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  • Aerial view of a WM landfill gas facility in Texas
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    WM focuses on Dallas region as landfill gas hub with opening of latest RNG plant

    Chief Sustainability Officer Tara Hemmer said the Lewisville, Texas, project is part of a larger strategy in a state where permitting and local relationships make it easier for projects to be completed.

    By May 23, 2024
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    Courtesy of Casella Waste Systems
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    Q&A

    Casella president outlines growth plans for mid-Atlantic and other priorities

    Ned Coletta, roughly six months into his role as president, is working on multiple aspects of the company’s strategy. He recently shared updates on disposal capacity, PFAS treatment, RNG projects, training and more.

    By May 16, 2024
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    Deep Dive

    South Florida composters eye opportunities as region faces disposal crunch

    A growing number of subscription haulers in Miami-Dade, Broward and other counties are signing up residential and commercial customers as local officials debate landfill and incinerator expansions.

    By May 6, 2024
  • Clean Harbors at household hazardous waste collection event in Abington, Pennsylvania.
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    The image by Montgomery County Planning Commission is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
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    Clean Harbors announces Noble Oil acquisition, ‘stronger than expected’ Q1

    Clean Harbors is also in the process of integrating its recent HEPACO acquisition, and its Safety-Kleen segment will soon partner with Castrol on a recycled lubricant partnership.

    By May 2, 2024
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    Archaea announces largest modular RNG plant yet at WM site; news from Terreva, Ameresco

    In a busy month for partnerships, new renewable natural gas facilities were announced in Arizona, British Columbia, California, Kansas and South Dakota, with the promise of more on the way.

    By April 30, 2024
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    Courtesy of Archaea Energy
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    RNG news updates from the waste industry

    Renewable natural gas facilities have become a growing part of waste and energy companies’ portfolios. Follow developments from WM, Republic Services, Waga Energy, Ameresco, BP’s Archaea Energy and more.

    By Updated Aug. 7, 2024
  • Waste Connections truck on display at WasteExpo 2022
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    Waste Connections seeing labor retention improvements as it eyes ‘record’ M&A year

    The company reported better-than-expected revenue for a quarter which included a sizable acquisition in Indiana. CEO Ron Mittelstaedt also shared updated thoughts on how PFAS regulations will affect the sector.

    By April 25, 2024
  • Vanguard Renewables anaerobic digester in Haverhill, Massachusetts
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    Vanguard, TotalEnergies announce joint venture for at least 10 RNG facilities

    The companies left open the possibility to expand their partnership to up to 60 organic-waste-to-RNG facilities. The first three facilities will be built on farms in Wisconsin and Virginia.

    By April 24, 2024
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    EPA agrees to finalize emissions enforcement plan for commercial and industrial incinerators

    The Sierra Club has argued that dozens of incinerators are following decades-old standards because the EPA failed to implement a federal plan. The decree would force a final plan.

    By April 18, 2024
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    Courtesy of Florida Waste-to-Energy Coalition
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    Covanta announces rebrand to Reworld

    The new branding marks a shift in the company as it attempts to bolster its environmental services and sustainable materials management services.

    By April 16, 2024
  • Aerial view of an industrial facility on top of a landfill
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    Landfill methane, overall waste sector emissions continued to decline in 2022

    The U.S. EPA’s latest inventory of greenhouse gas emissions also tallied emissions from municipal solid waste combustion and anaerobic digestion.

    By April 12, 2024
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    Retrieved from LJP Waste Solutions on April 05, 2024
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    LJP Waste Solutions names new CEO as part of growth plan

    Michael Malatesta, an industry veteran with experience building companies that were sold to Covanta and VLS, is joining the Minnesota-based waste and recycling company.

    By April 5, 2024
  • An aerial view of a small industrial facility with a flare stack in the foreground and a sloping landfill in the background
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    (2022). "How Riverview’s Modern Landfill Works" [Video]. Retrieved from Riverview, Michigan.
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    Study analyzes Minnesota RNG potential; Republic Services, Archaea and Waga launch projects

    March saw several firsts in the RNG industry, including Waga Energy’s first U.S. project coming online in New York and South Florida’s first landfill RNG project breaking ground. 

