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Written by Allen Lynch In the January/February 2007 issue of MSW Management magazine, I wrote a Guest Editorial on “Extended Producer Responsibility—Why Not?” in which I spoke about the EPR programs in the province of British Columbia, Canada. I provided the following description of what EPR is in British Columbia: An environmental policy approach in which a producer’s responsibility, physical and/or financial, for a product is extended to the post-consumer stage of a product’s life cycle. I listed the ...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Environment, Legal-Regulatory, Special Wastes
Written by Barry S. Shanoff Forgive me, but I’m feeling inspired by Mel Brooks—director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, and producer who gave us the brilliant Blazing Saddles , Young Frankenstein , and The Producers . But I turn for my theme to lyrics in his so-so The Twelve Chairs : “No way of knowing which way it’s going/Hope for the best, expect the worst!” More on this later. Arguing that a flow control ordinance violated their rights under pre-existing long-term franchise agreements, was...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Collection, Financial, Legal-Regulatory
SILVER SPRING, Md. — John H. Skinner, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO of The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), issued the following statement on the October 16 decision by the U.S. District Court to issue a permanent Injunction on the flow control ordinance enacted by the City of Dallas, Texas: “Judge O’Connor’s permanent Injunction opinion is not surprising given what he said when he handed down the preliminary injunction last January. He stuck by his earlier thinking that the ordinan...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Legal-Regulatory
Written by John Trotti I’ve grown long in the tooth predicting the emergence of hybrid technologies in the waste industry, particularly for collection vehicles, where the start-stop-start cycle carries with it major components of the operating costs, namely fuel use and brake wear, and accordingly a huge potential for gain. I came about my interest in such systems as a member of our local transit district’s board in 1990, when it voted to field (actually oversee the manufacture of) a fleet of electric d...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Equipment, Financial, Legal-Regulatory
Written by Marc Rogoff, David Thompson, and Ed Hilton To improve operations and maintain the current strong position as a cost effective waste management option, many landfill operators across North America are investigating and implementing a variety of different measures to conserve airspace and extend landfill life. Daily cover has come under scrutiny by landfill operators as a critical operational criteria that has a significant impact on the life of the landfill. Compounding the problem in som...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Airspace, Landfill, Legal-Regulatory
Written by Neal Bolton Landfill gas emissions come in two varieties: those you can smell…and those you can’t. By a wide margin, the majority of landfill gas falls into the “can’t smell” category; it is odorless. The gas generated at a typical landfill consists of an approximate 50-50 ratio of methane and carbon dioxide—both are odorless, tasteless, and invisible gases. While nearly all landfill emissions are made up of these two gases, there are other compounds—and it’s these oth...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Landfill, Legal-Regulatory, Odor Control
Written by Neal Bolton According to the USDOT Federal Highway Administration, the average driver—age 35-55—drives over 15,000 miles per year, forward…and less than 1 mile in reverse. But 1 out of 4 accidents occurs when backing. Do the math: Mile for mile, backing poses 5,000 times more risk of an accident. Commercial Driving Garbage truck drivers log even more miles per year—an estimated 25,000—although there is wide variability due to route layout and distance to landfill or transfer station, et...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Legal-Regulatory, Safety, Vehicles
Written by Anne Germain When I was younger, I was told that it had once been possible to tell what time it was by the color of the river. Apparently factory discharges upstream caused the river to run white at certain times of the day. Those were the days when rivers caught on fire and dumps poisoned the groundwater. We’ve come a long way since then. A host of laws and regulations have significantly cleaned up our air, water, and land. However, there is a persistent belief that the opposite is true...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Landfill, Legal-Regulatory, Wastes
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) Executive Director and CEO, John Skinner, Ph.D. testified today before the United States House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Environment and Economy regarding the draft legislation, Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness Through Improved Recycling Act of 2012. Skinner told the committee that SWANA agrees that the manufacturing sector can increase it competitiveness, reduce its energy costs an...... continue reading
From: MSW Management Topics: Legal-Regulatory
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