, William J. Rumpke Sr. and his cousin and business partner Thomas B. Rumpke (posthumously) will be inducted into the ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/04/20/environmental-industry-associations-honors-rumpkes-with-life-time-achievement-award/ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 14, 2009 Contact: David Biderman, 202-364-3743 (Washington, DC) – Washington, DC – The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) has produced Spanish versions of its Be Safe, Be Proud series of four safety-training videos, and is making them available to garbage companies and local governments. The Spanish versions will ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2009/01/14/nswma-announces-spanish-versions-of-safety-videos/ The Delaware House of Representatives recently passed legislation that would establish a framework for a statewide residential curbside recycling system. The proposed program would be funded by the Delaware Recycling Fund through a new $3 per ton tax on trash. The bill now is pending in the Delaware Senate. The ... http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/briefingroom/2008/06/12/maryland-delaware-solid-waste-association-opposes-house-bill-159-as-bad-policy-for-delaware/