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Tag: ORGANICS


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

Will California Reach its Pending Organics Diversion Goals?

January 16, 2024

Via: Waste360

California has one year left to hit two ambitious targets set by SB 1383: a 75 percent statewide reduction in organic waste disposal and redirecting 20 percent of edible, unsold food to people in need that would otherwise be trashed. […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

How Organics Membrane Filtration Tech is Changing Industrial Wastewater Treatment

April 25, 2023

Via: Waste360

Organics in wastewater is a problem on multiple levels. They are hard to filter out and tough on industrial equipment. Organic-laden water is expensive to haul and dispose of. Generators have to stay on top of tight nutrient discharge limits. […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

A Solid Waste Systems Approach to Certifying Compostables for Organics Processing Facilities

June 6, 2022

Via: Waste360

The Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA) is a compost manufacturer owned and operated third party certifier of compostable food service products. Since 2017, CMA has rapidly grown to be North America’s premier compostable products field research experts. This session will address […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

California’s Organics Bill: How Yolo County is Bracing for SB 1383

July 13, 2020

Via: Waste360

California’s Senate Bill 1383 could mean big changes for landfills, which will have to find a home for organics that they will no longer be able to bury. The bill will have a particular impact on landfills that have been […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

TPG to Acquire Denali Water Solutions

January 28, 2020

Via: Waste360

TPG Growth, the middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Russellville, Ark.-based Denali Water Solutions from the company’s management and The Firmament Group. The transaction is expected […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

More Than 70 Nations Pledge to Slash Food Waste

November 12, 2019

Via: Waste360

At an annual meeting of the Montreal Protocol on November 9, more than 70 countries pledged to reduce the amount of food lost due to poor refrigeration. According to an ABC News report, poor refrigeration leads to the loss of […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Omaha, Neb., City Council Nixes Proposed Trash Contract

June 5, 2019

Via: Waste360

The Omaha, Neb., City Council rejected Mayor Jean Stothert’s trash contract “compromise” on June 4, as council members still had too many unanswered questions and too many residents were still unhappy with the multimillion-dollar bid. According to a KETV ABC […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Experts Offer Solutions to Food Waste Prevention, Reduction, Recovery

April 18, 2019

Via: Waste360

The U.S. wastes 63 million tons or $218 billion of food each year—that is roughly 40 percent of food in the country. In addition, food waste represents more than $75 billion in costs to American farms and food businesses, like […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Technology-driven Food Waste Reduction

March 27, 2019

Via: Waste360

The world cannot sustainably feed nearly 10 billion global citizens by 2050 if food loss and waste remains between 30 and 50 percent of annual food production. There needs to be a positive impact on consumption and production patterns. Consumer […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Analyzing the Feasibility of NYC’s Zero Waste Initiative

February 21, 2019

Via: Waste360

Nearly four years after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city’s goal of sending zero waste to landfill by 2030, three key initiatives to obtaining that goal have been put on hold. In a recent report, Waste […]


Miscellaneous, Public Works

What Cities and States Can Do to Tackle Food Waste

February 7, 2019

Via: Waste360

Cities and states are uniquely positioned to take on the challenges of dealing with food waste and are increasingly motivated to do so. They are charged with reducing massive volumes of material going to landfill; many are working to meet […]


Miscellaneous, Public Works

Nashville, Tenn., Nonprofit Collects Food for Those in Need

December 27, 2018

Via: Waste360

Volunteers from One Generation Away in Nashville, Tenn., collected more than 1,000 pounds of food on Christmas Day to deliver to elderly and disabled communities. The food collected would have otherwise been thrown away, and the nonprofit rescues from area […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Analyzing Food Waste at the City Level

December 10, 2018

Via: Waste360

Using the cities of Denver, Nashville and New York to create a baseline study, Natural Resources Defense Council developed a comprehensive report addressing food waste. The main objectives of the study, “Estimating Quantities and Types of Food Waste at the […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Las Vegas Casinos Work to Reduce Food Waste

November 27, 2018

Via: Waste360

From adjusting buffet hours to using smaller portions, several casinos in Las Vegas are ramping up their efforts to reduce food waste. MGM Resorts International and Three Square Food Bank have undertaken a banquet food rescue program that is still […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

ReFED Releases 2018 U.S. Food Waste Investment Report

November 14, 2018

Via: Waste360

Rethink Food Waste through Economics and Data (ReFED), a nonprofit committed to reducing the $218 billion of food waste in the United States, released its “2018 U.S. Food Waste Investment Report.” The report tracks key trends in the food waste […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Using Genomics Science to Reduce Food Waste

October 10, 2018

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

NYC Organics Program Put on Hold

October 8, 2018

Via: Waste360

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 […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Tech Company Teams with 49ers to Reduce Food Waste

September 28, 2018

Via: Waste360

A technology company that works to reduce food waste has teamed up with the National Football League (NFL) and other organizations to salvage untouched excess food that is often thrown away. Since 2016, Copia has been working with the San […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

New Analysis Shines Light on Progress Toward Halving Food Waste

September 27, 2018

Via: Waste360

At the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, countries committed to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3, calling for the world to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Now, three years in, a group of sustainable food […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

What Will Growing Online Food Sales Mean for Food Waste?

September 6, 2018

Via: Waste360

Online grocer venues are gaining traction. Even e-commerce giant Amazon is among those that have added food sales to their portfolio, and it has publicly stated its plans to expand operations in this market. Meanwhile, this evolving shopping trend adds […]