ATDEADLINE NRC members reject merger

Groups ask court to

review mining impact

By Bruce Geiselman

Several environmental groups are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider whether the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is adequately considering the environmental impact of mountaintop mining operations before issuing permits that allow debris to be placed into and near streams.

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The membership of the National Recycling Coalition has rejected a proposed merger between the nonprofit organization and Keep America Beautiful,

leaving the future of the NRC in doubt.

A two-thirds majority vote would have been necessary for the merger to go forward. However, only 57% of voters favored the merger.

NRC Board President Melinda Uerling said she was disappointed but not entirely surprised by the outcome.

“We recognized from the beginning that the two-thirds majority was a steep hill, and the results

reflect that,” she said.

Yes votes numbered 1,077, while opposition votes numbered 802, according to NRC-provided results. The 1,879 total votes

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NYC
adds 4

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hybrids

SOLID WASTE

By Jim Johnson

Made In America Fuel plans to convert municipal solid waste into fuel using microwave depolymerization. Page 20

Casella Waste Systems Inc. is searching for a new chief financial officer with the departure of John Quinn. Page 3

SCRAP/RECYCLING

Dart Container Corp. donates and recycles all of the cups used at the Modesto Midnight Half Marathon in Modesto, Calif. Aug. 8. Page 3

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Jim Yusko, a national expert on radioactive metal and regional manager of radiation protection for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, checks a pile of scrap for radioactive material using a radiation detector at ELG Haniel Metals Corp. in Port Vue, Pa.

Radiation therapy

Training, regs for radioactive scrap likely to change soon

New York City Department of Sanitation is adding four new hybrid vehicles as part of the city’s larger push to dramatically reduce carbon emissions in the years ahead.

PlaNYC, the city’s “vision for a greener, greater New York,”

calls for the city to cut carbon emissions by 30% for municipal operations by

2017 and by the same percentage for the entire city by 2030.

The sanitation department is adding three hybrid collection trucks and one hybrid rack truck, used to clean lots and for heavy loads, to its

Doherty

Ten experts are confirmed for the Residential Recycling Conference that will take place at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare in Chicago, March 23-24. Page 4

By John Booth

It’s silent and invisible and, left undetected, could carry a multimillion-dollar price tag.

And though recyclers and steel mills have more and better ways of finding it, radioactive material in the scrap stream still poses a tricky enough problem that one major industry group is reworking its training guidelines, and more federal regulation may be on the way.

Ray Turner, quality officer and

Rumpke Consolidated
Companies Inc. finalizes the
acquisition of several waste
operations in Ohio from
Republic Services Inc. Page 3

HAZARDOUS WASTE

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia puts the brakes on the Obama administration’s plans to roll back a rule affecting mining operations. Page 3

fleet in an effort to help reach those goals.

Mack Trucks Inc. is supplying one collection vehicle while Crane Carrier Co. is adding two others. Kenworth is supplying the diesel-electric rack truck.