Waste Advantage Magazine articles

Businesses have been facing unprecedented challenges trying to keep afloat and operate in the worst economic conditions in most of our lifetimes. Weak consumer demand, decreasing inventory levels, aging equipment and tight credit markets have had many businesses hobbled and waiting for signs of economic recovery. A recent study on the small business outlook for 2010 from CIT and Forbes Insights reported that 71 percent of small business owners agreed that they are working har

Serving the needs of commercial, industrial and residential customers, Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (Vaughan, ON) is the third largest non-hazardous solid waste management company in North America. Their history began in 2000 when they acquired some of the Canadian waste assets of Browning Ferris International, or BFI, which itself had been acquired by Allied Waste. CEO Keith Carrigan, with private equity firm Edgestone Capital, purchased some of these Canadian assets and named the compan