The Northeast company detailed plans for fleet optimization, M&A positioning and major mid-2024 facility projects related to rail and RNG improvements.

Stericycle reported margin improvement from various cost saving measures, and shared construction updates for an upcoming incinerator project in Nevada.

WM CEO Jim Fish said the company “outperformed our own high expectations” for Q1 through significant operations and labor savings. Expiring RNG tax credits and anticipated MRF upgrades are expected to ...

The company reported better than expected revenue in a quarter which included a sizable acquisition in Indiana. CEO Ron Mittelstaedt also shared updated thoughts on how PFAS regulations will affect ...

Michael E. Hoffman, a longtime financial analyst who currently works at Stifel, is taking on the lead role at the industry’s largest trade association.

The agency’s first update since 2020 discusses the many considerations involved with handling the chemicals via different categories of landfills, incinerators, injection wells and other technologies.

The companies left open the possibility to expand their partnership to up to 60 organic-waste-to-RNG facilities. The first three facilities will be built on farms in Wisconsin and Virginia.

Brightmark recently announced plans for a Georgia project with capacity to process 400,000 tons of plastic per year. Meanwhile, Encina is scrapping plans for a facility in Pennsylvania.

The final rule expands overtime pay eligibility to millions of U.S. workers, the department said, and covers employees working in the waste management sector.

The Sierra Club has argued that dozens of incinerators are following decades-old standards because the EPA failed to implement a federal plan. The decree would force a final plan.

Exposure to extreme heat, ultraviolet radiation and air pollution poses a serious threat to workers globally, the International Labour Organization said.

The waste industry has long worried that the hazardous substance designation would create costly liability issues. The U.S. EPA says it does not intend to focus on enforcement at municipal landfills, ...