Mon, 12 May 2008 10:43:34 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/images/lilwnnew.jpg http://www.wastenews.com 120 75 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210347333 May 9 -- The National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology has released a report containing recommendations for actions by the EPA and the investment community to encourage private investment in new environmental technologies. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Fri, 09 May 2008 11:35:33 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210347258 May 9 -- Shareholders of Waste Industries USA Inc. approved a deal to go private, ending about a decade of public ownership, the Raleigh, N.C.-based company said. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Fri, 09 May 2008 11:34:18 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210346975 May 9 -- A California waste hauler is being fined more than $88,000 for alleged failure to inspect diesel trucks for compliance with the state´s smoke emissions standards and for violation of trash hauler rules, according to the California Air Resources Board. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Fri, 09 May 2008 11:29:35 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210346930 May 9 -- Co-authors of the leading climate change bill are still convinced their cap-and-trade legislation is the appropriate economic and environmental prescription for the country -- even though it would likely raise out-of-pocket prices for household energy. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Fri, 09 May 2008 11:28:50 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210346869 May 9 -- Black Beauty Coal Co., of Evansville, Ind., and its subsidiary Arclar Co., of Equality, Ill., have resolved allegations brought by federal regulators that the companies filled in streams and wetlands without a permit while mining in Indiana and Illinois. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Fri, 09 May 2008 11:27:49 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210346807 May 9 -- The Reusable Pallet and Container Coalition is changing its name to the Reusable Packaging Association in a move designed to promote reusable packaging throughout the supply chain, the group said. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Fri, 09 May 2008 11:26:47 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210261202 May 8 -- The European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme offers valuable lessons for the U.S. Congress as it develops a cap-and-trade system for use in this country, according to the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Thu, 08 May 2008 11:40:02 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210261136 May 8 -- Officials at Sonoco Products Co. rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange May 8 to mark the company achievement of $4 billion in annual sales for the first time ever in 2007. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Thu, 08 May 2008 11:38:56 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210261093 May 8 -- Wind energy developers installed 1,400 megawatts of new capacity during the first quarter of 2008, according to the American Wind Energy Association. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Thu, 08 May 2008 11:38:13 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210261047 May 8 -- Shareholders at Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., one of the world's largest paper recyclers, re-elected all of the company's directors to additional one-year terms. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Thu, 08 May 2008 11:37:27 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210260987 May 8 -- Northeast Lamp Recycling Inc. in East Windsor, Conn., has changed its name to Next Level for Recycling Inc. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Thu, 08 May 2008 11:36:27 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210260873 May 8 -- Trex Company Inc. reported improved results for the first quarter ended March 31 resulting from cost-saving measures the company has taken and expansion of its distribution network. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Thu, 08 May 2008 11:34:33 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210184044 May 7 -- Barely five months after lauding itself for passing aggressive energy legislation that pushes renewable fuels production to 36 billion gallons by 2022, Congress is experiencing buyer´s remorse. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Wed, 07 May 2008 14:14:04 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210175381 May 7 -- The U.S. EPA has reached an $80,080 settlement with a Reno, Nev., company for its failure to submit required toxic chemical reports, a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Wed, 07 May 2008 11:49:41 -0400 http://www.wastenews.com/rss2.html?id=1210175328 May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy is awarding more than $126.6 million to the West Coast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership and the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership for the Department's fifth and sixth large-scale carbon sequestration projects. info@wastenews.com (Waste News) Wed, 07 May 2008 11:48:48 -0400