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Articles in November, 2002 issue of Waste News

• For consistency's sake.(recycling becomes more popular, or at least has potential to become more popular)(Opinion)(Column)
  by Lafferty, Brennan
• Fire hits Fla. site.(Waste Corp. of America landfill)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Waste News Commodity Pricing Report.(discusses prices of recycled newsprint)(News)(Brief Article)
• Wastecon news & notes.(new president of Solid Waste Association of North America, attendance, next year's Wastecon date)(Briefs)(Brief Article)
• GOP grabs ball, starts running.(Cover Story Republican Party's control of the U.S. Senate seen bringing changes for environmental issues)(Cover Story)
  by Geiselman, Bruce
• Divided we plod.(Opinion waste management business segments should learn to cooperate)(Editorial)
  by Gerlat, Allan
• Coming Events.(Calendar)(Calendar)
• Canadian power company buys wind farm.(Transalta Corp. to buy Vision Quest Windelectric Inc.; hopes to achieve goal of generating 10% of electricity from rewnewable sources)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Truini, Joe
• SWANA focuses on bill, Web site.(Solid Waste Association of North America)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Gerlat, Allan
• Sustaining California; State's new plan looks at stewardship, zero waste.(News)
  by Gerlat, Allan
• Ind. power firm may face trial.(News Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Co. is target of federal suit alleging Clean Air Act violations)
  by Geiselman, Bruce
• Ark. hauler faces charges.(Medical Waste Management Inc.)(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• Conspicuous consumption.(Staples Inc. to increase amount of post-consumer recycled content in its paper products to 30%)(Opinion)(Brief Article)(Column)
• Coming Events.(Calendar)(Calendar)
• Trucks cleaning up fuel act.(trash trucks are starting to use cleaner burning natural gas fuel)(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Agencies tout benefits of medwaste regulation.(medical waste regulation and recent conference)(News)
  by Beckley, Elizabeth Thompson
• Liquid diet; Firm settles Detroit dumping charges.(News US Liquids Inc to pay fine, plead guilty in hazardous waste dumping allegations)(Brief Article)
  by Truini, Joe
• City changing diaper disposal.(pilot program to study feasibility of collecting/recycling used disposable diapers)(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Mich. researchers find toxin-eating microbe.(could be useful in Superfund sites to break down trichloroethane solvent)(Products)
  by Geiselman, Bruce
• Utah nuke site gains ground.(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• NIH funds generator study.(National Institutes of Health to issue grants to waste generators and managers)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Beckley, Elizabeth Thompson
• WMI L.A. union averts strike.(Waste Management Inc.)(News)
  by Johnson, Jim
• An engine of progress.(progress on meeting government's lower sulfur content regulation for highway diesel fuel)(Opinion)(Brief Article)
• 3 universities in East face hazwaste fines.(Columbia University, New Jersey City University and Long Island University)(Late News)(Brief Article)
• Awards.(News Solid Waste Association of North America presents individual, organization and business awards)
• Waste News Commodity Report.(prices fo scrap steel in 11/2002)(News)(Brief Article)
• NEC aids corporations with monitor recycling; Firm collects old units, replaces them with NEC ones.(NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America Inc.)(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• 2003 could include more layoffs at WMI.(Cover Story)(Waste Management Inc.)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Absorbency test.(Opinion)(Santa Clarita, California launches diaper recycling program)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
• Paper mills object to contamination.(Canadian recycled paper mills see falling quality in scrap newspaper)(News)
  by Johnson, Jim
• A Look Back.(waste management industry a year ago, five years ago and in 1874)(News)
• Regulations loom for scrap tire industry.(News provincial and state laws coming)
  by Moore, Miles
• Reclamation project; Republic OKs additional $150M stock buyback.(News Republic Services Inc. to repurchase additional shares)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Group asks EPA to drop landfill plan.(groups ask to abandon proposal to allow landfills to vary from federal regulations)(News)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Pa. landfill becomes first ISO 14001-certified site.(Keystone Sanitary Landfill Inc.)(Special Report)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Stain maker rolls away disposal costs.(shift in popular colors leaves Flood Co. with excess inventory of less popular stains)(News)
