Republic Services Sees Higher Profits, Beats Estimates

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From https://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines2.html?id=1328890869

Republic Services Inc. saw profit increase for both the fourth quarter and the entire year in 2011.

The Phoenix-based solid waste management company earned $589.2 million, or $1.56 per diluted share, on revenue of $8.19 billion, in 2011. That compares with net income of $506.5 million, or $1.32 per share, on revenue of $8.11 billion in 2010.

Net income for the fourth quarter was $191 million, or 51 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $2.025 billion. That compares with earnings of $147.6 million, or 38 cents per diluted share, on revenue of $2.021 billion for the last quarter of 2010.

“Our strong operational focus allowed the company to achieve a record level of free cash flow. We continue to have a disciplined approach in the utilization of cash flow, which includes re-investing in our business, acquisitions and returning cash through share repurchases and dividends. During 2011, Republic returned approximately $770 million to its owners through repurchases and dividends, CEO Donald W. Slager said in a statement.

Republic beat analysts’ earnings estimates for the quarter. Analysts estimated Republic’s fourth quarter earnings per share at 45 cents before one-time items, according to Yahoo Finance.

Republic Services shares were trading at $30.02 per share, down 7 cents, in early trading this morning.

Audio Recording from the December 3, 2011 South Coast AQMD Hearing in Granada Hills

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Click here to download the entire recording (over 4 hours)(63 Mb)

Part 1 of 6 Download It (7.2 Mb)
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Bureau of Sanitation Waste Hauler/Franchise Stakeholder Information Update

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The City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation (Bureau) was directed to evaluate the method in which private solid waste haulers operate in the City.  In 2011, the Bureau held a series of stakeholder meetings to gather input from interested parties.   A summary of the comments gathered through the stakeholder process as well as copies of all the comments received are posted on the Bureau’s web site at https://www.lacitysan.org/solid_resources/recycling/services/phfi.htm.  Also posted is the Solid Waste Franchise Assessment report prepared by HF&H Consultants.

The Bureau is preparing a report detailing its findings and associated recommendations.  The Bureau will present its report first to the Board of Public Works for consideration.  This item is tentatively scheduled to be presented to the Board of Public Works on February 13, 2012.  Please visit the Board of Public Works web site at https://boe.lacity.org/dpw/ebreports for a copy of the Board Agenda.

A copy of the Bureau’s final report will be posted at https://www.lacitysan.org/solid_resources/recycling/services/phfi.htm approximately 7 days prior to the Board meeting date.

Waste-by-rail may be delayed

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https://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_19842194?source=rss_viewed

County Sanitation Districts spokesmen Sam Pedroza explains the new truck-train transfer method while over looking the waste by rail facility at the Puente Hills Landfill in North Whittier on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2011.
County Sanitation Districts spokesmen Sam Pedroza explains the new truck-train transfer method while over looking the waste by rail facility at the Puente Hills Landfill in North Whittier on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2011.

For more than two decades, local trash engineers have been planning for the day when the Puente Hills Landfill near Hacienda Heights would close, and thousands of tons of municipal garbage would ride the rails to Imperial County.But the $450 million trash train, also known as waste-by-rail, is being derailed by a sluggish economy. The dream of San Gabriel Valley cities seeing all their stinking garbage leave the Valley for a landfill in the middle of nowhere is likely to be postponed, officials at the county Sanitation Districts said last week. Continue reading →

SCL-CAC’s Wayde Hunter on LA Talk Radio

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From December 8, 2011.

https://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Breathe-120811.shtml

Wayde Hunter’s segment starts at the 7:50 mark of the audio file.  You can move the cursor along to that point to skip to it.  Warning it does last for 23 minutes but it contains a lot of information.

Note: At the time of the interview, Mr. Hunter was member of the GHNNC, the North Valley Coalition of Concerned Citizens Inc., and a concerned resident.  He was not representing the SCL-CAC.

TerraCycle tries to ‘revolutionize’ disposable diapers (and more)

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Jan. 24 — One of the dirtiest and most demonized portions of the municipal waste stream may soon be diverted from its centuries-long decomposition site: landfills.Developing a recycling solution for used disposable diapers, a biological amalgam of complexity, has been a top priority of the global research and development team at TerraCycle Inc., a Trenton, N.J.-based company whose mission is to create innovative solutions for any waste stream headed to the landfill.

TerraCycle´s team of scientists, led by Ernie Simpson, global vice president of research and development, is about to put a clothespin on its formula that will render dirty diapers into a material suitable for plastic lumber, pallets and outdoor furniture. Continue reading →