Established in 1990, the Solid Waste Digest has evolved from a newsletter into the solid waste industry’s leading independent research service on the business of managing waste. The Solid Waste Digest team provides an independent, third-party analysis and perspective on key solid waste market trends. This web page provides illustrations of the typical report's coverage (see below). For the 2007 Solid Waste Digest research agenda, please click here; the 2008 Agenda is forthcoming. For additional information, please contact us at swdigest@envirobiz.com

Each report includes the following (click on the titles or the images below to view a sample version; please note that these samples have been redacted for web publication):  

Market Segment Special Reports

Each month, Solid Waste Digest provides an in-depth examination of a different segment of the waste management industry. Combining industry-leading analysis with interviews with key figures, each Solid Waste Digest gives you all the information executives need to know about many of the industry's most significant waste streams and challenges.

MSW and C&D Regional Pricing and Trends

Solid Waste Digest's analysts have spent the last year compiling the most accurate and in-depth information on MSW and C&D tipping fees in the country. Each report analyzes a different region of the country, providing high, low, median, and average tipping fees across states, and comparing that information on a historical basis with year 2000 statistics. This information allows analysts, executives, and individual facility owners to accurately compare their own tipping fees with others in their state and region. Click here for specific information on how stakeholders can use Chartwell's information to compare tipping fees across facilities.

State Solid Waste Market Digests

Each Solid Waste Digest report provides concise, comprehensive information on five different states. Tracking information as diverse and useful as demographics, waste per capita, regulatory authority, facility breakdown, and tipping fees, Solid Waste Digest provides all the information necessary to get a clear picture of the waste industry in every state in the country.

Waste Management Sector Financial Trends

The Solid Waste Digest team has initiated a unique approach to tracking financial performance of the solid waste industry that is extremely useful in tracking the recent historical and current performance of public waste management companies. The basic composite financial statistics can be used by almost any company to comparably track its own financial performance.

Companies tracked in Solid Waste Digest's Business Index include Allied Waste, American Ecology, Clean Harbors, Covanta, Casella, LKQ, Metal Management, Republic, Stericycle, Waste Connections, Waste Industries, Waste Management, Waste Services, and WCA Waste.

Chartwell’s Price Surveys

Since its earliest years, one of Chartwell’s distinct niche services is its ongoing surveying of the gate prices being charged for municipal solid waste at facilities across the United States. This effort has been expanded to consistently include construction and demolition waste management. Each report, Chartwell provides the average, median, and range of pricing found at the various types of MSW and C&D facilities operating across the United States. 

Chartwell Solid Waste Digest

Research Agenda for 2007

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Report #1: Released 4/09/07 (Click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Scrap Tire Management Market
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wyoming
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region One – Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Ten—Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
• Company Performance: Q4 Performance, MSW Index Companies: Allied Waste, Covanta Energy, Casella Waste Systems, Republic Waste Services, Waste Connections, Waste Industries, Waste Management, Waste Services
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #1
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #2: Released 05/15/07 (Click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Construction & Demolition Waste Market
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Delaware
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Three—Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Eight—Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
• Company Performance: Q4 Performance, Special Waste Index Companies: Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, American Ecology, Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Clean Harbors, LKQ, Perma-Fix, Stericycle, Synagro, Trex Corp.
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #2
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #3: Released 6/15/07 (Click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Electronic Waste Management Market
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Rhode Island, Maine
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Five—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Six—Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
• Company Performance: Waste Equipment Company Spotlight
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #3
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #4: Released 7/10/07 (Click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Paper Recycling Market Review
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Virginia, Massachusetts, Nevada, Maryland
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Seven—Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Four—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
• Company Performance: Q1 Performance, MSW Index Companies
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #4
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #5: Released 8/18/07 (click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Aluminum & Steel Recycling Market Review
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Arkansas, South Carolina, New Mexico, Oregon, West Virginia, Washington
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Nine—Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Two—New Jersey, New York
• Company Performance: Q1 Performance, Special Waste Index Companies
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #5
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #6: Released 9/28/07 (click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Glass Recycling Market Review
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Alaska, Kentucky, Alabama, Kansas, Wisconsin
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Two—New Jersey, New York
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Nine—Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada
• Company Performance: Q2 Performance, MSW Index Companies
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #6
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #7: Released 10/31/07 (click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Plastics Recycling Market Review
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, Hawaii, Tennessee  
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Four—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Seven—Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
• Company Performance: Q2 Performance, Specialty Waste Index Companies
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #7
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #8: Released 11/21/07 (click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Specialty Metals Recycling Market Review – Cadmium, Copper, Lead, Mercury, Nickel, Tin, Zinc
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Louisiana, New York, Montana, Vermont, North Dakota  
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Six—Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Five—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin
• Company Performance: Comparisons of MSW & Special Waste Indices
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #8
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #9: Released 12/15/07 (click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: Nonhazardous Industrial Waste Management Market
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: California, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Connecticut
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Eight—Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region Three—Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
• Company Performance: Q3 Performance, MSW Index Companies
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Chartwell National Group #9
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

Report #10: Released 12/20/07 (click here to view abstract)

• Featured Report: MSW Market Overview
• State Solid Waste Management Synopsis: Texas, New Hampshire, Arizona, Idaho, South Dakota
• Municipal Solid Waste Gate Rates Summary: EPA Region Ten—Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington
• Construction & Demolition Gate Rate Summary: EPA Region One – Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Company Performance: Q3 Performance, MSW Index Companies
• 2007 Gate Rate Survey Update: Overall 2007 vs. 2006 Comparison
• Recent Noteworthy Market Announcements & Events

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Solid Waste Digest (ISSN 1069-501X) reports are issued ten times per year. An annual subscription costs $500. Each report includes approximately seventy pages of text covering the solid waste marketplace. The appendix of the report contains the latest pricing information collected by Chartwell researchers from all fifty states with periodic pricing summaries.

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