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Recycle Colorado Sees Shift in Leadership, Appoints Brandy Moe Executive Director
2025-05-28 14:55:38| Waste Age
Recycle Colorado has named Brandy Moe as its new executive director, succeeding Liz Chapman, who led major initiatives to improve composting, battery recycling, and funding for recycling programs. Moe, a longtime board member and experienced industry professional, will assume the role on June 9, 2025.
Category: Energy and Environment
Call2Recycle Teaches Consumers and Retailers Safe Battery Recycling
2025-05-28 14:39:19| Waste Age
Battery recycling is growing alongside the booming battery industry, and Call2Recycle is leading efforts to safely manage end-of-life batteries through consumer education, retailer training, and tailored outreach programs across diverse communities. Their initiativesfrom metro ads and school contests to specialized training for e-bike shopsaim to make battery recycling safe, accessible, and convenient, while helping meet extended producer responsibility (EPR) goals.
Category: Energy and Environment
Intec Bioplastics Inc. Announces the Successful Launch of Sustainable Packaging
2025-05-28 14:32:33| Waste Age
Category: Energy and Environment
King County, Wash Looking into Long-Term Solutions for Waste as Landfill Nears Capacity
2025-05-28 14:28:59| Waste Age
The landfill in King County, Wash., is filling up and is expected to reach capacity around 2040, which is prompting officials to look at long-term disposal options for the waste.
Category: Energy and Environment
Los Angeles County Landfill Closure Could Mean 25 Percent Collection Rate Increase for Residents
2025-05-28 14:18:06| Waste Age
The Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Los Angeles County, Cali. abruptly closed at the beginning of the year. Now, residents are facing increased collection rates as trash needs to travel to Sun Valley.
Category: Energy and Environment
Bioenergy Devco Announces Name Change to BTS Bioenergy
2025-05-28 13:56:27| Waste Age
Category: Energy and Environment
There Is No Justification for Disposable Vapes Period.
2025-05-27 15:00:27| Waste Age
Disposable vapes are a major environmental and public safety hazardnon-recyclable, flammable, and classified as hazardous waste, yet marketed with casual disposabilitycausing thousands of fires, polluting ecosystems, and overwhelming waste infrastructure. Californias proposed Assembly Bill 762 offers a practical solution by banning these unmanageable products and requiring safer, reusable alternatives, shifting responsibility from workers and taxpayers to manufacturers.
Category: Energy and Environment
Lane County, Ore. Seeks Help from Lawmakers to Navigate Recycling Facility Zoning Issues
2025-05-27 14:49:54| Waste Age
Officials in Lane County, Ore., are asking state lawmakers to step in and clear legal hurdles to help a planned recycling and methane extraction facility, the CleanLane project, come to life.
Category: Energy and Environment
Hume, AU Council Pushes Back on State-Mandated Glass Recycling Program
2025-05-27 14:47:36| Waste Age
Earlier this week, the Hume, Australia Council sounded off on the state-mandated glass recycling program, claiming it to be inefficient, costly, and out of touch with community needs.
Category: Energy and Environment
REI is First National Retailer to Achieve Zero Waste
2025-05-27 14:04:21| Waste Age
Category: Energy and Environment