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Sullivan County, Tennessee, opens $3.5M recycling facility

1 week ago | wastedive.com | Megan Quinn

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Sullivan County, Tennessee, has opened a new 16,000-square-foot recycling facility meant to increase recycling capacity across Northeast Tennessee. The $3.5 million county-run facility, capable of processing 12 to 15 tons an hour, will process recyclables from around the county and the broader region.
Textile recycling programs move forward across U.S.

1 week ago | wastedive.com | Megan Quinn

Textile recycling projects are moving forward this spring and summer as municipalities, states and business advocates look for ways to divert apparel and other items from disposal. Here’s a look at recent textile recycling regulations and innovations in California, Ohio, New Jersey and elsewhere in the U.S:The implementation process for the first extended producer responsibility for textiles program in the country is beginning to pick up momentum.
Trump signs resolutions killing California’s zero-emissions rules

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Alejandra Carranza

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump moved to sever California's EPA waivers by signing a series of joint resolutions Thursday, rolling back the Golden State's strict truck and auto emissions policies. The president’s signingof joint resolutions under the Congressional Review Act reverses the Biden administration’s approval of California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule.
The state packaging EPR club swaps stories as implementation advances

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Maria Rachal

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. State leaders who are advancing extended producer responsibility for packaging policies and programs have a growing number of counterparts to learn from and lean on. Numerous state lawmakers and regulators discussed implementation updates and how they’re communicating and collaborating across states during the 2025 U.S. Product Stewardship Forum in Wheeling, Illinois, last week.
Oregon, New Hampshire, Ohio and Hawai’i lawmakers consider landfill restrictions

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Megan Quinn |Jacob Wallace

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lawmakers at the state level have become more involved in landfill siting and permitting issues this year. Legislation in Oregon, sent to the governor this week, could change how Republic Services measures methane at a landfill in the state. Bills further regulating landfills in Hawai’i and Ohio are also awaiting their respective governors’ signatures.
Cyclic Materials to open rare earth recycling facility in Ontario, Canada

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Megan Quinn

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Cyclic Materials, a metals recycling company for rare earth and other critical metals, will build a recycling plant and research center in Kingston, Ontario. The $25 million facility, meant to process 500 metric tons of material a year, is expected to open sometime in the first quarter of 2026. Cyclic will recycle magnets from end-of-life products as well as other “industry magnet waste” at the 140,000 square foot facility.
‘A wild ride’: California EPR regulatory revision process advances

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Maria Rachal

CalRecycle is reviewing a new set of comments on draft regulations for SB 54, California’s plastic source reduction and extended producer responsibility for packaging law. Comments were due to the agency June 3, a few weeks after the draft text was released. Packaging interest groups highlighted ongoing concerns around timelines and flexibility.
Senate committee moves Busterud nomination forward for EPA waste office

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Megan Quinn

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works favorably reported John Busterud’s nomination as the assistant administrator of the U.S. EPA’s Office of Land and Emergency Management on Wednesday. The committee voted 10-9 to move the nomination forward. The nomination now heads to the full Senate for consideration.
Honeywell, Samsung subsidiary, others create SAF Technology Alliance

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Lamar Johnson

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Charlotte-based technology conglomerate Honeywell, Samsung’s engineering subsidiary Samsung E&A, chemicals company Johnson Matthey and chemical engineering firm Gidara Energy have joined together to create a strategic sustainable aviation fuel technology group, Honeywell announced Thursday.
Where 3 key waste and recycling bills stand in California

2 weeks ago | wastedive.com | Megan Quinn

Several waste and recycling bills in California are still in play after passing a key legislative deadline last week. The crossover deadline is a significant date by which bills must pass out of their chamber of origin to proceed through the rest of the legislative session. California’s session ends Sept. 12.