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New Hampshire passes recycling study bill amid market challenges
Legislators were moved to act after seeing local communities suspend programs or undergo price increases. Gov. Chris Sununu has yet to give final approval.
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ISRI members get preliminary injunction from California reporting law
An upcoming law requiring new recycling and composting data has been challenged by scrap recyclers over various concerns, including the classification of material as "solid waste."
UPDATED: July 17, 2019 at 12:01 p.m. -
Q&AHow Veolia tackles tough waste streams with resourcefulness and global reach
Veolia North America President and COO Bob Cappadona talked to Waste Dive about how the company's Total Waste Management division can find unique solutions for just about anything — even PFAS.
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Recycling to resume in Florida county after 6-month suspension
The new agreement, which comes after the Emerald Coast Utilities Authority terminated a prior contract, will cost Santa Rosa County an estimated $321,000 annually.
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Rubicon signs new technology contract with Montgomery, Alabama
The three-year deal follows a 2018 pilot designed to provide data on vehicle patterns and routing to help the city's sanitation department improve efficiency and customer service.
UPDATED: July 17, 2019 at 11:14 a.m. -
Tennessee sanitation workers file EEOC racial discrimination charges against Republic Services
A Teamsters complaint alleges "continuous efforts to make work conditions hostile and malicious" for Republic's black drivers in the Memphis area.
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77% of global cities will experience 'striking shift' in climate by 2050
Nearly a quarter of global cities will experience extreme climate conditions not currently found in any city, a new report in journal PLOS One found.
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New Hampshire voters could slow development of new Casella landfill
After facing multiple public and legal setbacks to expansion efforts at an existing site, the company is pursuing an alternative plan involving land adjacent to a state park.
UPDATED: July 15, 2019 at 3:37 p.m. -
EPA plans to approve landfill emissions plans from multiple states
The movement comes after a federal judge largely ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought by multiple states, which had challenged the agency's inaction to implement 2016 rules governing methane emissions.
UPDATED: July 15, 2019 at 10:16 a.m. -
Deep DiveDisputed ground: The future of landfill gas-to-energy
Gas capture at landfills creates electricity and revenue, but also has economic and environmental disadvantages.
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ColumnScrap Collector: US emerges as world's top producer of waste
Plus: A Canadian grocer's shame-inducing plastic bag scheme, and mass anti-incinerator protests in Chinese city.
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Senate confirms Peter Wright to run EPA's OLEM
The former Dow Chemical lawyer's nomination as assistant administrator had been delayed for more than a year, but he will now take over the agency's top solid waste position.
UPDATED: July 11, 2019 at 2:43 p.m. -
Connecticut bag ban spurs contentious food waste debate
One of the year's more mildly worded state bag bans was prefaced by heated discussion around whether compostable products should be exempt.
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Lawsuit over Keurig coffee pod recyclability moving forward
The company had hoped a California judge would dismiss a complaint claiming its "recyclable" labels are misleading.
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Q&ALocal governments may have more recycling power than they realize
Neil Seldman of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance has long been a proponent of grassroots policymaking. He shares examples of cities and counties taking the lead on glass, organics and more.
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Waste Management aiming to expand Wisconsin's largest landfill via Superfund excavation
Once thought to be nearing capacity, the Orchard Ridge Landfill could now remain open for years following the proposed project and a previously approved expansion.
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Terracycle's Loop expands to 5 new states
The circular packaging concept, described as a grand experiment, kicked off its first U.S. pilot in May. The program is now expanding in the Northeast due to increased demand.
UPDATED: July 10, 2019 at 10:35 a.m. -
Boston casts wide net for organics options, including in-sink
The city's first move on its "zero waste" plan indicates large-scale ambitions. Two new RFPs for curbside food and textile collection also serve as a reminder of current budget constraints.
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Food waste is piling up. How are manufacturers responding?
More than 1.6 billion tons of food go to waste annually, representing $1.2 trillion in value and a third of all global food production — and according to a 2018 report, it's getting worse.
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Oregon governor signs laws banning plastic bags, straws
Legislation signed by Gov. Kate Brown last month is the latest in a series of statewide plastic reduction measures to pass this year.
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Report: Supply chains cause 40% of food waste in North America
Companies and countries will need better data as they move forward with food waste reduction plans, according to data from the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization.
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Oregon Senate rejects statewide polystyrene foam container ban
The proposed ban was defeated in a 15-14 vote after three Democrats sided with Republican lawmakers in voting against the bill.
UPDATED: July 8, 2019 at 9:49 a.m. -
Q&AOff the Route: Von Hernandez on 'turning the tide' of plastic pollution
Hernandez spoke to Waste Dive about his career as a waste and toxics campaigner, waste dumping in Southeast Asia and the path toward creating mass systemic change around plastics.
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Michigan launches statewide educational campaign on recycling
The humor-infused "Know It Before You Throw It" campaign aims to combat consumer confusion around recycling.
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PepsiCo to trial Aquafina in aluminum cans
The company also pledged to switch its bubly brand to all cans and move its Lifewtr products to 100% recycled plastic by the end of 2020.
