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Opinion
Becoming a 'zero waste' city requires collaboration
Earlier this year, the consulting firm ENGIE Insight embarked on a sustainability tour of 10 cities and found waste was a high priority in many of them.
By Paige Janson • Dec. 14, 2018 -
Column
Scrap Collector: Virginia's landfill solar aspirations, garbage arsonist(s) terrorizing Orlando
Plus: a new online waste sorting game, NASA's plans for astronaut trash and China's new food waste solution (hint: it's cockroaches).
By Rina Li • Dec. 14, 2018 -
Coca-Cola invests in European PET recycling company
Ioniqa Technologies is developing the tools to process otherwise hard-to-recycle plastics as the soda company wants to transition to at least 50% recycled packaging materials by 2030.
By Nina Sparling • Dec. 14, 2018 -
Want to combat plastic straw waste? Consider rewiring consumer psychology.
According to Travis Wagner, co-author of a new paper on plastic straw reduction efforts, policymakers may want to restructure the consumer choice architecture.
By Rina Li • Dec. 13, 2018 -
Connecticut authority approves state's first source-separated glass pilot
Amid limited options for MRF glass, the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority is moving ahead with plans to collect glass separately from curbside bins, pending final state approval.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 12, 2018 -
Minnesota city moves on $12.5M RDF project with Xcel Energy
The new RRT-designed Red Wing solid waste campus is set to open later next year after a fire delayed construction.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 12, 2018 -
Gold Medal pursues new type of vertical integration with Apple Valley deal
This recent acquisition gives the New Jersey company a stake in the soon-to-open Entsorga West Virginia MBT project, plus access to new markets such as Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 11, 2018 -
Akron, Ohio's ban on glass recycling creates confusion between city and processor
The city said Waste Management wanted the glass ban. The company said this isn't the case. Now, residents are caught in the middle.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 10, 2018 -
Column
Scrap Collector: $16M California recycling fraud bust, lessons from Flint's water crisis
Plus: accusations of "politically motivated" sanitation worker sickout, wasting disease in animal carcasses and the triumphant return of Garbage Hill.
By Rina Li • Dec. 7, 2018 -
Q&A
E360S CEO Ardellini ready to make acquisitions "right across North America"
The brand new Canadian company is starting out with $100 million in private equity backing, a big name hockey legend and a recently acquired Alberta hauler.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 6, 2018 -
San Francisco passes ordinance requiring waste audits for large generators
More than 400 locations will now be subject to a review of their recycling practices every three years and could be required to hire on-site "zero waste facilitators."
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Dec. 5, 2018 -
Denver adds coffee cups to recycling list amid growing interest in solutions
The expansion came through a collaboration with Alpine Waste & Recycling, the Foodservice Packaging Institute, Sustana and city officials.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Des Moines, Iowa landfilled 20 tons of mixed paper each day this summer
Mid America Recycling, the city's processor, blames plummeting material prices and a saturated domestic market.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Dive Awards
Company of the Year: GFL Environmental
GFL's rapid U.S. expansion this year has made it the largest private waste and recycling company in North America.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Dive Awards
Education Initiative of the Year: Global Recycling Day
The inaugural Bureau of International Recycling event sets the foundation for recycling to become a climate issue.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Dive Awards
Market Developer of the Year: Agilyx
In the nascent move toward chemical recycling, Agilyx has found new use for a product stream that is often seen as low-value.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Dive Awards
Executive of the Year: Jim Warner, LCSWMA
Over a 30-plus year career, Warner has helped turn the Pennsylvania county authority into a national model.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Column
Scrap Collector: Recycling cuts; latest worker fatality
Plus: M&A news from Santek and Meridian, corporate recycling developments and the unseen e-waste nightmare lurking behind this holiday season.
By Cole Rosengren , Rina Li • Nov. 30, 2018 -
Michigan governor's recycling plans fall short as term expires
The state legislature has declined to advance Gov. Snyder's proposal for a state landfill tip fee increase, which would have helped fund brownfield remediation, recycling and other projects.
By Rina Li • Updated Dec. 17, 2018 -
Deep Dive
EPA Recycling Summit highlights lack of national responsibility
The America Recycles Day event was considered historic for the breadth of stakeholders it assembled — but with so many different ideas of success, will it be possible to make meaningful change?
By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 29, 2018 -
Minnesota county mandates commercial and residential organics recycling
A new ordinance in Hennepin County will phase in requirements for different-sized generators as well as update other recycling requirements.
By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 29, 2018 -
Waste Management CFO: Stock 'on sale right now' relative to competitors
In an extended interview on the Investing with the Buyside podcast, Devina Rankin covered company history, growth plans and potential recession resiliency.
By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 27, 2018 -
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Bay Area city offers year of free collection for clean recycling
Rather than being penalized for recycling mistakes, residents of Vallejo, California can win free services or financial incentives for proper participation.
By Katie Pyzyk • Updated Nov. 29, 2018 -
Canada aspires to reduce waste 50% per capita by 2040 and achieve zero plastic waste
The Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment's proposed plastics strategy could include more producer responsibility for collection and processing infrastructure.
By Cody Ellis • Updated Nov. 27, 2018 -
Q&A
Consider the MRF worker: Leadpoint's push to change an overlooked occupation
In the face of increasing quality expectations and injury rates, MRF employment needs to evolve. Pat Hudson discusses how Leadpoint is working to achieve that.
By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 20, 2018
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