Advanced Disposal buys Alabama landfill, hauler for $15M

The acquisition of Alabama Waste Disposal Solutions from EC Waste provides a new foothold between the Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta markets.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 18, 2019

Scrap Collector: The secret lives of trash-eating animals and a 'Paris agreement for the seas'

Plus: a 20-yard trash spill in California, the Philippines takes a stand against waste trafficking and Japan's new "waste-pit" happy hour.

By Rina Li • Jan. 18, 2019

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The Rise of Recycling AI

Artificial intelligence has become increasingly common at MRFs, in collection trucks and even as a tool for consumer education at the point of generation.

By Waste Dive staff

Vermont may walk back statewide organics collection requirement

The Agency of Natural Resources recommends haulers only be required to collect organics from multi-family and commercial sites, but still wants to enact a universal food waste disposal ban by 2020.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 17, 2019

Wyoming city to maximize 50-year landfill capacity with full-cost accounting

Cheyenne's public works engineer told Waste Dive what the city hopes to achieve with a new solid waste plan that will be completed by Burns & McDonnell.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 16, 2019

Strategic Materials teams up with North Carolina county to resurrect glass recycling

A new drop-off option, introduced after glass was cut from curbside programs, is expected to save Moore County money and generate cleaner material for Strategic's local processing operation.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 16, 2019

Waste Management adding 'buffer' truck in Texas after worker fatality

This seemingly unique defense against distracted driving will be used in one particularly high-traffic area, though an ongoing conversion to automated side-load trucks is still said to be a national priority.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 15, 2019

Houston approves $5M for recycling contractor and truck rentals to fix collection mess

The Houston City Council agreed to bring in Texas Pride Disposal Solutions for temporary service on recycling routes, along with new vehicles from Big Truck Rental, as service delays continue.

By Cole Rosengren • Updated Jan. 17, 2019

Scrap Collector: 'Trump's Trash' and the Oakland Garbage Blitz

Plus: an NYC proposal aims for increased private waste industry oversight, and a nonprofit takes on Big Plastic.

By Rina Li • Jan. 11, 2019

Nevada recycling company appeals Waste Management monopoly protection

Reno-based Green Solutions Recycling is challenging the dismissal of a prior lawsuit, in part due to a dispute about how the state defines "recycling" itself.

By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 19, 2019

6 key questions for the waste and recycling industry in 2019

We'll be keeping an eye on recycling, climate change, landfills, alternative technologies, corporate consolidation, labor issues and much more in the year ahead.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 9, 2019

Connecticut WTE facility partially back online after double turbine failure

The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority's Hartford facility has been down since November, leaving officials to manage a backlog that at one point reached 20,000 tons.

By Cole Rosengren , Rina Li • Jan. 7, 2019

Waste Management's 20-year path to 'moonshot' climate goal: cleaner fleet, more recycling

The company's 2018 Sustainability Report offers the most detailed plans yet on offsetting four times the amount of GHG emissions it produces.

By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 1, 2019

Our 10 best stories of 2018

Catch up on some of our biggest stories involving Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Rubicon Global, TerraCycle and, of course, China.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2018

A tale of two cities: Landfills drive Waste Management and Republic deals in Texas

The companies recently completed transactions with each other in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth markets that, while viewed as largely unremarkable, illustrate the high importance placed on owning disposal assets.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 20, 2018

BLS: Fatality rate for collection workers 10x national average

New national data indicates 30 "refuse and recyclable material collectors" died on the job in 2017. NWRA and SWANA responded with their own takes on what this means for industry safety standards.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 18, 2018

Boston inches toward final 'zero waste' plan, eyes curbside organics pilot

While enthusiastic about the expansive scope of a new report, many advocates remain unhappy with the lack of specific "living wage" contract language for recycling workers.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 17, 2018

SWEEP standard — LEED for waste and recycling — releases ambitious proposal

After more than two years of work by many of the industry's biggest corporate and government players, the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol now has draft language ready for comments.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 17, 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

Waste Connections acquires American Disposal Services

The deal, first hinted at in October, brings an estimated $175 million in acquired revenue and 400,000 customers.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 10, 2018

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

Rubicon wins collection tech contract in Spokane, Washington

The deal, which includes new technology in 100 vehicles, is worth more than $923,000 if extended for a full five-year term.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 7, 2018

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

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

Innovator of the Year: Seattle Public Utilities

City contract language — in partnership with BYD, Recology and Waste Management — has set a model for future fleet electrification.

By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018

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