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Recycle Dat Collects 14K Pounds of Materials Ahead of Mardi Gras
2026-02-12 17:06:08| Waste Age
Recycle Dat is operating for its fourth straight Carnival season, looking to keep beads and other trash out of storm drains and landfills.
Category: Energy and Environment
Omaha, NE Receives State Grants for Waste, Recycling
2026-02-12 17:03:34| Waste Age
Five entities in Omaha, Neb., are sharing $7 million in grant money awarded to communities throughout the state.
Category: Energy and Environment
GFL Environmental Reports Record 2025 Results, Issues Strong 2026 Guidance
2026-02-12 14:55:22| Waste Age
GFL Environmental closed out 2025 with another quarter of record performance, delivering fourth-quarter results ahead of expectations and achieving the highest full-year margins in company history.
Category: Energy and Environment
WWETT Show 2026 Education Preview
2026-02-12 13:30:00| Waste Age
Education is a cornerstone of the WWETT Show each year, giving wastewater and environmental services professionals direct access to technical training, business insights, and real-world case studies that can be put to work in the field. WWETT 2026 looks to be no different as it looks to deliver a robust lineup of sessions designed explore emerging trends and tackle the industrys most pressing challenges.
Category: Energy and Environment
Reuse the News: Community Programs Sparking Paper Recycling Movements
2026-02-11 19:00:00| Waste Age
In the late 1970s, recycling in America was still a patchwork of municipal experiments and EarthDayera enthusiasm. Yet in Montgomery County, Maryland, a quiet breakthrough was taking shape. Reuse the Newsa simple, communitydriven newspaper recovery programhelped accelerate paper recycling across the Washington, D.C. region.
Category: Energy and Environment
U.S. Plastics Pact Releases New Framework Outlining Practical Levers to Advance Film and Flexible Packaging Circularity
2026-02-11 17:17:25| Waste Age
The U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) today released Journey to Film & Flex Circularity: A Framework of Necessary Design, Collection, and End Market Levers, a new resource outlining the practical, system-level actions needed to advance the circularity of film and flexible plastic packaging in the United States.
Category: Energy and Environment
Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Scaling Decentralized Systems for Dense Urban Areas
2026-02-11 15:04:48| Waste Age
The global search for sustainable urban wastewater management solutions has led to the exploration of scaled decentralized systems (SDSs) that reduce environmental impacts and operational costs.
Category: Energy and Environment
Disposal King Ltd. Expands Waste-Management and Demolition Hauling Services into the South Okanagan
2026-02-11 14:59:50| Waste Age
Disposal King Ltd., a leading British Columbiabased waste-management and demolition hauling company with over 19 years of industry experience, today announced the expansion of its roll-off dumpster rental and demolition trailer services into the South Okanagan, including Kelowna, Penticton, Summerl and, and surrounding communities.
Category: Energy and Environment
Why Renewable Natural Gas Is Gaining Momentum for Landfills and Wastewater Facilities
2026-02-11 14:00:00| Waste Age
In this Q&A, Waste360 talks with Travis Payne to explore where RNG fits within the broader energy mix, why landfill and wastewater-derived gas is drawing heightened interest, and how operators are converting methane management obligations into long-term economic opportunities.
Category: Energy and Environment
Arkansas High Court Limits Cities Power Over Exclusive Trash Contracts
2026-02-11 13:00:00| Waste Age
The Arkansas Supreme Court overturned a Holiday Island ordinance that barred X-Dumpsters from providing waste services, ruling the city lacked statutory authority to prohibit residents from using supplemental haulers under state solid-waste law.
Category: Energy and Environment