ADS files for $100M IPO

ADS Waste Holdings Inc. is likely looking for room to expand even more. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 23, 2015

Chicago will likely implement first-ever fee on garbage collection

Residents are likely to see a new garbage-collection fee as the city tries to solve a $30 billion pension crisis that has drastically dropped Chicago's bond rating.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 21, 2015

The beauty in trash: Artists transform trucks into mobile masterpieces

Trash doesn't need to be bleek and boring, and these artists are here to prove it. 

By Kristin Musulin , Linda Tufano • Aug. 21, 2015

Rubicon Global hires new CFO, eyes IPO

The growing trash software startup has hired John Bax as chief financial officer, which puts the company in a position to soon become public. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 20, 2015

Superior, WI residents will not pay trash fee despite $7M deficit

The Superior City Council rejected a $9.75 monthly garbage collection fee after residents voiced stiff opposition Tuesday night.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 20, 2015

San Jose may soon install license plate readers on garbage trucks

The idea, which would only cost a few thousand dollars a year, would help the understaffed police force scan the city for stolen vehicles.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 20, 2015

Columbia, MO will postpone automated trash pickup until petition is filed

The City Council will give residents 120 days to file a petition before it considers changing the trash collection system. Mayor Bob McDavid said the measure shows "how democracy works."

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 19, 2015

Another Baltimore DPW worker to pay $6M after pleading guilty to bribery scheme

William Charles Nemec Sr., 55, has agreed to pay $6 million in restitution as part of a guilty plea to accepting bribes from trash haulers since 1984.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 19, 2015

SWANA to collect data on injuries, accidents

The Solid Waste Association of North America announced it will begin collecting the data as part of its renewed emphasis on worker safety in the solid waste industry.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 18, 2015

Illinois county waste disposal climbs as landfill reaches capacity

Ecology Action Center Executive Director Michael Brown said this is "the beginning of the end" for the McLean County Landfill. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 18, 2015

Baltimore mayor to spend $10M on trash cans for all households

The plans — which will provide 210,000 households with trash bins — are aimed at controlling Baltimore's rat population and decreasing sanitation worker injuries.

By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 17, 2015

Trash service worse in poor areas of Los Angeles, analysis shows

Since 2010, sanitation crews have failed to respond to more than 20% of residents' requests to remove illegal trash from sidewalks and alleyways, a Los Angeles Times analysis found.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 17, 2015

Residents adjust to new waste and recycling program in Aurora, IL

The Chicago suburb rolled out its new trash and recycling program on July 6 and, despite complaints, residents are beginning to get used to it.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 17, 2015

Houston-area residents file multiple complaints against WCA

More and more residents are complaining that trash is piling up, while Houston-based Waste Corporation of America remains unresponsive. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 17, 2015

Waste Management CEO: CNG fleets make 'great economic sense'

David Steiner, president and CEO of Waste Management Inc., told Bloomberg Television that the company is committed to using natural gas. Currently, 4,200 trucks in its fleet run on CNG. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 14, 2015

New Mack truck designed for safety, comfort

Mack Trucks is rolling out the Mack LR low-entry cabover refuse model truck, which the company said is built to improve maneuverability, driver comfort, and visibility.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 13, 2015

Alpine Waste adds Golden, CO to service operations

Alpine Waste & Recycling signed a five-year deal, starting Aug. 31, to provide Golden, CO with waste hauling and its single-stream Altogether Recycling services.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 12, 2015

Action Resources acquires 2 companies

Action Resources of Birmingham, AL has purchased Houston-based Stella Environmental Services and McAlester, OK-based Triad Transport.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 11, 2015

Trash to cash: How much money do industry execs make?

A look at some of 2014's highest compensated executives in the industry, from Waste Management, Republic Services, Stericycle, Clean Harbors, and more. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 11, 2015

Dallas to pay Republic employee $215K after injury at landfill

The Dallas City Attorney's Office will ask the City Council to pay former Republic Services driver Manuel Enriquez and his attorneys $215,000 after he was run over by a bulldozer at the McCommas Bluff Landfill.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 11, 2015

Seattle volunteers to sort marine waste from Alaska

A barge filled with marine debris collected from the shores of Alaska and British Columbia arrived in Seattle, where volunteers will decide what can be recycled and what must be taken by train to a disposal site in Oregon.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 10, 2015

US Ecology sells Allstate acquisition

Boise, ID-based US Ecology Inc. has sold Allstate Power-Vac Inc., an environmental cleaning firm, to a private investor group in a deal valued at $58 million. 

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 10, 2015

Ohio county more inclusive as it drafts new solid waste plan

Medina County's Solid Waste Policy Committee approved a five-year master plan for the Solid Waste District that will allow more input from Medina's three major cities.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 10, 2015

NYC subways cleaner after trash bins were...removed?

New York City subway riders are leaving 36% to 66% less trash in stations where the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has removed trash cans.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 7, 2015

K2 starts waste hauling subsidiary in Corpus Christi, TX

K2 Waste Solutions has established a new waste collection operation and subsidiary, Killian Calderon Disposal, in partnership with Alvaro Calderon.

By Linda Tufano • Aug. 6, 2015