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What impacted the waste and recycling industry this year? Waste Dive pulled together some notable data points on policy...
23/12/2025

What impacted the waste and recycling industry this year? Waste Dive pulled together some notable data points on policy, regulation, labor, recycling trends and more.

Take a look back at the year's notable data points on policy, regulation, labor, recycling trends and more.

Macquarie-backed DTG is for sale. The C&D recycler has been navigating complex facility permitting in Washington and rec...
23/12/2025

Macquarie-backed DTG is for sale. The C&D recycler has been navigating complex facility permitting in Washington and recently experienced a CEO change.

The Washington-based company’s CEO recently departed. Meanwhile, DTG is navigating complex facility permitting in Yakima but may avoid a fine for an investigation led by the state’s Utilities and…

Century Waste Services has sued DSNY over a Staten Island commercial waste zone contract award, the first such suit sinc...
22/12/2025

Century Waste Services has sued DSNY over a Staten Island commercial waste zone contract award, the first such suit since the new zone system was rolled out.

Century Waste Services is challenging the agency’s decision, alleging it didn’t adequately assess pricing proposals from a competitor. This marks the first known legal challenge to one of the city’s…

Ontario’s updated EPR for packaging program will come with new business opportunities for MRF operators and haulers when...
22/12/2025

Ontario’s updated EPR for packaging program will come with new business opportunities for MRF operators and haulers when it starts on Jan. 1.

Companies like GFL Environmental and WM have made major investments in Ontario’s new EPR for packaging model, but the province may contend with transition growing pains after it starts on Jan. 1.

The Pack Act, recently introduced in Congress, aims to reduce recycling labeling confusion.
18/12/2025

The Pack Act, recently introduced in Congress, aims to reduce recycling labeling confusion.

The bill, championed by Ameripen, would preempt state laws and call on the FTC to require certain parameters such as third-party certifications for recyclable, compostable and reusable claims on…

In Miami, officials suggest two rivals for a new waste campus, FCC Environmental and Florida Power & Light, should team ...
18/12/2025

In Miami, officials suggest two rivals for a new waste campus, FCC Environmental and Florida Power & Light, should team up on a joint bid.

At a county meeting on Tuesday, officials said rival bidders FCC Environmental Services and Florida Power & Light should discuss the possibility of submitting a combined proposal for the…

Statewide recycling needs assessments are a common tool for driving EPR for packaging programs, and numerous states are ...
17/12/2025

Statewide recycling needs assessments are a common tool for driving EPR for packaging programs, and numerous states are hard at work developing them. But why should lead the process and decide the data, strategy and timeline?

These reports are a common tool for driving EPR for packaging programs. But who should lead the process and decide the data strategy and timeline?

U.S. EPA has announced 17 recipients of $58M total in recycling infrastructure grants for projects ranging from reuse ce...
16/12/2025

U.S. EPA has announced 17 recipients of $58M total in recycling infrastructure grants for projects ranging from reuse centers to commercial recycling programs throughout the country.

The second round of Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling grants, or SWIFR, will support 17 programs meant to avoid illegal dumping, build reuse centers, establish commercial recycling programs…

Virginia plans to update its solid waste management plan for the first time since 1979, modernizing it around circular e...
15/12/2025

Virginia plans to update its solid waste management plan for the first time since 1979, modernizing it around circular economy principles and emphasizing better data collection, diversion and economic growth efforts.

The draft plan aims to modernize the state’s waste strategy with an emphasis on better data collection, diversion and economic growth efforts. That might include pursuing an EPR for packaging law.

Four Massachusetts waste companies will pay $170K in stormwater penalties for allegedly discharging industrial waste int...
15/12/2025

Four Massachusetts waste companies will pay $170K in stormwater penalties for allegedly discharging industrial waste into local waterways without a permit.

E.L. Harvey & Sons, Trojan Recycling, Nauset Disposal Holdings and Arrowhead Environmental Partners allegedly discharged industrial waste into waters of the United States without required permits,…

A Southern Virginia waste authority is getting ready to make major changes in how it handles solid waste and recycling n...
11/12/2025

A Southern Virginia waste authority is getting ready to make major changes in how it handles solid waste and recycling now that AI sorting company Amp has agreed to process its MSW. Here's what's coming next.

Southeastern Public Service Authority and Amp signed an agreement to process the region’s MSW, recycling and organics. The deal includes a pledge to divert 50% of materials from the nearby landfill.

NAPCOR's latest report highlights the state of PET recycling through 2024 data, including trends in thermoforms and chan...
11/12/2025

NAPCOR's latest report highlights the state of PET recycling through 2024 data, including trends in thermoforms and changes in rPET markets.

Thermoforms have a bigger role, and multiple changes are afoot in the rPET landscape — tempering recycled content growth in bottles, explained Lauren Laibach, director of data services at NAPCOR.

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