Mississippi Business Journal » Wiggins http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:33:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Residents express concerns over Stone Co. landfill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/18/residents-express-concerns-over-stone-co-landfill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=residents-express-concerns-over-stone-co-landfill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/18/residents-express-concerns-over-stone-co-landfill/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 13:29:34 +0000 Ross Reily http://msbusiness.com/?p=57294 WIGGINS — About a dozen residents expressed their concerns at a public meeting regarding a proposed rubbish site. Thursday’s meeting was hosted by the Pine Belt Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. Neighbors of the City Bridge Road property spoke about their concerns for the environment and questioned whether the location and size of the 15-acre [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/18/residents-express-concerns-over-stone-co-landfill/feed/ 0 State’s wood pellets getting warm reception in Europe http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/state%e2%80%99s-wood-pellets-getting-warm-reception-in-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=state%25e2%2580%2599s-wood-pellets-getting-warm-reception-in-europe http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/state%e2%80%99s-wood-pellets-getting-warm-reception-in-europe/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 06:00:19 +0000 Lynn Lofton http://msbusiness.com/?p=42361 Mississippi’s two wood pellets manufacturers are finding a warm reception for their products in Europe. Used as alternative energy in residential, institutional and industrial applications, this biofuel has the EPA’s approval, creates less carbon than other types of fuel and is more efficient than burning cord wood. The state’s two wood pellets plants are located [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/06/12/state%e2%80%99s-wood-pellets-getting-warm-reception-in-europe/feed/ 1 Alabama company buys Miss. pellet mill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/15/alabama-company-buys-miss-pellet-mill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=alabama-company-buys-miss-pellet-mill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/10/15/alabama-company-buys-miss-pellet-mill/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2010 15:52:27 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=31964 WIGGINS — Enviva LP, which sells wood pellets to a European electrical utility, has acquired a controlling interest in a Wiggins, Miss., pellet plant. Terms were not disclosed. Enviva, a Richmond, Va.-based manufacturer of biomass fuel, tells the Mobile Press-Register that it will expand the former Piney Woods Pellets plant from its current 50,000 tons [...]

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