Waste Dive

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The U.S. EPA has enacted numerous changes to how it will manage greenhouse gas emissions and PFAS, and those decisions are likely to have ripple effects in the waste and recycling industry. Waste Dive staff Megan Quinn, Jacob Wallace and Cole Rosengren partnered with waste education nonprofit be Waste Wise for a March 31 webinar to break down key changes.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. OSHA has updated and extended its National Emphasis Program on heat hazards for workplaces in the U.S., according to an April 10 news release. The previous NEP, originally issued in April 2022 and extended in 2025, officially expired April 8. But on April 10, OSHA issued an updated NEP that is now slated to run through 2031.

Amid a growing number of regulations targeting products and materials containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, the business of collection, remediation and destruction is booming, companies say. State and federal agencies are identifying materials that are fueling that business, leading the way on disposal decisions as they get ahead of liability concerns from PFAS’ potential health effects.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. TerraCycle, known for its niche recycling services capturing hard-to-recycle items like cigarette butts and cosmetics packaging, is in the midst of a new $75 million investment offering round.

Bills setting limits on contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in sewage sludge, or biosolids, were approved in Maryland and Virginia on Monday. The policies set similar limits and are the latest example of regional action on contamination amid continued federal inaction. Gary Feldon, a partner at law firm Hollingsworth, said the approach taken by both states ensures similar requirements across the Potomac River watershed.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger vetoed a bill establishing a mattress stewardship program, saying the program is a mandate that makes mattresses more expensive for consumers. HB 86, introduced by Del. Amy Laufer, would have required certain mattress producers and retailers, as well as mattress “renovators,” to register with a certified mattress recycling organization by June 1, 2027.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. All financial information below is in Canadian dollars. GFL Environmental announced a deal to acquire Calgary-based Secure Waste Infrastructure, a publicly traded industrial waste and energy infrastructure business with a focus on treatment of oil waste. GFL is offering 80% shares in its company and 20% cash in a deal that would value Secure at $6.4 billion Canadian dollars.

Wisconsin and Kentucky are among the latest states to adopt battery stewardship programs. Their governors signed battery EPR bills into law this month. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers approved AB 713 on April 2. It creates a battery stewardship program for certain rechargeable batteries under 11 pounds, non-rechargeable batteries under 4.4 pounds, and medium-format batteries under 25 pounds, including certain lithium-ion batteries that fit the description. WM and other waste groups supported the bill.

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration is eager to continue the containerization drive that his predecessor Eric Adams began four years ago. Starting with wheeled bins for small buildings and businesses before expanding to larger bins last year, the "trash revolution," as Adams called it, is remaking New York City's streets.

Since 2019, Reagan Bissonnette has shared her passion for recycling with communities across New Hampshire as the executive director of NH Recycles. Now, she’s passing the torch to someone she’s worked shoulder to shoulder with for the last five years. Andrea Folsom, NH Recycles’ education and grants manager, will become executive director on May 18. Andrea Folsom and Reagan Bissonnette Courtesy of NH Recycles The leadership change comes as NH Recycles celebrates its 45th year.