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If approved, new garbage contract includes weekly recycling pickup
Orland Park residents are likely to see a small decrease in their garbage bills in coming months after a village committee OKd a proposed 10-year contract with Waste Management Monday. If the full Village Board approves the measure at its June 3...
Tags: Energy Resources, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Environmental Issues
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Buffalo Grove OKs trash contract giving residents free 35-gallon carts
The village of Buffalo Grove has elected to make new 35-gallon trash carts available free to residents. Under an agreement with Waste Management approved by the village board on Monday night, residents now have the option of choosing 35-gallon, 64-...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Environmental Issues
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All Delray Beach contracts should go out to bid, officials say
In keeping up with campaign promises, several Delray Beach city officials are going after city contracts they say were awarded without proper bidding. At Tuesday's workshop meeting, a majority of City Commissioners agreed to revisit two contracts that...Tags: Public Officials, Delray Beach, Waste Management Incorporated, Government, Elections
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Press 7 for stinky: Landfill establishes odor hotline
With the rainy season just weeks away, Deerfield Beach's most dubious neighbor is taking a proactive approach. The Monarch Hill Renewable Energy Park sent a glossy mailing to between 12,000 and 15,000 households surrounding the 500-acre landfill...Tags: Alternative Energy, Waste Management Incorporated, Deerfield Beach, Broward County, Waste
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Oak Park composting program goes village-wide
One Oak Park resident reported not knowing how much food the family threw away until joining the village's pilot food-waste and soiled-paper collection that started last April. One woman said her family now throws out only one bag of garbage each month....Tags: Local Government, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Management Incorporated, Oak Park, Waste
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Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy
A wind power project proposed on the lower Eastern Shore that's struggling to overcome objections from the Navy has a new, airborne worry — bald eagles. Federal wildlife biologists say the population of the once-rare national bird has grown so...
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Shredder gets its fill
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- If you remembered to participate, Wednesday's "Clean Your Files Day" in South Bend was an opportunity to get rid of unwanted paper documents. The annual Clean Your Files Day was held downtown adjacent to the former College Football Hall of...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Environmental Issues
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Vista Latina: El Centro native recognized for green energy work
Staff Writer, Copy EditorAs a child growing up in El Centro, Humberto Rincon often had to make do with the everyday items for entertainment. Sometimes that meant making his own toys. By the time he was 17 years old, his natural curiosity and love for “tinkering with...Tags: Engineering, Energy, Science and Technology, Students, Teaching and Learning
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Students hear from a robot and Hagerstown city officials about the importance of recycling
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comCycler the recycle robot met with students at Pangborn Elementary School on Monday in the University Plaza in downtown Hagerstown for the City of Hagerstown Earth Day Celebration that featured Mayor David S. Gysberts, Barbara Ingram School for the Arts...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning, Waste Management Incorporated, Schools, Elementary Schools
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Waste Management awarding cleanup grant
Waste Management of Western Pennsylvania is to award the Alternative Community Resource Program a Waste Management Think Green Grant. The grant was established to encourage solutions to improve community environments through hands-on participation and...Tags: Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Environmental Issues
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Libertyville aims to consolidate waste collection
Libertyville officials are discussing plans to hire a single waste hauler for commercial businesses to pick up all trash, recyclables and food scraps. A survey sent by the Solid Waste Agency of Lake County to village businesses in spring 2012 identified...Tags: Local Government, Business, Waste, Prices, Environmental Issues
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Recycling pickup could jump to once a week, officials say
Orland Park residents would see an increase in the pickup of their recyclables under a 10-year garbage collection contract that village officials are negotiating with Waste Management of Illinois. The Village Board this week authorized municipal staff...
Tags: Local Government, Waste Management Incorporated, Waste, Crestwood, Environmental Issues
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