California is set to invest millions in innovations meant to make its container deposit return system operate more efficiently. BottleBank shares lessons from its first two years in operation as a ...

The law requiring jurisdictions to divert organic waste from landfills has survived years of difficulty. Some newly passed tweaks for rural areas and composters look to move it beyond its growing ...

Coordinated lawsuits target the company’s role in pollution and describe the limitations of mechanical and advanced recycling to manage waste. Packaging companies have partnered with ExxonMobil to ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed SB 1053, a law that will eliminate plastic bags as an option at store checkouts. Retailers will still be allowed to sell certain recycled paper bags.

Recent earnings calls for waste companies have reflected the trend of increased values identified in the report. NERC is seeking more MRFs to contribute data for its anonymous quarterly report.

The Elkridge facility’s closure is the latest development in effort to invest more than $1 billion in new and upgraded recycling facilities across US through 2026.

The French company released a global sustainability report and companion data for North America. It recently had its decarbonization targets verified by the Science-Based Targets initiative and set an ...

Cards Recycling, WM, Aurubis and a waste authority in Alabama have all invested in recent facility upgrades that could have implications for regional curbside programs or hard to recycle materials.

Casella Waste Systems will acquire Royal Carting and its sister company Welsh Sanitation, two family-owned businesses that provide residential and commercial waste services in New York’s Hudson Valley ...

The Biden administration still hasn’t named an official assistant administrator for the U.S. EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management, and the agency has declined to share more about “future ...