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News, information and analysis on waste fleet management and technology issues, including automation, alternative fuels, route optimization, truck bodies and parts and driver safety.

September 2021 Fire Report: Talking Fire Safety with Andrea "Passionista" Rodriguez-Pinero

Oct 13, 2021

As we prepare for the cooler months ahead, it’s time to start thinking about fire safety and the precautions necessary to keep waste and recycling workers and facilities safe. Do you have the right equipment? Are your employees trained to respond...

Cummins Receives Grant to Develop Critical Technology for EVs

Oct 12, 2021

Global power leader Cummins Inc. has been awarded a nearly $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop technology critical to efficiently delivering energy from batteries to the motor in zero-emission vehicles...

Clean Energy Awarded Contract to Build Hydrogen Station and Supply Fuel for Foothill Transit Buses

Oct 08, 2021

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif --Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (NASDAQ: CLNE), the country’s largest provider of the cleanest fuel for the transportation market, announced it has won a competitive solicitation to design, construct, and maintain a hydrogen...

Cannabis Legalization Collides with Workplace Drug Policies

Oct 07, 2021

With recreational cannabis legal in 19 states and medicinal use in 36 states, employers increasingly have had to navigate legal and ethical challenges when addressing workplace use...

Snohomish County Expands Use of Electric Vehicles

Oct 07, 2021

EVERETT, Wash. – National Energy Efficiency Day is October 6, 2021. As part of ongoing efforts to maintain an environmentally sustainable and cost-saving infrastructure system, the Snohomish County Public Works Solid Waste Division is in the...

NWRA Seeks Clarification from GAO on Federal Jurisdiction Over Mobile Phones

Oct 05, 2021

Arlington, VA – The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking for clarification on federal agencies’ jurisdiction over mobile phones as it relates to safety. NWRA has...

What OSHA's Federal Heat Standard Means to Waste and Recycling

Oct 01, 2021

The Biden administration has increasingly placed policy and climate change at a point of convergence, emphasizing clean energy and advancement on the environmental justice front...

Examining the Potential of Electric Hybrid Systems for Refuse Vehicles

Sep 29, 2021

Electric vehicles are quickly gaining popularity everywhere. Various solutions for drivelines, motors and batteries are commercially available for propulsion of light and medium duty vehicles. However, when a larger machine requires power to...

Redwood Materials, Ford Partner on EV Recycling

Sep 27, 2021

Ford is working with battery recycler Redwood Materials to capture non-virgin materials for its EV batteries...

Six Reasons Why Telematics is a Game Changer for the Waste & Recycling Industry

Telematics can now deliver benefits well beyond its original scope of basic of fleet location tracking...

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