Delaware county ordinance limits Waste Management landfill expansion

A recently passed New Castle County ordinance restricts landfill height to 140 feet, effectively stymieing Waste Management's plans for a vertical expansion.

By Rina Li , Leia Larsen • Updated Aug. 28, 2019

Public companies increased control of $74B US waste industry in 2018

Recently published research from Waste Business Journal indicates consolidation trends are continuing, with landfill volume managed by a select few major players.

By Cole Rosengren • June 4, 2019

Keurig Dr Pepper commits to 100% recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025

Beyond plastic in packaging, this list of new efforts addresses waste, water and carbon emissions — each of which will likely require some shifts in the supply chains of Keurig Dr Pepper's brands.

By Emma Cosgrove • June 4, 2019

Texas legislature passes two waste permitting laws

The bills, which drew support from major industry companies as well as from the Texas Campaign for the Environment, were the only new landfill-related regulations to pass in the current legislative session.

By Anna Hrushka • June 4, 2019

New Jersey Supreme Court orders temporary closure of embattled landfill

Owned by the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, Keegan Landfill has been the subject of ongoing legal action due to persistent odor complaints.

By Rina Li , Leia Larsen • Updated June 13, 2019

Illinois mandates case-by-case coal ash site reviews as federal rules remain in flux

A bill approved this week directs the Illinois EPA to establish rules on cleaning up the state's coal ash ponds, which must meet the same health and groundwater standards as full excavation.

By Catherine Morehouse • May 30, 2019

Annexation approval gives Advanced Disposal path to Illinois landfill expansion

A recent local vote was seen as a key first step to potentially growing Zion Landfill, the Chicago metro area's largest disposal site.

By Cody Ellis • May 29, 2019

Letters to the editor: WTE is the true circular solution

Two experts in the WTE field respond to last week's op-ed, "A broken link in the circular economy," with a focus on why landfills shouldn't get a pass in the discussion.

May 24, 2019

Conversations with execs from 8 key industry companies

Catch up on Waste Dive's interviews with Waste Management, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Covanta, WCA Waste, FCC Environmental and Rubicon Global from WasteExpo 2019.

By Waste Dive Team • May 24, 2019

Scrap Collector: Vermont passes nation's 'toughest' plastics bill yet

Plus: Wheelabrator withdraws New York monofill proposal, and study reveals Coca-Cola to be the most common plastic packaging pollution source at UK beaches.

By Rina Li • May 24, 2019

Florida county to perform extra groundwater monitoring at Waste Connections landfill

Following public outcry in recent weeks over the company's import of coal ash from Puerto Rico, Osceola County will pay for more testing than usual to allay concerns.

By Rina Li , Leia Larsen • Updated June 6, 2019

Nearly 80% of US incinerators located in marginalized communities, report reveals

New research from the Tishman Environment and Design Center at the New School characterizes incineration as "an industry in decline." WTE stakeholders, however, hold a different opinion.

By Rina Li • May 23, 2019

Straight talk with WCA Waste CEO Bill Caesar

One of the industry's largest private operators discusses satisfaction with the company's current geography, pressures on landfill operations and why carbon pricing is likely inevitable.

By Cole Rosengren • May 21, 2019

Waste Connections may be third-largest, but don't accuse it of being a 'big company'

President Worthing Jackman talks caution on recycling, adapting to landfill regulations and efforts to maintain employee engagement amid a period of exponential growth.

By Cole Rosengren • May 17, 2019

Scrap Collector: Plastic's 'hidden' climate impacts revealed

Plus: Six-foot-high pile of unopened Amazon Go meals and groceries discovered in Seattle landfill, and Philippines recalls ambassador to Canada over ongoing illegal waste standoff.

By Rina Li • May 17, 2019

A broken link in the circular economy

Scott Sherman, a former official with the EPA and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, outlines why he believes renewed talk about WTE over landfills is ill-advised.

By Scott Sherman • May 16, 2019

GFL Environmental aims to be 'one of the largest players in the continent'

Waste Dive recently spoke with the Canadian company's CEO and CFO about progress on integrating last year's major Waste Industries acquisition — and why their North American expansion is "just getting started."

By Cole Rosengren • Updated May 17, 2019

Covanta poised for WTE 'awakening' in US — if it comes

Waste Dive spoke with Covanta executives about emerging domestic opportunities, community relations and why they believe landfills could become less competitive in certain regions.

By Rina Li • May 15, 2019

New Republic Services president: 'Death of landfills has been overexaggerated'

Waste Dive met with Jon Vander Ark to discuss retention strategies, why recycling may grow faster than solid waste, what's next for landfill operations, and the risks and opportunities of climate change.

By Cole Rosengren • May 15, 2019

Waste Management COO: New Chicago MRF will be 'much more mechanized'

Recently promoted to the C-suite, John Morris spoke to Waste Dive about efforts to improve retention rates, the evolution of landfill operations and the company's recycling "plant of the future."

By Cole Rosengren • May 13, 2019

Scrap Collector: U.S. abstains from supporting Basel Convention plastics amendment

Plus, a New York town is fighting legal battle over transfer station's feral cat colony and a U.K. waste and recycling company calls for ban on environmentally unsustainable items.

By Rina Li • Updated May 13, 2019

Alabama city permitted to expand landfill after 5-year closure

Legal issues thwarted at least three attempts to expand the City of Dothan Sanitary Landfill, but plans now appear to be moving ahead on a 19-acre expansion.

By Cody Ellis • May 9, 2019

EPA plans to approve landfill emissions plans from multiple states

The movement comes after a federal judge largely ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought by multiple states, which had challenged the agency's inaction to implement 2016 rules governing methane emissions.

By Cole Rosengren • Updated July 15, 2019

Toxins in the ground: Inside America's most polluted coal ash site and industry's struggle with federal rules

A Texas family's legal battle with an electric cooperative over contaminated land is a microcosm of a larger national debate on how to handle the toxic byproduct of burning coal.

By Catherine Morehouse • May 6, 2019

Off the Route: Documentarian Amy C. Elliott on the 'apex of consumerism'

Elliott spoke to Waste Dive about her documentary "Salvage" — starring one of the last publicly accessible town dumps in North America — and our relationship with waste and consumption.

By Rina Li • May 6, 2019