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5 unusual facts about Waste management


Conventional wastewater treatment

Waste management – re-use, recycling and disposal of solid waste from manufacturing, commerce and domestic sources.

Rollup

Waste Management was the most notable rollup made during the 70's and 80's.

Waste Management, Inc

A Waste Management branded roll-off box can be seen in the background of a scene in the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop and a character dressed as a Waste Management employee appears in the film, The Spy Next Door.

In November 2010, some residents of Kettleman City, California complained to the EPA about Waste Management's plan to double the size of its Kettleman Hills Hazardous Waste Facility, a local dump that has been connected to hazardous waste such as asbestos, pesticides, and PCBs.

In 2005, Waste Management entered into a Software Licensing Agreement (SLA) with SAP AG.


AnyJunk

Materials are taken to licensed waste transfer stations and recycling facilities or passed on to reuse organisations (including Oxfam and British Heart Foundation).

Blackline GPS

Blackline GPS has now shifted its focus primarily on the industrial & commercial safety and loss prevention industries and has acquired numerous globally prominent clients including Air Liquide, Praxair, Ryder, Waste Management, Inc, Cemex, and BAE Systems.

HM Prison Acklington

Education and vocational courses at the prison include: Woodwork; Tailoring and Textiles; Industrial workshops; Engineering workshops; Painting and Decorating; Bricklaying; Amenity Gardening; Market Gardening; Laundry; Physical Education; Waste Management and Catering, all of which include accredited qualifications.

House clearance

The Directgov advises that these items are put into your car and taken to your local waste management centre; also known as a 'tip' or 'dump'.

Michigan Challenge Balloonfest

Other sponsors include Waste Management, Inc, who provide all sanitation services for the weekend, MediLodge of Howell who sponsors the fireworks and hosts the VIP party for pilots and sponsors, PepsiCo as the beverage sponsor, and Howell Public Schools, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, and Citizens Insurance are also major contributors.

Transpacific Industries Group

The company's Solid Waste and Recycling services include: general waste and recycling, bins, skips and compactors, all types of commercial waste, medical waste, organic waste, construction and demolition waste, as well as post collection facilities including material recovery facilities, landfills and transfer stations.


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Acerra

In October 2000, the Italian Parliament approved the findings of a commission which studied activities in Campania by the Camorra, which had been profiting from illegal waste management activities.

Colombo Municipal Council

The Municipal Council provides sewer, road management and waste management services, in case of water, electricity and telephone utility services the council liaises with the Water Supply and Drainage Board, the Ceylon Electricity Board and telephone service providers.

Environment Agency v Clark

Rhondda Waste Disposal Ltd, a company wholly owned by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council ran a landfill site under a waste management licence in Nant-y-Gwyddon, Rhondda Valley.

FEPs

Features, events, and processes, which are terms used in the field of radioactive waste management to define relevant scenarios for safety assessment studies.

Maurice Pryce

From 1968 to 1978 he served on the Technical Advisory Committee (for nuclear waste management) of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited.

Operation Roller Coaster

Contaminated soil was transported to the Area 3 Radioactive Waste Management Site in the Nevada National Security Site and the sites were re-vegetated.

PAST Foundation

The very first program, Garbology, built on the work of Dr. William Rathje of the Stanford University Archaeology Center and pivoted on the very real, global issues of waste management, drew national attention and was rewarded the Emerald Award for Excellence in Environmental Education.

SPSA

Southeastern Public Service Authority, the solid waste management agency for the one-million-population region south of Hampton Roads Harbor and the lower James River in Virginia, United States

Tim Neese

Neese is also the Director of the Solid Waste Management District of Elkhart County.