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Daily Digest: Republic disagrees with EPA plan for radioactive West Lake Landfill
Plus, BP licenses new tech to Fulcrum BioEnergy for turning MSW into jet fuel, SWANA is bringing its landfill expertise to Colombia and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 27, 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: 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 -
World Bank: Global waste generation could increase 70% by 2050
A new in-depth report highlights the mounting inequities of waste management around the world, along with the financial and climate opportunities that could come from truly addressing it.
By Cody Ellis • Sept. 23, 2018 -
Daily Digest: More big plastic promises at G7; New York City safety back in limelight
Plus, Waste Management has reached a new agreement about odor issues at High Acres, why a spoiled milk fragrance is being sold in Sweden and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 19, 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: 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: 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: 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 -
Daily Digest: Casella continues New York expansion, Basel plastic update
Plus Portland, Oregon's litter pledge, New York City getting another landfill park and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren • Sept. 7, 2018 -
Daily Digest: WM names COO, buys Pennsylvania company; Waco landfill proceeds
Plus WTE protests in New Hampshire, PAYT concerns in Maryland and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Sept. 5, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Republic's sustainability talking points, Austin tries to salvage bag ban
Plus trash piling up in Acapulco, the latest solar landfill project gets approval and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 31, 2018 -
Opinion
Letter to the editor: What's really going on in Germany
A German native with decades of waste management experience responds to recent comments made by Waste Connections CEO Ron Mittelstaedt.
By Philipp Schmidt-Pathmann • Aug. 30, 2018 -
Opinion
3 tech solutions for modern landfills
Firmatek President Lauren Elmore shares her thoughts on how landfills should operate to preserve precious capacity amid a dip in recycling markets.
By Lauren Elmore • Aug. 28, 2018 -
Daily Digest: 8 US cities join global reduction pledge, recycled truck heads to South Pole
Plus updates on a Waste Management landfill expansion proposal in Maine, new Recycle Across America partners and more in our daily roundup.
By Jordan Schultz • Aug. 28, 2018 -
Daily Digest: SWANA Safety Summit gets emotional, new 2030 food waste estimates
Plus news on zoned collection challenges in St. Paul, Minnesota, Taiwan import restrictions and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 22, 2018 -
Q&A
Mittelstaedt: 'There's a reckoning coming' for recycling
Waste Dive sat down with the Waste Connections CEO to talk tax cuts, immigration reform, organics, the future of landfills and, of course, recycling.
By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 22, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Cracking the code on contamination, Maryland tightens WTE regulations
Plus news on a Rumpke worker's unique injury, Africa's first WTE facility and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 21, 2018 -
North Carolina, Tennessee seek comments on coal ash proposals
Utilities from both states were found to have groundwater contamination stemming from retired coal plants this year, showing levels of radioactivity higher than allowed under federal drinking water regulations.
By Catherine Morehouse • Aug. 20, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Waste Management questions standardized labeling, ISRI calls for tariff relief
Plus news on a Harvest Power fatality, a new PAYT study, "plogging" in Shanghai and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 17, 2018 -
Upstate New York residents sue Waste Management over landfill odor, noise
The company says leachate collection has been a challenge and new engineering solutions take time to get approval from regulators, but residents have lost their patience and demand immediate government action.
By Jordan Schultz • Aug. 16, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Food waste investment boom, PFAS in New Hampshire
Plus updates from Vietnam, industry associations, Waste Management and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 15, 2018 -
Daily Digest: Jennings rises at Waste Pro, EPA responds on GHG
Updates on confusion around the federal agency's latest annual waste report, plus news on a composting veto in Massachusetts, landfill expansion in Georgia and more in our daily roundup.
By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 14, 2018 -
Waste Management forest landfill plan stalls — for now
Initial land swap approval is on hold in the Massachusetts legislature, but all involved plan to keep pursuing the idea due to dwindling disposal capacity statewide.
By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 13, 2018