Solid Waste

Construction’s Dirty Secret

Environmentally friendly buildings still send a ton of waste to the landfill. See why deconstruction and reclaiming building materials are on the rise.

Reinvented Toilet Expo Debuts in Beijing

Residents Follow the Flush With a 5k Waste Walk

America Recycles Day

County Awards Contract to Develop Its 25-Year Solid Waste Management Plan

Reduce Wastewater Odor Without Enlarging Your Treatment Plant

Digital Technologies to Disrupt Future of Waste Recycling

Revised Joint Advisory Report on Processing Municipal Recyclables

Florida’s Second-Largest County Replacing Solid Waste Fleet

Designing a Trash-Free Future

Brown and Caldwell Awarded Contract for Ordot Closure Facility

Mulching Solution Should Save Small Town $3 Million Over 20 Years

County Removes 573,866 Cubic Yards of Debris in 99 Days

After Hurricane Harvey, Emergency Cleanup Team in Texas Meets Challenges

Hats Off to Actor and Podcast Host Alec Baldwin for Highlighting Public Works

Six Municipal Solid Waste Innovators Receive Awards

Vendors Receive Solid Waste Safety Award

Michigan Selects GBB to Plan Sustainable Materials Management Facility

Recycle ‘Right,’ Not First

Sidewalk Buttler

Waste Not, Want Not

Underground Refuse Systems Dumpster

Blackwater Level Sensor

Public Works Professionals From Across the U.S. Head to Orlando

Material Screen

McNeilus Highlights Refuse Vehicles

Refuse Vehicle from Mack Trucks

Facility Will Compost 110,000 Tons of Waste Per Year

Creature Cans Liven Up Waste Collection

Six Ways to Provide Effective Waste Management Services

California Solid Waste Agency Receives Three Stewardship Awards

These Garbage Trucks Cost Less Than $100,000

Front debris hose option available for sweeper

County’s Plan to Improve Solid Waste Management

County Launches 20-Year Waste Management Plan, Costs

Online calculator for Municipalities buying waste and recycling carts

Mobile preshredders from Metso

SmartBin releases IoT remote monitoring sensor

Wrightspeed Route is a range-extended electric vehicle powertrain

Meridian Front Loaders

Industrial compactor from SP Industries

Peterbilt expands refuse truck line

Commercial-grade waste containers

Refuse collection vehicle for parks

Recycling carts customized with extra safety, security features

Weigh-in-motion axle scale systems from Intercomp

Proactive diagnostic and repair planning system from Mack Trucks

Precision Series Compactor Line from Wastequip

City of Dallas Contracts for New Recycling Facility

Utility ups energy supply with county landfill gas

50-ton baler by Catawba Baler & Equipment

Convenient, efficient glass processor from Cemco

Container-locking kit by Galbreath

Product Focus: Solid Waste Products

Waste haul tires from Goodyear

Intercomp vehicle scale

Rehrig Pacific organics cart

Rear loader for organics collection from McNEILUS

McNeilus new front loader refuse vehicles

New refuse model from Mack Trucks

New 35-gallon two-wheel collection cart from Toter

Grant deadline: Fri., Feb. 27

JUMBO Venturi systems from AirTrim

Borough of Barrington serves its community

Deadline for Keep America Beautiful grant apps is Feb. 6

Public works department masters strategic planning

Cities receive recycling assistance through new program

Drug makers lose challenge to disposal law

Florida community renews solid waste contract for 9 years

Public works around the world

Landfill safety training

4 Solid Waste Innovations

Concrete gets in the mix with Special Olympics

Easy in-and-out waste-collection truck

The ROTO PAC automated side-loader collection truck

4 key strategies to increase recycling

Pulling Concrete for Special O

Township saves yard waste and disposal program

APWA Top 10 Leader David Derrick talks technology

Public works professionals as innovators

Law protects waste-collection employees

Can public works departments really do it all?

Wastequip Precision Series Compactor Line

City of Cleveland: RFP to Design/Build/Own/Operate the Waste Reduction and Recycling Project

Rent a hybrid refuse truck

The Inland Empire Regional Composting Authority receives EPA award

Waste industry unveils product stewardship policy on packaging and printed paper

New recycling program to be tested in Denver parks

Americans are recycling less

Chemical grout