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Honolulu mayor wants to fine those who abuse bulky-item pickup rules
Honolulu :: HI :: USA | 33 minutes ago
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Mayor Mufi Hannemann wants to crack down on bulky-item pickup abuse by imposing civil fines against those who throw out sofas, toilet bowls and other heavy items before its time. Property owners could be fined $500 a day if bulky items are left out longer...
Tags: Honolulu Police Department, Mufi Hannemann, Honolulu, Litter, Waste
Teen, grandmother team up to fight litter
Asbury :: IA :: USA | about 1 hour ago
Credibility Hannah Childress is afraid of snakes, but still braves the ditches on Asbury Road to help keep her community clean. The Asbury High School junior regularly helps her grandmother, Janice McClendon, pick up litter along a mile stretch of Asbury Road. �I�m...
Tags: Janice McClendon, ASBURY � Hannah Childress, Asbury Road, Asbury, Waste, Crimes, Litter, Packaging
Waste firm values have plenty room to rise: report
New York :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Current valuations of waste managers such as Waste Connections Inc , Waste Management Inc and Republic Services Inc give the company's shares a lot of room to rise, according to a Barron's story. In its November 23 edition, Barron's said Waste Connections...
Tags: waste managers, Republic Services NYSE, Republic Services Inc, Barron, New York, New York Stock Exchange, Waste, Corporate scandals, Waste Management Inc, Republic Services, Business Finance, Environment
Ethanol plant gets sober look from locals
Evansville :: IN :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Local officials are pondering, cautiously, a proposal to place an ethanol plant within the city The technology seems to work, but the contracts must be in place to make the operation a go, financially. Local officials mostly are taking a cautious stance...
Tags: Powers Energy of America, Earl Powers, Lake County, solid waste, Evansville, Waste Management Inc, Landfill, Waste, Electronic waste, Ethanol, Waste management, Recyclable materials, Recycling, Environment
South Bay jobless rate bucks trends, remains stable
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | 2 days ago
Credibility With unemployment at 6.4 percent, Torrance was the only local area that saw an increase in the rate, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. Torrance's rate was up 0.1 percentage point from September's 6.3...
Tags: Mark Brooks Torrance You, Los Angeles, Unemployment, Steve Jobs, Labor economics, Recessions, Macroeconomics, Labor, Business Finance, Torrance California, Waste, Household Hazardous Waste, Hazardous waste, Environment
County-wide recycling
Dalton :: GA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility They can all be found on the Web site through "search our site." Don’t live in the city and don’t have curbside recycling collection? Don’t worry, you have lots of other recycling options to choose from. Every time you take your garbage to a convenience...
Tags: solid wastes, wastes authority, Dalton-Whitfield Solid Waste Authority, old dixie, recycle opportunities, dixie landfill, transfer station, Dalton, Waste collection, Hazardous waste, Waste, Municipal solid waste, Landfill, Waste management, Recycling, Recyclable materials, Environment
EC suing Bulgaria for Sofia waste disposal failure
Brussels :: Belgium | 3 days ago
Credibility The case concerns inadequate waste disposal facilities in Sofia. Bulgaria should have had an adequate network of waste disposal installations in place by the time it joined the EU on January 1 2007 but no solution is in place. Sofia continues to rely...
Tags: Sofia Municipality, waste disposal, Belgium, Brussels, Sofia, Waste management, Waste, Environment, European Union, European Court of Justice, Bulgaria, Law of the European Union, European Commission, Electronic waste
India can win Nobel for filth, says Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi :: India | 3 days ago
Credibility Environment minister Jairam Ramesh, known for courting controversy and making candid remarks, on Friday said if there was a Nobel prize for dirt and filth, India would get it. “Our cities are the dirtiest cities of the world...The minister was talking...
Tags: Indian, Jairam Ramesh, nobel prize, Vijay Kelkar, finances commission, public sector, minister jairam, dirtiest cities, Finance Commission, Mr Kelkar, India, New Delhi, Waste management, Dirt, Cleanliness, Squatting, Waste, Environment, Hygiene, Waste Management Inc, Delhi, The Energy and Resources Institute, Dhaka, Indian National Congress, Economists, Jairam, Indian films, Disinvestment, Investment, International sanctions, Social responsibility, Business Finance
Trash collection delayed 1 day by holidays
Grass Valley :: CA :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Holiday collection Residential and commercial collection service in Grass Valley, Nevada City and Nevada County will be delayed one-day on Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. All customers regularly scheduled for service on these days...
Tags: opens today, Grass Valley, Waste, Waste Management Inc, Nevada, Waste management, Disaster Accident, Environment, Weather, Entertainment Culture, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5
Garcia: County may revisit landfill concerns
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility At the commission's earlier direction, County Administrator Gary Meagher and Solid Waste Management Director Steve Graves met with city officials to discuss the city's refuse collection changes that will eliminate a special collection system for yard...
Tags: Frances Garcia, yard waste, Hutchinson, Leachate, Municipal solid waste, Waste Management Inc, Green waste, Waste management, Landfill, Waste
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