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SPECIAL REPORT: Solid Waste Industry Overview 2002
As Economy Picks Up, Waste Scrap, Equipment, & Consulting Industries Look To Gain Strength

ISSUE: Volume 12, Number 3 & 4 March - April 2002

ABSTRACT:

As the economy strengthens and Sept. 11th’s economic effects diminish, the waste industry is starting to begin looking forward rather than just holding its ground. In this issue of Solid Waste Digest, we present Chartwell's 2001 statistics on solid waste trends and begin the first of several issues profiling several major sectors of the industry. In addition to features on the recycling, composting, and scrap industries, we take a close look at a variety of waste equipment companies and consulting & engineering firms.

SECTIONS:
-SLOW & STEADY WINS THE RACE
-STATES TEST INTERSTATE ISSUE
-TRANSFER RAISES PROFILE
-EQUIPMENT SLUMPS
-RECYCLING LEVELS OFF
-COMPOSTING SLOWLY PICKS UP
-WASTE-TO-ENERGY FLAT
-FUTURE POLICY LIES IN STEWARDSHIP

Observations of the Data
-Chartwell's Analysis

Landfill Compactors
Profile: Compaction America
-BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER
-FOCUS ON COMPACTION HELPS

Truck Body Manufacturing
Profile: Heil Environmental Industries, Ltd.
Profile: Dover Industries
-2002 PICKING UP FOR A LACKLUSTER 2001
-USING OLD TRUCKS CAN COST THE HAULER MUCH MORE

Grinding & Processing Equipment
Profile: Morbark Inc.

Container Manufacturing
Profile: Rehrig Pacific Co.
-A MIX OF PUBLIC & PRIVATE

Rear Loader Manufacturing
Profile: Leach Company
-RESTRUCTURING BY WASTE MANAGEMENT HITS PURCHASING
-STRONG DOLLAR CURBS EXPORTS

Waste Handling Materials
Profile: Wastequip Inc.
-A POWERFUL ALLY TAPS WASTEQUIP SUPPLIER OF CHOICE
-ACQUISITIONS AND ECONOMIES OF SCALE PAYING OFF

Profiles of Consulting Engineers
-CH2M Hill
-HDR, Inc.
-Kennedy-Jenks Consultants
-Stewart Environmental Consultants

Scrap Industry:
Cautiously Eyeing a Potential Domestic Economic Recovery
-A TOUGH 2001 BEHIND US
-SCRAP SHARES HOLD UP
-PROGRESS IN MERCURY ISSUE
-REBUILDING MARGINS IN SURVIVAL MODE

Company Profile: Rumpke Consolidated Companies, Inc.
Table: Rumpke Waste Operations At-a-Glance: Landfills, Materials Recovery, and Transfer Operations
DATA:
Figure: Solid Waste Industry, 2001
Table: Top 20 Solid Waste Companies, 2001
Figure: Size of the Solid Waste Market by Industry Segment (in Billions of $)
Table: Waste Generation, Recovery & Disposal by State for 2001 (in Millions)
Table: Trends in Waste Generation & Disposal by State from 2000 to 2001 (in Millions)
Table: Number of Operating Waste Disposal Operations by State in 2001
Table: Year-to-Year Materials Recovery Volumes by State (in Millions of Tons)
Figure: Average Landfill Size by Year and by Whether Publicly or Privately Owned (Tons/Year)
Table: Volumes, Average Prices & Revenues from Landfilling MSW by State For 2001 and 2000

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