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    Notable waste and recycling conferences in 2025

    The Resource Recycling Conference originally planned for Aug. 4-6 has been canceled. It will now be co-located with the Plastics Recycling and Textile Recovery Conference, happening Feb. 23-25, 2026, in San Diego.

    Updated June 11, 2025
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    Photo Illustration: Shaun Lucas/Industry Dive; Getty Images

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    Tracking recycling laws by state

    The Texas legislature sent a right-to-repair bill to the governor’s desk, Oregon’s governor signed a law creating “alternative” redemption center locations and Colorado’s governor signed a battery EPR law.

    Updated June 6, 2025
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    A recipe for disasters: The art of bird flu composting

    The multiyear spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza has resulted in a significant number of animal carcasses. Compost experts travel to farms around the country to deal with the problem.

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    Honeywell, Samsung subsidiary, others create SAF Technology Alliance

    The SAF Technology Alliance will create an end-to-end integrated solution to turn waste from a feedstock into sustainable aviation fuel to help scale the industry.

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    EQT could acquire majority stake in landfill RNG company Waga Energy

    EQT has entered negotiations with the intention of taking Waga private. The firm says the investment is key to accelerating Waga’s position in the global renewable natural gas market.

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    Oregon governor signs bottle bill update for ‘alternative’ redemption centers

    The law aims to offer more redemption points in an effort to reduce the strain on Portland-area retailers and support canners who make an income from collecting containers.

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    Trump’s EPA budget would cut funds appropriated for waste offices

    The budget would cut certain waste and recycling grant programs and enforcement related activities. It would also transition Superfund remediation work to a revenue source boosted in recent years through legislation.

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    Déjà vu? New York EPR bill unpopular with packaging groups awaits fate in Assembly

    The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act has again passed the Senate. A host of trade groups that dislike the bill’s material restrictions and recycled content requirements have voiced support for an alternate bill.

  • Aerial view of an industrial port with coal piles, several storage tanks and buildings, rail lines and a large industrial shed under construction. The complex sits on the bank of a river.
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    Courtesy of Empire Green Generation
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    Planned West Virginia pyrolysis plant misses payments on $44M in bonds

    The plant, commissioned by a subsidiary of Empire Diversified Energy, was set to convert waste plastic to electricity. Its future is unclear.

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    Tracking GHG emissions of US waste management companies

    Montrose Environmental Group released a new sustainability report featuring data from last year. 

    Updated June 6, 2025
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    Tracking the waste and recycling industry’s M&A activity

    Redbox+ Dumpsters of Greater Austin acquired a roll-off hauler; Casella acquired Gerber’s in Maryland; Hoffman Sanitation acquired Wildhorse Waste; GFL recently acquired a Michigan hauler.

    Updated June 4, 2025
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    GFL Environmental Services acquires OSI, one of first deals since spin-off

    OSI offers hazardous and non-hazardous waste services across several states. GFL executives have said they expect the newly spun off environmental services division to be aggressive on acquisitions. 

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    Archaea to have positive cash flow in 2026; RNG news from Rumpke, Veolia and more

    BP reported three new Archaea projects came online in the first quarter, including two at Rumpke landfills. Elsewhere, Opal Fuels reported a strong quarter and a new project with Republic Services, among other projects.

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    Hawai’i governor signs packaging EPR study bill

    Lawmakers in Hawai’i have been introducing EPR proposals for years. The study funded by the newly signed law is due to the state legislature by the end of 2027.

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    Waste industry calls on manufacturers, policymakers to help prevent facility fires

    Speakers at a recent webinar hosted by the Solid Waste Association of North America and the National Stewardship Action Council offered tips on coordinating programs and policy to deal with this issue.

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    Amp grows focus on custom MSW sortation offerings

    The company, known for AI-enabled robotics tech, is ramping up its MSW-focused services meant to help extract recyclables and organics to divert material from disposal in landfills-constrained areas. 

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    Brightmark retains Indiana chemical recycling facility through bankruptcy auction

    The Ashley pyrolysis facility is expected to remain in operation after Brightmark acquired it from a subsidiary. The facility was only at 5% capacity, according to recent court documents.

    Updated May 29, 2025
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    Will surge in GLP-1 medications lower food waste?

    Early research suggests the amount and composition of wasted food changes when consumers begin using medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.

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    Tracking the future of US recycling policy in Congress

    Lawmakers reintroduced the Secure E-Waste Export and Recycling Act, aimed at restricting certain exports due to security concerns, as well as the Reducing Waste in National Parks Act, meant to tackle single-use plastic sales.

    Updated June 4, 2025
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    NERC notes slight commodity value improvements, while MRFs announce significant upgrades

    Northeast MRFs reported blended commodity prices rose up to 9% in Q1. Meanwhile, Casella, Eureka and the City of Phoenix announced MRF upgrades in part to help fetch higher commodity prices.

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    Congress revokes Advanced Clean Trucks waiver, creating ambiguity for refuse fleets

    Last week, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution revoking waivers allowing California to implement several zero-emissions truck policies. The change will ease requirements even as a transition continues.

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    Will 2025 EPR laws pave the way for more packaging policy?

    After Maryland and Washington recently adopted packaging EPR laws, leaders from Ameripen and the National Stewardship Action Council expect to see more policy action, including on bottle bills, in 2026.

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    The image by Gene Spesard is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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    Waste sector emissions ticked up in 2023, unreleased EPA report finds

    The U.S. EPA only published partial information on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions this year. But newly available data suggests the waste industry’s emissions ticked up while overall emissions declined.

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    Nova Chemicals, Novolex open mechanical recycling facility for PE film

    The Connersville, Indiana, facility will process up to 145,000 bales of postconsumer plastic film a year to produce recycled LLDPE for use in food-safe applications.

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    CalRecycle unveils new SB 54 text; Wagoner out as CAA’s California lead

    The agency will host a public meeting May 27 to take feedback. Circular Action Alliance, the packaging EPR program’s PRO, plans to hire a new state lead as former CalRecycle director Rachel Wagoner steps aside.