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Tonnage & Toxics: Expanding the 3R Hierarchy
2025-12-04 14:30:00| Waste Age
Beneath the tonnage we generate every year lies a toxic story few people see, one that challenges the way we protect our communities. The deeper you look, the clearer it becomes that true progress hinges on addressing both how much waste we create and what's hidden inside it.
Category: Energy and Environment
Tiger Infrastructure Partners Completes Transformational Growth Capital Investment in Raptor Waste Solutions
2025-12-04 14:26:34| Waste Age
Tiger Infrastructure Partners today announced a transformational growth capital investment in Raptor Waste Solutions, an integrated waste logistics infrastructure platform in the Greater Kansas City area.
Category: Energy and Environment
NWRA Florida Chapter Urges Passage of the Safe Battery Collection & Recovery Act to Address Growing Fire Risks
2025-12-04 14:22:16| Waste Age
The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA) and its Florida Chapter are calling on the Florida Legislature to take decisive action to address the alarming rise in fires caused by improperly disposed lithium-ion batteries.
Category: Energy and Environment
From Orbit to Policy: Some States Lean on Satellite Intel to Curb Landfill Methane
2025-12-04 14:00:00| Waste Age
Chasing methane emissions is a never-ending battle for landfill operators, despite advances in gas capture systems, covers, monitoring tools, and other technologies. Meanwhile, the pressure is on as they face risk for steep fines for noncompliance, along with demands from investors and nearby communities to cut their carbon footprint.
Category: Energy and Environment
Aduro Clean Technologies Collaborates with ECOCE to Advance Recycling of Flexible Plastic Packaging in Mexico
2025-12-03 15:10:48| Waste Age
Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (Aduro or the Company) (Nasdaq: ADUR) (CSE: ACT) (FSE: 9D5), a clean technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen, and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, and ECOCE, A.C. (ECOCE), a non-profit environmental civil association based in Mexico, today announced that they have entered into a multi-year framework collaboration agreement to jointly evaluate Hydrochemolytic Technology (HCT) as a potential chemical recycling solution for flexible and mixed plastic packaging in Mexico, a large and particularly challenging waste stream that ECOCE has identified as a priority.
Category: Energy and Environment
RTIs Asmita Narode Researches New Ways of Managing Waste
2025-12-03 15:01:38| Waste Age
In this Q&A interview, Asmita Narode, Ph.D. a 2025 Waste360 40 Under 40 Award winner, discusses her role as a research environmental engineer at RTI International, where she leads projects from proposal development to final deliverables, primarily for government clients.
Category: Energy and Environment
U.S. Businesses Are Worried About Future Packaging Materials Shortages, Says New Research
2025-12-03 14:54:27| Waste Age
Packaging professionals now view shortages of packaging products and materials as the key challenge likely to be faced by the industry in the future, according to a survey of senior industry leaders at the SPC Advance 2025 event.
Category: Energy and Environment
Light House Expands its Circular Construction Accelerator with 17 New BC Companies
2025-12-03 14:41:31| Waste Age
Light House has added 17 new BC companies to its Circular Construction Accelerator (CCA), Canadas only accelerator dedicated exclusively to advancing circular innovation across the building materials and construction sectors.
Category: Energy and Environment
Interstate Waste Services Acquires Filco Carting Corp., Enhancing CWZ Preparedness Across New York City and Expanding Footprint in New Jersey
2025-12-03 14:36:28| Waste Age
Interstate Waste Services, Inc. (IWS), a leading, vertically integrated provider of solid waste collection, recycling and disposal services, announced the acquisition of Filco Carting Corp (Filco).
Category: Energy and Environment
December Fire Report: A Plea to the Tobacco Industry
2025-12-03 14:12:56| Waste Age
As we approach the end of the year, the waste and recycling industry is unfortunately on track to reach a record number of publicly reported facility fire incidents in the US & Canada, driven largely by improperly discarded lithium-ion batteries, including vapes.
Category: Energy and Environment