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Best Buy, Minneapolis, launched a test recycling program at 117 of its stores where customers can drop off e-waste for free.

American LaFrance, Summerville, S.C., received approval for its plan to emerge from bankruptcy.

Jump into The Heap, a new blog by the editors of Waste Age, at http://blog.wasteindustrysite.com/the_heap.

Waste Management, Houston, was named a Climate Action Leader by the California Action Registry.

OmniSource, Fort Wayne, Ind., acquired Recycle South, Lyman, Ind., for $500 million.

The Solid Waste Association of North America, Silver Spring, Md., purchased 100 metric tons of carbon emission equivalents on the Chicago Climate Exchange to offset the association's 2008 events.