Latest Landfill Stories

UL Environment Leads and Educates Marketplace with Zero Waste Validation

2013-06-13 16:22:32

UL collaborates with key organizations to provide thought leadership and deliver landfill waste diversion offering MARIETTA, Ga., June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- UL Environment, a business unit of UL (Underwriters Laboratories), announced today that it has collaborated with a number of organizations to co-promote its landfill waste diversion claim validation and to educate the marketplace on more sustainable methods for waste diversion, globally. (Logo:...

U.S. Postal Service Reduces Consumable Waste

2013-06-05 08:23:41

Recycling programs save millions in landfill fees WASHINGTON, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- World Environment Day, sponsored by the United Nations, is one of the most widely observed global days for environmental awareness. Demonstrating this year's World Environment Day theme -- sustainable consumption -- the Postal Service continues to divert tons of consumables from landfills and reduce waste. Through recycling programs and initiatives, the Postal Service recycled more...

Portland, Oregon Landfills Less Full as GreenDrop Recycling Stations Help Elephants Delicatessen Promote Sustainable Practices

2013-05-29 08:24:08

PORTLAND, Ore., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GreenDrop Recycling and Composting Stations, from Pacific Cascade Corporation, are now helping Elephants Delicatessen to further reduce landfill contributions while increasing public awareness. Elephants understands how small efforts to reduce, reuse, and recycle can make a significant impact, benefiting community and the environment. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130529/PH21721) Elephants has been a leader in sustainable...

GDT Tek Enters Into Exclusive Rights Agreement To Acquire a Renewable Energy Company

2013-05-16 08:22:22

LARGO, Fla., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDT Tek, Inc., (OTC: GDTK) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive Exclusive Rights Agreement to acquire a renewable energy company that turns landfill gas into electricity and creates a Refuse Fuel Derived pellets (RFD) from a bio mass waste product utilizing the waste heat from the burning of the landfill gas. The RFD pellets are then sold to electricity companies that can burn the pellets in lieu of coal to create...

Westchester County Officially Announces Partnership with OWARECO, LLC to Pilot their Food Waste Reduction Project

2013-05-10 23:26:31

OWARECO, LLC, an organic and food waste management company, will partner with Westchester County’s Department of Environmental Facilities to pilot an innovative NET Zero food waste management project to be located at the County’s H-MRF Facility in Valhalla, New York. Valhalla NY (PRWEB) May 10, 2013 During the April 30, 2013 “Food Rescue Forum for Westchester-Based Schools & Campuses” hosted by the Food Bank for Westchester, Mr. Robert Astorino, Westchester County Executive,...

Sonoco's Hanover Plant Named a Sonoco Sustainability Star Award Winner

2013-05-09 08:23:54

The Company's Hanover, Pa., injection molding plant achieves gold-tier award status by going landfill free HARTSVILLE, S.C., May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Sonoco Recycling, LLC, a unit of Sonoco (NYSE: SON) and one of the largest packaging recyclers in North America, today announced that Sonoco's Hanover, Pa., is the first Sonoco Plastics (injection molding) facility to receive a gold-tier Sonoco Sustainability Star Award for going landfill free. (Logo:...

Waste Treatment And Disposal Services Market - New Industry Research Report is Now Available for Pre-Order at Transparency Market Research

2013-05-07 23:21:09

A recently added market report by Transparency Market Research on “Waste Treatment And Disposal Services Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, And Forecast, 2012 - 2018” is now available for pre-order. To browse the report, visit http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/waste-treatment-disposal-services.html Albany, NY (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 Waste treatment refers to activities that are carried out in order to ensure proper disposal of waste materials. The...

GDT Tek is Officially an Industry Partner with the EPA-LMOP

2013-05-06 08:23:08

LARGO, Fla., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GDT Tek, Inc., (OTC: GDTK), is pleased to announce their acceptance by the EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) as an Industry Partner with the Environmental Protection Agency by entering into a LMOP Industry Partner Memorandum of Understanding. LMOP's goal is to help promote economically and technically sound landfill gas (LFG) energy projects, LMOP teams with a range of companies interested in the utilization of LFG. These companies...

WCA Appoints David Ginapp as New Regional Maintenance Manager

2013-05-02 12:22:54

HOUSTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WCA Waste Corporation ("WCA"), a vertically-integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, has recently announced that waste industry veteran David Ginapp has been appointed as WCA's Regional Maintenance Manager. Ginapp joins WCA from Waste Connections in Colorado where he had served as Regional Corporate Maintenance Manager since 2010. Before working with Waste Connections, David worked for Waste Management in a number of roles...

100% of printed.com's Waste is now Recycled or Reused

2013-04-26 08:24:51

LONDON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Online printing store, printed.com (http://www.printed.com) has achieved total recycling or reusing of all its waste, with none of it going to landfill sites. The company, which provides business card printing services and other key online printing services, has followed an industry-leading environmental policy since its launch in 2011, when it was shortlisted for the Print Week Environmental Company of the Year award. The firm has a...