Organics: Page 26
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Opinion
Why cities need to identify smarter ways to manage food waste
BioHiTech Global outlines why better tracking and analysis of food waste may be the key to more successful organics management.
By Lisa Giovannielli • Oct. 5, 2018 -
Daily Digest: 2 New York tuck-ins for Casella; Adidas ditching virgin plastic by 2024
Plus, a Casella landfill lawsuit is dismissed in Massachusetts, the U.K. pledges big money to fight food waste and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Oct. 4, 2018 -
All Austin food businesses now required to divert organics
This marks the final implementation step in the Texas city's Universal Recycling Ordinance timeline.
By Katie Pyzyk • Oct. 2, 2018 -
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 -
Farm Bill expires, next one likely on hold through elections
A new version that has multiple implications for food waste and biogas will apparently have to wait until at least November.
By Cody Ellis • Oct. 1, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Murky progress on 2030 UN food waste goal; new energy on cup recycling
Plus, news on a $130 million landfill project in California, Australia's proactive approach to post-China markets and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 26, 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: Republic landfill health effects studied; pill ring busted at Wheelabrator
Plus, how New York City aims to cut 54 million plastic bottles from its waste stream, new hope for Idaho composting and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 24, 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 -
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 -
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 -
Daily Digest: What would it take to make recycling a national issue?
Plus news on the plastics industry's D.C. lobbying push, a $6 million cyclist death settlement, the Netherlands first plastic road and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 14, 2018 -
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 -
4 technologies tackling food waste in the supply chain
From reefer sensors to avocado imagery, venture capitalists are pouring hundreds of millions into the trillion-dollar problem of food waste.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 12, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Florence's toxic consequences, new Chinese investment in South Carolina
Plus details on Long Beach, California's new WTE deal with Covanta, the latest landfill solar projects and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 11, 2018 -
Daily Digest: WCA expansion in Houston, school composting success in Omaha
Plus Sweden's Southeast Asian plastic pledge, Waste Pro's issues in Mississippi and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 11, 2018 -
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 -
Kroger combats food waste with Apeel partnership
The grocer will introduce the long-lasting avocados in 109 Cincinnati stores this month, with plans to expand to other cities in the future.
By Jessica Dumont • Sept. 7, 2018 -
Washington, DC releases updated sustainability plan with waste goals
The draft includes goals for achieving "zero waste," capturing value from recovered materials and eventually expanding organics service.
By Katie Pyzyk • Sept. 6, 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 -
Baltimore announces new food waste reduction plan
Officials hope the program will save tens of thousands of pounds of food from being incinerated each year.
By Jordan Schultz • Sept. 6, 2018 -
Supply chains could help spare $270B of food waste with a few fixes
Industry, not consumers, has the primary responsibility for fixing the trillion dollar problem of food waste, according to a report from Boston Consulting Group.
By Emma Cosgrove • Sept. 4, 2018 -
Harvest Power closing controversial organics facility in British Columbia
The site has attracted odor complaints for years, though the company claims that wasn't the driving factor in its decision.
By Katie Pyzyk • 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