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WM 2023 earnings
WM lowers 2023 guidance due to commodity prices but reports ‘solid results’ despite headwinds
WM CEO Jim Fish said he was pleased with how the company managed inflation, commodity and volume headwinds to end the second quarter.
By Megan Quinn • July 26, 2023 -
Inside WIN Waste’s $45M upgrades to its Baltimore waste-to-energy facility
Following language in its 10-year contract with the city of Baltimore, WIN Waste performed upgrades to lower emissions by replacing its electrostatic precipitators with fabric filter technology.
By Jacob Wallace • July 24, 2023 -
House Appropriations Committee approves slashing EPA budget, pulling back EJ grants
The budget approved last week would cut EPA’s budget by 39% and rescind Inflation Reduction Act-funded climate grants, but it also called for more attention to chemical recycling and plastic-based fuel research.
By Megan Quinn • July 24, 2023 -
Miami-Dade County at ‘crossroads’ as solid waste director steps down
Director Mike Fernandez is departing as the county faces unanswered questions about the future of incineration, recycling and more.
By Jacob Wallace • July 14, 2023 -
WIN Waste resets leadership team, elevating Mayo to CEO
Dan Mayo, formerly CFO, is now leading the New Hampshire-based company. Bob Boucher is stepping back after an eight-year tenure that included multiple acquisitions and growth to more than $1 billion in annual revenue.
By Cole Rosengren • July 14, 2023 -
Minnesota looks to reduce Twin Cities’ waste fast as disposal capacity tightens
A proposed 20-year plan for the metro area places an emphasis on strategies to reduce waste at its source and would require local governments to make numerous changes in collection programs and other policies.
By Jacob Wallace • July 13, 2023 -
‘Waste-to-value’ development firm Nexus PMG targets biochar, energy following $50M infusion
Nexus PMG has raised its first major growth equity round from institutional backers. The funding will help grow its advisory business as well as subsidiaries Nexus W2V and Pathway Energy.
By Jacob Wallace • July 11, 2023 -
Former Fiberight facility in Maine to restart in deal with private equity-backed group
Innovative Resource Recovery would jointly own and operate the closed mixed-waste facility with a group of 115 communities.
By Jacob Wallace • July 7, 2023 -
California to consider satellites, covers and flaring in landfill emissions rule update
The California Air Resources Board is in the process of updating its landfill methane regulation for the first time since 2010, with an eye toward new technologies and better practices to reduce emissions.
By Jacob Wallace • July 6, 2023 -
How the waste industry prepared for and reacted to the EPA’s 2023 Renewable Fuel Standard update
The agency’s final rules to generate renewable energy credits from certain systems are seen as a benefit for anaerobic digesters and certain landfill projects. Catch up on coverage of key developments.
June 29, 2023 -
Waste industry groups, lawmakers vow to continue push for eRINs
Waste industry groups, including WM and the Waste-to-Energy Association, have said they will continue to work with the U.S. EPA to enact the program despite its exclusion from the recently updated Renewable Fuel Standard.
By Jacob Wallace • June 26, 2023 -
Tweak in EPA’s renewable fuels program could ‘transform food waste recycling,’ biogas experts say
The apportionment of two kinds of RIN credits will now allow wastewater treatment plants to accept and codigest food waste without taking a financial hit. Farm-based digesters that rely on manure also benefit from the change.
By Jacob Wallace • June 23, 2023 -
EPA releases final Renewable Fuel Standard rule without proposed credit market for EV fueling
The new rule was published without the lucrative but controversial eRIN program. But the EPA proposed better credits for RNG, something biogas industry advocates had called for.
By Jacob Wallace • June 21, 2023 -
Anaergia announces new CEO to succeed founder
Brett Hodson, previously president and CEO of Corix Infrastructure, will take over the top role at the anaerobic digestion and RNG company. This move follows the recent announcement of a new CFO.
By Cole Rosengren • June 21, 2023 -
New York leaders see a role for composting and codigestion as the city scales up organics recycling
Community composters are pushing for a continued role following the passage of a suite of bills targeting organics as the city also looks to scale up codigestion capacity at wastewater treatment plants.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated June 16, 2023 -
Vanguard Renewables strikes largest open market RNG deal yet with AstraZeneca
Vanguard executives and RNG proponents hope the 15-year deal is joined by others as corporations look for solutions for hard-to-decarbonize processes.
By Jacob Wallace • June 14, 2023 -
Anaergia’s new CFO brings additional experience in the RNG space
Andrew Spence joins after stints at Aria Energy and Ameresco, as Anaergia looks to update its business model for anaerobic digestion projects.
By Jacob Wallace • June 13, 2023 -
Contentious Connecticut waste and recycling bill heads to governor’s desk, without EPR
Legislators cut packaging EPR details from a sweeping bill that includes requirements for recycled content and organics diversion, as well as initial plans for new in-state processing capacity.
By Megan Quinn • June 8, 2023 -
EPA withdraws proposal to drop pyrolysis from regulation following criticism
Clean Air Act emissions limits will remain in place for a category of facilities that includes small MSW combustors and certain institutional waste incinerators after Monday’s decision.
By Jacob Wallace • June 6, 2023 -
West Virginia authority terminates Renovare’s lease at shuttered mixed waste facility in move to reopen
More than a year after the company largely abandoned its 110,000-ton-per-year operation, waste remains on-site and fires have occurred. U.S. Bank’s move to block a bankruptcy effort has further complicated the situation.
By Cole Rosengren • June 6, 2023 -
Q&A
Clean Energy Technologies, newly public, is working to scale pyrolysis in the United States
Kam Mahdi, the CEO of Clean Energy Technologies, talks about his company’s modular pyrolysis system and its first demonstration project in Vermont.
By Jacob Wallace • June 2, 2023 -
EPA to reconsider incinerator emission standards in proposed consent decree following lawsuit
The agency would issue a proposed rulemaking by the end of this year concerning pollutants regulated by the Clean Air Act.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated May 31, 2023 -
Biogas industry leaders advocate for standardization, facilities streamlining for long-term growth
The CEOs of Vanguard Renewables and Nature Energy said during the recent Biogas Americas conference that the industry could be poised for a large role in the future U.S. renewable energy mix if it can hone the business model.
By Jacob Wallace • May 30, 2023 -
Anaergia’s Rialto Bioenergy Facility files for bankruptcy, citing California organics implementation delays
Anaergia hopes to buy time to gain better access to feedstock and ramp up its largest facility. It cites ongoing delays associated with SB 1383 and Los Angeles commercial organics recycling enforcement.
By Jacob Wallace • May 25, 2023 -
Minnesota governor signs bills with statewide waste reduction goal, right-to-repair law for electronics
A sweeping state budget bill contains a new waste reduction goal of 90% by 2045. A detailed report explaining how to get there is due in 2024.
By Megan Quinn • Updated May 24, 2023