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: China's effects on RecycLA, Phoenix's creative driver apprenticeships

Plus news on a worker fatality in Louisiana, next-level plastic bag policy in the U.K. and more in our daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 27, 2018

Daily Digest: What's next after WASTECON, New Jersey governor vetoes bag bill

Plus news on the next potential bottle bill battle, compost pilots in Illinois and more in our daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 24, 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

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: 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

Banana hack sheds light on clever produce marketing

Korean grocer E-Mart introduced a package with several fruits arranged according to ripeness, so consumers can eat one a day. 

By Alicia Kelso • Aug. 16, 2018

Charlotte, North Carolina launches composting pilot that could go citywide

The city aims to reduce waste by 30-50% through the end of the year in eight historically black neighborhoods.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 15, 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

Blockchain boom hits waste industry

Waste and recycling businesses are proving blockchain isn't a fad and can improve program participation. Companies like Goodr and Plastic Bank are using blockchain to verify pickups and incentivize recycling programs. 

By Katie Pyzyk • Aug. 10, 2018

Daily Digest: Quarterly recycling recap, Trump signs Perkins Act

Plus news on the latest plastic talking points, a new curbside organics pilot, bike-share waste and more in our new daily roundup.

By Cole Rosengren , Jordan Schultz • Aug. 6, 2018

Organics now generating more revenue than recycling for Casella

The situation is unique due to a large sludge contract, but it still highlights ongoing drag for what was otherwise reported as a successful second quarter.

By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 6, 2018

EPA reports static recycling rate, framing changes for Trump era

Newly released 2015 data indicates a 34.7% recycling rate for the U.S. The benefits of increasing that rate further are now being framed in terms of job creation rather than greenhouse gas reduction.

By Cole Rosengren • July 31, 2018

Portland, Oregon regional government approves commercial organics mandate

The Metro regional government is actively working to expand processing capacity, and is willing to offset transfer costs, ahead of full implementation by 2022.

By Katie Pyzyk , Jordan Schultz • Updated July 30, 2018

Boston consultants identify 19 initiatives to make it a 'zero waste' city

Organics collection, a SMART residential fee system, new commercial separation mandates and potential city-owned facilities are among the list of draft options being considered ahead of a fall plan.

By Cole Rosengren • July 17, 2018

Food waste still a priority in latest Farm Bill

The latest Senate version still includes $25 million for composting and food waste reduction pilots, along with a biogas task force and multiple other provisions.

By Cole Rosengren • July 11, 2018

CalRecycle awards $25M in organics grants

The funds will go toward 10 projects — with backers including Waste Management, Recology and Athens Services — to build or upgrade infrastructure for various food waste programs.

By Katie Pyzyk • July 10, 2018

Rochester, New York examines adding organics collection

The city will determine an action plan after conducting a waste stream analysis as part of a broader review of its recycling plans.

By Katie Pyzyk • July 5, 2018

Denver partners with NRDC for new food waste plan

The city aims to significantly reduce residential food waste by 2030 through upstream reduction and expanded access to organics recycling.

By Katie Pyzyk • June 29, 2018

3 key areas to watch in the national organics conversation

Among many topics at the 2018 U.S. Food Waste Summit, infrastructure development, packaging and policy tools emerged as some of the most relevant for the waste and recycling industry.

By Cole Rosengren • June 28, 2018

Where the US stands on federal food waste policy

Day one of the U.S. Food Waste Summit included updates from the EPA, USDA and Congress on the status of this national conversation.

By Cole Rosengren • June 27, 2018

2 Midwestern cities advance composting programs

Iowa City, Iowa and Ann Arbor, Mich. are both hoping to boost resident participation and divert more organic waste from landfills.

By Katie Pyzyk • June 22, 2018

New technology to reduce food waste at grocery retailers

Apeel Sciences is debuting its plant-based film to slow the rate of spoilage at the warehouse club and Harps Food Stores — a discovery that could help curtail food waste.

By Krishna Thakker • June 19, 2018

Vermont temporarily eases recycling and organics requirements

The state will allow mixed paper disposal until 2019 and has pushed back implementation of a residential organics collection requirement yet again.

By Cole Rosengren • June 14, 2018

Hungry Harvest to deliver 'ugly' produce to 30 new markets

The company's expansion shows that consumers are growing hungrier for services that reduce food waste. 

By Alicia Kelso • June 7, 2018