UPDATES 7212

Waste Industries USA Inc., Raleigh, N.C., has acquired Patriot Waste Systems, Greensboro, N.C.

Stericycle Inc., Lake Forest, Ill., has completed the acquisition of Scherer Healthcare Inc., Atlanta.

Mid-America Recycling, Des Moines, Iowa, has purchased American Paper Corp., Minneapolis.

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp., Chicago, will acquire Smurfit MBI, Mississauga, Ontario.

Terralink Software Systems Inc., Portland, Maine, has acquired Analine Technologies, Boston, a Web-based hazardous waste software company.

Announcements

Harris Waste Management Group, Peachtree City, Ga., has sold a HS6090 top and bottom discharge shredder to Midwest Scrap Management, St. Joseph, Mo.

Bulk Handling Systems, Inc., Eugene, Ore., has recently manufactured and installed two single-stream processing facilities on the West Coast.

Dana Corp., Kalamazoo, Mich., has earned ISO 14001 environmental certification for all of its United States and Mexican locations.

Heil Environmental Industries, Chattanooga, Tenn., has received a patent for the proprietary dual track design of its PowerTrak commercial rear loader tailgate.

SCS Engineers has opened an office in Portland, Ore.

Choice Waste Systems Holdings Inc., Indian River County, Fla., will go public in 2003.

The Peterbilt, Denton, Texas, Model 320 is now available with a Cummins, Columbus, Ind., ISL engine.

Call for Papers, Proposals

Papers are being accepted for the Third International Methane & Nitrous Oxide Mitigation Conference. Papers should be e-mailed to Clark Talkington of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: [email protected].

The Carpet America Recovery Effort (CARE), Dalton, Ga., is offering $50,000 grants to keep carpets out of landfills. For details, visit www.carpetrecovery.com.

The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), Charlotte, N.C., has issued a request for proposals that will increase collection of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic bottles. For more information, visit www.napcor.com.