Newsbriefs

Waste Industries Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has acquired some of Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Allied Waste Industries Inc.'s commercial routes in Memphis, Tenn.; Nashville, Tenn.; Augusta, Ga., Pensacola, Fla.; and Norfolk, Va.

Environmental Support Solutions, Tempe, Ariz., has acquired RMS Systems Inc., Denver, a developer of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training and safety software.

Wireless Data Solutions Inc., Oceanside, Calif., has formed an alliance with Soft Pak Inc., San Diego, to provide a tracking and communication system for waste industry commercial trucks.

The Valvoline Co., Lexington, Ky., and Cummins Inc., Columbus, Ind., have renewed their sales and marketing alliance for an additional five years.

DTE Energy Services, Detroit, has chosen Washington Group International, Boise, Idaho, as its “firm of choice” for engineering and construction services.

Amerimulch, Independence, Ohio, has partnered with Term-A-Rid 613, North East, Md., to produce mulch, made with the Term-A-Rid 613 formula, designed to control termites to protect wood.

Actio Corp., Hampton, N.H., has formed a partnership with Brady Corp., Milwaukee, to provide a real-time, web-based hazardous communication (HazCom) labeling system.

BASF Corp., Mt. Olive, N.J., has won the 2001 Automotive News Premier Automotive Suppliers' Contributions to Excellence award in the environmental advances category.

Newstech Recycling Partnership, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, has given its annual Supplier of the Year award to Crown Packaging's Paper Recovery Division, British Columbia.

Dana Corp.'s, Toledo, Ohio, Perfect Circle Division Richmond Liner Foundry has earned the Indiana Governor's Award for Excellence in Recycling for turning quenched cupola slag, a non-hazardous waste material, into material as a substitute raw material that can be used to make cement.

J&J Truck Equipment, Somerset, Pa., has received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Achievement from Tulsa, Okla.-based Auto Crane for excellence in sales for the second year in a row.