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San Diego, CA to Spend $77M Building Region’s Largest Composting Plant to Comply with State Organics Law San Diego will spend $77 million on a large composting plant in Miramar to handle all the yard trimmings, food scraps and other organic material that city residents and businesses must begin recycling under a new state law. City officials say they expect the plant, which will be by far the county’s largest composting facility, to help other local communities and trash haulers comply with the new law, SB 1383. Read More>

New Jersey Solid Waste Program Focus Shifts to Sustainability in 2023 The NJDEP solid waste program underwent a subtle but meaningful rebranding in 2022. Formerly known as the Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, it is now known as the Division of Sustainable Waste Management (DSWM) and is housed under the Assistant Commissioner for Air, Energy and Material Sustainability. A noticeable focus on sustainability will characterize the DSWMs 2023 priorities. Read More>

Illinois EPA Announces Notice of Funding Opportunity for County Solid Waste Planning Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director John J. Kim announced a new funding opportunity to assist counties and other units of local government in implementing their solid waste planning obligations under the Illinois Solid Waste Planning and Recycling Act (SWPRA). Read More>

To Free Up Landfill Space, this Minnesota County Lets Food Waste Sit and Rot Two pilot programs that keep a substantial amount of food waste out of landfills are putting many of those concerns to rest in Otter Tail County, according to the person who started them last March. Cedar Walters, education officer at the county’s solid waste department, said coaching and ongoing support were needed for those who hadn’t done something like it before. “Most of them found that once they got going, all that nervousness about the unknown did kind of fade away ... Read More>

A Startup with Ties to Alliant is Building a Wind Blade Recycling Plant A startup with ties to Alliant Energy said it’s building a plant near Cedar Rapids that will recycle decommissioned wind turbine blades, preventing the spent equipment from going into landfills and addressing critics’ challenges that wind energy is environmentally friendly. Travero, an Alliant subsidiary, is spinning off a new business called REGEN Fiber. The startup announced it’s building a plant in Fairfax that will convert used wind turbine blades into reusable materials ... Read More>

Schnitzer Steel Named Most Sustainable Company in the World by Corporate Knights Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc., a global leader in metals recycling, has been named the most sustainable company in the world by Corporate Knights, a leading media and research organization focused on corporate sustainability performance. The 19th annual Global 100 List of the world’s most sustainable corporations by Corporate Knights is based on a detailed assessment of 6,720 companies, each with more than US$1 billion in revenue ... Read More>

Aqua Metals Selects Tahoe-Reno for Commercial Lithium Battery Recycling Campus Aqua Metals, Inc. announced the completion of due diligence on a property in Tahoe-Reno, as well as plans to commence phased development of a five-acre recycling campus designed to process more than 20 million pounds of lithium-ion battery material each year with its innovative Li AquaRefining™ technology. Nevada is the only U.S. state with companies across every facet of the lithium battery supply chain ... Read More>

ERI Becomes First Electronic Recycler and ITAD Company to Achieve Official Carbon Neutral Status ERI announced that it is now 100% carbon neutral for all of its operational emissions nationwide. Through years of dedication towards reducing the company’s carbon footprint along with its partnership with TIME CO2 (and the CO2.com platform), ERI has announced its official status as a fully carbon neutral organization. Read More>

REQUESTS PROPOSALS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL/ PROCESSING CAPACITY GREENE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON BEHALF OF THE GREENE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, WAYNESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA The Greene County Department of Planning and Community Development is hereby soliciting proposals for disposal or processing capacity for municipal solid waste (MSW), including construction/demolition (C/D) waste and sewage sludge generated within the County for a period covering the years from 2023 through 2032. The Request for Proposals (RFP.) is being issued in accordance with Pennsylvania Code Title 25. Environmental Protection. Chapter 272.225 Municipal Waste Planning Recycling and Waste Reduction (as amended December 22, 2000) The Request for Proposals (RFP.) will be available electronically from Michele Nestor, Nestor Resources, Inc., consultant to Greene County Department of Planning and Community Development, on or after Monday, January 9, 2023. Include the words GREENE RFP CAPACITY in the subject line of the email request. The Greene County Department of Planning and Community Development will receive sealed proposals until NOON, prevailing Time on Tuesday, February 21, 2023. All proposals must be made on the Proposal Forms and be in accordance with the Requirements for Submitting Proposals contained in the Request for Proposals. The Proposer is required to submit two (2) original printed copies of the Proposal and one (1) separate electronic media, (Flash Drive) each with a copy of the proposal in MS Word or pdf format. Envelopes containing the proposals must be sealed and clearly labeled to show the name and address of the Proposer, the statement “Proposal Disposal Capacity” and be addressed to: Greene County Planning and Community Development, County Office Building, 93 East High Street, Suite 218, Waynesburg, PA 15370. Attention: Mr. Jeremy Kelly, Planning Director. Proposers may withdraw their proposal at any time prior to the scheduled closing time for receipt of proposals. The Greene County Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waive any irregularities and/or information in any proposal and to make an award in any manner, consistent with applicable laws, which is deemed to be in the best interest of the County.

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January Issue Highlights WIN WASTE: Investing in Innovation Doing More with Less: Minimizing the Impact of Labor Shortages in the Waste Industry Deploying Digital Innovation in Recycling: Key Operational Considerations Route Planning and Optimization: How Do You Get Started? Creating Flow at Your Composting Facility And more! Read full issue>

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January 24 – 26: NWRA’s 2023 Industry Conference January 24 – 27: COMPOST 2023 January 26 – 27: Innovation & Circularity Summit February 22 – 24: Wisconsin Integrated Resource Management Conference February 26 – 28: The 36th Annual Southeast Recycling Conference & Trade Show February 27 – 28: AmericaPack Summit February 28 – March 3: 16th Annual International Biomass Conference & Expo SEE ALL EVENTS

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