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Virginia’s Governor Northam Proposes Coal Ash Disposal, Coastal Protection Bills

Gov. Ralph Northam has proposed a package of environmental legislation aimed at safely disposing of coal ash, helping coastal communities deal with flooding caused by climate change and continuing the cleanup of the Chesapeake Bay. The legislative agenda unveiled Thursday includes the Coastal Protection Act. The law would allow the state to use an estimated […]

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Nearly Two Months In, New Windsor, MD’s Pay-As-You-Throw Trash Program Sees Drop in Solid Waste, Rise in Recycling

The Town of New Windsor is beginning to see success with their program, Fair Trash Reduction (FuTuRe) program, which began in November with the first trash pickup on Nov. 6. The pilot is scheduled to last 34 weeks, with the last trash pick-up occurring June 24, 2019. In the first full months, the town saw […]

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Resolute Completes Sale of Catawba, SC, Paper and Pulp Mill

Resolute Forest Products Inc. announces that, on December 31, 2018, it completed the previously disclosed sale of the Catawba, South Carolina, paper and pulp mill to New-Indy Containerboard, LLC (“New-Indy”), pursuant  to the terms of the asset purchase agreement dated October 2, 2018. The total purchase price of about $300 million consists of $260 million […]

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New York City’s Waste and Recycling Services Industry to Realign with NWRA’s NYC Chapter

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and New Yorkers for Responsible Waste Management (NYRWM) announces an agreement to realign all of New York City’s commercial waste and recycling service companies under the organizational structure of the NWRA New York City Chapter. The realignment of NWRA and NYRWM is now possible by a combination of […]

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How Mountains of U.S. Plastic Waste Ended Up in Malaysia, Broken Down by Workers for $10 a Day

How scrap from California ended up in a junkyard 8,500 miles away, broken down manually by workers earning $10 a day, is the story of the reshaping of the global garbage and recycling system. For three decades the United States and other industrialized nations have shipped most of their plastic waste overseas — primarily to […]

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Faith-Based Social Entrepreneurs Bank Puerto Rico Trash Will Fuel Island’s Growth

After helping residents in Puerto Rico for the past year recover from Hurricane Maria, which ravaged the island in September 2017, a group of faith-based social entrepreneurs from the U.S. and India think Puerto Rico’s energy future and economic health is in its trash. They have a vision for economic recovery and prosperity that starts […]

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De Blasio Administration Deploys Nation’s Largest Network of Solar-Powered Electric Vehicle Chargers

The de Blasio Administration announces the deployment of 50 solar-powered charging stations across the five boroughs that will power New York City’s growing fleet of electric government vehicles. Known as solar carports, each station will charge vehicles using sunlight. These new carports, combined with 37 existing solar carports across the five boroughs, will give New […]

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Children Greet Trash Collector with Cookies, Mountain Dew; He Surprises Them with Toy Garbage Trucks

Children at a Utah day care greet the garbage man each Thursday with cookies and Mountain Dew. Recently, trash collector Jeff Okeson had a surprise for them — smaller, wooden toy trucks for them to keep. “You know why I did this?” Okeson told the children, KUTV reported. “(I did it) for you guys, cause you […]

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