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Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest trash hauler, said Thursday that third-quarter profit sank, despite rising prices for recycled commodities and cost-cutting.
Waste Management Inc., the nation's No. 1 waste hauler, reports earnings for the third quarter before the market opens Thursday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion for the period.
A subsidiary of Waste Management Inc., the nation's No. 1 trash hauler, said Tuesday it has acquired a medical waste business.
Waste Management Inc. will need more time to transform itself from a trash hauler to an environmental services company, an analyst said Monday as he downgraded shares of the Houston company.
Waste Management, the nation's largest trash hauler, said Thursday its second-quarter profit dropped sharply due largely to falling recycling and energy prices.
Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage collector, said Wednesday its first-quarter profit fell 36 percent as the recession hurt prices of recycled goods and lowered the amount of trash picked up.
Waste Management Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit slid 29 percent on declines in its recycling business and one-time charges. The nation's No. 1 waste hauler also announced a restructuring and consolidation plan intended to save $100 million per year.
Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, on Monday withdrew its $6.73 billion bid to acquire smaller rival Republic Services, saying the move wouldn't be prudent given current financial market turmoil.
Efforts by Waste Management Inc. to buy rival trash hauler Republic Services Inc. are getting more complicated.
Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest trash hauler, has boosted its unsolicited buyout offer for rival Republic Services Inc. by about 9 percent to $37 per share, or $6.73 billion.
Waste hauler Republic Services says it will penalize companies seeking to make large-scale shares purchases, an apparent attempt to block a takeover bid by industry giant Waste Management.
Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit rose 26 percent on tax benefits and the sale of some operations, though higher fuel prices cut into income.
Waste Management Inc., the nation's largest garbage hauler, said Friday costs associated with a labor dispute and rising crude oil prices were mainly to blame for a 7 percent drop in its third-quarter earnings, which fell below Wall Street's expectations.
State regulators fined a chemical storage company more than $550,000 for violations connected with an October fire that prompted a massive evacuation in the town of Apex.
Waste Management Turns Landfill into Fuel Pump : Gas 2.0Waste Management, one of the biggest garbage companies in the country, says it will be able to produce 13,000 gallons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) daily from just one landfill in Northern California.
World's Largest Landfill Gas to LNG Plant Opens in CaliforniaWaste Management, one of the country's largest landfill operators, today is opening what it says it the world's largest facility to convert landfill gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Even after CIWMB, mandates will remain - Ridgecrest, CA - Ridgecrest Daily IndependentA spokesman for the California Integrated Waste Management Board confirmed Monday that even when the five-member board is disbanded in January, the mandates set in the 12-point recycling plan it gave the City of Ridgecrest will remain.
MIT scientists track trash to final resting places - The Boston GlobeBy using tiny electronic tracking devices mounted on a variety of both trash and recycled items scientists will be able to see exactly where these things end up. The tags transmit directly to cellphone towers beaming location information back to the lab.
Talking rubbishThis is a series of articles on waste management - definitely good reading material for people interested in this topic.
Sacramento region recyclables pile up as resale market crashesThe dealer for Sacramento city and county recyclables wants the curbside materials delivered for free until the global scrap market rebounds from a free-fall, and the company's record-high stockpiles of unsold paper, plastic and tin begin to shrink.....
14-Year-Old Boy Found In Recycling BinA 14-year-old boy was found in a bin at a recycling processing center Tuesday afternoon. Germantown police said that workers at the Germantown Waste Management site on Donges Bay Road found the teenager at 2 p.m
Boy survives ordeal inside trash truckA 14-year-old Milwaukee boy survived a horrific chain of events Tuesday after he was dumped from a large trash container into the back of a recycling truck, Germantown police and Waste Management officials said.
Waste-to-Resources: the ultimate sustainable industry? There have been major strides in producing everything from sandals to military hardware in more eco-friendly ways. Likewise, the reduction of waste has also been improved, through both new technology and behavioral changes. But perhaps the most intriguing sector of the "susta …
Recycling Saves New York MoneyRecycling in New York City is no more expensive than trash removal, and will become cheaper in just a few years, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Chester's Community Grocery Co-op: Chester's Co-op Board President HonoredTina Johnson, chair of Chester's Grocery Coop, received Beth Israel's Friend of the Community award on Friday, May 16th, for her work with the Chester Community to found a grocery store. Chester hasn't had a grocery store in 15 years.
Waste Morphing into 'Resource Transformation' BusinessThere is always an option and an opportunity if the right resources are applied and tried. replytoj001
In a three-year, low-seven-figure deal, Waste Management has signed on as the founding sponsor of the St. Louis Rams' new 4R environmental platform, St. Louis Business Journal reports.
Mexico City To Compost Food Waste From Central Food Market Each day Mexico City produces 5,100 tons of organic waste, 600 of which come from the city's sprawling Central de Abasto, or central marketplace. The center, known as the CEDA, is the largest food distribution center in the country and one of the largest in the world.
Controversial incinerators plan to help Scotland hit green targets - Scotsman.com NewsMINISTERS yesterday outlined radical plans to make Scotland one of the greenest countries in Europe with an ambitious target to send just 5 per cent of household waste to landfill sites by 2025. Seven or eight waste incineration plants – likely to prove controversial – could …
The truth about recycling As the importance of recycling becomes more apparent, questions about it linger. Is it worth the effort? How does it work? Is recycling waste just going into a landfill in China? Here are some answers
New process turns silicon chips into solar panelsWhat this process does is remove the remnants of the intellectual property from the wafers surface. This allows the wafers to be reused, or ideally, turned into solar panels.
Seattle's Recycling Success Is Being Measured in ScrapsOut here next to Steamboat Slough and the lumber mill, piles of garbage from Seattle are lined up in neat rows and blanketed with a fabric similar to that used in high-end Gore-Tex clothing.
SHANGHAI, CHINA-- Sancon Resources Recovery Inc.
SHANGHAI, CHINA-- Sancon Resources Recovery, Inc.
Sony Launches Recycling Program for Old TVsConsumer-electronics giant Sony is launching a nationwide recycling program in which it will recycle free-of-charge all old Sony TVs and all Sony-branded products in partnership with Waste Management.
Sancon Resources Recovery Inc (OTCBB: SRRY) a growing industrial waste recycling company with operations in China and Australia, today announced it has further expanded its China operation through its wholly owned subsidiary.
The end of garbageFrom the article: "Garbage," says the character played by Andie MacDowell in Sex, Lies, and Videotape. "All I've been thinking about all week is garbage. We've got so much of it, you know? I mean, we have to run out of places to put this stuff eventually."
Retired teacher faces charges for illegally dumping car batteries at school - MSN-Mainichi Daily NewsBoth the lead culprit (a 60 year old former teacher) and the school itself face charges after the teacher (along with some students) buried over 100 used car batteries on school grounds.
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