It´s the middle of the night and Rick Ball is not happy. He´s already delivered empty roll-off containers here and there around the Cincinnati area and dropped off a load of cardboard at a local recycling center. MORE»

WHEATON, ILL. -- There´s a nice stereo in Sean Hupe´s garbage truck, tuned to a classic rock station he enjoys. But he doesn´t get to listen to many songs all the way through. MORE»

Tim Wolford doesn´t slow down much. And as operation manager at Rumpke Consolidated Companies Inc.´s flagship landfill in suburban Cincinnati, that´s a good thing. It´s Wolford´s job to make sure the sixth-largest landfill... MORE»