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Q4 earnings results for major waste and recycling companies in 2024
Follow the latest results from WM, Republic Services, Waste Connections, Casella Waste Systems and more.
By Waste Dive Staff • Feb. 18, 2025 -
NWRA launching conference in 2026 in change to WasteExpo strategy
The National Waste & Recycling Association has decided it will now attend WasteExpo every other year, citing travel and exhibiting costs. The group aims to launch its first alternating year event in Chicago or Washington, D.C.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 18, 2025 -
Republic targets $1B in M&A for 2025 after closing a major deal
The company kicked off the year with the acquisition of Shamrock Environmental. On Republic’s Feb. 13 earnings call, executives said investments in the company’s fleet and recycling will continue.
By Jacob Wallace • Feb. 14, 2025 -
Casella notes landfill volume internalization and further acquisitions as key for 2025
CEO John Casella said the company “finished the year strong” by growing revenue by about 20%. The company also upgraded a MRF in Connecticut and is slowly ramping up volume at a rail-served Pennsylvania landfill.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 14, 2025 -
Wisconsin officials seek partnerships for waste diversion business park
The proposed campus would bring together new and ongoing waste diversion projects. The county is soliciting ideas for recycling, reuse and diversion businesses.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 12, 2025 -
California PET recyclers adapting ahead of Evergreen downsizing
The bottle recycler and resin manufacturer will stop buying recycled PET but keep other operations open. Recyclers say that could shift the balance of PET capacity in the region and send more material to Mexico.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 11, 2025 -
Closed Loop continues growth with new investment, organics acquisition
Closed Loop announced new funding from Capricorn. Meanwhile, CEO Ron Gonen said Circular Services is expanding into organics with its acquisition of North America’s longest continually operating digester.
By Jacob Wallace • Feb. 10, 2025 -
Where right-to-repair legislation is heating up in 2025
Advocates say it’s an active year for legislation that covers consumer electronics, automobiles and new “repair indexes” for consumers. Advocates say such bills divert material from disposal and help prevent battery fires.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 10, 2025 -
New officials named as upheaval in EPA’s environmental justice office, federal workforce continues
The U.S. Senate confirmed leaders of multiple agencies this week, some of which have connections to waste. Meanwhile, officials are putting funding for programs at USAID and elsewhere up in the air.
By Jacob Wallace , Megan Quinn • Feb. 7, 2025 -
How2Recycle questions recyclability level of aerosol cans, boosts paper canisters
Sonoco celebrated the development for its paper cans after “collaboration with recyclers.” How2Recycle will also review the status for single-use PP coffee pods, bulky rigid plastics and HDPE trays and thermoforms.
By Maria Rachal • Feb. 7, 2025 -
Bottle bills are ‘gold standard’ for raising UBC recycling rates: CRI
The Container Recycling Institute recommended new bottle bills in an effort to keep up with U.S. aluminum consumption as recycling rates decline.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 5, 2025 -
Casella acquires longtime Boston recycler Save That Stuff
Save That Stuff, founded in 1990, comes with a collection fleet and a recycling facility. The company exited a joint venture arrangement to service Boston’s curbside organics program ahead of the transaction.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 4, 2025 -
Recycling, waste groups voice concerns over proposed tariffs’ business impacts
U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hamper infrastructure investments, affect commodity prices and impact significant trade relationships, recycling and waste groups say.
By Megan Quinn • Feb. 4, 2025 -
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs to impact paper, plastic packaging
President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs against multiple countries drew pricing and supply chain concerns from the Plastics Industry Association, American Forest & Paper Association and others.
By Maria Rachal , Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 3, 2025 -
Federal funding pause, confusion hits environmental program funding
Affected programs include the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling and Recycling Education and Outreach grant programs. EPA employees fear reprisal if they speak to grantees, according to advocates.
By Jacob Wallace • Feb. 3, 2025 -
The waste and recycling industry outlook for 2025
EPR implementation, organics requirements, bottle bill updates, PFAS regulation, federal tax credits and M&A are all expected to be key topics for the year ahead.
By Waste Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025 -
WM reports margin milestones for Q4, focuses on Stericycle integration in 2025
WM expects synergies from the Stericycle deal to be about $250 million over a three-year period, with about $100 million of that in 2025. It also expects to complete more RNG facilities this year.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 30, 2025 -
Zeldin is confirmed as the new EPA administrator. What’s next?
The former New York representative will helm the agency as it navigates executive orders pausing climate programs and reviews pending regulations that could affect the waste and recycling industries.
By Megan Quinn , Jacob Wallace • Updated Jan. 30, 2025 -
Deep Dive
EPR and bottle bills enter a crowded legislative agenda in 2025
Extended producer responsibility and bottle bills will continue to influence recycling policy at the state level, even as federal priorities could shift. Other bills for batteries or mattresses could also make an appearance in 2025.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 29, 2025 -
D.C.’s proposed bottle bill aims to tackle high-profile pollution in Anacostia River
Bill sponsors say a bottle bill could help alleviate pollution that has long affected communities of color. It calls for a 10-cent deposit starting in 2028, with a recycling rate target of 70% the first year.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 27, 2025 -
8 Trump actions that could affect waste and recycling
Trump administration executive orders have called for numerous changes related to climate change initiatives, greenhouse gas research, grant funding and potential tariffs.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 24, 2025 -
9 stats about US packaging recycling
A recent pair of reports from the U.S. EPA, released in the prior administration, estimated the agency could take upward of $28 billion to modernize recycling systems and divert more packaging materials from disposal.
By Maria Rachal • Jan. 24, 2025 -
Oregon kicks off mattress stewardship program
The Mattress Recycling Council expects recyclers to process over 374,400 mattresses through 2026 as it rolls out more collection and recycling infrastructure. Connecticut, California and Rhode Island have similar programs.
By Megan Quinn • Jan. 22, 2025 -
Up to $43B needed to modernize recycling infrastructure: Biden EPA
A recent report, spurred by a congressional funding bill, outlined what it would take to surpass a 50% recycling rate by 2030. This comes as the Trump administration seeks to pause certain infrastructure grants.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 22, 2025 -
Trump freezes IRA and infrastructure law funding
The White House issued a memo to clarify the funding pause, specifying that it pertains only to aspects of the law mentioned in Section 2 of the executive order.
By Kate Magill • Updated Jan. 23, 2025