Environmentalists. Every Day. America's Solid Waste Industry

President and CEO of ABC Waste of Savannah Carolyn Stewart is featured in an article in the Savannah Morning News. Read the article here.

Waste Management Inc. is being recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the fourth year in a row. Read full story here.

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Inc. Magazine has named WASTEC member Otto Environmental Systems North America Inc., a waste collection container maker, and NSWMA member SweeDee, Louisiana’s largest independent solid waste collection company, to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States. Otto is a Charlotte, N.C.-based firm and was ranked 3,297 overall on the Inc. 5000 list and No. 102 among the manufacturing sector of the list. SweeDee is a Houma, Louisianna-based firm and was ranked 3,480 overall on the Inc. 5000 list and No. 48 among the environmental services sector of the list.

College students have a chance to win up to $3,000 in scholarships by filming or creating animation and uploading short video clips to YouTube that demonstrate the everyday, practical ways that garbage men and women help keep communities healthy and clean, protect the environment and conserve resources in their communities. The contest, which opens on September 9, 2010, is sponsored by NSWMA. Students are asked to upload video or animated clips of five minutes or shorter. In addition to information about eligibility, contest rules and directions for uploading videos, the contest webpage lists a number of possible themes, one or more of which must be incorporated into the videos.

WASTEC would like to welcome new members Qwik-Tip, Inc. and UTC Overseas, Inc. to the association. To learn more about these members please visit their sites at the following:

Qwik-Tip, Inc.: www.qwiktip.com

UTC Overseas, Inc.: www.utcoverseas.com

WASTEC would like to welcome new member Inthinc Technology Solutions to the association. For more information on them, please visit them at www.inthinc.com.

WASTEC would like to welcome new member Transportation Safety Technologies to the association. For more information on them, please visit them at www.tst-corp.com.

On the company’s Web page (www.wm.com) and in its marketing materials it has adopted the slogan “Think Green.” A review of recent company initiatives and investments and a conversation with WM Recycle America officers Patrick DeRueda and Matthew Coz demonstrates that WM as a company is not only thinking green but also is enabling its customers to think green by making investments to offer a full spectrum of recycling options for them.

The anticipated result: “By 2020, we expect to nearly triple the amount of recyclable materials we manage, from 8 million tons to more than 20 million tons,” Waste Management states as one of its sustainability goals.

Full article  http://www.recyclingtoday.com/full-spectrum-recycling-today-june-2010.aspx.

We would like to welcome new member H.O. Pen Machinery Company into the association. For more information  on them visit www.hopenn.com.