Investments in AI technology enable companies to perform advanced visual sorting, nearly real-time machine monitoring and data analytics.

Virginia is taking public comment on a draft solid waste plan that updates decades-old rules, raises recycling goals, expands data reporting and charts a 20-year shift toward a circular system.

Three US companies will receive six-figure awards from Miami-Dade County to expand organic waste diversion following a recent municipal challenge.

Minnesotans still have time to weigh in on the state’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) law before legislators finalize the details. A preliminary assessment required by the state’s Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act is open for public comment through Dec. 22. The law passed in 2024 and requires packaging and paper product makers to reduce the environmental impacts of what...

A California-based wholesale retailer has launched a sourcing program to support recycling and reusability across the supply chain.

A California-based wholesale retailer has launched a sourcing program to support recycling and reusability across the supply chain.

An eight-figure investment will help a New York City waste management software company take the next steps toward its founder’s ultimate goal -- to become the industry’s system of record.

Hard-to-recycle materials may soon find a new use in Oregon thanks to a first-of-its-kind recycling center now open there.

Hard-to-recycle materials may soon find a new use in Oregon thanks to a first-of-its-kind recycling center now open there.

The group overseeing Colorado’s upcoming recycling system overhaul is moving forward with new plans to boost participation statewide.