Daily Digest: WCA expansion in Houston, school composting success in Omaha

Plus Sweden's Southeast Asian plastic pledge, Waste Pro's issues in Mississippi and more in our daily roundup. 

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 11, 2018

ISRI Commodities Roundtable: China and tariffs are forcing market changes

Economists at the Chicago event covered the many trends — including automation — that scrap recycling businesses must adapt to for survival.

By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 10, 2018

Daily Digest: Ocean Cleanup's plastic boom sets sail, Pruitt Superfund group scrutinized

Plus Hawaii announces big composting plans, U.K. shoppers turn against plastic and more in our daily roundup. 

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 10, 2018

Daily Digest: Casella continues New York expansion, Basel plastic update

Plus Portland, Oregon's litter pledge, New York City getting another landfill park and more in our daily roundup. 

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 7, 2018

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.

By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 6, 2018

Study: 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.

By Demetra Tsiamis • Sept. 6, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 6, 2018

Securing scrap: The revolution in yard security

STANLEY Security's Drew Alexander explains how advancements in technology can have big effects for scrap yards.

By Drew Alexander • Sept. 5, 2018

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. 

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 5, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 4, 2018

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.

By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 4, 2018

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.

By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 31, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 31, 2018

Letter 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.

By Philipp Schmidt-Pathmann • Aug. 30, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 30, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 29, 2018

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. 

By Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018

Mathy 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.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 29, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 28, 2018

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.

By Jordan Schultz • Aug. 28, 2018

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.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 27, 2018

Closed Loop Fund announces $5M partnership in Pennsylvania

A deal with the Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center to boost markets and infrastructure upgrades is the fund's first partnership with a non-profit.

By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 24, 2018

Daily Digest: What's next after WASTECON, New Jersey governor vetoes bag bill

Plus news on the next potential bottle bill battle, compost pilots in Illinois and more in our daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 24, 2018

MRF Summit: Procter & Gamble talks EPR, recycling design

The first-ever MRF Summit, co-hosted by SWANA and ISRI, kicked off with a robust discussion about how packaging design influences recycling options.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 23, 2018