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Daily Digest: Omaha, Nebraska releases RFP, fines Waste Management $300K
Plus, Wheelabrator gets a new eight-year deal in Virginia, big cannabis commits to sustainable packaging and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 25, 2018 -
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Deep DiveNext up for the RecycLA experiment — optimization
Updates from key players in the Los Angeles franchise program — including four haulers — about how they're adapting to commodity markets, organics diversion and a uniquely ambitious facility certification program.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 25, 2018 -
St. Paul City Council votes to stop anti-franchise ballot referendum
The new organized collection system has already spurred two ballot petitions against it, but the city attorney maintains any decision must be made by local officials rather than voters.
By Cole Rosengren , Cody Ellis • Updated Nov. 15, 2018 -
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Recycling priorities from leading local officials around the country
Last week's Municipal Waste Management Association summit in Houston offered a unique look into challenges and solutions on the ground.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Oct. 17, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Amazon investing $10M in Closed Loop Fund
Plus, a new flexible packaging recovery challenge kicks off, Nine Dragons keeps growing in U.S., PAYT programs on the rise and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 16, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Waste Management cart-tagging questioned in Chicago
Plus, a Missouri city drops all fiber collection, Kentucky workers fight for fair pay and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 15, 2018 -
Daily Digest: DSNY driver kills pedestrian amid chaotic week of US crashes
Plus, Trump seizes on ocean plastic as the latest example of international unfairness and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Oct. 12, 2018 -
San Diego keeps non-exclusive franchises, sets new conditions
Consultants recommended an exclusive system. Local service providers opposed it. City staff successfully pushed for a compromise.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2018 -
Waste Industries
Daily Digest: CEO perspectives on GFL deal, Covanta UK project in court
Plus, repeal efforts move forward for franchising in Minnesota, a pipeline explosion stalls Waste Management collections in Washington and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 11, 2018 -
GFL Environmental
GFL Environmental closes Waste Industries deal, now in 20 states
According to GFL, the $2.825 billion deal makes it the largest private company in the North American industry.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Nov. 15, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Potential $100M community agreement for Waste Connections landfill
Plus, Rumpke wants to expand the largest landfill in Ohio, another paper mill is set to reopen and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 2, 2018 -
City of Cambridge
Organics Growth: How one Massachusetts city went big on curbside
Six months into a citywide expansion, Cambridge is reporting participation rates of more than 40% and saving money on tip fees.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 1, 2018 -
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Daily Digest: Controversial NYC hauler back; Waste Management fatalities in Nebraska
Plus, a Republic competitor goes bankrupt in Nevada, Meridian makes an acquisition in Florida and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 1, 2018 -
Daily Digest: St. Paul's franchise plan, starting next week, could be challenged on the ballot
Plus, New Jersey takes a more aggressive swing at plastic packaging regulation, Casella legal fight will continue in New Hampshire and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 28, 2018 -
Rubicon
Rubicon revamp – new structure, CFO and layoffs
An exclusive look at integrating three recent acquisitions, and what that means for the company 2019, with its senior leadership team.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Sept. 27, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Canadian recycler sues city for $20M; WM contract proposal rejected in Texas
Plus, Canada's last major city without curbside organics moves toward a pilot, the Malaysian government is cracking down on plastics and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 25, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Jacksonville, Florida fines Republic, Waste Pro, Advanced
Plus, more plastics news from the G7 meeting in Canada, and multiple other legal or regulatory updates from around the country in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 21, 2018 -
How Republic is taking on distracted driving at a global level
VP Jim Olson discusses the company's leadership role in the Together for Safer Roads coalition and how it's viewed as a unique approach to this pressing industry problem.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 19, 2018 -
Indianapolis set to unveil plans for long-awaited recycling program this fall
The capital is one of the largest in the Midwest without a curbside program after a controversial mixed waste plan fell through in 2016.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 18, 2018 -
San Francisco Department of Environment
Daily Digest: San Francisco moves 'zero waste' goal posts; latest on Florence
Plus New York is expanding curbside e-waste collection, one Canadian city wants yard waste out of its organics bins and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 18, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Florence breaches coal ash landfill, new deals by WM and WCA
Plus Jackson, Mississippi's curbside recycling program is in limbo, new organics infrastructure coming to upstate New York and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 17, 2018 -
Column
Clean up on aisle 3: How to avoid hazardous waste enforcement
Columnist Rich Thompson is back with a look at the growing trend of expensive hazardous waste settlements with big-name companies and what can be done to avoid them.
By Rich Thompson • Sept. 14, 2018 -
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Daily Digest: Pacific Coast sets 2030 food waste goal, scientists posit new ocean plastic patches
Plus Waste Management's CFO on women in the industry, California's latest container fraud crackdown, today's webinar schedule and more.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 12, 2018 -
Stericycle
OpinionWhat you need to know for e-Manifest compliance
Stericycle VP Maricha Ellis breaks down how to follow EPA guidelines for the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act.
By Maricha Ellis • Sept. 12, 2018 -
Elizabeth Regan
Q&AMeet NWRA's new safety VP: Kirk Sander
The industry's newest national safety executive discusses how his experience at OSHA and other high-profile jobs will influence his role.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 11, 2018
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