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    Rhode Island town drafting new bag ban

    Barrington, Rhode Island town council voted last night to draft proposed legislation that would ban the use of disposable plastic bags from retails establishments

    By Sean Griffey • July 31, 2012
  • RES Polyflow formed to make fuel from plastic waste

    Polyflow, LLC and P/E firm Ambassador Enterprises have formed a new company, RES Polyflow, to commercialize Polyflow's energy recovery technology.

    By Sean Griffey • July 30, 2012
  • Strike Update: Teamsters give Waste Management new proposal

    Union Leaders from Teamsters Local 117 presented a confidential proposal with a federal mediator to end the 6 day old strike. The company is evaluating the offer. 

    By Sean Griffey • July 30, 2012
  • Thieves stealing residents recycling before pickup

    The owner of Michian Recycling and Disposal Services in Indiana claims that thieves are taking recyclables from residents before his crews can collect them

    By Sean Griffey • July 27, 2012
  • Worker dies at Michigan recycling plant

    A 27 year old worker is killed when he falls into an industrial grinding machine.

    By Sean Griffey • July 26, 2012
  • Compost start-up, EcoScraps, raises $1.5 million in funding

    Company announces Series-A funding lead by Utah-based KickStart

    By Sean Griffey • July 25, 2012
  • Waste Management recycling drivers go on strike

    After months of tense labor negotiations, 153 Waste Management recycling and yard waste drivers from Teamsters Local 117 went on strike Wednesday afternoon. The workers have been without contract since May 31st.

    By Sean Griffey • July 25, 2012
  • Viridor wins contract for WTE and recycling plant

    Company signs a 25 year contract to design, build, finance, and operate a 200,000 TPA recycling and WTE plant in Glasgow

    By Sean Griffey • July 25, 2012
  • Advanced Disposal gets permission for new recycling center

    Company received a permit from the Macon-Bibb (GA) County Planning & Zoning Commission to build a recyclable materials processing and transfer station in Bibb County

    By Sean Griffey • July 24, 2012
  • Republic Services to Hold MRF Grand Opening

    Republic Services, headquartered in Phoenix, will hold the official grand opening of its Newby Island Resource Recovery Park in Milpitas, Calif., which the company describes as the largest recycling operation in the world. The ceremony will take place Aug. 9, 2012. When fully operational, ...

    By Sean Griffey • July 23, 2012
  • New program will teach people to compost

    Compost Coaching, a program designed to teach efficient composting, is coming to British Columbia, Canada

    By Sean Griffey • July 23, 2012
  • Recycling plant facing charges after scrap fire

    Calgary Metal Recycling charged with 17 counts of violating fire and safety codes

    By Sean Griffey • July 20, 2012
  • Canadian region evaluating curbside e-waste pickup

    The Canadian Falls Niagara region is considering a 3 month curbside recycling pilot program 

    By Sean Griffey • July 19, 2012
  • Efforts to repeal Issaquah, WA plastic bag ban falls short

    A measure to repeal a plastic bag ban in Issquah, Washington fell short after organizers failed to collect enough signatures to put the measure on the local  ballot

    By Sean Griffey • July 19, 2012
  • Europe sets PET recycling rate record

    In 2011, a record 51% of all PET bottles in the market were recycled

    By Sean Griffey • July 18, 2012
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    New York town latest to ban plastic bags

    While it likely won't have the same national impact of Seattle or Los Angeles, Mamaroneck, New York is the latest city to enact a plastic bag ban. 

    By Sean Griffey • July 18, 2012
  • Welcome to the new Waste Management Dive

    We've made significant changes to our website designed to help you stay connected to the news and commentary that matter.

    By Sean Griffey • July 17, 2012
  • New regulations cast doubt on future of California WTE plant

    New recycling standards and cap & trade regulations raise concerns about the future of Long Beach, California's waste-to-energy facility

    By Sean Griffey • July 17, 2012
  • Novelis ends recycling joint-venture with Alcoa

    Aluminum products company, Novelis, announced that it has ended a joint venture with Alcoa to recycle aluminum beverage cans.

    By Sean Griffey • July 16, 2012
  • Apple backs down returns to EPEAT recycling standard

    Amid intense criticism, Apple announced on Friday that "eligible" products would return to the EPEAT rating system that determines the recyclability of electronic products

    By Sean Griffey • July 16, 2012
  • Detroit area township sues local recycling firm

    Clinton Township has filed a lawsuit to force Uni-Dig to abate the smells associated with its composting operation

    By Sean Griffey • July 16, 2012
  • New Jersey town starts potato chip bag recycling program

    TerraCycle supported Chip In for Change program will donate money for each used chip bag that is collected.

    By Sean Griffey • July 12, 2012
  • OSHA cites Texas based Electronics Recycling and Trading Co.

    A combustible dust explosion leads to 14 serious violations and a proposed $60,060 penalty

    By Sean Griffey • July 12, 2012
  • China leads growing waste to energy boom

    By 2016, China is expected to add waste-to-energy plants capable of processing 40 million tons of waste each year

    By Sean Griffey • July 12, 2012
  • Firefighters let recycling center burn to ground

    Facing a building already engulfed in flames, Alabama firefighters elect to let the Big Marshall Recycling Center burn to the ground.

    By Sean Griffey • July 10, 2012