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Republic Services Expands Organics Recycling in California with Anaerobic Digestion Facility

Mar 27, 2023

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Mar 27, 2023

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Illinois House Passes Legislation Banning Single-Use Plastics Food Service Containers

Mar 23, 2023

What Will a Federal PFAS Rule Mean?

Mar 22, 2023

Departure of SWANA CEO David Biderman Leaves Gap in Industry Association Leadership

Mar 16, 2023

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Mar 20, 2023

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Illinois House Passes Legislation Banning Single-Use Plastics Food Service Containers

Mar 23, 2023

Illinois House representatives have advanced legislation phasing out single-use plastic polystyrene foam containers at food service...

NWRA New Jersey Chapter Testifies Against Proposed EPR Legislation

Feb 02, 2023

Arlington, VA – Lew Dubuque, Vice President of the Northeast Region for the National Waste & Recycling...

NWRA Retains The Vogel Group to Advance Industry Compensation Requests

NWRA Urges FTC to Extend Comment Period for Proposed Non-Compete Rule

Feb 02, 2023

Arlington, VA – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) joined other associations on a letter to the...

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Why Long Island is Incapable of Regional Solid Waste Management Planning

Jan 27, 2023

For all appearances, Long Island is a beautiful place to live, yet if you scrape the surface, you’ll find some rather disturbing things. Perhaps not a severed finger, but you will find that the island’s drinking water, that one must drink to...

EPA Releases Updated Legal Guidance to Advance Environmental Justice, Equity

Jan 13, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced the latest action to identify and address cumulative impacts from pollution and non-pollution sources. EPA’s Office of the General Counsel (OGC) released the Cumulative Impacts...

NWRA Engaging in Extensive Review of Federal Regulatory Agenda

Jan 12, 2023

Arlington, VA – The Biden Administration released its Fall 2022 Regulatory Plan. The regulatory agenda provides a view of the Administration’s priorities and actions federal agencies are likely to release in the near and long term...

NWRA Files Comments with NLRB on Proposed Standard for Determining Joint-Employer Status

Dec 22, 2022

Arlington, VA – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) filed comments with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to establish a new standard to determine joint-employer status...

What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act for the Solid Waste Industry?

Dec 14, 2022

There’s been a lot of buzz around how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), intended to pump clean energy production and...

California Carpet Differential Assessment Will NOT Increase on January 1, 2023

Dec 09, 2022

Dalton, GA – As a result of CalRecycle's disapproval of CARE's Five-Year Plan 2023-27, the differential assessment currently...

Cuomo Unveils 5th Proposal Banning Single-use Styrofoam

Los Angeles, San Diego Approve Ordinances Banning Polystyrene

Dec 08, 2022

Council members in Los Angeles unanimously approved ordinances aimed at moving the cities closer to zero waste.

The EU's Plan to Ban Mini-Shampoo Bottles and Throwaway Cups

Dec 02, 2022

On Wednesday the EU published a draft regulation that proposes the ban of mini-shampoo bottles in hotels and throwaway cups in cafes and restaurants.

Residents of Stark County Express Skepticism of Landfill Injection Well Proposal

Dec 01, 2022

After American Landfill in Stark County, Ohio applied for a permit to construct an injection well, residents of the county expressed concern.

NWRA Joins with Coalition in Calling on Congress to Block Rail Strike

Nov 30, 2022

The NWRA and hundreds of other associations recently signed a coalition letter addressed to congressional leaders asking them to take immediate action to prevent the continuation of the national rail strike.

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