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Washington, DC releases updated sustainability plan with waste goals
The draft includes goals for achieving "zero waste," capturing value from recovered materials and eventually expanding organics service.
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Kroger combats food waste with Apeel partnership
The grocer will introduce the long-lasting avocados in 109 Cincinnati stores this month, with plans to expand to other cities in the future.
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OpinionStudy: Plastic isn't the source of society's waste problem
The Earth Engineering Center in New York took a closer look at how plastic may have helped decouple MSW generation from economic growth in the U.S.
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Baltimore announces new food waste reduction plan
Officials hope the program will save tens of thousands of pounds of food from being incinerated each year.
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Daily Digest: New research on the plastic problem, Nine Dragons buying another US mill
Plus news on the latest AI advances in MRF technology, the newly named "Trash Pandas" baseball team and more in our daily roundup.
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OpinionSecuring scrap: The revolution in yard security
STANLEY Security's Drew Alexander explains how advancements in technology can have big effects for scrap yards.
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Daily Digest: WM names COO, buys Pennsylvania company; Waco landfill proceeds
Plus WTE protests in New Hampshire, PAYT concerns in Maryland and more in our daily roundup.
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Acosta announces new DOL 'compliance assistance' arm
The announcement included the launch of two new websites — Worker.gov and Employer.gov — that will address compliance questions.
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Daily Digest: Sanitation Salvage suspension upheld in NYC, Wheelabrator closing Florida WTE
Plus Republic reverses course on Illinois recycling cancellation, a $6 million fire in North Carolina and more in our daily roundup.
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Lake Worth, Florida reverting to dual-stream collection next month
The city had offered single-stream collection for 10 years, but was plagued by contamination and recently turned to Palm Beach County for a new approach.
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Supply chains could help spare $270B of food waste with a few fixes
Industry, not consumers, has the primary responsibility for fixing the trillion dollar problem of food waste, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group.
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Daily Digest: Republic's sustainability talking points, Austin tries to salvage bag ban
Plus trash piling up in Acapulco, the latest solar landfill project gets approval and more in our daily roundup.
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Ohio city suspends recycling for two years with hopes to resume
Oregon, a suburb of Toledo, will launch a public education campaign during the hiatus and potentially rebid its contract.
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Harvest Power closing controversial organics facility in British Columbia
The site has attracted odor complaints for years, though the company claims that wasn't the driving factor in its decision.
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Daily Digest: WM forfeits $5.5M over undocumented workers, California passes bottle bill fix
Plus Japan's multi-million dollar recycling investment, the latest city bag fee news and more in our daily roundup.
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4 recycling conversations to watch for remainder of 2018
What WASTECON panelists and speakers had to say on marine litter, single vs. dual stream, contamination standards, new end markets and framing the recycling dialogue.
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OpinionLetter to the editor: What's really going on in Germany
A German native with decades of waste management experience responds to recent comments made by Waste Connections CEO Ron Mittelstaedt.
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The WASTECON sessions: fire, safety and contamination
Three sessions at last week's WASTECON highlight what's on the minds of industry leaders right now.
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Q&AMathy Stanislaus on what it will take to make waste a climate issue
Waste Dive sat down with the former EPA assistant administrator and current circular economy fellow to talk China, EPR and lots more.
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Daily Digest: NY DEC joins recycling dialogue, Philly getting $120M digester
Plus news on another Chinese paper mill investment in the U.S., needlestick risks for MRF workers and more in our daily roundup.
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Will there ever be one standard recycling measurement?
This wonky, but critical, debate is gaining renewed attention post-China. Last week, SWANA adopted a new technical policy to help set parameters for the dialogue.
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Daily Digest: 8 US cities join global reduction pledge, recycled truck heads to South Pole
Plus updates on a Waste Management landfill expansion proposal in Maine, new Recycle Across America partners and more in our daily roundup.
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New York hauler sues city over suspension, claiming lack of due process
Sanitation Salvage equated the city's move to "a death sentence" and accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of defamation. So far, he shows no sign of changing his tone.
UPDATED: Aug. 28, 2018 at 9:26 a.m.
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Opinion3 tech solutions for modern landfills
Firmatek President Lauren Elmore shares her thoughts on how landfills should operate to preserve precious capacity amid a dip in recycling markets.
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Daily Digest: China's effects on RecycLA, Phoenix's creative driver apprenticeships
Plus news on a worker fatality in Louisiana, next-level plastic bag policy in the U.K. and more in our daily roundup.
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