OECD includes recycling as part of long-term viability for plastic
Oct 2, 2024 · The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), a policy forum with members that consist of more than 35 nations with some of the world’s most developed economies, has issued a 132-page report offering recommendations on how plastic pollution can be eliminated by 2040.
Trade group says EPS being recycled commercially - Waste Today
Oct 9, 2024 · An industry trade group is pointing to a survey conducted by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) that indicates expanded polystyrene (EPS) transport packaging, or plastic foam packaging, has attained a 31 percent recycling rate in North America.
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Greasezilla, BP partner to transform brown grease waste into …
Oct 2, 2024 · Downey Ridge Environmental Co., or Greasezilla, and BP have announced an agreement to capture and extract brown grease waste as a feedstock for biofuel production.As part of the agreement, BP will finance the expansion of Greasezilla’s production facilities to support the delivery of brown grease feedstock to the market, aimed at furthering the renewable diesel (RD) and sustainable aviation ...
GFL Environmental sees gains after report of bids for …
Nov 5, 2024 · GFL Environmental stock rose 2.5 percent after a report that initial interest and bids for its environmental business were above expectations.
Live Oak Environmental acquires Texas solid waste company
May 4, 2023 · Live Oak Environmental, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries LLC based in Bossier City Louisiana, has acquired Piney Woods Sanitation Inc., which serves as a municipal, commercial and industrial solid waste collection company headquartered in Huntington, Texas.
A reimagined vision - Waste Today
Jul 25, 2024 · Often the greatest challenges can become the greatest feats, and that’s certainly true in the waste industry. In the face of landfill capacity constraints, rapidly evolving legislation and a shift in consumer habits, waste management …
Republic orders 100 EV trucks from McNeilus - Waste Today
Oct 3, 2024 · Minnesota-based McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Inc, an Oshkosh Corp. business, has announced that the Phoenix-based environmental services company Republic Services Inc. has placed an order for 100 McNeilus Volterra ZSL electric refuse and recycling collection vehicles.. This second order follows the successful operation of initial units into Republic Services' residential collection fleet ...
List: North America’s Largest MRFs - Waste Today
Nov 29, 2021 · North American material recovery facility (MRF) operators faced a variety of challenges in 2020. With more people working from home in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, MRF operators and haulers noticed an increase in residential generation.
GFL continues Southeast expansion with Florida acquisition
Apr 4, 2024 · GFL Environmental, based in Vaughan, Canada, has acquired Angelo’s Recycled Materials, a construction and demolition recycling and disposal company in Lutz, Florida.