Organics: Page 6
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Connecticut city enacts permanent organics co-collection program with unit-based pricing
Middletown’s program was implemented after the success of a pilot sponsored by the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 14, 2023 -
EPA announces recipients of $105M in grants for recycling infrastructure
The long-awaited recycling infrastructure grants are going to 25 communities, including the Baltimore and Minneapolis metro areas as well as recipients in Puerto Rico, Hawai’i, Montana and Ohio.
By Megan Quinn • Sept. 13, 2023 -
Veransa, private equity-backed Florida composter, hires new CEO
Dave Vaughn is expected to focus on integrating recently acquired assets and greenfield sites, along with growing the development of compost products. He previously worked at Denali Water Solutions.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Sept. 12, 2023 -
BPI seeks to change USDA’s ‘out-of-date’ definition for compost
Composters worry the decades-old definition leaves modern facilities and compostable products out of compliance.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 12, 2023 -
Divert breaks ground on anaerobic digestion facility driven by Washington’s organics management law
The Longview facility is one of the first projects to address the law, which set organics diversion and collection requirements when it passed last year.
By Jacob Wallace • Sept. 7, 2023 -
Q&A
Former Miami-Dade waste head on county’s capacity challenges, disaster response and more
Mike Fernandez says the county must be creative in meeting its capacity needs as it considers long-term disposal options. He also shares his severe weather experience as Florida faces another hurricane.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 29, 2023 -
Miami-Dade County proposes new, more remote site for WTE facility
The location is more remote following concerns from residents near the Florida county’s former incinerator. But permitting and building the facility would take nearly a decade, leaving the county with interim capacity concerns.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 22, 2023 -
Synthica, with Goldman Sachs investment, plans to break ground on multiple AD sites in 2024
The company plans to accelerate the expansion of its waste-to-RNG facilities into Southern markets. Financial terms were not disclosed for the transaction.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 21, 2023 -
Minnesota, a birthplace of PFAS, tackles contaminated waste sites on multiple fronts
The state has funding from settlements with companies such as 3M, but the costs ahead are daunting. A recent report estimates it could take at least $105 million to manage the “forever chemicals” at certain landfills and compost sites.
By April Reese • Aug. 17, 2023 -
Anaergia executives disclose ‘substantial doubt’ about finances but still see future opportunities
The company's second-quarter earnings gave new CEO Brett Hodson a chance to reset expectations amid a wave of challenges.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 15, 2023 -
NYC containerization
How the New York City Housing Authority is rethinking waste
Hoist-collected containers, electric trucks, pneumatic tubes, on-site composting and more upgrades are underway as part of an investment in waste systems at the nation’s largest public housing authority.
By Cole Rosengren • Updated Aug. 14, 2023 -
Survey finds more composters are accepting food waste, but challenges remain
While the number of composters accepting food waste continues to grow, more than a third have a zero tolerance policy for contamination. Compostable packaging, meanwhile, is becoming more commonly accepted.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 7, 2023 -
NYC containerization
New York expands commercial containerization requirements as part of anti-rat push
The city’s Department of Sanitation enacted its latest rule this week requiring commercial food establishments to handle waste differently. The move may have operational benefits for haulers, but it poses logistical questions.
By Cole Rosengren • Aug. 1, 2023 -
RSG 2023 earnings
Republic expects higher revenues amid plans for polymer centers, environmental solutions growth
Republic Services’ leaders shared new details about its polymer centers and continued integration of US Ecology, but noted it may have found the ceiling for price increases in certain markets.
By Jacob Wallace • Aug. 1, 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 -
Denali gets $18M contract renewal to operate 3 New York composting facilities
An affiliate company owned by Denali has been operating facilities for the city’s Department of Sanitation since at least 2015. The largest, in Staten Island, is expected to complete major upgrades soon.
By Jacob Wallace • July 12, 2023 -
Consumers don’t understand ‘compostable’ messaging on packaging, survey finds
Lack of consumer clarity with terms like “biodegradable” and “made from plants” can result in materials entering the wrong disposal stream, according to a report from BPI and Closed Loop Partners’ Composting Consortium.
By Katie Pyzyk • July 12, 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 -
New York City zero waste package, including mandatory residential organics program, becomes law
The city’s Department of Sanitation, which was already ramping up a voluntary curbside organics program, must now enforce participation in 2024 after Mayor Eric Adams allowed a bill to become law without his signature.
By Jacob Wallace • Updated 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 -
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 -
ReFED leader calls for food waste reduction pilots to be scaled up to meet ambitious 2030 goals
Executive Director Dana Gunders said during the nonprofit’s recent conference that stakeholders in the public and private sector need to move beyond pilots and begin scaling up solutions to address food waste and loss.
By Jacob Wallace • June 29, 2023 -
Bill pausing permits for new landfills moves forward in New Hampshire
If passed, the state will pause siting new landfills for two years and will hire a consultant to review its rules on setbacks near bodies of water. A separate food waste bill, passed in the state budget, also aims to divert organics.
By Megan Quinn • June 27, 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