    By April 3, 2024
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    Viridi, Casella say expanded AD facility can help address Maine’s biosolids issues

    The companies tout their partnership at an anaerobic digester in Brunswick, Maine, as a way to reduce volumes of biosolids that contain PFAS. The facility will also produce power and RNG for the community.

    By March 27, 2024
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    The image by Carl Young is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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    How 3 large states want to address waste with federal climate funding

    The U.S. EPA received 45 state priority climate action plans, the first step in accessing Climate Pollution Reduction Grant funding.

    By March 21, 2024
  • The flag of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hangs outside the agency building in Washington, D.C.
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    Deep Dive

    Does the EPA’s Waste Reduction Model favor landfills or incineration?

    After the EPA released a new version of WARM and held a public comment period, stakeholders across the spectrum of materials management believe there’s room for improvement.

    By Updated March 21, 2024
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    Retrieved from U.S. Department of Energy on March 19, 2024
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    DOE estimates US can nearly double energy derived from waste in new report

    The report models several scenarios for bioenergy development, including a 10-year and 20-year projection.

    By March 19, 2024
  • A row of Veolia electric refuse trucks in London
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    Bidirectional charging could unlock new potential for waste fleet electrification

    A recent pilot by Veolia in the UK could lead to a future where electric trucks can feed energy back into the grid rather than just paying for it. But the U.S. market is still in the early stages of incorporating EV technology.

    By David Richardson • March 18, 2024
  • Industrial organics recycling site located on a Vermont farm, with mountains and blue sky in the background
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    Vanguard Renewables charts progress in new regions with growing portfolio

    Ten years after its founding, the anaerobic digestion company is plotting expansion "like an amoeba” thanks to the financial backing of BlackRock and its pipeline of more than 60 projects.

    By March 13, 2024
  • A fuel pump in focus in front of a line of waste trucks.
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    Deep Dive

    How a new wave of clean fuels bills could spur a biogas boom

    New Mexico became the fourth state to enact a program, which has the potential to give biogas projects from landfills and on-farm digesters a boost. Could more states soon follow?

    By March 13, 2024
  • Several large pipes criss-cross between industrial buildings, including a large tank-like structure.
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    Q&A

    How federal attention to methane and retailer relationships are benefitting Divert

    Vice President Chris Thomas discusses how the U.S. EPA’s support for anaerobic digestion and Divert’s large customer base can allow the company to expand despite broader market challenges.

    By March 5, 2024
  • An industrial facility with three circular tank buildings sits near a vast shed and surrounding fields.
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    RNG hits transportation milestone, plus news from Clean Energy Fuels, Waga Energy and Republic

    Renewable natural gas continues to overtake petroleum-based gas in the transportation fuels sector, per a new report. February also saw multiple announcements of RNG production across feedstocks.

    By March 4, 2024
  • GFL Environmental truck at Waste Expo
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    GFL 2023 earnings

    GFL posts record solid waste pricing, sees expansion opportunities through EPR and M&A

    Continued strong pricing, combined with volume shedding of subpar contracts, contributed to margin expansion in solid waste. That trend combines with other tailwinds as GFL continues to improve its debt.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
  • An aerial view of a facility showing outdoor truck parking areas and large warehouses or sheds.
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    (2022). "EPA Final inspection report FY 22 NE Clean Harbors" [Photograph]. Retrieved from U.S. EPA.
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    Backlog at Clean Harbors’ Nebraska incinerator leads to $270K EPA fine

    The EPA said that Clean Harbors’ facility had repeatedly violated environmental laws from 2021 to 2023. The facility’s capacity is expected to more than double with an expansion, which the company hopes will ease backlog issues.

    By Feb. 15, 2024
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    Long Beach, California, advances Bioenergy Devco plans in shift from WTE to digestion

    Following negotiations, an anaerobic digester is set to replace a mass burn facility in Long Beach. The transition occurs amid significant regulatory shifts for such facilities in California over the past decade.

    By Feb. 15, 2024