Category: Public Utilities

October 12, 2018

Loop Industries, a technology innovator in sustainable plastic, and PepsiCo announced they have entered into a multiyear supply agreement that will enable PepsiCo to purchase production capacity from Loop’s joint venture facility in the United States and incorporate Loop PET […]

October 12, 2018

In Texas, Waste Management has fully opened the new Reeves County Solids and Liquids Injection Facility, designed for the safe disposal of oilfield wastes. An in-direct subsidiary of Houston-based Waste Management, Inc. (NYSE: WM), Waste Management Energy Services of Texas, […]

October 11, 2018

WestRock Company, provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, announced it will begin accepting mixed paper bales that contain paper foodservice packaging at its 100 percent recycled paperboard mills across the United States. Historically, paper-based foodservice packaging, which includes items […]

October 11, 2018

While traditionally the effort to increase recycling rates has focused on education and awareness, a new study among more than 2,000 Americans conducted by the Harris Poll on behalf of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) suggests action by […]

October 10, 2018

A Philadelphia-based company that provides food preservation and waste reduction solutions for fresh produce has introduced a way to predict the health of crops based on their genes. AgroFresh Solutions Inc. recently launched the FreshCloud Predictive Screening solution that uses […]

October 10, 2018

A report released on Tuesday by environmental group Greenpeace found that Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé are the world’s largest producers of plastic trash. In its report, Greenpeace noted that the most common type of plastic found was polystyrene, which goes […]

October 9, 2018

Dutch designer Daan Roosegaarde has created a UFO-like light installation that tracks pieces of space waste in real time. Creators of the live installation used real-time data provided by tracking services to point green columns of light directly at space […]

October 9, 2018

Waste management company CR&R Environmental has launched the first commercial-scale California operation to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) for injection into that state’s pipeline. And there are other “firsts” associated with the $55 million project. Predominantly privately financed with some […]

October 9, 2018

Beyond individuals and households, waste also represents a broader challenge that affects human health and livelihoods, the environment, and prosperity, according to a new report from the World Bank. The study, What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid […]

October 8, 2018

Expansion of New York City’s organics collection program has been put on hold because not enough people are participating in it. Five years ago, Mayor Bill de Blasio introduced a pilot program in the hopes of collecting hundreds of thousands […]