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Coastal Resources of Maine offers waste innovations

The Municipal Posted on November 16, 2020 by Janet PattersonNovember 16, 2020
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The state of Maine is making history with the opening of the Coastal Resources of Maine recycling facility in Hampden, a city of about 7,000 on the Penobscot River. The plant is the first next-generation recycling facility in the country, … Continue reading →

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Rubicon empowers proactive municipal waste and recycling operations

The Municipal Posted on November 1, 2020 by Michael AllegrettiNovember 2, 2020
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By 2025, the world’s urban areas will be producing 2.2 billion tons of waste per year. By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s residents will live in urban areas. Our waste challenge is increasingly an urban challenge, meaning that we … Continue reading →

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Keeping Sanitation Workers Safe In This COVID-19 Era

The Municipal Posted on March 19, 2020 by David RachelsonMarch 19, 2020
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America’s first responders; our police officers, firefighters, doctors, nurses, and more are all to be commended during this unprecedented time for our country, and the world as a whole. In this list, it’s important that we don’t forget the everyday … Continue reading →

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What a waste — or is it?

The Municipal Posted on July 13, 2019 by Elisa WalkerJuly 12, 2019

With China no longer importing plastic from the U.S. and environmental awareness spreading, states are experimenting with ideas to cut down on the garbage piling up.           Last year the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned the rest of … Continue reading →

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Balancing act: landfills vs. waste-to-energy plants

The Municipal Posted on December 29, 2014 by Ray BaloghDecember 26, 2014
Lee County Solid Waste combustion units

There’s a lot of gold in them thar hills. “Gold,” in this case, refers to municipal solid waste that can be recycled, reused, composted or converted into energy. It also includes the waste’s by-product of methane, some of which can … Continue reading →

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Pressure builds on CRT disposal

The Municipal Posted on January 15, 2014 by Julie YoungFebruary 18, 2014
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Computers, televisions, tablets, cell phones, game consoles and iPods: They’re the gadgets and gizmos that revolutionized the world and have changed how we live and work. But the same devices have also given rise to the latest threat to our … Continue reading →

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Waste not, want not: solid waste management and environmental responsibility

The Municipal Posted on September 18, 2013 by Julie YoungSeptember 18, 2013
Americans generate 250 million tons of garbage each year. For some communities, the solid waste solution is an EFW facility, which allows non-recyclable waste materials to be converted into useable heat, electricity or fuel through combustion, gasification, pyrolization, anaerobic digestion, landfill gas recovery and other processes. (Photo provided)

Though it has been 25 years since Bristol, Conn., and surrounding communities first considered the addition of an energy-from-waste facility as part of their solid waste management program, Mayor Arthur Ward remembers how area residents opposed the idea. “There was … Continue reading →

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Waste not, want not: solid waste management and environmental responsibility

The Municipal Posted on August 23, 2013 by Julie YoungSeptember 18, 2013
Part of the waste delivery system at a plant in Montgomery, Ga.

When officials in Lee County, Fla., first announced plans to construct an energy-from-waste facility as part of a solid waste management program, the concept was met with considerable opposition from environmentally-conscious residents. “There’s this idea that comes from a very … Continue reading →

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Petersen Recognizes Heil of Texas as Dealer of the Year for 2012

The Municipal Posted on June 20, 2013 by The MunicipalJune 20, 2013

Lake Wales, Florida, June 18, 2013 – Petersen Industries, Inc., the nation’s leading knuckleboom manufacturer for the waste and recycling industry, recently recognized Heil of Texas as the recipient of the 2012 Dealer of the Year award.  This accolade is … Continue reading →

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Full-scale anaerobic digester project underway at Michigan State University

The Municipal Posted on September 19, 2012 by Vickie MayerSeptember 4, 2012
Michigan State University broke ground in the spring on an anaerobic digester as part of the university’s Energy Transition Plan.

As part of a long-range goal for Michigan State University to consume only renewable energy, the university has broken ground on an unusual project. The MSU Board of Trustees approved a proposal in April to move forward with an anaerobic … Continue reading →

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What is Zero Waste?

The Municipal Posted on June 21, 2012 by Vickie MayerAugust 16, 2012
These auto parts have been reclaimed to use again, rather than being sent to a landfill

Zero waste is a new planning approach for the 21st century that seeks to redesign the way that resources and materials flow through society. The zero waste idea is both a back-end solution that maximizes recycling and minimizes waste, and … Continue reading →

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