Aug. 9 -- The Recycling Organizations of North America are holding a free webinar to look at market development after landfill disposal bans are implemented.

Aug. 6 - A permit to construct a horizontal expansion at the Backridge landfill in Lewis County, Mo., has been issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Aug. 5 -- A California businessman will swathe himself in 500 plastic bags and join 99 other demonstrators Aug. 12 in an effort to draw attention to California´s proposed state-wide plastic bag ban.

Aug. 4 -- Converted Organics, best known for its food waste composting facilities and organic soil additives and fertilizers, has signed a new agreement to license its evaporation technology for industrial wastewater treatment applications.

Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has given the community of Iola, Kan., $768,000 to help make much-needed improvements to the aging municipal sewer system.

July 30 -- Perma-Fix Environmental Services Inc. has scheduled a conference call to discuss second quarter financial results for 9 a.m. eastern time Aug. 5, the Atlanta-based company said.

July 29 -- Medical waste and compliance services firm Stericycle reported earnings of $0.61 per share for the second quarter, and increase in revenue of 20% over the same time last year.

July 28 -- Rewards-for-recycling company RecycleBank has tapped Jonathan Hsu as its new CEO.

July 26 -- Sen. Thomas R. Carper, co-chair of the Senate Recycling Caucus, has been honored with the "Recycling Works" award at the National Recycling Coalition´s annual gala, held last week in Washington, D.C.

Agricultural scientists have improved on an existing method for removing contaminants from storm water runoff. These findings could provide surface waters additional protection against runoff containing pollutants from point sources such as construction sites, storm waters and other urban landscapes.

July 23 -- U.S. consumption of recovered paper was 2.6 million tons, a 6% increase over June 2009 numbers, according to the American Forest & Paper Association.

July 22 -- Farmers in Pennsylvania should take steps to prevent groundwater contamination and to prevent manure from their farm animals from entering streams, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said.