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Waste Management adding 'buffer' truck in Texas after worker fatality
This seemingly unique defense against distracted driving will be used in one particularly high-traffic area, though an ongoing conversion to automated side-load trucks is still said to be a national priority.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 15, 2019 -
Houston approves $5M for recycling contractor and truck rentals to fix collection mess
The Houston City Council agreed to bring in Texas Pride Disposal Solutions for temporary service on recycling routes, along with new vehicles from Big Truck Rental, as service delays continue.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Jan. 17, 2019 -
Column
Scrap Collector: 'Trump's Trash' and the Oakland Garbage Blitz
Plus: an NYC proposal aims for increased private waste industry oversight, and a nonprofit takes on Big Plastic.
By Rina Li • Jan. 11, 2019 -
Nevada recycling company appeals Waste Management monopoly protection
Reno-based Green Solutions Recycling is challenging the dismissal of a prior lawsuit, in part due to a dispute about how the state defines "recycling" itself.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 19, 2019 -
Deep Dive
6 key questions for the waste and recycling industry in 2019
We'll be keeping an eye on recycling, climate change, landfills, alternative technologies, corporate consolidation, labor issues and much more in the year ahead.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 9, 2019 -
Elizabeth Regan
Connecticut WTE facility partially back online after double turbine failure
The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority's Hartford facility has been down since November, leaving officials to manage a backlog that at one point reached 20,000 tons.
By Cole Rosengren , Rina Li • Jan. 7, 2019 -
Waste Management's 20-year path to 'moonshot' climate goal: cleaner fleet, more recycling
The company's 2018 Sustainability Report offers the most detailed plans yet on offsetting four times the amount of GHG emissions it produces.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 1, 2019 -
Elizabeth Regan
Our 10 best stories of 2018
Catch up on some of our biggest stories involving Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Rubicon Global, TerraCycle and, of course, China.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 21, 2018 -
A tale of two cities: Landfills drive Waste Management and Republic deals in Texas
The companies recently completed transactions with each other in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth markets that, while viewed as largely unremarkable, illustrate the high importance placed on owning disposal assets.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 20, 2018 -
Elizabeth Regan
BLS: Fatality rate for collection workers 10x national average
New national data indicates 30 "refuse and recyclable material collectors" died on the job in 2017. NWRA and SWANA responded with their own takes on what this means for industry safety standards.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 18, 2018 -
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Boston inches toward final 'zero waste' plan, eyes curbside organics pilot
While enthusiastic about the expansive scope of a new report, many advocates remain unhappy with the lack of specific "living wage" contract language for recycling workers.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 17, 2018 -
Permission granted by SWEEP
SWEEP standard — LEED for waste and recycling — releases ambitious proposal
After more than two years of work by many of the industry's biggest corporate and government players, the Solid Waste Environmental Excellence Protocol now has draft language ready for comments.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 17, 2018 -
Connecticut authority approves state's first source-separated glass pilot
Amid limited options for MRF glass, the Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority is moving ahead with plans to collect glass separately from curbside bins, pending final state approval.
By Katie Pyzyk • Dec. 12, 2018 -
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Waste Connections acquires American Disposal Services
The deal, first hinted at in October, brings an estimated $175 million in acquired revenue and 400,000 customers.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 10, 2018 -
California DOJ
ColumnScrap Collector: $16M California recycling fraud bust, lessons from Flint's water crisis
Plus: accusations of "politically motivated" sanitation worker sickout, wasting disease in animal carcasses and the triumphant return of Garbage Hill.
By Rina Li • Dec. 7, 2018 -
Rubicon wins collection tech contract in Spokane, Washington
The deal, which includes new technology in 100 vehicles, is worth more than $923,000 if extended for a full five-year term.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 7, 2018 -
Q&A
E360S CEO Ardellini ready to make acquisitions "right across North America"
The brand new Canadian company is starting out with $100 million in private equity backing, a big name hockey legend and a recently acquired Alberta hauler.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 6, 2018 -
Foodservice Packaging Institute
Denver adds coffee cups to recycling list amid growing interest in solutions
The expansion came through a collaboration with Alpine Waste & Recycling, the Foodservice Packaging Institute, Sustana and city officials.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018 -
GFL Environmental
Dive Awards
Company of the Year: GFL Environmental
GFL's rapid U.S. expansion this year has made it the largest private waste and recycling company in North America.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018 -
BYD
Dive Awards
Innovator of the Year: Seattle Public Utilities
City contract language — in partnership with BYD, Recology and Waste Management — has set a model for future fleet electrification.
By Cole Rosengren • Dec. 3, 2018 -
Elizabeth Regan
Column
Scrap Collector: Recycling cuts; latest worker fatality
Plus: M&A news from Santek and Meridian, corporate recycling developments and the unseen e-waste nightmare lurking behind this holiday season.
By Cole Rosengren , Rina Li • Nov. 30, 2018 -
Embattled New York hauler Sanitation Salvage surrenders license
The company, once among the city's largest, never fully recovered from a one-month suspension. It leaves behind an estimated 2,100 customers.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Nov. 28, 2018 -
DC approves eminent domain to close controversial transfer station
While proponents hail the plan as an environmental justice victory, current owner WB Waste Solutions warns that DC lacks adequate capacity for the 1,400 tons of waste that would be displaced.
By Rina Li • Nov. 28, 2018 -
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Bay Area city offers year of free collection for clean recycling
Rather than being penalized for recycling mistakes, residents of Vallejo, California can win free services or financial incentives for proper participation.
By Katie Pyzyk • Updated Nov. 29, 2018 -
Waste Management, Teamsters head to court over Reno, Nevada strike threats
The conflict over whether employees must electronically log their lunch breaks has escalated into a temporary restraining order and dueling NLRB complaints.
By Cole Rosengren • Nov. 20, 2018
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