To understand the state of the industry as we move through the first quarter of 2021, Waste Today reached out to Darrell Smith, president and CEO at the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA) ...

Prior to announcing the 2030 recycling goal, the EPA released a draft National Recycling Strategy in October of last year, seeking comments from the public through Dec. 4, 2020. The EPA received 156 ...

Trash never dies. Sometimes it’s not even trash. That’s the notion behind a state law that on Jan. 1 will require Californians to separate organic material from their other garbage. It’s a ...

Whether they are newly elected or have been re-elected as incumbents, state and local officials all over the country will be facing tough, important decisions about waste disposal in 2021.

Zachary Gilbert was found guilty June 26 of involuntary manslaughter after his garbage truck was in a fatal vehicle crash on State Dr. in 2021.

Amazon generated 709 million pounds of plastic waste in 2021, an 18 percent increase from 2020, according to a new report from environmental group Oceana. About 26 million pounds of the company ...