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• At Deadline.(Seattle sanitation workers, Environmental Protection Agency budget cut, recycling at Kentucky Derby)

  - 2006-05-08

  Seattle trash workers reach deals with duo Unionized trash workers in Seattle struck tentative labor deals with both Waste Management Inc. and Allied Waste Industries Inc. Members of Teamsters Local 174 were scheduled to vote on the...

  Tags: Allied Waste Industries Inc., recycling, Seattle, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc., worker

• Awards.(News)(Shelagh Connelly from Resource Management Inc receives award)(Safeway Inc receives award)(Byron Lord of Federal Highway Administration receives award)

  - 2006-03-27

  Pa. city sewer unit garners EPA award The Lititz, Pa., Sewer Authority has been awarded the Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The awards program highlights effective local operations ...

  Tags: Safeway Inc., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc.

• Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)(downsizing)(Recycling industry)(Waste Management Inc. (Houston, Texas))

  - 2005-12-05

  Paper Domtar to close mills, cut 1,800 jobs Domtar Inc. is closing and selling off mills in moves that will eliminate 1,800 jobs, the Montreal-based forest products company said. A wide...

  Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, job, Waste Management, Waste Management Inc., Canadian Dollar, downsizing

• Waste Industry Briefs.(Briefs)

  - 2005-03-14

  Waste-To-Energy WM to demolish Michigan WTE plant Waste Management Inc. is moving forward with the demolition of its Dearborn Heights, Mich., waste-to-energy plant, which should be completed by Aug. 16. ...

  Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc., company, consent decree

• News Timeline.(Special Report)

  - 2002-12-23

  January * The co-owners of the largest private trash hauling company in Staten Island - B. Manzo & Son, M. Manzo & Co. Inc. - agree to a lifetime ban as part of guilty plea for tax evasion. ...

  Tags: beverage, Manufacturing, U.S., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc.

• Toxic trash to treasure Landfill could become a large park.(News)

  - 2002-08-25

  Byline: Kate Grusich Daily Herald Staff Writer Motorists and pedestrians traveling along McMillen Road in Antioch may have noticed the sign and chain link fence on the side of the street blocking public entry to a particular property. Typically, the only people...

  Tags: FINANCE, landfill, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc.

• Cool deal; WMI, EPA settle Mass. fridge case.(Waste Management Inc charged with collecting appliances improperly)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-05-13

  Waste Management Inc. will spend more than $3 million to settle a case with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly improperly collecting appliances and releasing refrigerants into Boston's air. The settlement resolves federal Waste Management Inc....

  Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc., WMI

• News timeline.(waste industry year in review)(Brief Article)

  - 2001-12-24

  January * Electronic Industries Alliance launches Web site alerting consumers to outlets for their end-of-life electronic equipment. * The three largest commercial trash haulers in New York City ask the city to raise the $12.10 per...

  Tags: Waste Management Inc., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, health care

• Unsafe sewage sludge or beneficial biosolids?: Liability, planning, and management issues regarding the land application of sewage treatment residuals

  - 1999-07-01

  Commentators have identified fear of liability as a major deterrent to the widespread land application of sewage sludge. Liability issues regarding land application include not only legal liability, but also market liability as a result of negative public perceptions of the land application of sewage sludge. Under current law, municipal...

  Tags: Environmental, Farm, Government, HEALTHCARE, landfill, manufacturer, nuisance, pollution, regulation, Regulations, Rep, Soil, Standards, STAT, statute, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc.

• CWM to pay $1m in PCB complaint settlement:

  - 1993-01-01

  Chemical Waste Management Inc. CWM, the US hazardous waste management firm, has agreed to pay $300,000 in penalties for alleged violations under the Toxic Substances Control Act TSCA, and provide $730,000 for pollution prevention and hazardous waste projects in Niagara County, New York state. According to...

  Tags: pollution, SECURITY, settlement, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Inc.