Tag: waste management

June 28, 2024

Like many industries, there’s little doubt that 2024 was the year AI took the waste management sector by storm. It has been the topic du jour in media headlines and on the waste management event circuit—from WasteExpo to IFAT. But […]

May 2, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory is developing a new process that could dramatically increase the number of electric vehicle (EV) batteries produced from mined nickel ore. The effort is part of a new partnership with Talon […]

March 28, 2024

Thanks to TOMRA’s continued investment in GAIN – the company’s deep learning-based sorting add-on for its world-renowned AUTOSORT™ units – it is now possible for the first time to quickly and efficiently separate food-grade from non-food-grade plastics for PET, PP […]

March 20, 2024

Just shy of 5 million tons of unsold grocery store food was landfilled or burned in 2022, according to national nonprofit ReFED. That translates to around $5,000 to $10,000 a week of lost value. As they become increasingly aware of […]

March 12, 2024

The Virginijus ir Ko recycling plant in western Lithuania has been active in waste management and recycling for more than 20 years, processing around 35,000 tonnes of potential recyclables annually. The majority of the materials to be recycled are waste […]

January 18, 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Demolition Association have extended their alliance to enhance the safety and well-being of workers in the demolition industry. This renewed five-year collaboration aims to address industry […]

November 21, 2023

“PFAS contamination is of growing concern around the world,” says ASTM member William Lipps, general manager, government and regulatory business development/international standards development, Shimadzu Scientific Instruments. “ASTM’s water committee (D19) has developed two methods for PFAS in water (D7979 and […]

October 17, 2023

The Kent County Recycling and Education Center in Grand Rapids, Mich. Will close for about a week as upgrades are installed to the facility. According to the Kent County Department of Public Works, the upgrades will happen from October 24 […]

September 26, 2023

By the year 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.40 billion tonnes of waste annually. This means an increase of 70 per cent from the 2016 levels. The World Bank, in their report, What a Waste 2.0: A Global […]

September 25, 2023

Harnessing the power of data has paved the way for a more efficient, transparent, and sustainable approach to waste management. Such data empowers waste management companies and municipal governments to comprehensively understand waste generation trends. By analyzing this data, they […]

September 15, 2023

Traditional methods are no longer effective in the rapidly evolving waste and resource management industry. Using old-school methods can result in inefficiencies, errors, and higher costs in the age of cutting-edge technologies. Data-driven waste management technology represents a transformative shift […]

June 5, 2023

To ring in World Environment Day, the Coca-Cola company in Hong Kong is working with the City Plaza to launch a ‘Recycle Bar’ which will help demonstrate that recycled PET bottles can be given new life. Polyethylene terephthalate, better known […]

April 17, 2023

Building Information Management (BIM) has made significant inroads into helping reduce and even eliminate waste at the construction end of a project’s lifecycle. Because of BIM, buildings are more sustainable, have less waste through the construction phases, and are more […]

April 10, 2023

Countries around the world will continue to develop and their populations continue to increase their standards of living. Rising standards of living and consumption naturally lead to increased waste generation. In line with this trend, global waste production is expected […]

March 28, 2023

Michigan has new, sweeping policy to revamp its solid waste management system, following a seven-year push for change. March 29, 2023, an eight-bill package becomes law that’s intended to help bump the state’s 19 percent recycling rate (among the lowest […]

January 9, 2023

Covanta, a leader in sustainable materials management and a premier provider of environmental solutions benefitting businesses and communities, announced that emissions data is now available to the public online for the Covanta Hillsborough Waste-to-Energy Facility in Tampa, FL, which every […]

November 28, 2022

The United States only nuclear waste repository has begun utilizing a newly mined disposal area in Southern New Mexico. Officials from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant say the new first of the waste containers to be sent to the new […]

November 21, 2022

Covanta, a leader in sustainable materials management and a premier provider of environmental solutions benefitting businesses and communities across North America, announced that emissions data is now available to the public online for the Covanta Lake Waste-to-Energy Facility in Okahumpka, […]

October 17, 2022

How to deal with all the plastic waste we are generating, that is a question the waste management industry asked themselves well before the pandemic caused even more waste than anticipated. One option might be chemical recycling. But most recyclers […]

October 17, 2022

Beginning Monday, October 17th, the City of Marinette and WM will initiate their new recycling program. The new system will utilize the new green recycling carts residents were given. The new system will not impact garbage pick-up, however, recycling will […]