Waste Management International Composting Week April 10, 2002 International Composting Awareness Week will be celebrated throughout Canada, the U.S., the UK and Ireland from Apr...
Waste Management National compost standard (April 05, 2002) April 5, 2002 The process to review the national standard for compost as managed by the BNQ (Bureau de normalisation du Qubec) i...
Waste Management U.S. electronics waste management agreement April 4, 2002 On March 20, 2002, the U.S. National Electronic Product Stewardship Initiative (NEPSI) announced an agreement to wo...
Waste Management Moncton landfill discharge (April 04, 2002) April 4, 2002 On February 7, 2002, Environment Canada's Atlantic region enforcement officers laid charges on the City of Moncton,...
Waste Management Waste minimization award finalist! March 28, 2002 SWR Editor-in-Chief Guy Crittenden's articles -- "The Right to Harm" and "Sludge Fight" -- have made the finals for...
Waste Management Alberta computer and lamp recycling March 22, 2002 Phase I of the Fluorescent Lamp/Computer Recycling Initiative, which was launched in Alberta on February 6, 2001, i...
Waste Management Plastimet compensation packages March 15, 2002 On March 14, 2002, the class-action lawsuit by residents of Hamilton, Ontario who lived or worked near the hazardou...
Waste Management B.C. introduces organics recycling reg March 13, 2002 British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection recently announced a new regulation to strengthen hum...
Waste Management GLOBE conference and show March 5, 2002 GLOBE 2002 -- one of the world's largest environmental business conferences and shows -- will be held in Vancouver,...
Waste Management Nova Scotia paint recycling program March 1, 2002 On February 28, 2002, the Nova Scotia Ministry of Environment and Labour announced a new paint-recycling program to...
Waste Management WMI turn-around February 27, 2002 Waste Management, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, reported a net income of US$503-million on revenues of $11...
Waste Management Toronto organic waste project postponed February 22, 2002 A pilot project to collect organic waste that was slated to begin in Etobicoke in July will be delayed until Septem...
Waste Management Nfld. tire recycling program February 21, 2002 On February 6, 2002, Newfoundland and Labrador Environment Minister Ralph Wiseman announced the implementation of a...
Waste Management New B.C. yard trimmings initiative February 21, 2002 Beginning March 1, 2002, residents of North and West Vancouver, British Columbia will have three choices for the co...
Waste Management Toronto fined for untreated sewage discharge February 21, 2002 On February 11, 2002, The City of Toronto was fined $40,000 in connection with a July 1999 discharge of 640,140 lit...