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Waste Digest: Back Issues for 2005
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ISSUE: Volume 15, Number 7-8, 2005 Contents:Solid Waste Market Report, page 2 State Solid Waste Report: Virginia, page 11 Product Stewardship: Mercury Switches, page 15 Key Market Report: Dallas, page 20 Business Profile: IESI, page 22 Solid Waste Business Index SWD Data Charts |
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ISSUE: Volume 15, Number 5-6, 2005 SPECIAL REPORT: Rail Hauling Waste Rail-Hauling Today: New York, Los Angeles Lead Cities Considering Rail Disposal However, with landfills around many major metropolitan areas, most prominently Los Angeles and New York, closing down, rail-hauling waste is emerging as a viable-even preferred-means of disposal. Selected Data & Sections:Figure: Waste Disposal Facilities With or Planning Rail Access Table: Waste Disposal Facilities With or Planning Rail Access The Economics Profile: Los Angeles Profile: New York Future Prospects |
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ISSUE: Volume 15, Number 3-4, 2005 California In Los Angeles's earliest days, trash was burned in backyard incinerators or sent to ranches to feed hogs. But by the 1950s, most of the city's waste was sent to landfills. Now, nearly one million tons of waste generated by the city's residents is buried in landfills each year. Selected Data:Figure: Comparison of Average Tipping Fees for Waste Disposal Facilities Within 100 Miles of LA Figure: Landfills Operating Within 100 Miles of the City of Los Angeles Table: Landfills Operating Within 100 Miles of the City of Los Angeles SWD's Business Achievement Awards 2005 Company Profile: Stericycle and IntelliCenter |
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ISSUE: Volume 15, Number 1-2, 2005 SPECIAL REPORT: Interstate Waste State Borders Open Ever Wider to Waste; Congress Shows No Interest in Oversight All garbage, like politics, is local. As far as the industry has progressed in refining and streamlining waste into a marketable and manageable commodity, it still revolves around the simple equation of one location handling another's unwanted material. And depending on the distance between those locations, that disposal can be either a normal aspect of day-to-day life, or a politically charged act of symbolism. Selected Data:Table 1: Tip Fee Differences Between Import/Export Partners Table 2: Importers vs. Exporters Figure: Historic and Projected Increasing Movement of Waste Interstate Figure: Landfill Volume by Region and Year Figure: Number of Transfer Stations by Year in the US |
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ISSUE: Volume 14, Number 10-11, 2004 Executive
Review 2005 Once again, Solid Waste Digest has opened its pages to the thoughts and opinions of the waste industry at large, and once again we are pleased to bring you a variety of perspectives on the health and well-being of the industry. This year's lineup of contributors is our most diverse yet, encompassing CEOs, activists, and government officials of all stripes. Sections:- Q&A with Harvey W. Gershman, President, Gershman, Brickner & Bratton, Inc. - Cash Flow/Smash Flow: The Industry's Cash Flow Story in the Balance. By Peter Anderson - Q&A with Bill Gidley, Waste Management Section Supervisor Nebraska DEQ - Survey by the Earth Engineering Center of Columbia University & BioCycle: A Report. By Prof. Nickolas J. Themelis - Paper Recycling Successes and Challenges: A 2004 Recap. By Bill Moore - Bioreactor Landfills: Getting the Water Out. By David L. Hansen, P.E. - Piecemeal Information Systems Are Costing You Too Much! By William J. Brown - Q&A With James J. Walsh, President and CEO, SCS Engineers - Q&A with Gary Van Dorst, Solid Waste Manager, City of Redlands, California |
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