While competing in the Miss America contest as the representative of the District of Columbia, Jennifer Corey is publicly promoting stricter recycling laws and funds for advancements in recycling technologies. She has a long history with recycling. Her grandfather started a family garbage and recycling company before he graduated high school in order to support his family. That family company grew into one of the largest waste removal companies in New York. Her father and uncles still work in the garbage and recycling industry today. Jennifer is a twenty-two year-old cum laude graduate of American University where she majored in music concentrating in vocal performance and minored in criminal justice. She is employed with the Washington National Opera in the Placido Domingo Apprentice Program in the Education and Community Programs Department. Jen will be competing for the title of Miss America on January 30, 2010 on TLC.
Archive for January, 2010
January
January
Effective January 27, 2010, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented a texting ban for drivers of commercial motor vehicles subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. NSWMA expressed support for the DOT announcement prohibiting texting by drivers of commercial vehicles such as large trucks and buses. The prohibition is the latest in a series of actions taken by DOT to address distracted driving since it convened a national summit on the issue last year. NSWMA was one of the first associations to advocate for a national ban on texting while driving. NSWMA has publicly supported legislation introduced by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) to ban texting while driving. NSWMA participated in the DOT’s September 2009 Distracted Driving Summit. Many NSWMA members already prohibit texting or cell phone use while driving company vehicles.
January
The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) has filed comments with the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regarding possible changes in hours of service rules. In its comments, NSWMA strongly urged FMCSA to keep the “100-air mile” reporting exception and the 34-hour reset provision that are a part of current federal hours of service regulations. Learn more here.
January
“Environmentalists. Every Day.” Communications Toolkit Training Program
Session #4: Internal/Employee Communications – Tuesday, February 9, 3:00 PM EST
Your employees/colleagues represent your business and our industry to your customers and other people who live in the communities you serve, including media representatives and government officials. Informed and enthusiastic employees are the most effective ambassadors for any company or industry. Even if your employees aren’t being interviewed by media or doing formal public speaking, they still can benefit from having an understanding what your company does and why it is important. If nothing else, helping the employees of your company better understand the good work done by your company and our industry will help instill pride and improve employee morale, which has been shown to reduce absenteeism, lower turnovers, improve recruiting, reduce the number of accidents, improve efficiency and foster better customer service. What sort of information should you share with your employees? They need to know your company’s goals and the industry’s environmental goals and messages, so they can share them and help promote them. There are easy-to-implement tactics that can help you communicate with your employees. During this webinar, industry leaders will share what has worked for them in their companies. Participants also will have the opportunity to learn about internal/employee communications resources that NSWMA and WASTEC make available to their members. The session will conclude with time for questions and answers.
Session speakers currently include Nancy Bretas (Communications Manager from Republic Services) and Andy Schweizer (President of Ace Solid Waste).
Request webinar login information at tmetzger@envasns.org.
“Environmentalists. Every Day.” Communications Toolkit Training Program
Session #4: “Internal/Employee Communications” – Tuesday, February 9, 3:00 PM EST
Your employees/colleagues represent your business and our industry to your customers and other people who live in the communities you serve, including media representatives and government officials. Informed and enthusiastic employees are the most effective ambassadors for any company or industry. Even if your employees aren’t being interviewed by media or doing formal public speaking, they still can benefit from having an understanding what your company does and why it is important. If nothing else, helping the employees of your company better understand the good work done by your company and our industry will help instill pride and improve employee morale, which has been shown to reduce absenteeism, lower turnovers, improve recruiting, reduce the number of accidents, improve efficiency and foster better customer service. What sort of information should you share with your employees? They need to know your company’s goals and the industry’s environmental goals and messages, so they can share them and help promote them. There are easy-to-implement tactics that can help you communicate with your employees. During this webinar, industry leaders will share what has worked for them in their companies. Participants also will have the opportunity to learn about internal/employee communications resources that NSWMA and WASTEC make available to their members. The session will conclude with time for questions and answers.
Session speakers currently include Nancy Bretas (Communications Manager from Republic Services) and Andy Schweizer (President of Ace Solid Waste).
January
The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA) has filed comments with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding possible new rules addressing “combustible dust,” which likely will be proposed later this year. NSWMA’s comments expressed a concern that OSHA has included the solid waste industry as a target for regulation even though in September 2008, OSHA issued an advisory stating there was no history of combustible dust events at transfer stations, materials recovery facilities (MRFs) or landfills. Read more.
January
Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research, today named Mark Miller, chairman, president, and CEO of Stericycle Inc. as its 2009 CEO of the Year. Morningstar’s annual award recognizes a chief executive who exhibits exemplary corporate stewardship, demonstrates independent thinking, creates lasting value for shareholders, and has put his or her stamp on an industry. Stericycle is a medical waste disposal firm that provides business and consulting services to customers worldwide. Based in Lake Forest, Ill., the company has operations in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, and Romania.
January
Advanced Disposal Services purchased Sumrall Recycling Services, the State of Mississippi’s largest multi-material recycler. Sumrall Recycling has customers and operations across nine (9) Southeastern states (MS, GA, FL, AL, TN, KY, AR, LA & MO) including Fortune 500 industrial and commercial companies, military bases, and cities and counties throughout the service area. The asset purchase included company-owned Materials Recovery Facilities (MRF’s) in Sumrall and Flowood, MS, Summerdale, AL as well as a MRF operating contract in Franklin, TN. Fifty employees transitioned with the sale of the company as well as multiple trucks, containers, balers, conveyors, grinders, and other processing equipment.