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Articles

Waste360 Celebrates Earth Day with Park Cleanup

Mar 1, 2024 | waste360.com | Gage Edwards |Arlene Karidis |Mallory Szczepanski |Cristina Commendatore

Each year on April 22, organizations, companies, nonprofits and individuals from across the globe come together to participate in Earth Day cleanup efforts and activities. And this year was no different.
WasteExpo Sneak Peek: Innovative Products

Mar 1, 2024 | waste360.com | Gage Edwards |Arlene Karidis |Mallory Szczepanski |Cristina Commendatore

Over the last several years, the waste and recycling industry has ramped up the adoption of new technologies to help streamline business operations at a fairly rapid pace. And this year’s WasteExpo, held May 6-9 in Las Vegas, will showcase much of the industry's latest developments in technology.
10 Ways to Comply with OSHA’s Lockout/Tagout Standard

Mar 1, 2024 | waste360.com | Gage Edwards |Arlene Karidis |Cristina Commendatore

Workers maintaining or servicing machines and equipment could be seriously injured or killed if hazardous energy is not properly controlled. Hazardous energy sources include electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal or other sources in machines and equipment. And the unexpected startup or release of stored energy could cause serious injury—electrocution, burns, crushing, cutting, lacerating, amputating or fracturing body parts—or death to workers.
Behind the Scenes of HP’s Tennessee Recycling Operations

Feb 23, 2024 | waste360.com | Gage Edwards |Arlene Karidis |Stefanie Valentic |Cristina Commendatore

During its Innovation for Sustainable Impact Summit, HP outlined its agenda for achieving its 2025 recycling goal, as well as some of the challenges it faces. HP is on a mission to achieve 30 percent recycled content in its products by 2025 and recycle 1.2 million tonnes of hardware and supplies—five times more than its previous rate.
Touring WCA's Fort Bend Regional Landfill

Feb 23, 2024 | waste360.com | Gage Edwards |Arlene Karidis |Stefanie Valentic |Cristina Commendatore

Waste360 had the chance to tour WCA's Fort Bend Regional Landfill during the NWRA Women’s Council 2019 President’s Conference in Houston. Just outside of Houston, WCA Waste Corp. owns 2,600 acres of property in Needville, Texas. Situated on a 1,200-acre footprint of the property is WCA’s Fort Bend Regional Landfill, which takes in roughly 5,000 tons of non-hazardous municipal solid waste (MSW) per day.
Focusing on Wellness to Improve Productivity, Safety for Waste Workers

Feb 23, 2024 | waste360.com | Gage Edwards |Arlene Karidis |Stefanie Valentic |Cristina Commendatore

Solid waste and recycling companies today can have all the bells and whistles technology has to offer in their materials recovery facilities, transfer stations and on their trucks. But without keeping the health and wellness of workers at the forefront of their business operations, how productive and efficient will companies truly be?
Hyzon demos liquid hydrogen truck in Texas heat

Sep 8, 2023 | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch |Cristina Commendatore

Deep in the sweltering heart of Texas, Hyzon Motors' liquid hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, LH2 FCEV, made its first commercial delivery run, according to the company, which develops fuel-cell technology and supplies heavy-duty FCEVs globally.
Cummins, Daimler, Paccar to pour up to $3B into battery cell production plant in the US

Sep 7, 2023 | fleetmaintenance.com | Cris Beaulieu |Cristina Commendatore

Daimler Truck, Paccar, and Cummins’ zero-emissions business unit, Accelera, are teaming up to produce battery cells in the U.S. for commercial electric vehicles with a total investment expected to be between $2 billion and $3 billion for a 21 gigawatt-hour factory, the three companies announced in a release. Focusing on lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, the companies will each own 30% of the venture.
AI’s role in keeping fleet repair costs in check

Aug 31, 2023 | fleetmaintenance.com | Sumit Chauhan |Cristina Commendatore

The cost of commercial vehicles and trucks continues to rise. This is bad news for fleets’ operating margins, but the use of connected vehicle data is providing critical opportunities to prevent profit erosion. Today, more fleets are making use of sophisticated connected vehicle technology, artificial intelligence, and data analytics. Each vehicle's maintenance and servicing is one key area that benefits from these sophisticated data inputs and analytics.
CalVans buys 403 Ford E-Transits, which offer emissions and maintenance benefits

Aug 30, 2023 | fleetmaintenance.com | John Hitch |Cristina Commendatore

California Vanpool Authority (CalVans), a public transit agency that meets the needs of the state’s commuters, has purchased 403 new Ford E-Transit vans through Model 1 Commercial Vehicles, the nation’s largest bus and transportation services dealer. CalVans’ fleet of nearly 1,000 vehicles included many traditional-fuel units that had exceeded the recommended lifecycle or were reaching end-of-life.