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2026 waste and recycling industry conferences
Mark your calendars for conferences in 2026 that will cover key topics such as recycling, waste management, compost, biogas and more.
By Waste Dive Staff • Oct. 1, 2025 -
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Clean Harbors achieves up to 99.9999% PFAS destruction in EPA test
The study was conducted last year. It further validates Clean Harbors’ ability to destroy potentially hazardous chemicals like PFOA and PFAS at its Aragonite, Utah, facility.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated Sept. 24, 2025 -
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Ikea, Vanguard Renewables team up to turn food waste into renewable energy
The six-month pilot has launched in five Ikea locations across the U.S. and the global furniture retailer has plans to expand the program after in a bid to achieve zero organic food waste by 2030.
By Zoya Mirza • Sept. 19, 2025 -
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Reworld faces renewed pressure to close large Pennsylvania incinerator
A bill introduced in Philadelphia would force the city to stop sending waste to be burned. And a new zero waste plan in Delaware County, where the facility is located, urges an end to incineration.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 18, 2025 -
City of Riverside. (2025). "A Look Inside The Riverside Water Control Plant" [Video]. Retrieved from YouTube.
Anaergia sells Riverside facility amid strategic pivot
The company sold its ownership stake in a codigestion plant in Riverside, California. But it will remain on hand to both build and operate the enhanced facility in the coming years.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 17, 2025 -
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EPA releases formal proposal to end Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program
The change would end a 15-year old program that’s set a de facto standard for climate data collection in the United States. Facilities previously required to submit data to the program would revert to state or internal disclosure rules.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 15, 2025 -
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Landfill biogas sees steady growth, plus RNG news from Anaergia, Vanguard, Montauk Renewables
Investment in landfill biogas capacity has topped $1 billion for two straight years. New policies drove announcements in August, including for shipping fuel.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 4, 2025 -
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Enviros target clean fuel programs, plus RNG news from Republic, Sagepoint and more
In California and New Mexico, environmental groups are ramping up their efforts to slash the strong carbon intensity scores that farm biogas receives through clean fuels programs.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 5, 2025 -
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Q2 earnings results for major waste and recycling companies in 2025
Follow the latest results from WM, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Casella, Enviri and Clean Harbors.
By Waste Dive Staff • Updated Aug. 5, 2025 -
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Clean Harbors eyes growth plans as oil turnaround continues
Overall revenue fell slightly for Clean Harbors in the second quarter, but environmental services remained a strength. The company reaffirmed its full-year guidance, confident its charge-for-oil strategy is working.
By Jacob Wallace • July 30, 2025 -
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Miami-Dade County, Florida, votes to advance plans for new WTE facility
The county is expected to negotiate with companies like FCC Environmental Services and Reworld that expressed interest in building a new facility.
By Jacob Wallace • July 18, 2025 -
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Gasification proponents see opportunity in Canada’s climate targets
Federal greenhouse gas emissions targets, as well as new carbon capture tax credits, are seen as promising for at least one company pitching its gasification technology.
By Barbara Hesselgrave • July 17, 2025 -
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The LCFS faces a new political reality, plus RNG news from Viridi, Opal Fuels
Amendments to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard took effect July 1, but new legislation may threaten the credit program’s status quo. In other states, some legislation advanced while a few projects saw setbacks.
By Jacob Wallace • July 8, 2025 -
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Plastics, biofuels groups praise signing of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The newly signed bill includes favorable provisions for alternative fuels and manufacturers broadly. It’s been criticized by environmental groups for cuts to other key programs.
By Jacob Wallace • July 7, 2025 -
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Reworld outlines growth of non-incineration capacity
The company’s portfolio of waste combustion facilities has declined in recent years, but its network of materials processing facilities and alternative fuel production has grown significantly.
By Jacob Wallace • June 17, 2025 -
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Biogas groups disappointed by EPA’s proposed RFS update
The U.S. EPA is lowering its volume expectations for transportation fuels made from waste after multiple years of the sector not meeting production targets.
By Jacob Wallace • June 16, 2025 -
The U.S. could increase biogas projects 8-fold, American Biogas Council says
Total buildout of available capacity varies between 36% and 2% among states, according to the industry group.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated June 11, 2025 -
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Senate committee moves Busterud nomination forward for EPA waste office
The full Senate will next consider the nomination. Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito commended John Busterud's qualifications, though some Democrats criticized the U.S. EPA’s recent policies related to pollution.
By Megan Quinn • June 11, 2025 -
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Honeywell, Samsung subsidiary, others create SAF Technology Alliance
The SAF Technology Alliance will create an end-to-end integrated solution to turn waste from a feedstock into sustainable aviation fuel to help scale the industry.
By Lamar Johnson • June 10, 2025 -
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EQT acquires majority stake in landfill RNG company Waga Energy
The private equity firm completed its acquisition of a majority stake in France-based Waga following regulatory approval. The company’s board was changed after the acquisition, but its management team remains in place.
By Megan Quinn • Updated Sept. 19, 2025 -
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Trump’s EPA budget would cut funds appropriated for waste offices
The budget would cut certain waste and recycling grant programs and enforcement related activities. It would also transition Superfund remediation work to a revenue source boosted in recent years through legislation.
By Jacob Wallace • June 5, 2025 -
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Archaea to have positive cash flow in 2026; RNG news from Rumpke, Veolia and more
BP reported three new Archaea projects came online in the first quarter, including two at Rumpke landfills. Elsewhere, Opal Fuels reported a strong quarter and a new project with Republic Services, among other projects.
By Jacob Wallace • June 2, 2025 -
Waste sector emissions ticked up in 2023, unreleased EPA report finds
The U.S. EPA only published partial information on the country’s greenhouse gas emissions this year. But newly available data suggests the waste industry’s emissions ticked up while overall emissions declined.
By Jacob Wallace • May 27, 2025 -
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How the Republican budget proposal affects biogas credits and waste funding
Programs funding climate initiatives would be slashed and eligibility for tax credits would shrink. But the proposal did extend one credit that the industry has been asking for.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated May 22, 2025 -
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Biogas market awaits RFS guidance; plus RNG news from WM, Viridi, Vision
The U.S. EPA is overdue to set new alternative fuel targets under the Renewable Fuel Standard. The market for transportation fuels made from biogas may be suffering as a result.
By Jacob Wallace • May 5, 2025
