Waste Management has unveiled its new $30 million renewable natural gas (RNG) technology at its Outer Loop Recycling and Disposal facility in Louisville, Ky. This innovative facility captures ...

The recycling stream is changing and Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) need to change along with it. As packaging changes and diversifies, the ability of traditional mechanical screens to ...

Waste-to-energy (WTE) is flourishing in Europe, but the concept of burning trash and extracting energy to make electricity has been a tough sell in the U.S. The WTE industry grapples with economic ...

Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) reported 52 municipal solid waste industry workers were killed in 2020 in the United States and Canada, with nearly 70 ...

Republic Services’ Pineview Landfill in Dora, Ala., is slated to close in 2025, according to a Daily Mountain Eagle report. Walker County, Ala., commissioners, however, are hoping to find a way ...

Columbus, OH has opened three of the five planned food-waste composting drop-off locations, where residents can dispose of food waste for free. Mayor Andrew J. Ginther announced late last year ...

AI is creating better efficiencies and processes every day, especially regarding waste and recycling. Whether taking the guessing game out of our uninformed hands or helping us learn in our quest ...

Waste industry veteran Danny Ardellini of Almada Inc. and National Hockey League (NHL) legend Paul Coffey announced the launch of Environmental 360 Solutions Inc. (E360S), a new environmental ...

Aurubis, German metals supplier, is investing almost $700 million in a new secondary smelter for complex recycling materials in Richmond County, Georgia. The new facility is considered the first ...

Waste Management of Utah has announced plans to expand and improve its Salt Lake City recycling operations with the construction of a new, larger and technically advanced materials recovery ...

After a lawsuit was filed against Advance Disposal Services (ADS) in 2020, Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced a $100,000 settlement with ADS Orchard Hills Landfill Inc. in Davis Junction ...

Investments in new U.S. biogas systems grew by $3 billion in 2024, representing a 40 percent spike over 2023. A lion’s share —47 percent— went into landfill gas-to-energy projects, though ...