Sonoma, CA approves Republic MRF

The 20-year contract is worth approximately $547M for the recycling company. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 14, 2014

VA considers landfill extension, prepares for battle

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors may make a decision Tuesday on the controversial extension proposal. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 13, 2014

Landfill balloon test conducted in VA

The test demonstrated to the community how high trash could be piled if an application for landfill expansion is approved.

By Nicole Wrona • May 9, 2014

HI County fined $350K for landfill violations

The Hawaii Department of Health issued the fine in response to the county's failure to cover solid waste, among other violations. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 9, 2014

Waste Management of Canada sells assets to GFL

The Canadian arm of Waste Management has sold certain properties to GFL Environmental, including numerous hauling yards and landfills.

By Nicole Wrona • May 8, 2014

Advanced Disposal opens gas-to-energy plant in GA

The plant is expected to produce 4.8 MW of electricity, which will power 2,000 households. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 7, 2014

Casella announces solar project at VT landfill

Casella Waste has announced a partnership with Borrego Solar Syatems and Soltage Greenwood to install solar panels at the Vermont site.

By Nicole Wrona • May 7, 2014

WA City Council to award $13M landfill contract

The shuttered landfill is in need of repairs that include erosion prevention work and waste relocation.

By Nicole Wrona • May 6, 2014

CO shuttering tire landfills by 2018

Governor John Hickenlooper is putting an end to a $5.8 million tire recycling subsidy program and shutting down tire landfills in the state — which currently have 60 million of the nation's 100 million scrap tires stockpiled. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 6, 2014

Fistfight occurs at PA landfill

A driver at a weigh-in at a county landfill in Pennsylvania allegedly knocked a man to the ground when confronted about cutting in line. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 2, 2014

Teamsters Union protests Republic Services at Waste Expo

The Teamsters protested practices that expose employees and surrounding communities to toxic waste from landfills owned by Republic.

By Nicole Wrona • May 1, 2014

Waste Management of Hawaii and management indicted on 13 felonies

A federal grand jury has issued 13 felonies against Waste Management of Hawaii and two of its employees, stemming from a flooding incident that washed landfill stormwater out to sea. 

By Nicole Wrona • May 1, 2014

Low methane production could cost sewage plant $1M

Advanced Disposal's Emerald Park landfill isn't producing as much methane as expected, prompting the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District to purchase natural gas elsewhere, despite its agreement with the landfill.

By Nicole Wrona • April 30, 2014

$4.5M WTE facility opens at ID landfill

The waste-to-energy market is expected to reach $28.6 billion in revenue by 2016, and the Fort Hall Mine landfill in Pocatello, ID is the latest state-of-the-art facility to begin operations. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 29, 2014

Rare video game excavated at landfill in NM

Crews unearthed vintage copies of an Atari "E.T." video game as part of a documentary film shoot surrounding the disposal of the cartridges. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 28, 2014

Teamsters Union: Bill Gates should intervene at West Lake landfill

Gates is the majority shareholder in the landfill's parent company, Republic Services, and is typically outspoken about combating environmental and health risks. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 25, 2014

Homeless receive settlement to leave Calif. landfill

A group of homeless people have been making their home on a site in Albany, California, and have been awarded $3,000 each to move from the area.

By Nicole Wrona • April 24, 2014

Nev. neighborhood shaken by 'earthquakes' caused by landfill

Residents living in the Highland Hills community claim that their homes were constructed in a restricted area on top of a former landfill. 

By Nicole Wrona • April 24, 2014

Feds to conduct health study at New Jersey landfill

The study will focus on odors being released from the Fenimore landfill in Roxbury Township, N.J.

By Nicole Wrona • April 23, 2014

L.A. County's $430M 'trash train' sits idle

The project has not been put to use because it is too costly to run and space became available at an Orange County, Calif. landfill.

By Nicole Wrona • April 23, 2014

Radioactive water detected in W.V. landfills taking Marcellus Shale waste

Tests on two landfills indicated water leaching from the sites had varying radioactivity levels -- some very high.

By Nicole Wrona • April 22, 2014

Settlement reached in Missouri landfill odor suit

The owners of the site have agreed to pay $6.9 million to nearby residents as the result of odors emanating from the landfill.

By Nicole Wrona • April 21, 2014

New agreement between EPA, Republic Services at West Lake Landfill

The agreement will result in a mesh barrier being constructed at the landfill.

By Nicole Wrona • April 17, 2014

Minn. landfill will test new leachate filtering system

The process is currently used in Europe, but the Kandiyohi County landfill will be the first site in the U.S. to try the system.

By Nicole Wrona • April 17, 2014

$20M landfill expansion approved in Wis.

The expansion negates the need for a new landfill, which would cost an estimated $100 million.

By Nicole Wrona • April 15, 2014