  by Konkoly, Jim
• Waste Generator Briefs.(Syracuse University agrees to conduct environmental audit, Pennsylvania to report ground-level ozone pollution, recycling awards and other news)(Briefs)
• Getting over the hump; Firms meet challenges implementing environmental systems.(experiences at Rouge Steel Co, Master Finish Co. and Cascade Engineering)(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• Panelists find common ground on stewardship.(by environmentalists and manufacturers)(News)
  by Gerlat, Allan
• Allied, EPA settle Mass. air violations.(Allied Waste Industries Inc. to spend over $3 million to settle allegations that it failed to recover refrigerants from appliances; Waste Management will also pay fine and invest in environmental projects)(News)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Help wanted; Allied looks to fill board vacancies.(News Allied Waste Industries Inc. is likely to add two board members from outside the firm)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Q&A with Neal Bolton.(author of 'The Handbook of Landfill Operations' discusses trends)(Special Report)(Interview)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Group alleges Mont. mine hazwaste stash.(Asarco Inc.'s closed silver mine may have stored hazardous waste materials; suit may force EPA to investigate)(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• Staples goes greener; Office supply store adjusts procurement practices.(raises average amount of post-consumer recycled content in products to 30%)(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Truini, Joe
• Waste Industry Briefs.(Blue Point Capital Partners to acquire LVI Services, Environmental Management Solutions to acquire K-Lor Contractors Services Ltd., new hazardous waste recycling plant in Illinois; lists other news )(Briefs)
• Pollution control limits costs.(air pollution control affects healthcare costs)(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Beckley, Elizabeth Thompson
• New EPA air rules benefit power plants.(eases clean air regulations)(Late News)(Brief Article)
• Impure thoughts.(quality problems in recycled paper)(Opinion)(Column)
• Tire tiff; Plan for new plant causes stir in Md.(to build scrap tire processing plant in Baltimore)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Moore, Miles
• WMI to continue stock buyback program.(News Waste Management Inc. sees board okay stock buybacks for 2002, 2003 and 2004)
  by Johnson, Jim
• EU directive vexes automakers.(requires car makers to recycle old vehicles and eliminate undesireable materials from new ones)(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• Learning curve; Recyclers: Monitor switch won't be a walk in the park.(switch from cathode ray tube to liquid crystal display computer monitors complicates recycling)(Cover Story)
  by Truini, Joe
• Gov't points out waste hurdles.(waste prevention and recycling )(News)
  by Gerlat, Allan
• WMI executive calls for collaboration.(between private and public sector)(News)
  by Gerlat, Allan
• A Look Back.(news from one and five years ago)(News)
• Technically speaking; Panel hopeful refineries meet sulfur-free diesel deadline.(News)
  by Geiselman, Bruce
• Waste Generator Briefs.(Briefs World Health Organization criticized for medical waste incineration; other stories)
• Waste Industry Briefs.(Utah radioactive waste tax, Stericycle Inc. acquisition, Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. to close plants; other industry briefs)(Briefs)
• Filtration system uses tiny, hollow tubes.(News)(Pall Corp. filtration system)
  by Hayhurst, Tracy
• Calif. nips recycling scam.(defrauded state beverage container recycling program of over $3 million over two years)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Truini, Joe
• Recycling faces hurdles as tires improve.(News)
  by Moore, Miles
• The might of mail.(forecasts of 'unsolicited mail flood' for local landfills)(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
• Turning an expense into a revenue; Big waste firms tout internalization but emphasize that the tactic is not the be-all and end-all.(trends in landfill business)(Special Report)
  by Johnson, Jim
• Deep pockets; Companies help fund emission research project.(News)(Global Climate and Energy Project)(Brief Article)
  by Johnson, Jim
• New Products & Technology.(Waste products industry )
• Feds, Indians scour Mass. site for relics.(Superfund site may hold artifacts of Wampanoag Tribe)(News)(Brief Article)
  by Geiselman, Bruce
• On tap: Firm converts beer, paper to fuel.(Genahol Inc. to build waste-to-ethanol plant)(News)
  by Truini, Joe
• Diversion & diversity; Calif.'s Hispanic residents divert waste effectively, study finds.(vs general population)(Cover Story)(Cover Story)
  by Johnson, Jim