Organics
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Minus Waste Solutions plans to quickly expand capacity after investment
The company, founded by an industry veteran, looks to rapidly expand its fleet and organics processing centers in the coming months.
By Jacob Wallace • July 25, 2025 -
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USDA program funding on-farm digesters delays application window
The program got a boost from the Inflation Reduction Act, but the Trump administration is remaking the program with its own priorities. The USDA cited an application backlog as a reason for the delay.
By Jacob Wallace • July 21, 2025 -
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Miami-Dade County, Florida, votes to advance plans for new WTE facility
The county is expected to negotiate with companies like FCC Environmental Services and Reworld that expressed interest in building a new facility.
By Jacob Wallace • July 18, 2025 -
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Gasification proponents see opportunity in Canada’s climate targets
Federal greenhouse gas emissions targets, as well as new carbon capture tax credits, are seen as promising for at least one company pitching its gasification technology.
By Barbara Hesselgrave • July 17, 2025 -
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Massachusetts’ organic waste ban is good for business, state finds
The state found that headcounts across the organics recycling supply chain have increased both at individual companies and across the sector since 2016.
By Jacob Wallace • July 16, 2025 -
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Re:Circle Solutions revamps organics recycling facility in California
The company, which recently overhauled its systems, is producing animal feed from depackaged organic waste at its Ontario, California, facility.
By Jacob Wallace • July 14, 2025 -
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Food waste device maker Mill is hungry to expand beyond home kitchens
The company revealed new data from its partnership with Phoenix area compost hauler R.City as it explores additional markets.
By Jacob Wallace • July 9, 2025 -
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The LCFS faces a new political reality, plus RNG news from Viridi, Opal Fuels
Amendments to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard took effect July 1, but new legislation may threaten the credit program’s status quo. In other states, some legislation advanced while a few projects saw setbacks.
By Jacob Wallace • July 8, 2025 -
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Plastics, biofuels groups praise signing of Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act
The newly signed bill includes favorable provisions for alternative fuels and manufacturers broadly. It’s been criticized by environmental groups for cuts to other key programs.
By Jacob Wallace • July 7, 2025 -
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Q&AAmazon releases waste diversion metrics as part of larger sustainability plan
The company says it reached an 85% waste diversion rate in 2024. Amazon’s waste and biodiversity director, Justine Mahler, says that’s driven partly by organics diversion programs and ongoing data collection investments.
By Megan Quinn • July 2, 2025 -
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Maine becomes last New England state to mandate organics diversion
The requirement kicks in July 1, 2030, for institutions that generate over two tons of organic waste per week and are within 20 miles of a recycler.
By Jacob Wallace • July 2, 2025 -
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WM projects up to $29B revenue in 2027, driven by recycling and RNG
Executives announced new long-term earnings targets across its business segments and offered updates on plans for healthcare waste, employee retention and landfill capacity.
By Megan Quinn • June 25, 2025 -
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Texas approves laws to allow electronics repair, restrict compost sites
Gov. Greg Abbott’s approval of a consumer electronics right-to-repair law is a first for a Republican-led state. A bill to limit composting in Lee County also became law without Abbott’s signature.
By Megan Quinn , Cole Rosengren • June 24, 2025 -
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Biogas groups disappointed by EPA’s proposed RFS update
The U.S. EPA is lowering its volume expectations for transportation fuels made from waste after multiple years of the sector not meeting production targets.
By Jacob Wallace • June 16, 2025 -
The U.S. could increase biogas projects 8-fold, American Biogas Council says
Total buildout of available capacity varies between 36% and 2% among states, according to the industry group.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated June 11, 2025 -
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BTS Bioenergy charts new path, scraps California digester project
The company, formerly named Bioenergy Devco, has been retooling its strategy amid problems at its Maryland facility and shifting fortunes in California. CEO Nick Thomas said he’s hoping to begin a new era.
By Jacob Wallace • June 10, 2025 -
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Where 3 key waste and recycling bills stand in California
Bills managing marine flares, establishing a tax exemption for certain Chiquita Canyon compensation payments and expanding composting regulations for certain farmers are still in play after a legislative deadline.
By Megan Quinn • June 9, 2025 -
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A recipe for disasters: The art of bird flu composting
The multiyear spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza has resulted in a significant number of animal carcasses. Compost experts travel to farms around the country to deal with the problem.
By David Richardson • June 9, 2025 -
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Trump’s EPA budget would cut funds appropriated for waste offices
The budget would cut certain waste and recycling grant programs and enforcement related activities. It would also transition Superfund remediation work to a revenue source boosted in recent years through legislation.
By Jacob Wallace • June 5, 2025 -
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Will surge in GLP-1 medications lower food waste?
Early research suggests the amount and composition of wasted food changes when consumers begin using medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro.
By Jacob Wallace • May 29, 2025 -
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Indigenous-led efforts bolster EPR collection in remote parts of Canada
A new partnership between the Stewardship Agencies of BC and the Indigenous Zero Waste Technical Advisory Group helps improve recycling programs and training.
By Megan Quinn • May 21, 2025 -
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Federal grantees reckon with loss of ‘generational’ recycling funding under Trump
The administration has canceled or limited grant awardees’ ability to access federal funding, changing how plastics and organics recyclers view the federal government.
By Jacob Wallace • May 21, 2025 -
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Washington governor signs laws regulating landfills, expanding organics service and more
Gov. Bob Ferguson signed five laws, including ones that affected renewable natural gas, PFAS in biosolids and plastic bags.
By Cole Rosengren , Jacob Wallace • May 19, 2025 -
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California compostable packaging restriction could have ‘chilling effect’
The Biodegradable Products Institute says it’s still waiting to hear whether there could be a compliance extension for a key provision of AB 1201 poised to affect compostables in the state come 2026.
By Maria Rachal • Updated May 19, 2025 -
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How states are thinking about organic waste policy
Panelists from Divert, CalRecycle and NRDC discussed lessons that can be learned from a rising number of state organic waste policies in California and elsewhere.
By Jacob Wallace • May 15, 2025
