Perma-Fix Wins Kennedy Center Cleanup Contract
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (NASDAQ: PESI) has won a multi-year contract from Space Gateway Support LLC at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida to manage, transport, recycle, and dispose of all hazardous waste generated at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and other government facilities...

Waste Connections Releases Fourth Quarter, 2004 Earnings
Waste Connections, Inc. (NYSE: WCN) has announced fourth quarter 2004 earnings of $0.30 per share from continuing operations, down from $0.39 in the year-ago period. 2004's results included approximately $5.7 million of pre-tax expenses on refinancing costs, sales of corporate equipment and other charges...

Allied Waste Rolls Out Plans for New Credit, Debt Retirement
Allied Waste has unveiled a program to raise $600 million in total, including issuing $100 million in common stock...

N-Viro Plans Three New BioDry Facilities in Canada
N-Viro International Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: NVIC) has announced the development of three new facilities in eastern Canada that utilize the company's BioDry technology for the advanced treatment of wastewater biosolids...

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation Releases Canadian Collection Data
The Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation has announced its Canadian collection data for 2004, reporting the collection of more than 330 thousand pounds of rechargeable batteries in Canada, an increase of 31 percent from 2003...

Pennsylvania Announces $20 Million in Recycling Grants
The Pennsylvania Environmental Protection Secretary has announced 162 grants totaling $20 million to help finance municipal recycling programs...

Gundle/SLT Names Collard to VP/CFO Position
Gundle/SLT Environmental, Inc. has announced the appointment of Kelvin R...

TerraCycle Wins First Big-Box Order
TerraCycle Inc., manufacturer of TerraCycle Plant Food, has received its first major big box retail order from Wal-Mart Canada...

U.S. Plastic Lumber, Russin Lumber Sign Distribution Agreement
U.S. Plastic Lumber Corp. has signed a six-year, multimillion-dollar distribution agreement with Russin Lumber Corp...

Waste Management Reports Fourth Quarter, 2004 Earnings
Waste Management has reported higher fourth quarter earnings and sales based on larger volumes and hurricane-related cleanup...

CVS Holds First-Ever Waste Medication Collection Program
Recently, CVS Pharmacy held a first-of-its-kind free disposal program at one of its Maine stores, inviting consumers to bring in expired or unwanted medication for environmentally safe disposal...

Waste Connections' Kansas Landfill Could Cause Problems For Wichita Plans
Waste Connections is close to winning approval for a landfill in Harper County that would take much of the city of Wichita's waste, a development that could pose problems for Sedgwick County-which had also planned on taking Wichita's waste-in developing its own landfill...

North Carolina Landfill Awaits Final Decision On Permitting
The Camden County (NC) Board of Commissioners is considering whether a controversial landfill project can proceed, but has warned opponents of the facility that backing out of the contract now could require paying $10 million to Black Bear LLC, the company that has planned the facility...