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Palm Coast, FL - Waste Pro, the company that was recently served a notice by the City of Palm Coast, says its working to address a labor shortage that is affecting service in the area. According to an email from an unnamed—as the message did ...

Dive Brief: The U.S. EPA recently issued a final rule on emissions thresholds for municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, which stakeholders see as a significant step in the Biden administration’s climate change plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. The final rule brings clarity to a drawn-out legal battle over the timeline for implementing state or federal emission rules, industry groups say,  helping landfill operators make plans to update emissions systems if necessary. ...

Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Trash at the Fresh Kills landfill. Photo credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Destroyed cars and trucks sit at the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island. Spencer Platt/Getty Images This story was updated at 2:53 p.m. EDT. EPA is moving forward with a plan to curb methane emissions from landfills as the Biden administration sharpens its focus on combating climate change. The agency issued a final rule laying out emissions thresholds for municipal solid waste landfi...

Marjorie Weisskohl Already Member? Sign In. Password * Remember me New to Energy Central? Applying for membership with Energy Central allows you to connect with a network of more than 200,000 global power industry professionals. Member since: 2021 Marjorie Weisskohl is CEO of All Seasons PR, a public relations firm focused on the environment and protecting the outdoors. She bring successful career experience from the U.S. Departments of...

Not every piece of plastic is recyclable — heres what you need to know TODAY 2 hrs ago Elyse Pham The recycling industry has a counterintuitive catchphrase, according to David Biderman, executive director of the Solid Waste Association of North America: “When in doubt, throw it out.” “There are a lot of people who are what we refer to as wishful or aspirational recyclers,” Biderman told TMRW. “They say, ‘Well, this must be recyclable. This is a GLAD plastic conta...

A CASE study in 2004 recognized Saipan’s solid waste management system as a model for other South Pacific islands to follow. The same year, the island received the Silver Solid Waste Management System Award/Planning & Management Division from the Solid Waste Association of North America, a well-respected group that advocates for the practice of environmentally and economically sound management of municipal solid waste in the region. At one time, Saipan had a solid waste management plan. Ne...

Federal Recycling legislation is necessary to improve recycling infrastructure and reduce contamination Apr 06, 2021   Silver Spring, MD – The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) is proud to support the bipartisan Realizing the Economic Opportunities and Values of Expanding Recycling (RECOVER) Act introduced by United States Representatives Tony Cárdenas (D-CA) and Larry Bucshon (R-IN). This important and timely legislation will allow communities across the United States ...

Alaska is set somewhat in a world of its own when it comes to its geography, and it’s also set apart in how it manages solid waste, largely because of that unique landscape. The far northwest state is two and a half times larger than Texas but has a population of less than 750,000, translating to about 1.3 people per square mile. Nearly a third of Alaskans live in rural communities with no access to the state’s few and distant lined, class 1 landfills and depend on unlined sites to dispose ...

Share it Although the waste industry has worked to make jobs safer in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, vehicle-related deaths remain a top issue, according to speakers at the Solid Waste Association of North America’s Safety Summit on Thursday.  Presenters also discussed in-cab camera and artificial intelligence technology meant to reduce vehicle accidents and deaths, along with training techniques meant to create safer workplaces and drive down injury and fatality rat...

Share it Most workers in the solid waste and recycling industry remain on the sidelines when it comes to access to the COVID-19 vaccine thus far. Around 53 million vaccine doses have been administered in the U.S., according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This month brought news that Johnson & Johnson submitted its vaccine candidate to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which if authorized soon could be the third vaccine available and the ...