Waste Management News

Patient Safety Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Marc L. Rose, CPA , to the position of Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary, replacing Mary M. Lay, who has been acting CFO since 2008.

Michigan has lost $1.9 billion in economic activity and $2.5 billion in home equity value in three years because of population declines in 63 of its 83 counties, according to a Michigan State University study.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says Waste Management Inc. must pay $6.5 million to relatives of a nursing home patient killed when a garbage truck hit an ambulance.

VINELAND -- For the second time, the city was ready to award its new trash contract to South Jersey Sanitation Co., and for the second time, Blue Diamond Disposal Inc.

Chester County's long-term plan for handling all its trash, including municipal solid waste, does not include any particular emphasis on waste incineration, though the plan also does not rule out the process.

Waste Management today announced that Puneet Bhasin has been named as the company's new senior vice president, information technology .

RV PARK: SG&K has purchased a 32-acre mobile home and recreational vehicle park in New Caney, from Wild Country RV Park & Campground.

Working with the telecommunications company Qualcomm, the MIT researchers created a device -- or, as the researchers call them, "traces" -- that could track a piece of trash using both GPS and cell phone towers.

Thousands are expected to pack into downtown Houston for Waste Management's 25th Annual Superfeast.

All Leon County offices and libraries will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov.

Nobody likes taking out the trash. Fewer people aspire to start a waste collection business.

Christmas trees are not useless after Christmas. They can be given new use after the holidays as great gardening mulch through recycling.

In its November 23 edition, Barron's said Waste Connections shares could rise to $37.50 in a year, citing Raymond James analyst William Fisher's price target for the stock, which closed at $31.79 on the New York Stock Exchange Friday.

Russellvillea s Solid Waste Advisory Committee gets down to business Story date: Nov.

Waste Management New Hampshire is celebrating the commissioning of a new landfill gas-to-liquefied natural gas facility at the company's Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Calif.

I was back in Houston last night participating in a panel discussion on the Business of Health: Expert Insights and Perspectives.

A new plant converting landfill waste gases into liquefied natural gas cuts the release of methane, a potent cause of climate change, and also reduces smog-producing compounds that might flow from the Altamont Landfill near Livermore into the Central Valley, a clean-air official said.

The landfill rises sharply from a flat floodplain in southeastern Lewisville, looking more like a long, grassy hill than a mound of discarded paper towels, eggshells and cereal boxes.

Stocks featured in this week's analysis include Fuel System Solutions , Oshkosh Truck and W... HOUSTON-- --Waste Management, Inc.

Garbage rates in Greenville are going up for all customers effective April 1. Greenville council members on Tuesday approved a 1-year contract extension with Waste Management Inc., based in West Sunbury, Pa.