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Senate passes $8.8B EPA budget
The funding is about 4% less than last year but over 50% more than a previous White House proposal. It cuts funding for Superfund activities but maintains other research funding for landfill methane and PFAS.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 16, 2026 -
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Recycling app Scrapp launches innovation pilot in Miami-Dade County
Scrapp, a company offering recycling education and data analytics, is partnering with Miami-Dade County to help divert waste from disposal. The pilot got a boost from a $100,000 county innovation grant.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 14, 2026 -
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Casella fined $1.9M amid New Hampshire landfill debate; GFL seeks Michigan expansion
The New Hampshire Senate passed a landfill permit reform bill. Meanwhile, GFL Environmental plots an expansion, Republic Services extends the life of a landfill and Coastal Waste & Recycling contends with odor complaints.
By Jacob Wallace • Jan. 14, 2026 -
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GFL Environmental, LRS swap assets in Arkansas and Indiana
The deal strengthens the companies' respective footprints in each state. LRS is deepening its Indiana ties after securing an Indianapolis collection contract, while GFL is acquiring a C&D landfill.
By Jacob Wallace • Jan. 13, 2026 -
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RNG producers are still waiting on the EPA; plus news from WM, Vanguard Renewables
In a court filing late last month, the U.S. EPA said it expects to finalize the volume obligations for petroleum fuel refiners sometime in Q1, creating uncertainty for renewable fuel producers.
By Jacob Wallace • Jan. 9, 2026 -
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5 themes that could shape waste and recycling in 2026
Macroeconomic trends, including cooling inflation and continued commodity headwinds, are expected to impact the industry. Regulations, especially around PFAS, EPR and landfills, will also play a role in the coming year.
By Jacob Wallace , Megan Quinn • Jan. 8, 2026 -
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New Jersey court upholds key environmental justice law
Recyclers argued the state's Department of Environmental Protection overstepped its authority and blocked business operations. But an appeals court said DEP appropriately applied the EJ law.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 7, 2026 -
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Where new 2026 recycling and waste laws are taking effect
Colorado, Oregon, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Vermont and Washington have new laws, including electronics and battery EPR and right-to-repair policies.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 5, 2026 -
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2025’s notable waste and recycling acquisitions
The year saw notable deal announcements involving GFL Environmental, Veolia, Enviri, WM, Republic Services, Waste Connections, Casella Waste Systems, FCC Environmental Services, LRS and more.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 23, 2025 -
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By the numbers: What impacted waste and recycling in 2025
Take a look back at the year's notable data points on policy, regulation, labor, recycling trends and more.
By Megan Quinn , Jacob Wallace , Cole Rosengren • Dec. 23, 2025 -
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How the EPA affected waste and recycling in 2025
The agency under the Trump administration signaled changes to how it regulates PFAS and greenhouse gas emissions and appointed key new leadership.
By Waste Dive Staff • Dec. 22, 2025 -
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Colorado adopts its own landfill emissions rule for the first time
The new regulation adopts several new rules designed to tighten emissions monitoring and reduction, including the approval of satellite and drone monitoring systems.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 19, 2025 -
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Ahead of 2026, Congress hears diverging calls for PFAS regulation
Witnesses pressed lawmakers to act on PFAS-related legislation in 2026 to protect “passive receivers” including water utilities and waste facilities. Environmental groups instead pushed for PFAS to be more strictly regulated.
By Megan Quinn • Dec. 19, 2025 -
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US EPA announces recipients of $58M in recycling infrastructure grants
The second round of Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants, or SWIFR, will support 17 programs meant to avoid illegal dumping, build reuse centers, establish commercial recycling programs and more.
By Megan Quinn • Dec. 16, 2025 -
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Virginia to update state solid waste plan for first time in 46 years
The draft plan aims to modernize the state’s waste strategy with an emphasis on better data collection, diversion and economic growth efforts. That might include pursuing an EPR for packaging law.
By Megan Quinn • Dec. 15, 2025 -
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Republic Services’ Tennessee landfill sued again; Rumpke seeks Kentucky expansion
Local officials said in a lawsuit they were “leapfrogged” by Republic’s Middle Point Landfill expansion application. Meanwhile, Rumpke looks to address odor complaints at a landfill it's hoping to expand.
By Jacob Wallace , Megan Quinn • Dec. 12, 2025 -
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What’s next with Amp’s MSW contract in Southern Virginia
Southeastern Public Service Authority and Amp signed an agreement to process the region’s MSW, recycling and organics. The deal includes a pledge to divert 50% of materials from the nearby landfill.
By Megan Quinn • Dec. 10, 2025 -
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Orbital Biocarbon secures key investment to grow biosolids solution
The funding round led by Toby Z. Rice, a seed investor in Archaea Energy, allows Orbital to pursue more contracts in the Northeast, where disposal capacity is tight and concerns about PFAS contamination are growing.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated Dec. 10, 2025 -
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EPA’s federal waters definition could ease landfill permitting process
The U.S. EPA’s revised definition of “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act would reduce permitting needs for waste facilities, but raises new questions, experts say.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 9, 2025 -
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Landfill gas may release as much PFAS as leachate, study finds
The study spanned 17 states, the most wide-ranging look yet at how volatile PFAS compounds wind up in landfill gas. Researchers say the public health impact is currently unknown.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 8, 2025 -
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Biofuels get a boost at COP30; plus RNG news from WM, Nopetro and more
A new pledge vows to quadruple the use of “sustainable fuels” by 2035, which groups like the American Biogas Council expect to further fuel demand for renewable natural gas.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 5, 2025 -
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New York requires greenhouse gas emissions reporting from waste facilities
The rule would apply to waste facilities like landfills, incinerators and anaerobic digesters, as well as electricity generation facilities and fueling infrastructure. It comes as the federal government scales back its own reporting program.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 4, 2025 -
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Waste companies have opportunity to address scope 3 emissions, EREF finds
A new report finds upstream transportation and purchased goods were some of the largest categories of scope 3 emissions among waste companies. But their facility portfolio plays the biggest role in their overall climate impact.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 3, 2025 -
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GHGSat expands its fleet as methane monitoring interest grows
The company now has 16 devices in orbit. It’s part of a global effort to enhance the visibility of greenhouse gas leaks from industrial faciltiies, which saw renewed attention at COP30 this year.
By Jacob Wallace • Dec. 2, 2025 -
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DOD-funded PFAS demo projects show promise for remediation and destruction
The federal agency, which is facing pressure to clean up hundreds of contaminated sites, is partnering with technology companies such as Aquagga, ECT2, Revive Environmental and others.
By April Reese • Updated Dec. 17, 2025
