PureCycle reports ‘significant progress’ toward profitability in Q4

The company reported $346.6 million in debt for 2024. It expects upcoming deals with consumer goods companies will drive resin sales, while plant improvements aim to raise production volumes.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 28, 2025

Waste companies plan continued fees, tech investments to offset 2025 commodity dips

To mitigate possible commodities-related headwinds in 2025, major waste companies will continue to fine-tune their ongoing automation investments, fee-for-service programs and involvement in EPR contracts.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 26, 2025

The Climate Corps may have ended, but waste-related service jobs continue

The phase out of this Biden administration program is expected to be more about changing program labels than funding itself. Local corps members have worked on waste reduction, recycling and food recovery in multiple states.

By Leslie Nemo • Feb. 26, 2025

Rumpke CEO: ‘Our growth has been dramatic.’

Bill Rumpke Jr. noted a busy 2024 for acquisitions and infrastructure investments led to $1.2 billion in revenue. He previewed more hiring, employee training and tech investments for 2025.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 25, 2025

Caps, pumps, pods: Preventing small packaging from slipping through recycling systems

Tens of thousands of tons of small-format packaging could be captured each year with technological upgrades, according to a Closed Loop Partners report. A consortium aims to advance recovery of the small packaging.

By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 24, 2025

Chemical recycler Resynergi receives $18M for decentralized facility plan

The startup envisions co-locating its modular pyrolysis facilities with MRFs and other recycling facilities to gather more plastic and reduce transportation costs. The funding round is meant to help Resynergi’s scale-up process.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 24, 2025

Call2Recycle drop-off program targets outdoor equipment batteries

Call2Recycle’s high-energy battery program aims to fill a gap in collection and ease permitting challenges for transport. Equipment companies like Makita, Stanley Black & Decker, Stihl and Techtronic Industries fund the program.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 21, 2025

Minnesota taps Circular Action Alliance for EPR program

Producers must register in the state later this year. The CEO of CAA says the producer responsibility organization’s work in other states “enables us to immediately find efficiencies for producers” and “scale best practices.”

By Maria Rachal • Updated Feb. 19, 2025

Braven Environmental to build chemical recycling facility in Texas

The project is part of a new tax incentive program from the state of Texas, designed to attract manufacturing businesses in exchange for job growth assurances.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 19, 2025

Q4 earnings results for major waste and recycling companies in 2024

Follow the latest results from WM, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Casella Waste Systems, Clean Harbors and Enviri.

By Waste Dive Staff • Updated Feb. 25, 2025

NWRA launching conference in 2026 in change to WasteExpo strategy

The National Waste & Recycling Association has decided it will now attend WasteExpo every other year, citing travel and exhibiting costs. The group aims to launch its first alternating year event in Chicago or Washington, D.C.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 18, 2025

Republic targets $1B in M&A for 2025 after closing a major deal

The company kicked off the year with the acquisition of Shamrock Environmental. On Republic’s Feb. 13 earnings call, executives said investments in the company’s fleet and recycling will continue.

By Jacob Wallace • Feb. 14, 2025

Casella notes landfill volume internalization and further acquisitions as key for 2025

CEO John Casella said the company “finished the year strong” by growing revenue by about 20%. The company also upgraded a MRF in Connecticut and is slowly ramping up volume at a rail-served Pennsylvania landfill.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 14, 2025

Wisconsin officials seek partnerships for waste diversion business park

The proposed campus would bring together new and ongoing waste diversion projects. The county is soliciting ideas for recycling, reuse and diversion businesses.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 12, 2025

California PET recyclers adapting ahead of Evergreen downsizing

The bottle recycler and resin manufacturer will stop buying recycled PET but keep other operations open. Recyclers say that could shift the balance of PET capacity in the region and send more material to Mexico.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 11, 2025

Closed Loop continues growth with new investment, organics acquisition

Closed Loop announced new funding from Capricorn. Meanwhile, CEO Ron Gonen said Circular Services is expanding into organics with its acquisition of North America’s longest continually operating digester.

By Jacob Wallace • Feb. 10, 2025

Where right-to-repair legislation is heating up in 2025

Advocates say it’s an active year for legislation that covers consumer electronics, automobiles and new “repair indexes” for consumers. Advocates say such bills divert material from disposal and help prevent battery fires.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 10, 2025

New officials named as upheaval in EPA’s environmental justice office, federal workforce continues

The U.S. Senate confirmed leaders of multiple agencies this week, some of which have connections to waste. Meanwhile, officials are putting funding for programs at USAID and elsewhere up in the air.

By Jacob Wallace , Megan Quinn • Feb. 7, 2025

How2Recycle questions recyclability level of aerosol cans, boosts paper canisters

Sonoco celebrated the development for its paper cans after “collaboration with recyclers.” How2Recycle will also review the status for single-use PP coffee pods, bulky rigid plastics and HDPE trays and thermoforms.

By Maria Rachal • Feb. 7, 2025

Bottle bills are ‘gold standard’ for raising UBC recycling rates: CRI

The Container Recycling Institute recommended new bottle bills in an effort to keep up with U.S. aluminum consumption as recycling rates decline.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 5, 2025

Casella acquires longtime Boston recycler Save That Stuff

Save That Stuff, founded in 1990, comes with a collection fleet and a recycling facility. The company exited a joint venture arrangement to service Boston’s curbside organics program ahead of the transaction.

By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 4, 2025

Recycling, waste groups voice concerns over proposed tariffs’ business impacts

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.

By Megan Quinn • Feb. 4, 2025

Canada’s retaliatory tariffs to impact paper, plastic packaging

President Donald Trump’s announced tariffs against multiple countries drew pricing and supply chain concerns from the Plastics Industry Association, American Forest & Paper Association and others.

By Maria Rachal , Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 3, 2025

Federal funding pause, confusion hits environmental program funding

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. 

By Jacob Wallace • Feb. 3, 2025

The waste and recycling industry outlook for 2025

EPR implementation, organics requirements, bottle bill updates, PFAS regulation, federal tax credits and M&A are all expected to be key topics for the year ahead.

By Waste Dive Staff • Jan. 31, 2025