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Republic Services updates climate transition plan, advances safety metrics
Maine governor signs emergency law raising bottle bill handling fees Inside WIN Waste’s $45M upgrades to its Baltimore waste-to-energy facility
Maine governor signs emergency law raising bottle bill handling fees House Appropriations Committee approves slashing EPA budget, pulling back EJ grants
How Glendale’s solid waste department built its digital future
Maine governor signs emergency law raising bottle bill handling fees California faces declining hazardous waste disposal capacity, according to management report
Amazon phasing out plastic mailers and working to reduce e-commerce packaging Amazon phasing out plastic mailers and working to reduce e-commerce packaging
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Maine governor signs emergency law raising bottle bill handling fees Wastequip touts recycled Toter cart, safety and diversity in first ESG report
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Republic Services updates climate transition plan, advances safety metrics

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Republic Services released its 2022 sustainability report on Tuesday with a new climate transition road map to delineate progress made and the steps needed to achieve 2030 goals on emissions reductions, safety and other metrics. In the report, Republic noted that landfill diversion efforts and collection of landfill gas make the greatest impact on the company’s overall emissions levels. Other efforts, including fleet electrification, continue — the company plans to have 20 electric trucks on the road by the end of the year, and remains on track for half of its new truck purchases to be electric vehicles by 2028.…

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Inside WIN Waste’s $45M upgrades to its Baltimore waste-to-energy facility

Thomas Torres

Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. WIN Waste completed upgrades to its waste-to-energy plant in Baltimore last month, making good on a deal with the city to lower emissions. The $45 million upgrade process, which began in 2022, required WIN to take each of the facility’s three boilers offline one by one, changing the facility’s filtration system from an electrostatic precipitator system to a fabric filter system. On a May tour of the facility, WIN Waste employees showed Waste Dive the most recent upgrades to the facility, as…

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House Appropriations Committee approves slashing EPA budget, pulling back EJ grants

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Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. A budget approved by the House Appropriations committee Wednesday proposes major spending cuts to the U.S. EPA and environmental justice efforts, but also outlined support for chemical recycling, plastics research and other waste and recycling initiatives. The Republican-controlled committee said the fiscal year 2024 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies budget bill was designed for “reining in” what it considers unnecessary discretionary spending by proposing a nearly $4 billion cut to the EPA’s budget, which would be a 39% reduction over 2023. It also…

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How Glendale’s solid waste department built its digital future

Thomas Torres

The City of Glendale, Arizona has always been focused on efficiency. However, until recently, Glendale’s waste and recycling drivers used paper routes, slowing their operations and reducing their ability to act quickly to serve City residents. Department managers had to track drivers to know where they were along their routes—sometimes even driving a route themselves to see if a driver had missed any pickups or other service issues. Further, the department was conscious of the environmental impact of excessive paper usage. Saving 24,000 miles per year RUBICONSmartCity™ is the smartest way for cities, counties and other municipalities to manage heavy-duty…

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California faces declining hazardous waste disposal capacity, according to management report

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Listen to the article 5 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control has released its first report reexamining the management of hazardous waste in the state, paving the way for a shift in how the agency works to reduce waste and protect communities. The report, published Monday, will inform the agency’s first Hazardous Waste Management Plan in 2025. Its creation was triggered by California SB 158, which created an environmental safety and oversight board within DTSC for the first time. The law was designed to create additional safeguards…

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Amazon phasing out plastic mailers and working to reduce e-commerce packaging

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Amazon plans to eliminate plastic in its mailer bags as part of an effort to cut down on waste, decarbonize and improve overall sustainability, according to the company’s 2022 sustainability report released this week. It’s also boosting attention to packaging lightweighting and elimination. The company is “phasing out padded bags containing plastics in favor of recyclable alternatives,” the report says. Some of the bags are solely made of plastic while others are a blend of plastic and paper; the mixed materials can present recycling challenges. In the U.S. and Canada last year, the company replaced 99% of padded bags made from a…