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Waste Management reaches $4.1M settlement over Ohio landfill

Ongoing odors led to a class-action suit against the Stony Hollow Landfill, which will have to implement infrastructure upgrades per the agreement.

By Rina Li • Dec. 05, 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. 03, 2018

Dive Awards

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. 03, 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. 03, 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. 03, 2018

Dive Awards

The Waste Dive Awards for 2018

This year's awards recognize notable companies, executives, agencies and organizations that have taken steps to shape the industry's long-term future.

By Waste Dive Team

Emissions crackdown on Wheelabrator Baltimore incinerator gains political traction

Calls for tighter restrictions around the WTE facility are seeing growing support from state and local officials.

By Rina Li • Dec. 03, 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

Embattled New York hauler Sanitation Salvage surrenders license

The company, once among the city's largest, never fully recovered from a one-month suspension. It leaves behind an estimated 2,100 customers.

By Cole Rosengren • UPDATED: Nov. 28, 2018 at 1:09 p.m.

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

Waste Management, Teamsters head to court over Reno, Nevada strike threats

The conflict over whether employees must electronically log their lunch breaks has escalated into a temporary restraining order and dueling NLRB complaints.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 20, 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

NERC: Recycled paper capacity increasing at 17 North American mills

Investment is on the rise post-China ban and much of the capacity increase will help process the abundance of cardboard generated by e-commerce.

By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 19, 2018

NWRA, local companies sue over NYC transfer station law

The hard-fought capacity reduction law was heralded as an environmental victory this summer. Now, companies that stand to see financial effects are challenging it on multiple levels.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 19, 2018

NWRA petition estimates ELD mandate would cost industry nearly $117M

Following Waste Management's exemption, the association is raising concerns about distracted driving and pushing for an industry-wide policy.

By Cody Ellis • Nov. 19, 2018

EPA's Wheeler and 44 others pledge to create a 'more resilient materials economy'

The voluntary America Recycles Day agreement signifies a new level of federal attention to a system all agree is in need of modernization.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 16, 2018

Q&A

Waste Management COO Trevathan on how to make recycling great again

Part two of our extended interview with Jim Trevathan delves into recycling economics, the future of landfills, industry consolidation and his favorite job before reaching the C-suite.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 15, 2018

Oregon Metro awards Waste Management $110M disposal contract

Waste will be transported to Columbia Ridge Landfill under a separate trucking contract, amounting to a combined $220 million, for the next 10 years.

By Rina Li • Nov. 14, 2018

Q&A

Jim Trevathan reflects on 39 years at Waste Management

In part one of an extended interview, the outgoing COO covers the evolution of company culture — through Drury, Myers, Steiner and Fish — plus safety and labor retention.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 14, 2018

RES Polyflow receives $57M investment for plastics-to-energy tech

Brightmark Energy has committed to funding the company itself as well as a new plastics-to-fuel facility in Indiana.

By Katie Pyzyk • Nov. 12, 2018

Washington county abandons deal to privatize local landfill

Republic Services outbid seven competitors earlier this year for a shot at purchasing Headquarters Landfill — but recent election results cemented the deal's fate.

By Rina Li • Nov. 12, 2018

Republic suit targets Citigroup in West Lake Landfill cleanup case

This is now the third company Republic Services wants to help share the financial burden of a pending Superfund project in Missouri.

By Cody Ellis • Nov. 12, 2018

As dust settles for RecycLA, council and property owners still unhappy

New city data estimates haulers will earn $436 million from the franchise program this year, while costs remain high for some customers who feel they have little recourse.

By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 09, 2018