Collections & Transfer: Page 43
-
Pink Trash
GFL Environmental acquires Pink-Trash in North Carolina
The local service provider, known for its pink equipment and contributions to cancer treatment, will be integrated into the Waste Industries network.
By Cole Rosengren • March 6, 2019 -
Teamsters Joint Council 16
ColumnScrap Collector: New legislation takes aim at New York's 'sham unions'
Plus: plastic ingested by animals in world's deepest ocean trenches, and Ontario bill seeks to become North America's first "right to repair" law.
By Rina Li • March 1, 2019 -
Pneumatic tubes with local AD get wave of political support in New York
A long-discussed concept to get trucks and bags off the streets around the 1.5-mile High Line Park corridor is taking shape. Now, the team behind it wants key backing from Mayor Bill de Blasio.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 28, 2019 -
Cole Rosengren
Exclusivity question hangs over NYC franchise zone plan in latest step forward
A draft environmental impact statement from the city's Department of Sanitation offers fresh data about whether non-exclusive zones are the right move, along with commentary from Waste Connections and other companies.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 27, 2019 -
Courtesy of Casella Waste Systems
Casella Waste: 2018 was 'year to refocus on growth,' more to come
Higher pricing due to ever-tightening Northeast disposal capacity, along with a heightened pace of acquisitions, has left the Vermont company energized heading into 2019.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 25, 2019 -
Elizabeth Regan
Massachusetts city, hauler head to trial over post-China recycling contract terms
A recent ruling in an ongoing suit between New Bedford and ABC Disposal found that while National Sword doesn't qualify as a force majeure event, it might still count as an "uncontrollable circumstance."
By Igor Geyn • Feb. 20, 2019 -
Deep Dive
Is New York's 2030 'zero waste' goal receding from reach?
Three key initiatives — single-stream recycling, curbside organics expansion and "save-as-you-throw" — are on hold indefinitely. Now, both skeptics and boosters are questioning whether it's practical or possible to hit the mark.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 20, 2019 -
Cole Rosengren
Waste Management going on sustainability 'offensive,' buying more landfills
As the company's results continue to reach record highs, its stated focus is to keep spending on "technology and people" — including shareholders.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 15, 2019 -
Cole Rosengren
Waste Connections did $1B worth of acquisitions in 2018, foresees another 'outsized year'
During the Q4 earnings call, executives also discussed public pressure on plastics, the viability of franchising and ongoing labor trends.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 15, 2019 -
Nashville to expand curbside recycling collection with $2M state grant
The city is doubling its collection frequency by adding 16 new trucks at a time when others are scaling back curbside programs.
By Katie Pyzyk • Feb. 12, 2019 -
Elizabeth Regan
Macquarie acquires Northeast disposal company Tunnel Hill Partners
The buyout of this vertically-integrated player, which has assets from Ohio to Massachusetts, is spurred by ever-tightening regional disposal capacity.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Feb. 13, 2019 -
3 companies bid to oust Waste Management for Omaha, Nebraska contract
Waste Connections, FCC Environmental and West Central Sanitation are also after the 10-year deal, which is one of the largest contracts in the country currently up for grabs.
By Cole Rosengren • Feb. 4, 2019 -
Rogue Disposal & Recycling
Deep DiveHow small cities around the country are fighting to save recycling
Solutions to preserve access and reduce contamination are emerging from municipalities, partners and citizen-led efforts in states such as Oregon, Virginia and New Hampshire.
By Katie Pyzyk • Jan. 28, 2019 -
Loop
TerraCycle promises 'future of consumption' with Loop reuse system
Dozens of major brands have partnered to launch this ambitious new packaging model in the U.S. and France. TerraCycle and Suez break down how it could change the waste equation in the coming decades.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 24, 2019 -
Advanced Disposal Services
Advanced Disposal buys Alabama landfill, hauler for $15M
The acquisition of Alabama Waste Disposal Solutions from EC Waste provides a new foothold between the Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta markets.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 18, 2019 -
Andrea Westmoreland
ColumnScrap Collector: The secret lives of trash-eating animals and a 'Paris agreement for the seas'
Plus: a 20-yard trash spill in California, the Philippines takes a stand against waste trafficking and Japan's new "waste-pit" happy hour.
By Rina Li • Jan. 18, 2019 -
Vermont may walk back statewide organics collection requirement
The Agency of Natural Resources recommends haulers only be required to collect organics from multi-family and commercial sites, but still wants to enact a universal food waste disposal ban by 2020.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 17, 2019 -
Wyoming city to maximize 50-year landfill capacity with full-cost accounting
Cheyenne's public works engineer told Waste Dive what the city hopes to achieve with a new solid waste plan that will be completed by Burns & McDonnell.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 16, 2019 -
Permission granted by Strategic Materials
Strategic Materials teams up with North Carolina county to resurrect glass recycling
A new drop-off option, introduced after glass was cut from curbside programs, is expected to save Moore County money and generate cleaner material for Strategic's local processing operation.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 16, 2019 -
Waste Management adding 'buffer' truck in Texas after worker fatality
This seemingly unique defense against distracted driving will be used in one particularly high-traffic area, though an ongoing conversion to automated side-load trucks is still said to be a national priority.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 15, 2019 -
Houston approves $5M for recycling contractor and truck rentals to fix collection mess
The Houston City Council agreed to bring in Texas Pride Disposal Solutions for temporary service on recycling routes, along with new vehicles from Big Truck Rental, as service delays continue.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Jan. 17, 2019 -
Column
Scrap Collector: 'Trump's Trash' and the Oakland Garbage Blitz
Plus: an NYC proposal aims for increased private waste industry oversight, and a nonprofit takes on Big Plastic.
By Rina Li • Jan. 11, 2019 -
Nevada recycling company appeals Waste Management monopoly protection
Reno-based Green Solutions Recycling is challenging the dismissal of a prior lawsuit, in part due to a dispute about how the state defines "recycling" itself.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated June 19, 2019 -
Deep Dive
6 key questions for the waste and recycling industry in 2019
We'll be keeping an eye on recycling, climate change, landfills, alternative technologies, corporate consolidation, labor issues and much more in the year ahead.
By Cole Rosengren • Jan. 9, 2019 -
Elizabeth Regan
Connecticut WTE facility partially back online after double turbine failure
The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority's Hartford facility has been down since November, leaving officials to manage a backlog that at one point reached 20,000 tons.
By Cole Rosengren , Rina Li • Jan. 7, 2019
Previous
