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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 -
Elizabeth Regan, Industry Dive
Daily Digest: BioHiTech's landfill alternative moving forward in New York
Plus details on a dangerous morning for collection workers in two states, potential plans for a new composting investment in Tennessee and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 19, 2018 -
NLRB to propose joint-employer rule that would undo Browning-Ferris
The rule would shift enforcement away from the Obama-era standard, making it more difficult for employers to be held jointly liable for NLRA violations.
By Kathryn Moody , Ryan Golden , Kate Tornone • Updated Sept. 13, 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 -
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 -
The Ocean Cleanup/Pierre Augier
Daily Digest: Ocean Cleanup's plastic boom sets sail, Pruitt Superfund group scrutinized
Plus Hawaii announces big composting plans, U.K. shoppers turn against plastic and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 10, 2018 -
Industry petitions OSHA to establish heat standard
More than 130 organizations asked the agency to establish protection rules for workers exposed to heat, the leading weather-related killer in the U.S.
By Kim Slowey • Sept. 10, 2018 -
Daily Digest: New research on the plastic problem, Nine Dragons buying another US mill
Plus news on the latest AI advances in MRF technology, the newly named "Trash Pandas" baseball team and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 6, 2018 -
Acosta announces new DOL 'compliance assistance' arm
The announcement included the launch of two new websites — Worker.gov and Employer.gov — that will address compliance questions.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Sept. 5, 2018 -
Cole Rosengren
Daily Digest: Sanitation Salvage suspension upheld in NYC, Wheelabrator closing Florida WTE
Plus Republic reverses course on Illinois recycling cancellation, a $6 million fire in North Carolina and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 4, 2018 -
Cole Rosengren
Daily Digest: Republic's sustainability talking points, Austin tries to salvage bag ban
Plus trash piling up in Acapulco, the latest solar landfill project gets approval and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 31, 2018 -
Daily Digest: WM forfeits $5.5M over undocumented workers, California passes bottle bill fix
Plus Japan's multi-million dollar recycling investment, the latest city bag fee news and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 30, 2018 -
Jordan Schultz
The WASTECON sessions: fire, safety and contamination
Three sessions at last week's WASTECON highlight what's on the minds of industry leaders right now.
By Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018 -
Daily Digest: NY DEC joins recycling dialogue, Philly getting $120M digester
Plus news on another Chinese paper mill investment in the U.S., needlestick risks for MRF workers and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 29, 2018 -
New York hauler sues city over suspension, claiming lack of due process
Sanitation Salvage equated the city's move to "a death sentence" and accused Mayor Bill de Blasio of defamation. So far, he shows no sign of changing his tone.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Aug. 28, 2018 -
Cole Rosengren
Daily Digest: China's effects on RecycLA, Phoenix's creative driver apprenticeships
Plus news on a worker fatality in Louisiana, next-level plastic bag policy in the U.K. and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 27, 2018 -
Employers and workers at odds over retirement preparation
Most employers (72%) in a U.S. study believe workers don't think about retirement until it draws near, yet only 40% of workers say this is true.
By Valerie Bolden-Barrett • Aug. 23, 2018 -
Cole Rosengren
Daily Digest: Industry fire epidemic, Memphis, Tennessee sanitation workers honored
Plus updates on another worker fatality, Kroger's sustainability targets and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 23, 2018 -
Jordan Schultz
Daily Digest: SWANA Safety Summit gets emotional, new 2030 food waste estimates
Plus news on zoned collection challenges in St. Paul, Minnesota, Taiwan import restrictions and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 22, 2018 -
Cole Rosengren
Q&AMittelstaedt: 'There's a reckoning coming' for recycling
Waste Dive sat down with the Waste Connections CEO to talk tax cuts, immigration reform, organics, the future of landfills and, of course, recycling.
By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 22, 2018 -
Jordan Schultz
Daily Digest: Cracking the code on contamination, Maryland tightens WTE regulations
Plus news on a Rumpke worker's unique injury, Africa's first WTE facility and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 21, 2018 -
Sean Jennings
Q&AWaste Pro's Sean Jennings on his plans as new president
At 27, Jennings is one of the youngest presidents of a large U.S. waste company. How will that influence his thinking about management, recruitment and retention?
By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 20, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Waste Management questions standardized labeling, ISRI calls for tariff relief
Plus news on a Harvest Power fatality, a new PAYT study, "plogging" in Shanghai and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 17, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Public vs. private safety, justice for Omaha, Nebraska worker
Plus news on the expansion of automated collection, a Rubicon Global waste challenge and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 16, 2018 -
Elizabeth Regan
Daily Digest: Food waste investment boom, PFAS in New Hampshire
Plus updates from Vietnam, industry associations, Waste Management and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 15, 2018
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