Fort Worth, TX approves 20-year waste management plan with an eye toward organics

The rapidly growing city aims to make diversion progress across multiple categories and build its own composting facility.

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 18, 2017

Report: Pennsylvania needs organic recycling law to reduce food waste

Philabundance and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic outlined 28 recommendations for progress in the Keystone State.

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 18, 2017

Dow partners with industry leaders to create trash bags from recycled plastics

The companies are collaborating to transform post-industrial plastic scrap into usable trash bags.

By Cody Boteler • Sept. 15, 2017

Introduced bill would ban single-use water bottles from sale in national parks — again

An Illinois congressman wants to reinstate an Obama-era policy that regulated where plastic bottles could be sold.

By Cody Boteler • Sept. 14, 2017

Judge rules in favor of NYC EPS ban after 2nd industry challenge

The latest ruling sides with the Department of Sanitation's analysis that the material "cannot be recycled in an environmentally effective and economically feasible manner."

By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 11, 2018

KAB teams up with EREF for K-12 food waste programs

Through a memorandum of understanding, the two will support each other's food waste research and Recycle-Bowl programs.

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 14, 2017

What you need to know about food waste

Waste Dive took a comprehensive look at how food waste is altering the industry and all of its stakeholders, from the local level to the federal government.

By Kristin Musulin • Sept. 13, 2017

Phoenix diversion rate jumps 10% as part of citywide recycling re-evaluation

The city is focusing on green waste, institutional recycling and more as part of a triple bottom line "zero waste" strategy.

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 13, 2017

Lakeshore Recycling, EcoloCap install aerobic digester for organic waste diversion

The companies say that the system, which can process 15 tons of food waste daily, is the first of it's kind in the U.S. that's run by a private company

By Cody Boteler • Sept. 12, 2017

3 experts, 3 methods: The debate over food waste processing

Composting, anaerobic digestion or wastewater treatment: which is the best processing method? Three industry leaders gave Waste Dive their takes.

By Cody Boteler • Sept. 11, 2017

Surplus stats: Food waste by the numbers

Here are eight numbers that put into perspective just how vast the issue of food waste is across the U.S. and the globe.

By Kristin Musulin • Sept. 11, 2017

Study: Food scrap recycling can work in cities of any size, though PAYT helps

MIT researchers examined the defining characteristics of programs in dozens of mid-sized cities around the country.

By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 11, 2017

Seattle businesses forgo plastic flatware, straws before ban takes effect

While the city is scheduled to require compostable or recyclable utensils and straws in July 2018, around 200 retailers have already voluntarily made the switch from plastic.

By Cody Boteler • Sept. 11, 2017

Triple Flare Recycling diverts 44% of waste from crews battling Oregon wildfire

As the Whitewater Fire burns in Willamette National Forest, the Oregon-based company is helping firefighters keep waste out of landfills and litter out of the forest.

By Cody Boteler • Sept. 6, 2017

Waste Management donates $3M to Harvey relief funds

CEO Jim Fish said taking care of area employees is "priority one," but the company is also focused on helping critical customers such as hospitals and shelters.  

By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 30, 2017

Kenya outlaws plastic bags — and implements penalty of jail time

The ban, punishable with a maximum penalty of $38,000 or four years in prison, is being dubbed the world's strictest plastic bag regulation.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 29, 2017

For recycling mascots, education is not one-costume-fits-all

These cities and waste companies have made their unique mascots a part of their educational curriculums and communities.

By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 29, 2017

Carton Council announces second AI-driven carton recycling robot

This installation follows a March pilot program to test the robot at the Alpine Waste & Recycling materials recovery facility in Denver. 

By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 29, 2017

Texas may face years of debris cleanup in wake of Hurricane Harvey

Texas-based companies like Waste Management and Texas Disposal Systems have turned to social media for customer care as they face the long path to recovery. 

By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 28, 2017

Biogas producers urge EPA to reconsider RFS volume requirements

The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed renewable fuel standard volume obligation for cellulosic biofuels in 2018 is down 23% from the 2017 level.

By Cody Boteler • Aug. 28, 2017

Aligning recycling goals to assist with climate objectives

Is our true objective to divert material away from the landfill, or is it about reducing cumulative environmental impact and ensuring we direct materials to their best use across the lifecycle?

By Kyla Fisher • Aug. 23, 2017

In Phoenix, voluntary commercial recycling is rewarded by the city

Phoenix has seen growing interest in its Green Business Leader certification program, but regulatory changes may still be needed.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 22, 2017

Colorado sets statewide diversion goals for the first time

A commission approved a 20-year timeline to more than double the Rocky Mountain state's 19% diversion rate.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 16, 2017

CalRecycle to focus on packaging and organics after another recycling rate dip

New 2016 data showed a 44% recycling rate and an increasing disposal rate, making a 75% goal by 2020 look out of reach.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 16, 2017

Report: Paving roads with cigarette butts could reduce waste, thermal conductivity

RMIT researchers found that mixing the immense amount of global cigarette litter with asphalt could help reduce the "urban heat island" effect in cities.

By Kristin Musulin • Aug. 15, 2017