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2 weeks ago | 
smartcitiesdive.com | Cole Rosengren |Jacob Wallace
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a host of waste and recycling bills over the weekend. The headline action was Ferguson’s approval of the Recycling Reform Act, an extended producer responsibility for packaging bill, which he called the “biggest overhaul of our recycling system in decades.” He also signed multiple other bills on May 17 with implications for the industry.
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Feb 24, 2025 | 
utilitydive.com | Jacob Wallace
After a month of President Donald Trump’s time in office, federal officials are beginning to make good on efforts to shrink the federal government. Recent changes include canceled contracts at the U.S. EPA and new announcements regarding workforce reductions. Groups representing the public sector have pushed back on some of these changes.
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Feb 20, 2025 | 
utilitydive.com | Jacob Wallace
The amount of capital invested in U.S. projects across sectors that use biogas grew by 40% year over year in 2024, according to an analysis released last week by industry group American Biogas Council. The number of new facilities that came online also increased by 17% year over year, the group revealed, including at landfills, farms and wastewater treatment plants. There are now nearly 2,500 facilities that capture and use biogas in the United States.
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Feb 19, 2025 | 
constructiondive.com | Jacob Wallace
The amount of capital invested in U.S. projects across sectors that use biogas grew by 40% year over year in 2024, according to an analysis released last week by industry group American Biogas Council. The number of new facilities that came online also increased by 17% year over year, the group revealed, including at landfills, farms and wastewater treatment plants. There are now nearly 2,500 facilities that capture and use biogas in the United States.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace
The U.S. EPA issued a flurry of grants to small businesses in the final days of former President Joe Biden's administration. That includes funding allocated through the Small Business Innovation Research program. The recipients each received $100,000, with listed project start dates of Dec. 16. In all, 24 companies were awarded grants in this round, per a release.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
pfascentral.org | Jacob Wallace
By Jacob Wallace | Waste Drive | January 21, 2025 Read the full article by Jacob Wallace (Waste Drive)
"The U.S. EPA issued a flurry of grants to small businesses in the final days of former President Joe Biden’s administration. That includes funding allocated through the Small Business Innovation Research program.
The recipients each received $100,000, with listed project start dates of Dec.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
wastedive.com | Cole Rosengren |Jacob Wallace
Landfill siting and expansion debates played out across multiple states in recent weeks. Here’s a look at some of the most notable developments:New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation renewed permits for Waste Connections’ Dunn Mine and C&D Debris Landfill in Rensselaer in late December. The permits now expire Dec. 22, 2027. The site has drawn pushback from local residents, in part because of its proximity to a local school, and environmental advocates hoped to shut the facility down.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace
The U.S. EPA and environmental groups led by East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice agreed to delay a final update to air pollution regulations for large municipal combustors until Dec. 22, 2025, the latest in a series of delays in a rule that environmental advocates say is more than a decade overdue. It’s one of three decisions made in recent weeks affecting owners of facilities that burn various forms of waste.
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Dec 18, 2024 | 
wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Several community groups are expected to receive a collective $1.3 billion in grant funding from the U.S. EPA to pursue local waste reduction initiatives. The money comes from the Community Change Grants Program funded by the Inflation Reduction Act. The applicants were part of a group of 84 chosen for the program, EPA announced last week.
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Dec 17, 2024 | 
wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Name: Michael O'LaughlinNew title: CEO, Vanguard RenewablesPrevious title: President of engineered materials, Kymera InternationalBlackRock-backed Vanguard Renewables brought in a fresh face to serve as CEO. O'Laughlin arrives at a time when the company has been working to quickly expand its network of anaerobic digesters.
