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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ohio University composting program turns cafeteria scraps to brown gold

The university processes more than five tons of food waste every day into soil amendments it uses on campus. The school has also adjusted parts of the ongoing program due to contamination issues.

By Joe Burns • May 6, 2025

Grants of up to $50K aim to boost compostable packaging recovery

A new program — launched by the Composting Consortium, U.S. Composting Council and Biodegradable Products Institute — aims to help organics recyclers and local governments scale their efforts.

By Cole Rosengren • May 6, 2025

Environmental groups launch coalition to halt the use of biosolids as fertilizer

The Coalition for Sludge-Free Land, made up of local, regional and national groups, is pushing for biosolids to be dewatered and landfilled instead. 

By Jacob Wallace • May 2, 2025

Q1 earnings results for major waste and recycling companies in 2025

Follow the latest results from WM, Republic Services, Waste Connections, GFL Environmental, Casella Waste Systems and Clean Harbors.

By Waste Dive Staff • Updated May 7, 2025

New York announces next waste zones, but pressure for a timeline remains

The city’s sanitation department declined to set dates for implementing of 17 remaining commercial waste zones this week, prompting pushback from industry and the city council.

By Jacob Wallace • April 24, 2025

State bills tackling PFAS in biosolids advance

A bill in Washington would require wastewater facility operators to test PFAS levels in their biosolids. It’s the latest state legislative effort to address a problem increasingly attracting attention.

By Jacob Wallace • April 22, 2025

What the pandemic means for waste and recycling five years later

While the “essential worker” spotlight may have faded and business is largely back to normal, certain effects still linger when it comes to labor investments and recycling streams.

By Cole Rosengren , Megan Quinn , Jacob Wallace • April 17, 2025

Trump administration ordered to resume IRA funding

The decision, which stated federal agencies lacked authority to pause funding, follows the president’s executive order to freeze the money on his first day in office. 

By Kate Magill • April 16, 2025

EPA confirms SWIFR, REO grant funding disbursement on track

EPA will move forward with awarding the second round of solid waste and recycling grants. The news comes after uncertainty over the status of numerous federal funding opportunities for the waste and recycling sectors.

By Megan Quinn • April 14, 2025

Generate Upcycle takes parting shots at Michigan regulators as digester shuts down

Executives have characterized the state’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy as hostile to the Fremont Regional Digester, which Generate Upcycle has owned since 2017.

By Jacob Wallace • April 11, 2025

New York City pauses curbside organics enforcement

The city issued tens of thousands of warnings before enforcement began on April 1, but Mayor Eric Adams has since paused that plan through the end of the year for most building owners.

By Jacob Wallace • Updated April 18, 2025