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Monday, September 17, 2012

Top Ten Most Read Newsletter

Grand jury looking into Warren, Michigan, garbage truck purchases

In a public corruption probe, a federal grand jury is looking into a Michigan city's dealings with a trash-hauling contractor and the city's business with the company that operates Detroit's waste-to-energy facility, the Warren (Mich.) Weekly reported.

Waste audit finds problems at Dallas' landfill

There is a "strong likelihood" that because of lax controls at the McCommas Bluff Landfill, the city of Dallas lost $1.1 million in revenue over the last 11 years, a city audit found, according to the Dallas Morning News.

Florida taking a different path to getting to a 75% recycling rate

Florida's 75% recycling rate goal by 2020 is an ambitious one. It's especially ambitious when you consider the state's current recycling rate is 31%.

Update: Source of Krinos' WTE funding in doubt

Boardman, Ohio-based private equity firm Krinos Venture Capital Co. recently announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in waste-to-fuel plants that will be built by Nature's Fuel, Warren, Ohio's Tribune Chronicle reported.

FedEx earns $10 for every $1 spent on recyclables

Federal Express Corp. didn't deliver its recycling program overnight, but the company certainly shows how profits can arise from an idea.

Progressive Waste facing competition charges in Canada

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. is strongly denying wrongdoing regarding charges from the Canada Competition Bureau that allege breach of a 2010 consent decree surrounding the purchase of Waste Services Inc.

Advanced Disposal seeks incentives to stay in Jacksonville, Florida

Advanced Disposal Services Inc., headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., is seeking almost $700,000 in incentives from the local and state governments to stay in the city.

Glass recycler faces $177,500 fine over alleged stormwater violations

Glass recycler Strategic Materials Inc. is facing a potential $177,500 fine for alleged Clean Water Act violations, the U.S. EPA said.

Connecticut man charged with illegal waste disposal

The owner of a abandoned dairy farm in East Haven, Conn., has been charged with illegally stockpiling and burying "significant amounts" of refuse on the vacant property.

Sonoco lowers guidance on recycled paperboard problems

Operational problems at several uncoated recycled paperboard mills are causing Sonoco Products Co. to lower its earnings guidance for the third quarter.