Cole Rosengren
Lead Editor at Waste Dive
Lead Editor at Packaging Dive
Garbage enthusiast. @WasteDive and @PackagingDive lead editor. Somervillian. Born Mainer. Former New Yorker. @SEJorg member.
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6 days ago |
wastedive.com | Cole Rosengren
The Massachusetts Extended Producer Responsibility Commission has until Jan. 15, 2026, to make initial recommendations to the state legislature, but members decided at their inaugural meeting in Boston this week to advance certain categories sooner. The commission, chaired by the state’s Department of Environmental Protection, agreed Monday to focus on policy discussions about paint, mattresses and lithium-ion batteries at its May, June and July meetings.
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1 week ago |
wastedive.com | Cole Rosengren |Megan Quinn |Jacob Wallace
Waste and recycling systems were among the essential services that kept running when the pandemic hit in 2020. Today, industry participants say business is largely back to normal. The early months of COVID-19 had many effects on the industry, including an unknown number of worker deaths and illnesses. Commercial business plummeted, questions about how the virus was transmitted were rampant and social distancing guidelines made facility operations challenging.
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1 week ago |
fooddive.com | Cole Rosengren
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Shareholder resolution season is well underway with numerous proposals targeting packaging usage by CPG, food service and hotel companies. These groups have focused on plastic packaging for years, and that theme continues. This time, categories such as flexible and reusable packaging also came up.
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2 weeks ago |
packagingdive.com | Cole Rosengren
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Shareholder resolution season is well underway with numerous proposals targeting packaging usage by CPG, food service and hotel companies. These groups have focused on plastic packaging for years, and that theme continues. This time, categories such as flexible and reusable packaging also came up.
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3 weeks ago |
wastedive.com | Cole Rosengren
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Massachusetts, increasingly known for its national leadership on climate action, is viewed as behind on waste and recycling policy. The annual MassRecycle conference featured numerous ideas about how to align these efforts. This included the debut of a white paper from nonprofit MassRecycle with more than a dozen recommendations about how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to goods consumption and waste disposal.
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RT @WasteDive: Thank you to @Waste_Expo & @Waste360 for inviting us to this week's conference. Senior Reporter @MeganQuinn2 led a session o…
After roughly a decade of advocacy, legislating, pandemic delays and negotiations we have the list of NYC commercial waste zone contracts! Stay tuned for more @WasteDive coverage this week. https://t.co/5xfJyZyjG2
Thanks to @ilsr for the opportunity to discuss M&A trends in the waste/recycling industry. The WM/ADS transaction was a big deal for this sector and I enjoyed revisiting the 18-month saga. https://t.co/HzIELGdt9J