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The Waste Dive Awards for 2017
The awards recognize the industry's top disruptors and innovators. These executives, companies and trends are transforming the industry and shaping the future.
Kristin Musulin, Cole Rosengren and Cody Boteler • Dec. 4, 2017 -
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Disruptor of the Year: China's Import Policies
No actions from any one company or city, however bold or surprising, have captured the industry's attention in 2017 more than China.
Cole Rosengren • Dec. 4, 2017 -
Photo courtesy of DSNY.
Hauler Heroes: Hurricane Responders
For all the workers who responded to the Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, and the many other weather events in 2017, cleanup after disasters is seen as just part of the job.
Cole Rosengren • Dec. 4, 2017 -
LA Sanitation
Sanitation Department of the Year: LASAN
This year, the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation launched the largest commercial waste franchise system in the country.
Cole Rosengren • Dec. 4, 2017 -
Photo by Cody Boteler
Executive of the Year: Jim Fish, Waste Management CEO
Since coming on as CEO in November 2016, Fish has focused on a people-first style of leadership that has elevated both business and company culture.
Kristin Musulin • Dec. 4, 2017 -
Keefe Harrison
Company of the Year: The Recycling Partnership
In an industry that is both hyper-local and globally dependent, The Recycling Partnership has become a key national convener.
Cole Rosengren • Dec. 4, 2017 -
Elizabeth Regan, Industry Dive
Talkin' Trash: Bag bans, Houston recycling intrigue, and Rubicon's new president
"It seems to me somebody, somewhere has decided FCC is going to win this contract no matter what, and that offends me."
Cody Boteler • Dec. 1, 2017 -
Trump administration eyes changes to wage and hour issues
After a slow start, the new administration is now taking steps to make good on its promise to undo some Obama-era FLSA initiatives.
Kate Tornone • Nov. 29, 2017 -
Elizabeth Regan
3 charts that show causes of avoided collisions in the waste industry
Data collected from nearly 14,000 incidents by Lytx show that waste drivers are usually not at fault for near miss incidents — but are more likely to be at fault at lower speeds.
Cody Boteler • Nov. 27, 2017 -
Colleges combat food waste through innovation, dedicated buy-in
Colleges and universities waste more than 20 million pounds of food each year. Initiatives to reduce food waste could be a benefit to campuses and surrounding communities.
Pat Donachie • Nov. 21, 2017 -
Elizabeth Regan
Talkin' Trash: Aid for Puerto Rico and knowing what to recycle
The best way to catch up on the week's waste and recycling news is to talk some trash.
Cody Boteler • Nov. 17, 2017 -
Illustration by Elizabeth Regan
Market effects vary by state, but widespread agreement is recycling needs to change
Following recent market turbulence from China, Waste Dive talked to recycling professionals around the country about the state of their local programs and where to go from here.
Cole Rosengren • Nov. 15, 2017 -
America Recycles Day turns 20 with a full schedule of events
Organizations around the country are using the day to make announcements and educate people on the current state of recycling for all materials.
Cody Boteler • Nov. 15, 2017 -
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Waste industry dispatches from Puerto Rico: 'We did what we could do'
Waste Dive spoke with four men and women from the industry who traveled to Puerto Rico to help with recovery and humanitarian efforts.
Cody Boteler • Nov. 14, 2017 -
Elizabeth Regan
Talkin' Trash: 'Unleashing jobs,' guilty pleas and new BLS safety numbers
"By educating and engaging those individuals to recycle more of the right things the right way, we can then help make the recycling more economically viable."
Cody Boteler • Nov. 10, 2017 -
Elizabeth Regan
How has Donald Trump affected the waste industry?
One year after the election, Waste Dive takes a look at how the industry has changed during the Trump administration.
Cody Boteler • Nov. 8, 2017 -
Illustration by Elizabeth Regan
How 5 local governments just expanded their recycling programs
As a small number of cities are cutting back amid market uncertainties, others from San Francisco to Chattanooga, TN, are forging ahead.
Cole Rosengren • Nov. 7, 2017 -
Elizabeth Regan
Talkin' Trash: Draconian measures, recycling diehards and more Q3 China reactions
Between lawsuits, earnings calls and the effects of Chinese import policies, it's been a busy week in the waste industry. Catch up with the news here.
Cody Boteler • Nov. 3, 2017 -
The Recycling Partnership
Q&A: Recycling Partnership's Harrison on China, single-stream and the future of recycling education
"Expecting recycling to work perfectly as driven by markets alone will leave you disappointed," CEO Keefe Harrison told Waste Dive.
Cole Rosengren • Oct. 31, 2017 -
Illustration by Elizabeth Regan
Talkin' Trash: Safety in NYC, China's impact on the West Coast and Q3 reports
Need to catch up on this week's news? Hear it straight from the newsmakers.
Cody Boteler • Oct. 27, 2017 -
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Industry sees multiple opportunities to reverse BFI joint employer standard
The National Waste & Recycling Association recently sent a letter to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan urging action on a bill, H.R. 3441, that some in the labor community feel goes too far.
Cole Rosengren • Oct. 26, 2017 -
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Talkin' Trash: Letters to Trump, and realities from China and Puerto Rico
"We’re already building the next disaster."
Cody Boteler • Oct. 20, 2017 -
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DSNY issued hundreds of commercial recycling violations — and haulers will be next
Since commercial recycling enforcement took effect in August, the local waste world has been waiting for the first hauler violations to drop.
Cole Rosengren • Oct. 17, 2017 -
Image Courtesy of the NYC Department of Sanitation
Talkin' Trash: Hurricane cleanup in Puerto Rico and developing female leadership
"No task is too small. I'm only there for a week, so I have to do as much as I can in seven days."
Cody Boteler • Oct. 13, 2017 -
Phoenix Public Works Department
Women in Waste: Phoenix DPW Director Ginger Spencer on 'passing the baton' of female leadership
The department's first female director spoke out on workplace demographics and making Phoenix the "world's most sustainable city."
Kristin Musulin • Oct. 12, 2017
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