International Business News - Trash http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif British police say a trash collector can hold on to the mound of mutilated cash he found stuffed into a wastebasket in the English town of Lincoln earlier this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081203/uk-trash-man-to-keep-sliced-up-cash.htm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:45:19 EST Tubes, capsules and pellets of used radioactive material are piling up in the basements and locked closets of hospitals and research installations around the country, stoking fears they could get lost or, worse, stolen by terrorists and turned into dirty bombs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/139157-nuclear-trash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/ap-impact-nuclear-waste-piles-up-at-hospitals.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/ap-impact-nuclear-waste-piles-up-at-hospitals.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:11:47 EDT Tubes, capsules and pellets of used radioactive material are piling up in the basements and locked closets of hospitals and research installations around the country, stoking fears they could get lost or, worse, stolen by terrorists and turned into dirty bombs. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/138786-nuclear-trash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/ap-impact-nuclear-waste-piles-up-at-hospitals.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/ap-impact-nuclear-waste-piles-up-at-hospitals.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:06:50 EDT Hundreds of Mexicans wearing rubber gloves are fishing for bottles, plastic bags and tin cans in a competition to clean a reservoir near Texas. Rather than hooking trout and catfish, more than 300 people on Saturday heeded calls to help clean up La Boca reservoir, 105 miles (170 kilometers) south of the U.S. border. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080913/300-people-fish-for-trash-in-mexican-reservoir.htm Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:18:34 EDT A Connecticut trash hauler was sentenced to more than seven years in prison Wednesday for a price-fixing conspiracy that authorities say was supported by mob muscle, violence and extortion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/conn-trash-hauler-sentenced-to-7-years-in-prison.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:56:34 EDT A Connecticut trash hauler is set to be sentenced for what federal prosecutors say was a price-fixing conspiracy supported by mob muscle, violence and extortion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/conn-trash-hauler-to-be-sentenced-on-price-fix.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:57:23 EDT A Connecticut trash hauler created an empire through violence and mob muscle, stifling competition for nearly two decades and driving up rates paid by customers, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/feds-seek-7-year-prison-sentence-for-trash-hauler.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:56:48 EDT An accountant who worked for a trash hauler at the center of a sweeping federal investigation of mob influence in the industry pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in price fixing for hauling services in Connecticut and New York. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/accountant-pleads-guilty-to-price-fixing-in-ct-ny.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:02:58 EDT An accountant charged in a federal probe of mob influence in the trash industry pleaded guilty Thursday to participating in a scheme to fix prices for trash hauling services in Connecticut and New York. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080828/accountant-pleads-guilty-in-trash-industry-scheme.htm Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:03:28 EDT Without ever lifting a shovel, an archaeologist could dig through Dave Chameides' house and get a pretty good picture of how he has lived for the past eight months. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109256-year-of-trash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/los-angeles-man-talks-trash-_-then-saves-it.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/los-angeles-man-talks-trash-_-then-saves-it.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:34:49 EDT A West Virginia mother is seeking a recall of a popular walkie-talkie after her 3-year-old's toy apparently intercepted a profanity-laced conversation between truckers about drugs and strip clubs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/mom-walkie-talkie-picks-up-trashy-trucker-talk.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:21:29 EDT The Postal Service has ended a long tradition in which mail delivered to Maine's small offshore Sutton Island by a private ferry service was left in a specially marked trash can on the island's dock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080802/maine-island-loses-trash-can-mail-delivery-service.htm Sat, 02 Aug 2008 14:28:17 EDT A former salesman at a Danbury, Conn., trash hauling company was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and the company's former general manager pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to drive up trash rates in Connecticut and New York by stifling competition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/ex-salemsan-sentenced-to-prison-in-trash-case.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:46:57 EDT Authorities in Kalamazoo say they only had to look in the trash to nab a suspect. The city's public safety department says in a statement that officers were told early Monday that a man reportedly was carrying a gun in a street. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/kalamazoo-police-nab-suspect-hiding-in-trash-can.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:59:02 EDT Diamonds in the rough? Try a $20,000 pair of the glittering gems in a reeking truckload of trash. A Staten Island jeweler has gotten her 3-carat diamond earrings back after she, her husband and city sanitation employees sorted through a smelly heap of garbage. The studs were in a small jar of cleaning solution, which a worker at the couple's jewelry store had accidentally thrown away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080719/treasure-in-the-trash-20k-earrings-found-in-nyc.htm Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:09:38 EDT The trash talking has begun. In a stinging letter Friday, garbage hauler Republic Services Inc. rejected an unsolicited $6.19 billion cash offer from larger rival Waste Management Inc., saying the proposal "seriously undervalues" its company. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/93764-waste-management-republic.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/republic-rejects-waste-management-unsolicited-bid.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/republic-rejects-waste-management-unsolicited-bid.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:02:40 EDT With sugar cane and pineapples fading, Hawaii's next big export to the U.S. mainland could be less sweet--100,000 tons of trash a year. In one of the most ambitious municipal disposal plans yet, Oahu, Hawaii's most populous island, is looking to send some of its garbage on a 2,600-mile voyage to the West Coast. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/91170-hawaii-shipping-trash.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/hawaiis-next-big-export-municipal-trash.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/hawaiis-next-big-export-municipal-trash.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:15:33 EDT The floodwaters are gone, but in front of thousands of homes and in much of downtown a new eyesore has taken their place: trash. Toys and tools. Debris and soggy heirlooms. The hulking piles stack as high as 6 or 7 feet. Nevermind the empty bottles, office chairs and even tricycles that have floated from one place to the next. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/74886-midwest-flooding.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/flooding-over-but-trash-now-problem-in-iowa-city.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/flooding-over-but-trash-now-problem-in-iowa-city.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:22:58 EDT A trash hauler who was at the center of a sweeping federal investigation of mob influence in the industry pleaded guilty Tuesday and agreed to surrender dozens of businesses worth more than $100 million. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080603/trash-hauler-pleads-guilty-in-corruption-probe.htm Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:29:39 EDT A Connecticut businessman arrested in a federal probe of mob influence in the trash industry is expected to plead guilty to some charges at his next court appearance, a court clerk confirmed Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080602/conn-businessman-to-plead-guilty-in-trash-case.htm Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:27:11 EDT