The Foodservice Packaging Institute updated its toolkit to help create recycling education campaigns. Stakeholders underscore the need for collaboration and taking a “careful step-by-step approach” when adding new items.| Waste Dive - Latest News
The waste and recycling industry has adapted to a changing economy this year, including effects from a lucrative new tax law, M&A, tariffs and commodity markets.| Waste Dive - Latest News
Garbage to Garden will launch a targeted pilot, focused on new customers, in an area known for rodent issues. The region’s most densely populated city follows dozens of others pushing to realize the state’s waste reduction goals.| Waste Dive - Latest News
The EPA said it needed to reduce production targets as the transportation market for RNG had become saturated. But industry groups say that misses the point of the federal Renewable Fuel Standard.| Waste Dive - Latest News
The role was vacated earlier this year by former CalRecycle director Rachel Wagoner. The new appointment comes as SB 54 rules are still being hashed out and CAA wants producers to report supply data by Nov. 15.| Waste Dive - Latest News
Environmental groups had long opposed the proposal, but Alterra says it ultimately halted plans due to a landowner's decision. Alterra intends to search for another site in the region.| Waste Dive
Panelists at the Northeast Recycling Council's spring conference covered how lessons learned from Canada and Europe could help improve U.S. recycling systems while also debating the merits of chemical recycling.| Waste Dive
The Everboard product’s original founder is back at the helm as part of a new joint venture, which took over for WM-backed Continuus after the facility closed in November. A new California facility will also open soon.| Waste Dive - Latest News
What started as a college idea about solar compactors has evolved into one of the more recognizable public space waste container brands. Bigbelly doubled production in recent years and sees more growth ahead.| Waste Dive - Latest News
Commissioners heard hours of testimony on the wide-ranging proposal last week. They said they need more time to review feedback on the regulation, as Colorado intends to go beyond federal standards.| Waste Dive - Latest News
A New York City Business Integrity Commission audit investigation found the company overcharged "multiple customers" in the city. Stericycle hired a consultant to bring contracts into compliance.| Waste Dive - Latest News
The two sides have been locked in a dispute that has rippled out from the Boston area since July 1. The struggle signals a contentious new era of labor relations has arrived to the waste and recycling industry.| Waste Dive
The collaboration follows PepsiCo doing away with a formal reuse target earlier this year. It’s also Bold Reuse’s first implementation in California.| Waste Dive
The law establishes a packaging EPR program by 2025. It also calls for other updates, such as a standardized material list and a labeling task force meant to evaluate items' recyclability.| Waste Dive
The plastics management network aims to phase out packaging containing PVC, PS and PFAS, among others, by 2025. Some applaud the list as a positive step, but others say it's counterproductive and too subjective.| Waste Dive
General Mills, Mars, PepsiCo and other brands are investing in film and flexible packaging recycling in the state as California implements stricter recycling regulations for the materials under its EPR law.| Waste Dive
Li-Cycle, International Recycling Group and Redwood Materials all received commitments from the federal agency. But a changing financial landscape has led IRG to cancel its project while Li-Cycle struggles to access funds.| Waste Dive
While the administration has moved to strip electric vehicle incentives and cancel some grants, it’s still focused on lithium’s value as a critical mineral for manufacturers.| Waste Dive
Maine’s governor approved an EPR for packaging update while Rhode Island’s governor approved an EPR study bill. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott approved a right-to-repair law.| Waste Dive
As more states and countries adopt EPR programs, the Environmental Research & Education Foundation says data is difficult to evaluate — but it doesn’t cast doubt on the effectiveness of EPR as a whole.| Waste Dive
A Virginia landfill is closer to expanding, and local officials blocked expansions for a landfill in Pennsylvania and for Republic’s Coffin Butte landfill in Oregon.| Waste Dive
The funding will support 25 local recycling and organics programs nationwide. Many of the selected programs support training and multilingual resources.| Waste Dive
Truck-mounted, AI-enabled cameras are helping haulers identify and measure recycling contamination in real time, allowing them to communicate directly with customers on how to improve. Many haulers, including WM, use the tech.| Waste Dive
Its recent partnership with Tacoma, Washington, was funded by a $1.8 million U.S. EPA recycling education grant. The company aims to expand its on-truck contamination detection services.| Waste Dive
The legislation gained attention as a significant overhaul to Washington’s recycling system, but waste industry opposition contributed to it failing to receive a House vote before a key deadline.| Waste Dive
The bill calls for reimbursing key recycling collection, transportation and processing costs in the state, including for organics. Maryland would be the sixth state with packaging EPR if Gov. Wes Moore signs the bill.| Waste Dive
Li-Cycle filed for bankruptcy earlier this year and was down to a skeleton staff in North America. European commodities firm Glencore submitted a bid of approximately $40 million to acquire the assets.| Waste Dive
Service providers such as Ally Waste, WasteXperts and Trash Logic are seizing opportunities as San Francisco and other cities focus on reducing contamination rates in their recycling and organics streams.| Waste Dive
Resources released by the Composting Consortium, a project from Closed Loop Partners, and Eco-Cycle seek to close the knowledge gap for local officials looking to begin an organics recycling program in their town.| Waste Dive
A blended financing model could provide needed investment into large-scale composting facilities nationwide, according to new research from the Composting Consortium, an entity organized by Closed Loop Partners.| Waste Dive
Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval of a consumer electronics right-to-repair law is a first for a Republican-led state. A bill to limit composting in Lee County also became law without Abbott’s signature.| Waste Dive
Bills managing marine flares, establishing a tax exemption for certain Chiquita Canyon compensation payments and expanding composting regulations for certain farmers are still in play after a legislative deadline.| Waste Dive
A new report examines the entire lifecycle of using recycled versus virgin resins in the manufacturing process, focusing on PET, HDPE and PP.| Waste Dive
Jennie Romer – a key player in creating plastics policies from coast to coast – talks about her new book "Can I Recycle This?" and why she's now looking to take on the whole recycling system.| Waste Dive
A new program — launched by the Composting Consortium, U.S. Composting Council and Biodegradable Products Institute — aims to help organics recyclers and local governments scale their efforts.| Waste Dive
Bill sponsors see the packaging EPR program as a way to bring recycling services to more residents and raise recycling rates. Haulers in the state opposed the bill over cost concerns.| Waste Dive
The National Waste & Recycling Association will host a new event, The Waste Summit, in 2026. WasteExpo will then return in 2027.| Waste Dive
U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hamper infrastructure investments, affect commodity prices and impact significant trade relationships, recycling and waste groups say.| Waste Dive
Affected programs include the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling and Recycling Education and Outreach grant programs. EPA employees fear reprisal if they speak to grantees, according to advocates.| Waste Dive