Largest U.S. garbage hauler greens operations 4

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   gohlkus Posted 3:04 am
   15 Oct 2007

   Waste ManagementWaste Management stinks, literally. They locked out their union employees in Oakland this summer, and the people they hired to cross the picket line didn't pick up garbage in many areas for weeks. Including outside my apartment building. For weeks.
   So when I think of Waste Management, I think of union busting, and piles of smelly garbage sitting around for days.
   But good for them.

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   logocat Posted 3:15 am
   15 Oct 2007

   Waste Management--not so greenWaste Management has been fighting against the expanison of the organics recycling (composting) program in Minnesota. They would rather fill up the landfills with material (food waste and soiled papers) that can be composted, then reduce the amount of material going to landfills. Plus, if the recycables they pick up are only 10% (sometimes even a smaller percentage) contaminated, they send the recyclables to the landfills that they own, rather than have the material recycled.
   
   

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   gohlkus Posted 3:18 am
   16 Oct 2007

   GreenwashingYes, it sounds like WM's pronouncements need to be taken with a grain of salt.

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   catman Posted 10:12 pm
   16 Oct 2007

   13 years?Why will it take 13 more years to use the methane coming out of the landfills?  That's pretty old technology and could be in place by the end of next year.  All talk and little action is my take.

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