Waste Industries Incorporated

While the goal of playing the board game Monopoly is to acquire and develop as many of a community's transportation and utility companies, properties, houses and hotels as possible, the goal of the Boy & Girls Club is to acquire the needed funding to...

The Burbank Recycling Center is resuming CRV reimbursements today more than 10 months after getting wrapped up a state fraud case and losing its certification. Reimbursements were discontinued at the center in late December 2011 because it no longer...

The nuances of waste took center stage at an Earth Day celebration Saturday at the Burbank Recycle Center, where attendees were schooled in the differences between trash and recyclable goods and encouraged to start compost piles. “I would love...

The City Council this week hired a new operator for the city’s recycling center. The company was selected even though it was hand-picked by the existing recycler, who allegedly bilked the state out of $33 million in fraudulent claims. The 4-1...

Reactions were mixed at the Burbank Recycle Center on Tuesday — the first day the facility stopped paying CRV reimbursement for recyclables after its operator was slapped with allegations that it filed $33 million in fraudulent claims at another...

Burbank Recycle Center will no longer pay  CRV reimbursement  for bottles and cans beginning Tuesday, according to city officials. The center will only pay scrap value for certain beverage containers, which means residents will receive substantially...

Burbank officials have set a self-imposed Nov. 15 deadline to hammer out a deal with a new operator for the city’s recycling center — even if the prospective newcomer was selected by the current contractor who is accused of making almost $33...

Ryan Kelley, supervisorial candidate for District 4, has gathered the most funds in campaign contributions compared to other supervisorial candidates, campaign finance reports show.  Sam Couchman, who is running against Ryan Kelley, is second with $10,...

An agreement between Burrtec Waste Industries and Imperial County over the Salton City Landfill as well as a $1.5 million payment to the county were postponed Tuesday for no more than 18 months by the county Board of Supervisors. In December 2008 the...

Why has the county been so careful and so low-key in not providing information about the Public Works Department leasing out the county's Salton City Landfill to Burrtec Industries? Why has this been so hushed up? This 99-year lease was so low-key in...

Why has the county been so careful and so low-key in not providing information about the Public Works Department leasing out the county’s Salton City Landfill to Burrtec Industries? Why has this been so hushed up? This 99-year lease was so low-key...

Burbank officials have set a self-imposed Nov. 15 deadline to hammer out a deal with a new operator for the city’s recycling center — even if the prospective newcomer was selected by the current contractor who is accused of making......