International Business News - Waste 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 Waste Management Inc., which collects, transfers and recycles waste, said Friday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 27 cents. The dividend is payable June 20 to shareholders of record June 2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080509/waste-management-declares-regular-dividend-of-27-cents.htm Fri, 09 May 2008 18:03:08 EDT Eight Western states on Thursday rejected a company's plan to ship tons of radioactive waste from Italy for disposal in Utah, saying importing foreign loads would violate the group's rules. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/western-states-rebuff-plan-for-italian-nuclear-waste-in-utah.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 23:25:25 EDT Shares of Allied Waste Industries Inc. jumped in Thursday after the company said first-quarter profit more than doubled, as higher prices offset a drop in landfill volume. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/allied-waste-shares-up-after-1q-profit-soars-on-price-boost.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 13:46:19 EDT Trash talk comes to Capitol Hill Wednesday at a hearing on the disposal and recycling of computers, televisions, cell phones and other scrapped consumer electronic products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/ahead-of-the-bell-recycling-electronic-waste.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:08:45 EDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, April 29, from AP Financial News: HOUSTON (AP) _ Waste Management Inc.'s first-quarter income edged up just over 1 percent as an ongoing strategy to dump or reprice work with low profit margins offset decreased volumes and higher fuel costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/earnings-roundup-waste-management-office-depot.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:26:06 EDT Waste Management Inc.'s first-quarter income edged up just over 1 percent as an ongoing strategy to dump or reprice work with low profit margins offset decreased volumes and higher fuel costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/waste-management-1q-profit-rises-slightly-on-higher-pricing.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:10:39 EDT Waste Management, the nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, says its first-quarter profit edged up as higher prices offset lower volumes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/waste-management-1q-profit-up-slightly-on-higher-pricing.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:52:22 EDT Waste Management, the nation's largest garbage hauler and landfill operator, says its first-quarter profit edged up as higher prices offset lower volumes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080429/waste-management-1q-profit-up-slightly.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:48:29 EDT Waste Management Inc., the largest U.S. garbage hauler and landfill operator, reports first-quarter earnings Tuesday. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/earnings-preview-waste-management.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:07:03 EDT Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman says he is reversing his stance and will block the shipment of Italian nuclear waste to a desert dump site in his state. Huntsman initially said the federal government should decide where to dispose such foreign waste. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/utah-governor-opposes-imports-of-italian-nuclear-waste.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:43:33 EDT A Citi Investment Research analyst said Waste Connections Inc. was able to post a higher first-quarter profit as stronger pricing offset the elevated fuel costs that have weighed on many companies. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080422/ahead-of-the-bell-waste-connections-posts-1q-profit.htm Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:21:23 EDT Waste Connections Inc.'s first-quarter earnings inched higher as higher prices overcame an sharp increase in fuel costs, the garbage collector said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080421/waste-connections-1q-profit-edges-higher-despite-fuel-costs.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:55:04 EDT Washington University engineers using imaging technology have found that vigorous mixing helps microorganisms turn farm waste into alternative energy. Hog and cow manure is a persistent pollutant fr... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080417/new-study-advances-method-to-make-energy-from-farm-waste.htm Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:03:53 EDT A Utah disposal company seeking federal permission to import more than 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy has raised its campaign contributions to lawmakers by hundreds of thousands of dollars. ... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/40164-nuclear-waste.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080416/utah-nuclear-waste-company-ramps-up-campaign-contributions.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080416/utah-nuclear-waste-company-ramps-up-campaign-contributions.htm Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:05:17 EDT The chairman and chief executive of Allied Waste Industries Inc. received $5.6 million in compensation in 2007, a year that the solid waste services company's earnings surged 70 percent, according t... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/allied-waste-ceo-gets-5-6m-in-2007.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:04:22 EDT If states are willing to accept foreign nuclear waste, there's no reason the federal government should prohibit them from handling it, says an Utah congressman whose district could get tons of Italian leftovers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080327/feds-shouldnt-stop-nuclear-waste-import.htm Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:56:13 EDT Waste Management chief executive David P. Steiner received a compensation package valued at about $6.2 million in 2007, slightly less than he earned in 2006, the company said Wednesday in its annual proxy statement. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080326/waste-management-ceo-gets-6-2m-in-pay.htm Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:53:37 EDT An Illinois man who was paid by industrial customers to incinerate waste at Osceola but instead kept the waste in warehouses has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $905,000 in restitution for federal fraud convictions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080321/incinerator-operater-sentenced-for-fraud.htm Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:17:31 EDT The senior vice president and chief development officer of Casella Waste Systems Inc., a garbage collector and recycler, sold 61,710 shares of common stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080314/casella-waste-senior-vp-sells-shares.htm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:52:55 EDT Foreign nuclear waste would no longer be allowed to be imported into the U.S. unless it originated here under a bill U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson introduced Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080314/utah-lawmaker-wants-to-ban-foreign-waste.htm Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:40:50 EDT