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Jun 18, 2021

ReGrained Receives First Upcycled Food Certification in the World

Jun 18, 2021

Novolex Launches New U.S. Manufacturing Line to Make Compostable Cups from Plant-Based Plastic

Jun 18, 2021

Vanguard Renewables Names Joel Gay Chief Executive Officer

Jun 18, 2021

Waga Energy’s Landfill Biogas Recovery Technology Gains Popularity in Canada

Jun 18, 2021

NERC Releases Latest Update on Increased Capacity to Use Recycled Paper

Jun 17, 2021

Episode 23: The Environmental Benefits of Waste to Energy

Jun 17, 2021

Machinex Launches Intelligent Solutions at Waste Expo

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Collection Worker Assaults Homeowner Over Recyclables - Who is Liable?

Jun 08, 2021

With job perils aplenty, sanitation workers have to be careful. Someone even casually familiar with waste and recycling collection...

Unmarked Hazard Leads to Workplace Injury at Humboldt Waste Management Authority Landfill

May 18, 2021

Imagine someone walking down the street next to a newly constructed building. Suddenly, a defective cornice...

Ohio EPA In Court Over Toxic Debris at Arco Recycling Dump  

May 06, 2021

A trial is underway in Cleveland, Ohio to determine if one of the operators of the East Cleveland Arco Recycling...

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Environmental Justice and the Waste Industry – A New Jersey Perspective

Apr 20, 2021

The siting of waste facilities in low-income communities and communities of color has been the subject of growing discussion; in fact, many waste management companies have committed publicly to supporting environmental justice efforts, including...

WM Landfill Workers Charged with Theft After Alleged Weighing Scheme

Apr 19, 2021

A group of Pheasant Point Landfill employees and two Nebraska business owners allegedly particpated in a weighing scheme that would benefit the participating parties...

Minnesota Neighbors Argue Over Trash Container Placement

Apr 08, 2021

If there were a contest for the most haunted city in America, the best-known entries would likely be New Orleans with its voodoo shops and eerie LaLaurie Mansion and Salem, Mass., which hosted witch trials in the late 1600s and now offers ghost...

NWRA Applauds Dismissal of Nuisance Class Action Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Landfill

Apr 08, 2021

Woman Sued Landfill for Odors, Now Says it was Wastewater Plant

NWRA Urges Congress to Permanently End the Death Tax

Mar 23, 2021

Arlington, VA – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) joined other organizations on letters to congressmen and...

Walmart Files Motion to Dismiss Greenpeace Deceptive Recycling Lawsuit

Mar 12, 2021

Walmart filed a motion to dismiss Greenpeace's suit that charged the retailer "employed unlawful, unfair, and deceptive...

When Does Open Burning Violate Waste Site Environmental Performance Standards?

Mar 08, 2021

Could it be just a matter of principle that drives someone to spend megabucks to challenge – in three tribunals – a government...

Former Vice President of Recycling Company Sentenced to 5 Months for Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste

Feb 25, 2021

MADISON, WIS. - Scott C. Blader, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Bonnie Dennee, 66, Phillips, Wisconsin, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to five months in federal prison...

Stericycle, EPA Settle on Alleged Air Quality Violations from Medical Waste Incinerator

Feb 09, 2021

Stericycle has settled with the Justice Department and EPA following alleged emissions violations of the federal Clean Air Act at the company's North Salt Lake, Utah facility...

Two Metal Recycling Companies Face Off in Anti-SLAPP Litigation

Feb 08, 2021

After someone speaks out on a public issue or controversy, retaliatory litigation may happen.

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