Waste Management To Close Pennsylvania Landfill

Stephen Ursery, Editor, Waste Age Magazine

June 20, 2005

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Houston-based Waste Management (WM) has decided to close a landfill near Philadelphia instead of appealing a state ruling against its proposed expansion, according to press reports. According to The Mercury newspaper, Pennsylvania’s Environmental Hearing Board last month upheld an October 2004 decision by the state to deny WM’s request to vertically expand its Pottstown Landfill.

About the Author

Stephen Ursery

Editor, Waste Age Magazine, Waste360

Stephen Ursery is the editor of Waste Age magazine. During his time as editor, Waste Age has won more than 20 national and regional awards. He has worked for Penton Media since August 1999. Before joining Waste Age as the magazine's managing editor, he was an associate editor for American City & County and for National Real Estate Investor.

Prior to joining Penton, Stephen worked as a reporter for The Marietta Daily Journal and The Fulton County Daily Report, both of which are located in metro Atlanta.

Stephen earned a BA in History from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn.

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