Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 14, 2024
Via: Waste360Walmart, the world’s leading omnichannel retailer, today announced a pilot project with unspun, a pioneering fashion tech company using the world’s first 3D weaving technology, a collaboration that, if successful, could help reduce the environmental impact of garment production, offer […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 14, 2024
Via: Waste360Beaufort County, S.C. is encouraging its residents to compost and will look to educate the community on the benefits of doing so. This week, leaders from the Beaufort County Solid Waste and Recycling program handed out more than 120 compost […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 12, 2024
Via: Waste Management WorldThe 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 […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 8, 2024
Via: Waste360Coral Springs, Fla. is ending is current trash and recycling contract and entering into a new agreement with Coast Waste & Recycling. This week, City Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the new agreement with Coast Waste & Recycling of Boca […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 7, 2024
Via: Waste360Amazon is continuing to invest in companies, announcing its latest partnership with San Francisco start up, Glacier. Glacier, a female-led company, is working to create next-generation, AI-guided recycling robots. The company announced today that is has raised $7.7 million in […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 6, 2024
Via: Waste360Uglies Kettle Chips announces it has reached a milestone of rescuing 25 million pounds of “ugly potatoes” that have gone into making the brand’s upcycled Uglies Kettle Chips, since its inception in 2017. The 25 millionth pound was rescued at […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 5, 2024
Via: Waste360The Maina Board of Environmental Protection is holding a public hearing this week on a new program that would require manufacturers to pay for the cost of recycling their packaging. “Producers of products, they’ll pay a fee based on the […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
March 1, 2024
Via: Waste360Power Knot Ocean, the market leader for onsite organic waste management solutions in the marine environment, announced today the successful deployment of 26 of its machines aboard Princess Cruises’ latest luxury cruise ship, the Sun Princess. The integration of Power […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 28, 2024
Via: Waste Management WorldWith municipal waste set to increase by two-thirds and its cost almost doubling within a generation, only a drastic reduction in waste generation will ensure a liveable and affordable future, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 28, 2024
Via: Waste360Cyclic Materials, an advanced metals recycling company building a circular supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical metals, has expanded its operations to accept two new feedstock streams: wind turbine generators and MRI machines. Through its strong partnership […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 23, 2024
Via: Waste360Environmental Solutions Group (ESG), part of Dover (NYSE: DOV) and the leading integrated provider of refuse collection vehicles and equipment, digital fleet technology solutions, waste hauler software, and compaction and recycling solutions, announced the expansion of its Connected Collections® suite […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 21, 2024
Via: Waste360GFL (NYSE: GFL) (TSX: GFL) released its Q4 and full-year 2023 earnings, citing a record year in solid waste pricing for its continual growth. Solid waste pricing for the full year reached 9.8 percent, the highest in the Vaughan, Canada-based […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 20, 2024
Via: Waste360California’s two-year-old organic waste reduction initiative faces significant challenges as the state struggles to implement food recycling programs effectively, jeopardizing waste-reduction targets. The initiative aims to mitigate methane emissions by diverting organic materials such as food scraps and yard waste […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 20, 2024
Via: Waste360About one-third of all food in the United States is thrown away; much of this goes into landfills, where it produces large amounts of planet-warming methane. If this were composted instead, these emissions would shrink, and the process would produce […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 16, 2024
Via: Waste360After years of frustrations from residents, a Newport, Kentucky recycling plant is being relocated. River Metals Recycling (RMR) reached an agreement to move, and Newport City Commissioner Ken Rechtin said it is “the most significant progress made in quite some […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 15, 2024
Via: Waste360Houston, Texas is a few weeks into its food waste composting program, and it is seeing a steady increase in participation. Back on January 22, Houston kicked off the composting pilot program in partnership with Zero Waste Houston. The program […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 13, 2024
Via: Waste360The City of Long Beach has entered into exclusive negotiations with Bioenergy Devco, the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, to construct an organics recycling facility that will recycle food waste, converting it to an organic soil amendment and renewable […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 8, 2024
Via: Waste360PET to PET Recycling Austria sees little change from 2022 to 2023 as the initiative reports it recycled just over 32,000 tonnes of PET bottles. In 2022, it was reported that the overall tonnage of PET bottles recycled was 32,900, […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 2, 2024
Via: Waste Management WorldThe UN Climate Change Conference COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, was the largest of its kind. The conference, held from 30 November to 13 December, brought together some 85,000 participants, including more than 150 heads of state and […]
Public Utilities, Waste Management
February 1, 2024
Via: Waste360A sizeable group of California counties are coming together to sue Elon Musk’s Tesla with claims that the company mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities across the state. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday from 25 California counties, including Los […]