Jacob Wallace

1 week ago | wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Consumer food waste patterns are changing as the uptake of GLP-1 medications like Wegovy, Mounjaro, and Ozempic increases, experts in the space say. The drugs, which suppress appetite and shift food consumption behaviors, may lead consumers to purchase and ultimatelywaste less food, said Brian Roe, a professor at the Ohio State University’s Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics.

1 week ago | wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Federal legislators approved three Congressional Review Act resolutions last week that roll back California's strict truck emissions policies. The movestee up the U.S. EPA to nix the Advanced Clean Trucks rule, which would have required 75% of Class 8 trucks sold in the state to be zero-emissions vehicles by 2035.

1 week ago | wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace

Emissions from the waste sector ticked up in 2023, snapping a three-year streak of declines, according to a chapter of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks report released by the U.S. EPA. Waste emissions totaled 165.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023, compared to 165.1 million metric tons of CO2e the prior year, per the report. Landfills continue to represent roughly three-quarters of the waste sector's emissions.

2 weeks ago | smartcitiesdive.com | Jacob Wallace

Listen to the article 10 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. When the Northeast Resource Recovery Association was notified it had earned a Recycling Education and Outreach grant from the U.S. EPA three years ago, it was a familiar yet welcome victory. But this year, for the first time in more than four decades of operation, relying on the federal government has felt shaky, Executive Director Reagan Bissonnette said.

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Jacob Wallace

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. As landfill expansions progress around the country, more state legislatures are debating bills that would modify the rules by which landfills must operate. Over the past several weeks, some of those bills have reached new milestones, including one in Washington that became a law that allows the state’s Department of Ecology to approve or deny landfill permits.