Public Utilities, Waste Management
May 10, 2023
Via: Waste Management WorldIt was in 1885 that the first waste incinerator was built in the United States on Governors Island in New York. By the mid-20th century hundreds more were in operation across the country. But when the impacts of the water […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
July 21, 2022
Via: Waste360The ability of the solid waste sector to curtail methane emissions is a critical part of mitigating the negative impacts of climate change. RMI, Carbon Mapper, and Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) have published a report detailing the […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
September 18, 2018
Via: Waste360Increasingly, more municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills are becoming privatized, now controlling the bulk of waste in the U.S. Today, about half of them are privately owned, with industry controlling 85 to 90 percent of permitted capacity, estimates Michael E. […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
July 11, 2018
Via: Waste360WCA Waste Corporation, a vertically integrated, non-hazardous solid waste services company, has announced its entry into the State of Kentucky with the acquisition of the vertically integrated solid waste operations of Freedom Waste Services, LLC (FWS) and Jones Sanitation, LLC. […]
July 25, 2024
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