Category: Waste Management

December 11, 2023

Land and water resources are shrinking across the globe while the population is growing, leaving farmers who feed the world with a formidable task: figuring out how to produce more food with less, and to do it sustainably as the […]

December 1, 2023

ISRI, Voice of the Recycled Materials Industry, is now accepting applications for the 2024 Design for Recycling (DFR) Award. The DFR Award is ISRI’s highest recognition given annually to the most outstanding product designed with recycling in mind. The award […]

November 28, 2023

The Global Recycling Standards Organization (GRSO) announced that Rike Sandlin has been appointed interim Executive Director. GRSO is a global standards organization that administers a variety of standards and best practices for the resource conservation sector, including the widely utilized […]

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 […]

November 21, 2023

The revision of the regulation aims to reduce shipments of problematic waste to outside the EU, update shipment procedures to reflect the objectives of the circular economy and improve enforcement. It sets procedures and control regimes to ensure that international […]

November 20, 2023

When you hear the industry buzz words, “chemical recycling”, do you think of technology that converts single-use plastic trash to products? The connection would make sense; chemical recycling, which typically uses heat to break down polymers into their building blocks, […]

November 15, 2023

The waste and recycling industry is celebrating the partnerships and achievements that demonstrate innovation and collaboration for a greener planet. Environmental advocates are using the day to call on lawmakers for better protections. Ripple Glass, Owens Corning Partner on Recycled […]

November 10, 2023

Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) and Blue Polymers, LLC held a groundbreaking ceremony for a plastics recycling facility in Indianapolis, which is expected to become operational in late 2024. This venture will encompass the Republic Services Polymer Center and the […]

November 8, 2023

The Circulate Initiative has launched a new global edition of the Plastics Circularity Investment Tracker, the world’s first tool to track the scale of private investments into the plastics circular economy. The findings reveal that nearly 90% of all investment […]

November 7, 2023

A new, state-of-the-art recycling facility has opened in Stratford Conn. that has the ability to handle 50 million containers a year. The new facility, which opened earlier this week, has one goal in mind: make returning recyclable bottles and cans […]

November 2, 2023

The Staples location at Heritage Mall in Beaver Dam Wisconsin has teamed with ERI, the nation’s leading recycler of electronics and cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction company, to provide the residents of Beaver Dam and surrounding areas with a free and convenient […]

November 1, 2023

Starting this month, residents in the District of Columbia (D.C.) will be able to drop off used batteries for free at recycling sites throughout the city. The new battery recycling program, launching November 1, is funded by battery manufacturers and […]

October 31, 2023

The city of New Orleans is ramping up recycling initiatives with a new grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agency is allocating $3.9 million to The Big Easy as part of President Biden’s Investing in American agenda […]

October 26, 2023

LA-based start-up is working on a new method to recycle polyester, preventing clothing containing the material from hitting landfills. Ambercycle and its Boyle Heights laboratory, chemists, and engineers have figured out a way to pull polyester, notably a hard-to-reuse material, […]

October 24, 2023

Ameresco, Inc., (NYSE: AMRC), a leading cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that it achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas plant at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky. […]

October 24, 2023

According to the recommendation of the EU Commission, cash rewards or deposit systems should boost the recycling of old technical devices such as mobile phones and laptops. Accordingly, these incentives or rebates and vouchers should target small consumer electronic devices, […]

October 19, 2023

Vision RNG and Meridian Waste celebrated the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the State of Missouri’s first Landfill Gas (LFG) to Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) plant at Meridian’s Eagle Ridge Landfill in Bowling Green, Missouri. This marks the efforts […]

October 18, 2023

Coastal Waste & Recycling has finalized a series of acquisitions, expanding its presence in portable restroom services and adding a sixth material recovery facility to its portfolio. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based waste and recycling company completed the purchases of S&S […]

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 […]

October 17, 2023

Denali, the nation’s leading full-service recycler of organics, announced today that it has renewed its agreement with Walmart to provide food waste recycling at its 4,700 stores in the U.S. Through this partnership, Denali and Walmart will annually divert millions […]