Latest Waste Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Waste Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sloan Mason Offers Trash Haulers, Landfill Operators Package
Jun 2 2009 // Sloan Mason, based in San Diego, Calif., has introduced coverages for garbage/trash haulers and landfill operators, available nationwide. The A XV rated carrier provides general liability, pollution and auto coverage....
Cleanup Agreement Reached for Massachusetts Landfill
Dec 15 2008 // Environmental officials say a settlement has been reached to complete the cleanup of the Shpack landfill in Norton and Attleboro, Massachusetts The landfill is a federal Superfund site contaminated with chemical and...
High Car Stacks Blamed in Rhode Island Recycling Yard Fire
Aug 22 2008 // Officials in Johnston, Rhode Island say firefighters struggled to douse a large recycling plant fire over the weekend because cars there were stacked too high and were piled too close to each other. The blaze at the Metals...
‘Garbage In, Gospel Out’
Jun 2 2008 // Catastrophe Modeling Pioneer Clark Analyzes an Industry She Helped Create Karen Clark, former CEO of AIR Worldwide, now heads her own firm Karen Clark & Co. (www.karenclarkandco.comwww.karenclarkandco.com). She made...
Recycling Plant Fire in South Carolina Creates Environmental Hazard
May 1 2008 // State environmental officials say runoff from the thousands of gallons of water sprayed on a fire at a South Carolina recycling plant may have killed hundreds of fish. The facility where plastic bottles and cardboard are...
Virginia Landfill Now One of Nation’s Most Hazardous Sites
Mar 21 2008 // A Loudoun County, Virginia landfill blamed for contaminating drinking wells is being added to a federal registry of the nation’s most hazardous sites. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added the Hidden Lane...
