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The name, Waste Management, Inc., was Buntrock's idea, according to historian Jacobson. Buntrock had seen a reference to solid waste management equipment in a trade publication and, dropping the word "solid", he thought the name Waste Management captured his vision of the company's services and future. [4]
Waste Management has said that the plant, announced in April 2008, and built and operated by The Linde Group with state funding, is the world's largest facility to convert landfill gas into vehicle fuel. [40] [41] [42] Waste Management works with environmental groups in the U.S. to set aside land to create and manage wetlands and wildlife habitats.
Harry Wayne Huizenga Sr. [1] (/ h aɪ ˈ z ɛ ŋ ɡ ə /; December 29, 1937 – March 22, 2018) was an American businessman.He founded AutoNation and Waste Management Inc., and was the owner or co-owner of Blockbuster Video, the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL), the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Miami Marlins (formerly Florida Marlins) of ...
The competitor — an electric truck startup named Nikola — had just been rocked by news of its executive chairman’s resignation following a serious accusation of fraud. The news might be ...
By Michael B. Sauter, 24/7 Wall St. When times are hard, fraud often gets worse. Americans are under great financial pressure, and there is no shortage of criminals waiting to take advantage of it ...
James Galante (born January 5, 1953) is an American convicted felon and associate of the Genovese crime family, [1] owner of the defunct Danbury Trashers minor-league hockey team and a defunct racecar team fielding cars for Ted Christopher, and ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal (AWD), a company that holds waste disposal contracts for most of western Connecticut and Westchester and Putnam ...
ATLANTA (AP) — Good-government advocates, anti-tax conservatives, politicians of various stripes and everyday Americans grouse about “waste, fraud and abuse” across the U.S. government. President Donald Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency, led by the world’s richest man , Elon Musk, opened the latest chapter for a phrase ...
United Haulers Ass'n v. Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Management Authority, 550 U.S. 330 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case about interstate commerce.Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the opinion of the Court, holding that New York county ordinances forcing private waste management companies to deliver waste to a public facility did not discriminate against interstate commerce.