NEWS BRIEFS 6834

WORLD WASTES STAFF

Acquisition Weyerhaeuser Co., Tacoma, Wash., has ac-quired Recycall Corp., Atlanta.

United Waste Systems Inc., Greenwich, Conn., has ac-quired Partyka Resource Man-agement Inc., which owns a landfill and collection company in Granby, Mass., and a landfill in Chicopee, Mass.

Agreement Apollo Wood Recovery Inc., Fontana, Calif., has agreed to supply CanFibre Group Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., with wood waste.

TBN Holdings Inc., Cleve-land, has agreed to manage a waste-derived fuel facility at a Medusa Corp. cement plant in Wampum, Pa.

Award The Caterpillar Inc. Engine Center, Mossville, Ill., has been awarded QS-9000 certification.

Contracts The Cape May County, N.J., Municipal Utili-ties Authority has contracted Emcon, Rutherford, N.J., to design future cells for its landfill in Cape May County, N.J.

The Tennessee Valley Au-thority, Chattanooga, Tenn., has contracted Houston-headquartered Browning-Ferris In-dustries to provide waste re-duction and recycling services.

New Address Golder Con-struction Services, Atlanta, will relocate on January 1, 1996. The new address is 3730 Chamblee Tucker Rd., Atlanta, Ga. 30341. (770) 493-4278. Fax: (770) 493-4281.

New Association The En-vironmental Industry Associa-tions has created its fourth industry association: the So-ciety for Environmental Man-agement (SEM).

New Facility GreenCycle of Georgia, a subsidiary of Green-Cycle Inc., Northfield, Ill., will operate compost facilities in Merk Miles, Ga. and Morgan Falls, Ga., and a recycling center in Fulton County, Ga.

Laidlaw Waste Systems Inc., Burlington, Ontario, has opened a 74,000-square-foot recycling center in Dallas.

American Resource Recovery Ltd., Maywood, Ill., has opened a new recycling facility in Maryneal, Texas.

Square D Co., Raleigh, N.C., has opened a paper recycling facility at its Knightdale, N.C., manufacturing plant.

National Rubber Michigan Inc., Flat Rock, Mich., will open a tire recycling plant to process 1.5 million scrap tires annually.

Permit Commodore Environmental Services Inc., New York, N.Y., has been granted a permit by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research and develop disposal methods for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB).

Strategic Alliance Black & Veatch, Kansas City, Mo., and PKF-Mark III, a privately held general contractor, have signed a strategic alliance to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for environmental projects in the northeastern United States.

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Permit The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, King George County, Va., has issued a commercial solid waste landfill to Garnet of Virginia Inc., Annapolis, Md.

Project Completion The Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, Fla., and Polk County, Fla., have completed the remediation of a 20-acre waste tire site in Polk City, Fla.

Purchase National Seal Co., Aurora, Ill., has purchased a controlling interest in Albarrie-Naue Ltd., Barrie, Ont., a geosynthetic clay liner manufacturer.

Study The City of Phoenix has selected Maguire Group Inc., Foxborough, Mass., to conduct a feasibility study on a fast-track schedule for a major expansion to the city's recycling program.