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Company eyeing area for energy facility
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- A clean energy company based in Carmel is considering locating an energy plant in the South Bend area that would vaporize waste, including garbage and solid waste, and turn it into energy. Milton Stewart, CEO and chairman of Green Earth...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Finance, Companies and Corporations, Economy, Business and Finance
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Holiday schedule for St. Joe's curbside recycling
ST. JOSEPH COUNTY – The Solid Waste Management District of St. Joseph County would like to remind you of the curbside pick-up holiday schedule. The day after Christmas and New Years, trucks will resume their normal delivery for Monday routes,...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Holidays, Waste Management Incorporated
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Bring it: Elkhart County's household hazardous waste drop is Saturday
Using your holiday weekend to clean out your basement and/or garage? Got household hazardous waste you don’t know what to do with?Bring it to the Elkhart County Correctional Facility, C.R. 7 at C.R. 26 (enter from C.R. 7), Elkhart, between 8 a.m....Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated, Hazardous Materials
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Harford, Baltimore counties enter agreement on trash collection
Baltimore and Harford counties have struck a deal on trash collection they say will benefit taxpayers in both places. Beginning next year, a Baltimore County contractor will take Harford County paper, plastic and other recyclables to a single-stream...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood, White Marsh
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Lauderdale, Oakland Park pick different trash firms
Oakland Park commissioners left hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential cost savings on the table this week, deciding that guaranteeing competition in garbage disposal services would save more money in the long run. Commissioners selected Sun...
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Waste Management Incorporated
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Lauderhill to decide on waste disposal contract soon
Lauderhill's waste disposal contract is up for grabs. Vying for the contract are two companies that have widely different ways of dealing with trash. Waste Management, which has two waste-to-energy facilities in Broward County, uses incinerators and...Tags: Hillsboro Beach, Environmental Issues, Waste, Southwest Ranches, Miramar
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Nuclear is the greenest energy
Tom Horton's recent commentary on nuclear energy is excellent and provides the beginning of a rational discussion of green energy in Maryland ("Embracing nukes," May 23). He includes data which shows that wind farms on average operate at 30 percent of...Tags: Environmental Issues, Nuclear Power, Renewable Energy, Energy, Wind Power
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Our View: A central figure in state's green goals
Big checks, golden shovels and oversized scissors are just as meaningless in the long run as a ceremonial “flipping of the switch,” unless that switch is connected to the idea that the Imperial Valley is truly playing a role in the “...Tags: Environmental Issues, Energy Saving, Renewable Energy, Energy, Alternative Energy
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Robocalls hit Sunrise amid bitter fight for garbage contract
Robocalls and attack ads are the norm in nasty political campaigns. But in Sunrise, they have become weapons of influence in South Florida's garbage wars. For the first time since 1987, cities in Broward have a choice in waste hauling services...Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Waste Management Incorporated
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EPA seeks to add 3 Ind. Superfund sites to its priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to add three Superfund sites in Indiana to its highest priority cleanup list for hazardous waste sites. The EPA proposed Tuesday adding Superfund sites in South Bend, Indianapolis...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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If approved, new garbage contract includes weekly recycling pickup
Orland Park residents are likely to see a small decrease in their garbage bills in coming months after a village committee OKd a proposed 10-year contract with Waste Management Monday. If the full Village Board approves the measure at its June 3...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Waste, Waste Management Incorporated, Energy Resources
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Buffalo Grove OKs trash contract giving residents free 35-gallon carts
The village of Buffalo Grove has elected to make new 35-gallon trash carts available free to residents. Under an agreement with Waste Management approved by the village board on Monday night, residents now have the option of choosing 35-gallon, 64-...Tags: Waste, Environmental Issues, Waste Management Incorporated
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