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5 hrs ago | Reuters

Canada's IESI-BFC to acquire Waste Services Inc

BFC Ltd has agreed to acquire Waste Services Inc in an all-stock deal worth $370 million that will create North America's third-largest solid-waste management company.

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Related Topix: Canada, Washington DC, Environmental, Waste Management, Republic Services

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Construction & Demolition Recycling

Report Supports Importance of Construction Waste Recycling

McGraw-Hill Construction, based in New York City, has released a new report titled 'Sustainable Construction Waste Management: Creating Value in the Built Environment,' which it says reveals that 61 percent of contractors rate waste management plans as the second most important aspect of green building, only behind energy efficiency.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental, Energy, Oil & Gas

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Environmental Leader

LG, Waste Management to Recycle Hotel TVs, Computer Monitors

A new program gives hotels an option for recycling their aging television sets and computer monitors.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management

Mon Nov 09, 2009

Hotels

LG Electronics Announces First Recycling Program for Hotel TVs, Comput

The leading provider of flat-panel HDTVs to the lodging industry, LG Electronics USA, Inc., and the nation's leading recycler, Waste Management, Inc.

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Related Topix: TV, Electronics, Environmental, Waste Management, Travel/Tourism

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Erie Times-News

Summit Township Supervisor: Tom Church

Tom Church has done a solid job in his first term as Summit Township supervisor, bringing the common-sense experience of running his own business, Church Electric Inc., to his government post.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental, Opinion

Sat Nov 07, 2009

The Morning Call

Lower Mount Bethel likely to see trash rate hike

Most Lower Mount Bethel Township residents would see garbage collection bills rise approximately 12 percent under a plan presented by township supervisors Monday night.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental, Pen Argyl, PA

Fri Nov 06, 2009

San Francisco Chronicle

Altamont Landfill's gas fuels garbage trucks

A company that manages landfills has a new source of fuel for its garbage trucks - rotting trash.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management, Livermore, CA, Global Warming

Thu Nov 05, 2009

The State

City might rethink contract for landfill

Last week, with three of seven members absent, Columbia City Council voted 3-1 to extend the city's landfill contract with the Houston-based company Waste Management.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental, Columbia Metro, Columbia, SC

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Environmental Leader

Waste Management Landfill Gas Project Complete

A Waste Management Inc. landfill gas capture project at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, Calif., has finally come into production, and now is powering 300 of Waste Management's nearly 500 natural gas-powered waste and recycling collection trucks.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental, Livermore, CA

Tue Nov 03, 2009

VentureBeat

Calif. nabs worlda s largest landfill-to-fuel plant

California is now home to the world's largest plant converting landfill gas into usable natural gas.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management, Livermore, CA, Emerging Technology

San Jose Mercury News

Converting garbage to fuel for garbage trucks

Mist forms from the hoses as a tanker truck is filled with liquefied natural gas following the opening celebration for the world's largest landfill gas to LNG facility at the Altamont Landfill in Livermore, Calif., on Monday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Livermore, CA, Environmental, Waste Management, San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, San Ramon, CA

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Green Car Congress

Linde and Waste Management Commission Worlds Largest Landfill to Liquefied Natural Gas Facility

A joint venture between Waste Management, Inc., North Americaa TMs largest waste services company, and Linde North America, part of The Linde Group, has begun producing clean, renewable vehicle fuel at its facility located at the Altamont Landfill near Livermore, California.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management, Livermore, CA

Myrtle Beach Online

No dumping: NC spurs companies to recycle waste

North Carolina officials know some of the mountains of trash that are dumped daily could be useful to someone, if only interested parties could find each other.

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Related Topix: North Carolina, Environmental, Waste Management, Life, Food, Recipes, Nuclear Energy, Education

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Examiner.com

APLN-Houston Agile Estimating and Planning for Scrum - Peter Borsella

Agile project management methods are becoming common as a way to deal with rapid change and high uncertainty.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Seeking Alpha

Waste Management, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Waste Management, Inc. October 29, 2009 10:00 am ET Executives David Steiner a ' CEO Lawrence Oa TMDonnell a ' President and COO Bob Simpson a ' SVP and CFO Analysts Jonathan Ellis a ' Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Presentation Operator Good morning.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Elburn Herald

Village considers hiring waste hauler

Currently, each household has its own waste hauler. "We're in the very early stages," Village President Bob Rodney said.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Redmond Reporter

Redmond High students join Trash Track project

Students from Redmond High School and Issaquah Middle School joined researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Trash Track, an international project tracking waste through the disposal system.

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Related Topix: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Waste Management, Environmental

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Gazette Journal

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Del. Harvey Morgan, left, and Rep. Rob Wittman, were among guests who took a short ride on one of the new buses.

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Related Topix: Gloucester, VA, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Robert Wittman, Environmental, Waste Management, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy, Hayes, VA

Myrtle Beach Online

Waste Management segment acquires medical business

A subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., the nation's No. 1 trash hauler, said Tuesday it has acquired a medical waste business.

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Related Topix: Environmental, Waste Management, Nuclear Energy, US Politics, US News, Jim Matheson, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Bart Gordon, Lamar Alexander, US Senate, Republican

Tue Oct 27, 2009

ABC News

Waste Management Segment Acquires Medical Business

A subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., the nation's No. 1 trash hauler, said Tuesday it has acquired a medical waste business.

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Related Topix: Waste Management, Environmental, Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Business News

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